The New York herald., 1868-08-11

these rights can only be exercised according TO tns
mental Constitution Of tbe .Is n,sd sde ,anda
does not confer these powers upon Congress and
that the attempt by Congress to exercise them Is
sheer usurpation imposing no Obligation upOa
either the c0nquerors or the conquered to obey these
arbitrary edicts. ! propose, In the next place. to
auered people by the laws Of nations. The assumD.
ton by this ignorant and infamous faction
and their still more ignorant and Infamous allies
In the SOUTH that conquest alone places the llves
Liberties honor ,,s snd properly ab OF the yanqushed
atbsr foTndaon than the baseness and turotnds -
its advocates. and Is libel on nature and natures
God. 1t is neither sustained BY principle author.
ity and Is condemned BY all Just men and approved
writer's upOn the laws Of nations from Cicero to
James Longstreet and, excluding the latter, there Il
perversion OF public law. To me the exception Is .
painful one, not that he Is any authority upon thM
subject but because woaid S,s nos nave n tarnlsa
vOtion to just cause and regret his errors. II II
true that there have heretofore been wars and such
may occur again. where the principle commended for
by these cOnspiratOrs and their allies may be Justly
applied: and wish to save the exception to the gen.
eral principle for benefit OF those whose crimes
deserve ana whose conduct provokes its rigid en-
forcement. Such are the rights OF war (noe
of neacel against pirates and robbers and other out
aWs whose atrocities marx them as enemies OF the
human race and exclude them by the Judgment OF
mankind from the benefits OF the laws OF nations.
What condemnation, what punishment could b0
great enough for those commanders or our armies.
those leaders OF connses who thus ciaraeterize
can they find in this world the nexts The laws Of
nations, though wanting in the certainty OF mtnci-
pal laws BY reason OF Inc want OF @ VI t0 inter-
and OF GOd-divine laws; the rock o. ages Is their
corner stone and the golden rule Is their standard
and exponent. They fix limits to the rights Ol con-
quest and establish rules for the government Of
the conquered beyond which he cannot pass
without placing himself outside OF ther protection.
This rule measures his rights by the Justice OF his
cause and his necessary selfdeience" The world
had need to be told by the wise and good men OF
Grap AM Puffeu0Orf ur.
lamarqui yattel and all other approved publiciss,
'that he who engages In war derives all or his just
rights from the justice OF his cause and that who
ever, therefore, takes up arms without Just cause
can have no rights whatever that every act Of hos
tility he commits Is act OF Injustice iVate, book
3, chapter 11) that all Of his victories murders
and that all Of his acquisitions robberies." That
sit is certain that no conquest ever authorized con
queror to govern any people tyrannically" tiurla-
marqui, p. H., That "the most absolute sovereignty
gives no right to os those 1sys
queror must govern lis conquests according to the
ends for which civil governments were established"
among men. (vattel, book 3. chapter 49, That
sprivate property he seized by the yictOrs.
That ''all despOtsm is unlawful wrong, wicke and
imposes no obligation of obedience upon any human
beng;n finally, that resistance to tyraIts is obed-
to God" These are but the teachings OF reason
and revelation, the clear utterances OF nature and
natures God, ringing through all climes ana all CEN
turies and prOclaming justice as the supreme law
binding upon both men and nations. Let Us uave no
Of these treacherOus babbings about the rights
OF the conqueror from those who dare not defend his
cause, and who seek to cover up their own shameful
race, and mputations upon the wisdom, Justice and
goodness Of the living GOd The rights OF the conque
being thus shown to be limited by the justice OF his
cause and his necessary self defence let examine
for moment how stood the question OF right Oe-
tween us and our opponents. Tie federal Congress.
from the first day OF the to this hour. has never
made any allegation OF wrong committed by US
against the United States; they placed their Justin
cation of the war solely upon tue ground that
sought to withdraw from the Union. This was true,
and, we hold, IustGabe. Passing over icr tie sake
of not revivng old animosities the csses or separ
ht.n aolA INST uA1 nd
il Is sufficient to say that the laws OF nations as ex-
pounded by the Declaration OF Independence, fully
Justified the seeding States IN establishing for theIn
selves q new and Independent government. Tho
crime II any, was committed by those VINO made
war to prevent the exercise Of this r,ght @ rgns.
OF Union was formed. secondly, The states were
sovereign and independent at Inc time OF the
formation OF the confederation and did nos surrender
their sovereignty and independence by the consttu-
ton. ! do not intend to reDeat the arguments on
this point, which have so often made before you.
Nv object OH this occasion being only 10 show that
we have not committed any such crimes by with
drawing peaceably from the American Union az
should put under the 'banner OF The empire" anu
exclude us from che benefit of the laws OF nations
The right of each State to Judge for Itself OF the IN
fraction Of the constitution and the mode and man.
ner of redress was plainly affirmed by Mr. Jefferson
in the first Of series OF resolutions drawn ny nm
and adopted by the Kentucky Legislature IN 1898.
The resolution was accepted as true explanation
the constitution, from 1901 to the beginning OF the
late war; Sy the Gas gasa
democratic national platforms rom lc44 TO
1850, and repeatedly sanctioned by large majorities
OF the people. Can 1t then be said that for the ex-
ercise OF this right thus affirmed and sanctioned By
the laws ofsnaHons, we are Justly condemned to the
deprivation OF all civil rights, outlawry and chains
and that consummati0n Of all evils negro supremacy
us2 Yet this Is the proposition which the rad
Gals and their supporters mus establish before t9ey
gressional edicts. l have thus shown that these
measures can derive no Justification support or apo.
lOgy from either the constitution OF the Uuited
States the laws OF nations the acts OF the people
of the Confederate States they stand, therefore, in
their naked deormity open to the indignant gaze OF
all honest men, Tyranny aud malice exhausted their
ingenuity In the conception. By the AID of military
dictator eminently fitted to execute them through the
agency OF bayonets stuffed ballot boxes fraudulent
regisries and returns they have accomplished their
appointed work. mockery, called the constitution
OF the state Of Georgia, has been imposed upon the
people, which makes all good government impossi.
BILE as long as IL stands An ignorant and unprinci
pied adventurer has been installed under i as the
power the interests and desnes of this people,
who Is already prostltuting the power and PATRONAGE
bestowed on him for tnat purpose In buying p,e0
OF honor and trust for his cocoDspirators, ~ cor
ruptng the Judiciary, In rewardng pronigste foow.
people themselves in order to perpetuate the faction
to whose base measures alone ne owes his eleva
ton. All these and many more such wrongs nave nave
been inflicted upon you without yQr consent. your
consent alone can give the least validity to these
usurpatons. Let no power on earth wiring that
consent from your manly b0soms. Take no counsel
OF fear-it Is the meanest of masters; spurn the
temptations OF Office and gold from the polluted
hands of your Oppressors he VINO holds only his own
sepulchre at the price OF these chains, owns hert
tage oi shame. All honor to the national democracy
who have risen In their might to strike or these
fetters from your limbs. You. and all. owe IL 10
them, to yourselves, your posierity and your coun
try, rush to their standard and labor with them
In this great work Of delivrance and liberty. They
have thrown wide the portals Of admission: forget
ting all past differences OF opinion they invite all 70
unite In the present great struggle for the liberties
OF the peOple.n Come, unite win them Your c0un-
try says c0me-duty says c0me-lberty says come
The country s In danger; let every freeman hasten
to the rescue.
The National BANK system.
The Hon. A. P. Edgerton democratic candidate
for Lieutenant Governor Of Indiana. In speech
recently delivered at Indianapolis. ventilated tho