Wilmington journal., 1864-11-03
ALL ATuENTAN ARGUmENr

Edward Everett made speech the other day in Fan.
eu Hail. in advocacy of Lincoln's reelection We dare
be hopes yet to from that functionary the for
egu appointment which he begged old Frank Blair 70
try and obtain for him two years ago. TIE Now Yo,k
Tribune furnishes the ooyng extract from the speech
1t is uery doubtful 1heher any Gct of the Gouernrneri
State ooich rebellion. There is much reason for
the opinion that, by the simple act of leuytng oar agqin
certainly far the duty the United Stse
to Recognize IT, or to refrain interfering with it, Not
,sitive local law and that tho United States as
soon as i. eInep Inc motive or pretext OF
nds of the Rebt fer carrying the war source of
military strength to the rebellion and of danger to the Gov
ernment at home and abr oad with the additional ceraHv
that, In any event but it's abandonment it will continue in
all future time to work these mchiefs who can suppose
it the duty of the United States to continue recognizes
it? To maintain this would be contradiction in termp-
1t would be to recognize right in Rebel master TO en-
ploy his slave in acts Of rebellion and treason and the
duty Ct the slave TO aid and sbet bs master the
of the greatest crime known to the law No such
Gurdity be admitted aid any citizen the Unad
States from the President down who should by any overt
act recognize the cuty of slave to obey Rebsl master
in hostile alton, would himself be giving aid snc
comfort to tho enemy.
Edward Everett has been preacher. II he had read
bis Bible atentively he would have learned that the
institution of slavery founded not only con" but hv
"tbe law of nature" unless by the term "nature" he
means something greater than the Creator We d. not
know what value he attaches to the Bible siuce he rem
egaded from he pulpit but if be is willing take it ag
authority he may readily nd in quite many re-
ed in the law of nature he will tie relation ohus
band and wife
Edward Everett is also a jurist-and LID, indeed
he should have known enough of law to have avoided
statement directly opposed to truth that slavery
rests "soiey positive local law" It rests poybpre
that we know of On such basis. 1t never estab-
ished any Sheae that have heard of by positive law
It exists over than baf the globe, as relation
just as that of husband and wife parent and child pro-
tected they are by law, but not derived from la w.
has iOyUn fC ul nd
as inheritance, and is among the Oldest and most
imprescriptble of human rights.
III, contended, it is lawful 10 destroy it simply be.
cauFe it ADDS 10 orr military strength, then there is
nothing in all Yanke, dom which we light not lawfully
destroy, if armies were to penetrate that country
for there s nothing there that is not ia some way an
aid, pretext or motive TO tie enemy to fight. Men
tight ell the better for having wives and children at
home and are assisted by those wives and children in
many with comforts a1d necessaries that enable
them 20 fight more efficiently. According to toe pro.
found deduction of this Yankee logican it would he
lawful and right for to break up the domestic rea
tions wherever armies might go-to bring the wo-
men and children 20 our own land, they 60 with
servants, aud set them about something that would
assist Us in making war. There s not city,
town, hamlet CT house in the United States that
does not In some way aid the enemy in wagng
war. All these We should lay in ashes. There is no
horse, mule, OK, cow sbeep bog nothing that "goes on
boot" that is not OF use part OF the military power
ofthe enemy. All these we should slaughter appro.
pirate. Nay, there ia scarcely human being, able in
any way to labor that does not contribute something
to the great aggregate of national wealth that consti-
tues "the sinews OF war" They would all be contra
band of war; according to the Everett argument and Ii
able to be disposed of interest might dictate.
When Edward Everett who, at least, has some learn.
ing and sense talks such iofnite twGddle this
may understand something of the universal demency
10 which tie Yankee race hasfallen.
Richmond Whig, 26h inst.