Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-12-04

likely % ffeor their safety aud h. pplne's~tna
ia the right of Rev iuricn, to be judged t;by
the people affected y it. -.
A. Mr. Seward reading seems not to have
been extrnsis enr ell C h, In 'moiy treuchernus
we will refer him to The document. asserting
Tier principles 1t is entitled III 'cluration
of Amcr;,ui. Independence l; was went 10
be rea annually, orrthe 4th of July, to The
people of -..ur couutry and his.
NV, We ar, GOT guilty IF. Mr.. S ward alb,
surdty in dispu'ing the pertincnce # the
| questions Of fact We ADM ihrt in those
qmes-iuns lie the Vl'ie persmsme J; and MS
principle being nor recei, Ell, hur dei'e dent IN
the. e. in va ling Item LIE simply eTates the
whole issue.
According to that venerable document IAN
tanated now in his view and in tho view 81
hi pcnple), the presumption which arises
from actual change On the pnrt OF any people,
il hat it sasnccessary, instead, Ut the r'verse
presumption.
-"All experience hath shnwn that mankind
are M, re disposed to suffrr-while evils are
ral,le-thar tn right th"mSer by ahul
ishins the form TO WHICH they arc accustomed"
Such ~as the sober statement of the Decla-
ration of Independence.
These are oId-fashioned treasonR which.
perhaps, were even Mr.. Seward to study, he
might argue snlncwhit to the purpose, and
not subject hinsclf to simple nonsuit III
his lirisuti n.
And what is this diuine right for which he
contends? 1t is the divine right Of a section
al majnrity-,f majority which assumed
snch political grounds Us t" secure m solitary
electoral vute III the whole minority. No
solitary interest, no ola.s felt ssle; no c"nfi
dence had they, ror just ground of conf icnce,
as subsequent events have vindi"ated-just
such a party rs the Father of his Country
warned the country would be sure t., sever II.
THE true question is: who formed sectional
party? Whnwere the aggre-sur>H ThiSques
ION Seward holds collarer;ll. The fact hat n
sectional a'y was ftrmed-wlich embraced
in its party platform the distinct negatives OF
the dcc,sion of tho supreme Judicial
tribunal of the country rs to the righ's
Of the ether srctinn-is not ut all to the pur-
.posr. TIL. fact that this party elected tn the
chief magistrary the anth"r OF the dortrin" "
the iJrrpressiJlc confirt between the in'itn
t0ns:ol ttistsv sec'ions. was not t" the print
Only one j mr qnesiiIn lies to tn point-reg
ularity-"utwnrd form.
Dms nos. in Iced. Seward "stick in the
bark" Well dues he avoid the merits. how
ever; for the true question he could mt carrr.
cons stentlv, with any prin 'iplns previously
av%Tw d. Tn" very hrazennsss, TIE naked im-
prle ce of his position, was IL override oppo'
sition.
Is the AZ .amAnt m 're puarility, or is it dis
hne.,? Evidently the latter. It. deceive
|, neither the speaker mr. the hearers. Mutual
IL cur>cinus of mutual hypncrSy. hn pretend
Ell To impose On thin Il ID they pretended a.
! lic imno. ed np,n. Su.h was their moral atti
tud towards each oth"r
I This, lie II reuem cred. ia the eff ,rt Of the
Premier of that people 10 vindcate the war
n;ov when put ON trial. The is tie grad
argument presented hv the Ne>t.r -rf thu
cause on which the multitude are T., act aud
vto. This iS'thp u Tiff atm at carnage and
, lillr.o !, has -,l"nr nf the manlipcsS- ROM
o. the .ligm'v characteristics nf iecp cnnvic
: tinn L is The m"ie 'emr"r'zing plea Of {"
pnttic,gger Tharn 10 nnthing nf high nrin"i-
pie. even if'mistaken !; Int cool and childish
assumption AMI arrogance. lie seems pnr
pn<ely to have taken gr'und far IN from o.
. the h,Hb determined that his Ieg,n C nr'u
sim is t. he maintained ut all h"z r'lS Their =
! FIRE lie laughs honest argument 10 scorn.-
! c ,trb him ar hat ahsnrlity If r'u can-'hns
hazarAinI tn" conclusion. IL il a srccim"n
uf rcunn" Yankee MISUNDERSTANDING th"
Sarn and disgust Of all hnnnst thinkers. The
promier nf W II nor sav a great. hat MI
mo, Gus y, onlr-nvcr forward to proclaim the
! right If ,evn' u'n AMI t. acknowledge CIV
or mrnis de jaciO-?s cody ign rra Ill such
| RI. ~ If aIkny T., Il ,al'anS nr AuS.rars
And the na nle ~ r'aui him. and accord their
votes If his a-gnm ,nt c., WINGED 'hrir intn!-
! l".,s. then their intellectual ~qnnlty With the
black ra"e-fnr whh they C intend so strenu
ous1v-is fnIv vinlca;cd II unc"nvinc"d
AMI ypsvnting FIR war their moral inJerioriiy tn
thu 'nc" is III more manifest
FIR # Seward b" wrnng the North arc q
nation nf murd .rars-uhnlc,-lo nurdrrrrr -
| IT, su-t,.in their acton massive and cnnclusiv"
reasors are needed, for their artion has shed
sens of blood, and proposes TO shel it v"t m're
| freely. Their crime ia stupendons, their guilt
srarln' nnlessah argument furnishes n ahid
C rnnr stone FIR pyramid Of human bones.
I Yet sllrh j. the flimsv argument C,ntemp
lille in logic. rnerile in form, evading the
whole issnn nm which hr and thev rest. II is
rhe anrnal ne dishonest speaker tn dish. net
h"nr"rs. T. tclla them black is white and
white black. an thew annlaud I-spt. unnn
III thcy ever held sarr'd and thsy triumph in
he overthrow. of their principles. They re-
! ico in the lead IF hold had man. who
.roata them as children in knowledge and chill
dren in nsistencv.
| Can any Northern man read the speech and
| not hlnSh or ID 'h're \ man stiil Their. 7 Read
the Argument Of any really great man nm anv
casi"n of one 1.-THE the importance AMI r"mn're
1 IL with This s warfl refers 10 Prna'd mt Davis
| ond Senator Tonmha Read rho final ap"prh
! nfthe former to the Senate-nf which no Rnmrn
Senator nor Statesman Of anri.nt or modern
| 'imeS wnn'd need to he ashamed: read from
the arer's -"rent address tn the L"oisIa'ur' Of
l n H.. a. N
tion even in tmas Of gr-a'est peril and exigencv
and hn ashannh that vour S cre.arv Of S'ae
shnnla speak Of weak minds and faithlsss hearts
afraid of the loss Of individual Liberty AID Of
State righ's-anh who therefore, Jaw continually
IN The string IF arbitrary arrests and suspension
Of the ha;:eas corpus.
| Road in noble contrast the words Of Mr.
| Tnnmhe-"thnre is ona polar star in all our ca
| 'am;'ias that can guide an direct ul-'ha con-
sti'uti"n Of our cnnn'ry-that Constitution ia
| nnt alopo vour wisdom or the wisd, I'M Of our
ath"ra of 1872, bnt il is the conra"tr1ted wisinm
! nf c"n'nrias If time and Of exnerionca A1he-
renco tn it will give us strength and efficiency ::
| departure from il as a necessary CONS gnence
will bring evil upnn orr cause and upon nur
country Iris our ark IF safety: Il il the rrlholi
| ment Of MI those rnm principles which hare
shi la-d liberty IN MI ages nf The wnrH Lin .rty
| is always endangered in civil, and indeed in MI
laws nv III activity Of the military authorities
] Again and again h. liberty hepn wrecked andlnst
| IN the struggle While war il often the only
! ritv for liberty, j. il ever dang and q menace
IT, This Constitution Ghe Constitution. no
thl uoion is The lifa nf the, alton. Preserve II
and ynn conquer hasrrnvi,, md .vn,,-raav. gain
vnnr Independence, .hu. yon will lo%e liberty.
In fs lmitai inns will he f.mnl the wisdom nf
the rast srand;ne GUARD over The ssfe'y of the
present and the future. holding even the scale.
that equity and ,stire NAV rrasile nv-r AMI
sanctf, the sacrifice made 10 public liberty.
Real D moshanas Burke. Cha ham Can
'nkae rad Chatham oncer7 Perhaps. even
vet: for hypocrisy liz thu deep st seated princi-
pie of his nature.
Melancholy spectacle of hnmen baseness!