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Editorial
September 9, 1863
Raftsman's Journal
Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Editorial criticizes Justice Woodward's defense of slaveholders' 'natural rights,' questioning if they justify atrocities like hanging Union citizens in East Tennessee, hunting refugees with bloodhounds in Louisiana, making cups from Yankee skulls, shooting prisoners in Richmond, and massacring in Lawrence, Kansas.
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SOUTHERN RIGHTS.
When Mr. Justice Woodward said that the slaveholders might “fall back on their natural rights, and employ in defence of their property whatever means they possess or can command,” he was not as explicit as he might have been. He was disloyal enough as far as he went, but he did not go far enough. He should have told us what the “natural rights” of the slaveholders consist in. We are curious to know whether they include the right to hang and shoot Union citizens in East Tennessee; the right to hunt Union refugees in Louisiana with blood-hounds; the right to manufacture drinking-cups of dead Yankees' skulls; the right to shoot Union prisoners at the tobacco warehouse in Richmond, for looking out of the window; the right to burn the town of Lawrence, Kansas, and massacre the helpless women and children.
Are these among the natural rights referred to by Mr. Justice Woodward?
When Mr. Justice Woodward said that the slaveholders might “fall back on their natural rights, and employ in defence of their property whatever means they possess or can command,” he was not as explicit as he might have been. He was disloyal enough as far as he went, but he did not go far enough. He should have told us what the “natural rights” of the slaveholders consist in. We are curious to know whether they include the right to hang and shoot Union citizens in East Tennessee; the right to hunt Union refugees in Louisiana with blood-hounds; the right to manufacture drinking-cups of dead Yankees' skulls; the right to shoot Union prisoners at the tobacco warehouse in Richmond, for looking out of the window; the right to burn the town of Lawrence, Kansas, and massacre the helpless women and children.
Are these among the natural rights referred to by Mr. Justice Woodward?
What sub-type of article is it?
Slavery Abolition
War Or Peace
What keywords are associated?
Southern Rights
Slaveholders
Natural Rights
Union Atrocities
Civil War
Woodward
Lawrence Kansas
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. Justice Woodward
Slaveholders
Union Citizens
Yankees
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Slaveholders' Natural Rights Justifying Atrocities
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical And Anti Slavery
Key Figures
Mr. Justice Woodward
Slaveholders
Union Citizens
Yankees
Key Arguments
Woodward's Statement On Natural Rights Is Disloyal But Incomplete
Questions If Natural Rights Include Hanging And Shooting Union Citizens In East Tennessee
Questions If Natural Rights Include Hunting Union Refugees With Bloodhounds In Louisiana
Questions If Natural Rights Include Manufacturing Drinking Cups From Dead Yankees' Skulls
Questions If Natural Rights Include Shooting Union Prisoners In Richmond For Looking Out A Window
Questions If Natural Rights Include Burning Lawrence, Kansas, And Massacring Women And Children