Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-12-04
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THE NORTHERN premier IN TIE
WAR-YANKEE HONESTY AND
ct, TFsN aNsHIp

CRAFTSMANSHIP.
The recent speech of the Northern premier
delivered ut Auburn, New York, Is, per
hans. the most infamous that has yet dis
traced the annals Of that people in their
career of infamy The gu ,stion involved was
a great ore--ths prosecutions Of war unpar>
alleled in blood. Ibis was the time and place
for honesty, If there was any in the man. i
was spoken at home--in his own S'ate-to
his own people-his personal f'iends-"n the
ave of test election, involving great - u"s:
In this litigation of natons-or, 1t ne VIII
have it so-of sections, his people were plain,
tiff. and it devolved upon them t" make tut
n case Here we should expect the hest DIS
NAV of honest sentiment ard states manshlp.
Rnf the Secretary has vindica' ed the charac
,er he bears-that OF the fnx-with no heart
a, oil and no honesty of head The slfep' h
10 4 s;ngenuous rhroughuut-with no frank.
ness. no sincerity in it. 1t is puerile and
enld bloodrd, feeble in argument strong IN
yindictiveness, full Of measured malice and
impertinence. IL presents no reasons worthy
The name-hut is valuable US an exponent
bnth of policy and character.
To say that the argument IL Jce0ts, IS 70
dignity it All its nrrtensions are ba' Led up
the regularity of Mr.. L'ncoln's eIertion.-
LIBRARIAN Lincoln was elected in 1860 TO bc
President, not af part, but of the whole /
the United States-but he has teen t'rclhly
kept cnt Of part If the United States Lou
.,iana. Virginia. North Carolina, South Cara
lima, Georgia, and other Gulf SInte-. In
these State. he is President de jure hut not dt
f:1rto. Tire object of this eli ctinn is the oil
liect of the war. l. ia to make Abraham Lin
rolu President de .facto from 1860 to 1864 in
Georgia, South Carolina, AID the other Gull
States, as he is President de- tacto in Ma.sa'
.huset,s, New York aud Oslo" Its titus
,ics nnd down right, robbery of Abrahn"
Lincoln, and the majority of citizens who
Ieicc;ed him. to refuse him the full rnioymrn
If the authority conferred upon him Ill tha
election"
Agaiu-"Every ,unperverted citizen defends
his own country against it's enemies foreign
and domestic, Instead of defending q foreign
country. or seeking to destroy hi- own. u
zee fr;m these remarks why It i, that through
.ut this war have refused to be diverted
from the main qucsi"n to engage in colia'c-
ral. and, therefore, idle ana mlscl,ev u. de-
bates. 1t is such debates that trouble weak
minds aud faithlasS hearts" Oace more. tic
! whole is summed up in hrief-"A Abraham
Lincoln was elected III 1850 to be Pre>;dcE,
f the United S.atrs for fnur y"ars-'nrly
Justly; honOrably. constitutionaly elected y
1t will be observed that he lays rlIis. the
stress IF the whole argument upnn rcDiarii,
f election. That il the "n,',in question:" and
Others are collateral, Idle aud mischiey-
ous"
See how plain tale shall put hin. down =
We were one. So were Great Britain and III,
Colonies They separated fr"m her. The only
question, according to Sir Seward, was Of rlt
regularity of George the Thirds title The
" hule matter was Of the due following Of A;
form But George Ill was con,t uti mil,
| King beyond all doubi.. This las set led rh'
main question, and all others were c,'Ia'eral
i,le and misrhievous. VIVA had grievance:
to d., with it Our fnreiathers made q gr"a
mistake Reg"larity, the only issue. wu'
cl"nly against ,hem.
Imagine Seward then living. There were
S.wards in those days They we're caheG
Tories" those of them who li"el in Ameri
"a Lord SNOrth w.s one IF the same cias'
residing in Great Britain. Imagine Stwar!
as tory, reading lecture to George Wash
inyton. MufahS mutandis h" would have
read his Auburn speech. ll'd'iing mp The
'autlrsS pedigree "f Ganrge the Third hy he
grace of Gal King of Great Britain, I.rant
ar,f the Colonies. and that for the term of hi,
natural life, Seward would have re,,uk,
&c rye Washingo on for his eudcavnr IA i',tcr
fere with the just and lawful authority # he
sovereign. A few wears afterwards, find ~
the .aid George Washington actually de .farh
Chief Magistrate over all the America Q 30
mics. save Canadn, from his elementary <chon
school books he would hare read to him ilic
first principles of honesty:
"st.al mt tsfs s.-t my ho 'as' friend
FIR fear the gallows be your end"
| All that General Washington could hn,,
said would have been collateral i~sues."-
George III. as King dejure, Simply e"dcavor'
I'd, by the revolutionary war. to be King d,
facto "If man has horse, a house, {
bnat, Tor Kingd,m,) Dies not NIL society
combine to restore it to him Pr But George
Ill ha. been forcibly kept out OF Virginia
| North Carolina, South Carolina, Georg am
sundrv other States. from that day to this
1t is the boundrn dury nf Mr.. Seward, on hi
principles, to gire the King his oun. and make
| him, the said George III. or his lawful sur
ccssnr in office. King over New York. MaSSa-
chusctts and Rhnde Island, as he in King nv
Great Britain, Ireland and Canada. Regu
laiiy plainly lies that way. Honesty and
JUSTICE require it. This ''simnle m raj in.
strnctinn" requires no further illustration.
| Mr.. Stewards statesmanship scers to be
elementary. derived exclusively lrom Mother
Goose and the spelling book:
1 Jack shall have Gill
Nlught shall 20 III
The man shall .vs his mare ssal',
And all nhall 60 well.
| Thus il is that The Northern Premier
| reaches 'the height Of his great arsumnns"-
she argument more intens ely puerile than thu
| language in which 1t il collected.
| The whole argument is regularity, while
rhe rational existence of his own people is
based upon irregularty; and the history Of
its action t,wards all other peoples ha- beer
based upon the insuficiency Of mere regulari,
y. The only argument possible for him Oh
his people ia to come to the .Jacts-for the
principle il not universal-ard 20 rhe argu
ment must rest up"n peculiariries fact.
But Great Britain and the colonies were
not contiguous. P. rhaps tina. is the distinc-
iona geographical one. Mr. Seward d cs
not say so, nor anything else which is to the
purpose. He rests un"n the mere principh
If regularity, as conclnsire. Nor il the DIS.
'inction sounder than the principle. VIZ
we're contiguous tn Canada: Poland Is contig
l'unus to Russia, Greece to Turkey, Texas t.
Mexico. ContiguiS does not serve the pur.
pose.
But Great Britain was monarchy. Per
haps there lies the dis,inetinn-in tho form,
| Of government. Mr. Seward looks for no dis.
.incrions lie. is content with the sandy foun.
| iation Of regularity Nor would thia distinc
'ion serve; for Mexico was republic. and
Texas separated from her with our approval.
md then united with MS Wh,re was thu
instinct of nationality" then? Texas could
,nrarate and unite at her own option and
M.xico was punished for a>kihg questions.
We say, then. that Stewards argument i
.hi'dsh weak l. is the argument of Dipine
right-of indefeasih'e legitimacy-nerer be