Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-10-24
'TIaE LATEST SENSAThE>E
SDurTsg'S SE.AE2I FOX Fay Les52
eES SLAVES.

'EIsE LATEST SENSAE'hE>E = - =
SDgJTEg,S CE.AE79 f'D!s Fay L<s52
sES SLAVES.
The Northern press seems % be cE-
ercising itself i1et low with tho i.roa-
pect of the presentation Of a iitt:c lii
of 800, 900, 900 against the Federal
Government III favor OF the late slave
holders. The Immediate cause ot t.is
latest sensation is to be found III =
recent speech o. ex-senator y. II. =.
Hunter at Winchester, Virginia.
The Philadelphia 1usTli".En s:.y@:
owe are not disposed to o.: -.::-s
the significance OF Mr.. l!H4;"l.@
speech. At the same time il Toni.i
not be wise to pass it over as . merely
regretful alillsion to the change worked
in the South as regards property ny
emancipation. When men begin 10
talk of wrongs inflicted and damages
sustained, the next thing IS JiA'!r u
be a suit at law The range II tn"
wroneed individual must be limited,
indeed, il his plant do not reach the
ear OF some attorney hungry f"r tie
opportunity to right wrongs al = ioir
compensation. 4 considerable party
here at the North have been for years
seeking Il clue to the situation So; the
South. When the Democratic leaders
find out what their old comradc5 really
want, they Will lose 10 time III enter
ing into an alliance COR uit,Hsive a.Id
defensive purposes. 1t need surprise
nobody il, within SIX months, the e.
gans of Democracy open diso"5siCn,
taking MIR Hunters speech tpr = sub
dued keynote. Bat whether "icli a
discussion IS or IS not OH The c:.rl5, ii
is the duty OF the Republican pros -
regard it as possibility, and g. r"s...
the beginnings OF evil.
The -lnaerjc0a thertupUn proceeds
to perform its part Of '':hc duty u the
Republican press" ~ presenting tlle
following argument
"StiIl, the fact remains that thc q, gI3
was for centuries held aI,d @uj"Tci a.
n chattcl, having a marhe! Na,I,,, AMI
transmitting his, thcws aGd siucE. into
income for his owner prvvis"- - :;
horse or an OK trauSmutcs his ill>,..s
and sinews for his owner ETDt:.
Custom, Itself a Law, tolerated DIS
anomaly. But the uycrHIcin:u.E y,.-
dict of mankind is that the c,t-tula
rooted in barbarian; that it was stall
lished by force, and maintained ~
force in the face OF protest by tie !jn'E
of mankind III Il civilized Stat; AL
that a condition founded IL force, t4i
so maintained, had no tenure
save force; therefore when the
force and fraud which su~tajueI
slavery was beaten down. al
assumed rights aud privilege. aaI
-, n I'll ,
that vicious condition passed ..T.:y ly'-
ever If this he not true, then IT," i.so
ls Il farce and Justice 3 >tHlu>ivH. FL
Iorco can convey 40 lille tn. shall
outlive il. Otherwise It might drive
b from his Homestead and devise tue
Same so that the tltis. aAould vel n
the usurper's next of kin. Bat - Inc
usurpation wa. Il fraud any G.spoa.-
ton of the property, except restoration
to the rightful ow2.cr, would b. ,roHd-
ulent.
This is precisely what happened
when some appropriated some other
man as his property. The title 81 the
slave to freedom was not eXtin2uished,
but only suspended by force. The
moment that this restraining force
was removed the slave was RENTED -
his former estate, and tie property, a.
ways Fictitious, disappeared. The
'lsurper has no remedy against any
body except force The Shareholder
has exhausted thai remedy and j. &C
tually out of court He has 10 Csc:
1T il only those who have cases should
: ia COZ &. a great many lawyers
WI I've {, change their occupation
oI =.
Up. this argument We have onl@
single remark to make to-wit II it be !
true that ''force can convey no ti;le chat :
shall outlive if, if it be true that .'ilie /
'1surper has no remedy against any
body except force" what remedy has
the holder Of the so-called special tax
lOntIS acainst the honest taN--nnar -nl.S Of !