Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-26

An Armenian Argument
Edward Tsrstt made speech she o;hsr day in Fam
suu Hall, in advocacy Of LnCOln's reelection. We
dare say he hopes yet to earn from that funeonAry
the Foreiga appointment which he begged old Frank
Blair to Try and obtain for him two years ego. The
New York Tribune furnishes the following exsrac: from
The speech;
Rs very doubtful, wksihsr any act Of ths Government
of ths Uastsd States RsesSsGTy to os ate me saves
~ State which q ~ REBELLION There mlcn reason
for the opicion that By the simple act Of Lery'g "6r
aoains! the URitsd States the relation Of SGV"v wa'
tSyinalsd certainly far concerns inc duy VI the
United States to rtccK ES it, or 70 refrain from m'er-
IeriDg with it. Not being founded on the law OF mature
and resting solely positive local law ana 1nA nos VI
the ned aes a. soon a. It becomes either the no
va or nretext of an unjust war against the Ualoi al
seient instrument il the hADds Of the heoe i0r oa
voS ON the Wa; . source Of military strength 70 the
/ Rsbelion and Of danger 70 the GoVernmenI - NOME
and abroad with the additional certainty toat IN say
evsnt hut its Abandonment will continue In AL iu1ufe
ts 20 work these mischefs, who can suppose It tne
duty of the United States to continue to recogN1'
To maintain this would be contradiction IN TERMS ~
would be to recognise right IN q Soei MASTER - Gun
nlov hs slave in OF rebellion aud reasoni ana '4o
5n of the slave 70 aid and ADet his master IN the COM
mission Of the greatest crime known 70 lne law NO
uoh AbsurdiEy can DO admitted, ana any cIz' Oh tne
nad StAtss from the President down, who should, bJ
Sny overt act recogn the duty Of slave 70 obey
e. bel master IN q hostls operAuon, Weula himself Do
Rivnig aid an comfort 70 the enemy.
Edward E .erstt has been preacher. II be had read
his B be atsntiVely he would have learned that the
institution Of lAVssy founded noE only ION" but 6y
",hs Law Of nature" unless BY the Term mature
be means lonsthing greater than the Urea
tor. We do not know what value he attaches
20 the Bible sires he AIDED from the pulpit, but
he WiiOE to take it authority, he may readily nrd
IN IL quite a. many recognions oil the relation Of master
and ssFyGnb founded in the Law Of nature, ~ 10 VIII
Of the relation OF husband and wife.
EaWEd Everett L ElSo jurist-En Id, In
deed: he shOald have known enough Of law TO have
vOidsd statement! 10 directly opposed to truth % that
sGVsry rests 'soely on positive local law" Il rests
nowhere that know OF on such bAsG II was never
established hare that WS have heard Of BY pos tive
hE. l. exists more than half the globe As reiA
ton as As that OF husband and wife, parent and cnd
protected a. they are, BY Lac, buG not derived from
Law. /: has come down to Us through many thousand
years Is an inheritance and Is among the Oldest and
mes; imprsscriptibls of human rights.
r. Gs contend d. t il AWFUL to destroy simply be-
cluse 1t adds to our military strength, then there
nothing in all YankssdOm which We might not lawful
u destroy our Armies we're to pens.rAts that eoun!
for there ia nothing there that ia not in some way an
ad, pretext or . motive TO the enemy to fight Men
fight al the better for having wives and Children at
home and are assisted BY those wives and children In
many cases with Gem or and nsceSsAries that enable
Them to fight more Efficiently. According 10 the pro-
found deduction of this Yankee lOgciAn would be
hWlu and right for u to break up the domestic reA-
lon wherever our armies might go-to bring the women
and children to our own land they do with our ser
VsntF and set them about something that would assist
US in making war. There Il not q city,
town, hamlet or house in the United States
that does not in some way aid the enemy
ia uaEing war. All thee We sroud lay In ssh.
Is. There Is no horse, mule, OK, COW, sheep, hoE'
nothing that gOes on the hOO" that not of use as
part Of the military power Of the enemy. AL these We
shOud slaughter or appropriate. Nay, there scarcely
human being Abls 10 any way to Ia hO that does not
contribute something to the great Aggregate OF nAtOrA
wealth that constitutes "the sineWs Of war" They
would all be c0AirAbGnd Of war, according to the Ever
cit argument, and liable to DO disposed Of as our IN
terest might dictate.
When Edward Everett, who, at least has some learn
ing and some sense, talks such ahns tWaddle a. ths
We may understand something of the universal de-
nency in which the Yankee race has fallen.