Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-13
SEWARD ON MEUM AND TUUM.

10 all the annals OF human raSca!i:y ARD
audacity, there is, perhaps, nothing 20 mattel
some portions Of Stewards speech, lately de
livercd in Auburn, New York, on the eye %
the recent elections. and in favor Of tho .tho'
l:;cn candidates. The INVASION Of the Con
iedcracy, this man says, is founded on :;
moral in>;incs-"that moral instinct vhic'
gaides the people ci every country to main
tin and defend that country simply iccaus,
| it is their own" Those who lombard Charles
ton, then, are really defending Charleston
because il is their own:
"Thc question is not whether he or an,
| person connected with his administration sEai
nc elected in 1864. That will be settled i:
| the election Of 1854. Abraham Lincoln wa.
elected in lS60 70 be President. not Of n ra,t
| hut oc tie whole of The United States; but h;
| has been forcibly kept out Of Il part Of n
| United Saics-L"ui iaun, Virginia, N"rIE
| Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia and Other
Gulf States. In those S:a$ he is Prcsilcr'
| le ju,,e hut no. de ,tdrfo. The. object II! ;h
election is tic object Of the war. It IS t,
make Abraham Lincoln President de ,jucjo
| from 1860 70 1864 in Georgia, South Carcl;r:
an other Gulf States, Gs ne i President Il.
f,c'o in Massachusetts,, New York AID Ohio
know the war WI, re-! f.r that object will
succeed, and | knew elections held for the
same object will succerd. They will succeed
because the object is Just and justice in poll
tics is necessary IL is Injustice and Gn;rn
right robbery of Abraham Lnru,n, and ti,.
mGiority of citizens who elected him, to ,cfus
him the full enjoyment OF authority conferred
unon him in thai election. There can Ice ',c
peace and qniet until Abraham Lincoln j.,
President, under that election Of TIE whJic
United States.
Now, Justice is IN instinct Of the whole hu
man family. 1t Z man has house, n horse
or q boat, and it is taken from him, all society
combines to restore it to his possession, ana
it awards q scTere punishment tn these who
ATTEMPT to rob him of his rights. 1ru saw
this lesson written in the oldest school book
that was put int your hands:
"s-a no. this ho K, ~ hor-s: friend
For ear tie rallowE W il be your.end"
The American people will repca. this sim
ple moral instruction tomorrow BIZ saying 10
every insurgent AMI every Confederate in the
Free States, as we'll rs In the slave States:
"steal nc, the Prss'd-ncr, my ione,r friend.
kOr lear tue Bhie"S WIZ pe lpuI
The result to be attained is rs Important i"
our opponents as it is TO Us. What ii, through
battle and suffrage. tho President who VA,
eleeted in 1860 should, by his opponents. b.
kent cut Of tho Presidency Of the Unitcd
States until another election What if il:cy
should then succeed in Cheering a President
in 1861 against the majority who elected
Abraham Lincoln in 1850? Can that maiori
ty be expected II acQuicSce, without voting
and without bloedshcd, in the election OF .Ie:
ferson Davis, or John Breckinridge, or IIo-
ratio Seymour? Certainty not; aud then
you have perpetual civil war, which is no.
thing else than perpetual anarchy.
Let Us not I've deceived. Abraham Lincoln
nus: be President Of South Carolina and
Georgia By virtue of his election of 1850, or
not only the peace Of the Union, but, the
Union Itself, is forever lost. Peace comes
through that success. and in no other way
There is always peace where justice rcigns.
always disorder where injustice preva;!s. y
great poet expressed this truth in homely
langua &c, which you doubtless remember:
"Jsck shall have Giii
N.usht sh.ll g. i'll;
The man shall lave his raare again,
And al shall so we'll
know you will prevail tomorrow for IN.
other reason. Like the last one it is founded
upon moral instinet-that moral instinct
which guides the people of every country 20
maintain and defend that country simply be-