Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-12


ssssl FssstAnss Oa dali whole SaFSs and Are more e.
ally crushed By blow the side than on the "esser
eOd" We fancy the ovarian knowledge which the
distinguished orator possesses Is rather that Of the egg
suokiGg hound, the terror OF old women on our plIn-
tatOns the cure tor which Is to tempt or force the aui
imslsO addicted, to swallow egg ssr,d full with cay
enne, which suggests the idea that Yankee enemy
Will be sure " find he Confederate egg Is cue
thoroughly Sled with the most mordant pepper
whenever he may a.temp. 20 swallow it. So much for
~. Stewards rhetOrick.
A little more sdrOit use Of words, however, is made
by this man elsewhere in this discourse when he
terms The present one for the disPut'd succession
10 the e1 cutive powers" and with that gitterlrg
faeehoOd as sArting point he un2lcka hS memory OF
lie store Of historic paTallels-psrs growing out
Of disputed suecessious which, he says, are "the
most heouent causes Of civil war, not only In
| r, DubIics. but even In mOnArchiss." Prating
quite sbsowly as he held the intelligence Of his hear
ers in very low appreciation, be assumes that the
only question between the Southern and n rshefn
States originally was, whether one man or another
Brsckinridge, Bill or Douglas, on the one side, and
Lincoln on the other, should sit in the Presidential
chair for four years. D.. course, Seward knows well
enough why the people Of the South determined that
Lin,on. elected by sectional party, because Of sec
tonal sentiments and known hostility to the South,
should never rule over thew aud be knows that it
TIE attemot o. Lincoln to enforce rule, resisted BY
them because OF the policy he pledged to crry GUS
that led 10 war ard no such rN airy Of ambitious dynAs
lie, Is h. would make it, But while he knows his, he
kpovs also that the people of his country ABSORBED In
the pursui, Of GAIN for the most part exceedingly
.euorans Of public STARS and may be imposed on By
,bs Simplest coutrvAnoes of "a sci ood or The weakest
devices Of sophahy. TIE speech he was making was
therefore good enough for them, and answered bis
purpose Of keeping them IN darkness and delu ion.
Blu; IA seems 20 have occurred to Seward thGt even
tho people be Was addressing might remember that
disputed succession gtoss necessarily out Of con
d A. for Iuership In one and the government two
OF more competing AspirGhts conlenoing 10 which
shall hOldhe sceptre In particular Feam-Whils here
,nss i 10 claim set up by any Southern mao to rule
over the people OF the United sae and no Effort made
70 eject LncOln from the seat which the people Vi
his government elevated him. TO reconcile thiS in
son ruity, Seward nVsnIs theory. He says "Eoth-
ng is more certain than that either the Unted States
4ad her constitutional resident or the so called Con-
ederale atea and tnef uaurpng ffesusht must RUE
Ei,hio toe limits OF this Republic We have heard
the opinion expressed that the inoApacy OF the Vans
kee ior managing affairs Of STATE, might, al fu-
ture day dsVSVs upon lhe duty 10 this interest Of
| humanity, Of assuming control Of his govern
ment, Just ~ the incapsety Of tho NeXicaRs
for empire has furnished to Louis Napoleon an
EXCISE iOr supplying them with = ruler, end debating
the form Of government; but tha ideI that President
Davs, or any one else in this OOniedsracy is fighting
for the oathsOme tax Of ruling Yankees, is prepOs
.sgous tlat no man with lees "caesk" than Seward
would have yentarel TO give utterAnce to 1t. SO far
from this being true, struggling with might and
main, as Prometheu4 struggled to be rid Of the
Tulture that preyed upon his liver, Nessus to be
freed from the s6r. that set HE blood 6re, to be
delivered OF the Yankee altogether. Even az subject
or slave We revolt the thought Of having anything to
d. With him As The only d. oOnipAnionshP that the
whole sa,td furnishes for him, Wish to leave him
alone With himself II he mus. aspire 10 toe form of
civil z,d government think that Of all men Lincoln
is the 6test ruler fol bin A low, vulgar, knaVish
,oun be is their trus representative and sKponsnt
Aud above all things, let Seward continue to be bis
Prime Minister. Such rulers and such a people are
mutually worthy OF each other .