New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-15
Growth of our Negro Aristoeracy.
SPEECH OF GOV. SEWARD
AT THE REPUBLICAN MEETING At ALBANY On
FRIDAY EVENING.

ALBANY
which failed to reach US in season to accompany
the openiDg, appeared, however in our evening
edition of Saturday and we now lay before our
readers the entire speech, though to do SO we re-
publish the part they have already seen.
GOV. sEwARDs SPEECH.
Hail 10 the capital of New-York Venerable for
its antiquity and yet distinguished for its loyalty 10
Proprtss Liberty ana Union This capital is dear TO
ne Il has more than once sen. me abroad with hon
orabIe functions and even in these adverse
which have happened to me-, a. they must happen to
all representative men, il has failed 10 receive
me at home again with sympathy and kindness.
DoubIy bonored be the banner OF the stars and
stripes which here takes on its highest significance as
it waves over the halls where equal representative.
make .he laws which regulate the lives OF equal free
men. Honored be the statue Of Justice that sur
mounts the dome above US! Blind, that she may not
through either passion or prejudice discriminate be-
tween the rich and the poor the protestant and cath
Ole the natve-born and the exotic, the freeman and
him whose liberties have been c!oven down, and
weighing with exact balarce the rights Of all classes
and all races Of men. Old familiar echoes greet my
car from beneath these embowered roofs The
voices Of the Spencers Of Kent and Van Rensselaer,
and Van Veghen, of the genial TOmpkins, Of Clinton
the great AID the elder Clinton, Of King and Hamil
ton of jay the pure aud benevolent, Gsnd Schuyler
tie gallant aud inf xibe. The very air tha, fingers
around tbese arches breathes uterhnces OF moral 40
cis and Ct physical enterprise and OF unconqueTa2ie
freedom.
You Old. tried, familiar friends, ask my counsel
whether to cling vet longer to traditional controversies
and to dissolving parties or 20 se at once 10 npber
alma with new and more e)er6etlc associations! 40
moi wonder at your suspense nor DO censure eau ION
or even timidty Fckieness in political associations
IL a yeakrees aud precpitaJcy in pubic action IL a
crime. Considered by itself i is unfortunate TO- be
obliged 10 separate from an old party and TO lnsltue
a new one. The new one may exhibit more enthus-
Ann for time but it must LEO for o time lack co1e
sion and discipline. The names parties are generally
arbitrary and not at all indicative OF their CHI racers
or purpose generous man viii, nevertheless chog
as If Il we've family altar to a name that has long
been rail- ying cry for himself aud his compatriots
The gre at question before us. howeve r, is to be de-
cided not by feeling but under the counses OF reason
and patriotism. II the last lnlunc ion gwen by
the last one Of the revolutionary congresses TO the
American people, never to forget that the cause OF
America had always been aod that 1t must ever con-
tnue TO be the Of human nature. The question
then IT, vi at is the course dictated to US by our love
Of county anc of hum2nity
The nation was founded on the simple aud practi-
caly new principle of the equal and lnaleoaoie
rights Of all men, and Therefore u necessarily became
e. iepubic Other governments, founded on the a.
Gent pine pie of the nequa of men, are b. force
of an eduhl cesliy mOnarchies or arstOcraces.
Whenever either Of these kinds OF governments loses
by lapse Of time and change OF circumstances ts ee-
uentery principle whether Of equality or insqnalry,
tbepcefofward il takes a rapid and irresistible
toward rt organization Of The opposite kind. No one
here or elsewhere is dsloyal TO bis country or to
manb ind as be willing TO see our republican syste
fail. All res that IL every Gaze and throughout all
hazards tI,stOcracy must be abhOrei and avoided
and republican institutions must BE- defended and pre-
served.
Jbns i, not strange or extrdvagant when say that
an aistocracy as already arisen here ana ina IL is
IL. To- ipcrf RCDublfp
could not mise in any country where there was no
privileged class and no special foundation on when
such class could permanently stand. On the con-
trarY, every State, however repubhcan us IonsAu'
ioD NAV b. is sure to become an arstOcrdcy soccer
or luer Il has privileged class standog firmly on
an enduIng special foundations end Ii mat class IS
continually growing stronger ana stronger, eul ''I
unpfiyiiele ed classes continually growing weaker aha
weakcr Il ia not at all esse i1 10 prVuegel class
that i, reft on udal tor urs, or on military comma1d,
or on Ccc', -iastical aubou'y, or ina lts tgns De
hereditary or even that II be distinguished Dy 'les OF
honor. Ii may be even the more insll'oas alu tle
more dangerous FOR sckiDg all thess things, be3au'e
will be les obnoxious 10 popular hostility
A privileged class has existed Ia t1is co1nry ron
on esry period of its seieme2t. Shareholders co's'i-
iute that Gloss. They have special foundation on
which to s'6nd-namely parsonal DOM over
slaves Conscience and sound policy forbid au men
alike from holding slaves bur some cizeos disregard
the Injunction Some of Ire States enforce the lnn6i-
ton; Other States eglect or refuse to enforce H. IN
each Of the States there are three hunlre1 ana MY
thousand citizens who avail themse yes OF TINS pc ahaf
INDULGENCE aud those pro Ccted by the laws OF tnese
States constitute a privileged class Tney confess
themselves to be such class when t0ey de5sha the
system of Slavery as peculiar Institution
The spirit of the revolutionary age was adverse 10
that n,iyise, class America ana Europe we're firmly
engaged tins in prosecuting what was expected u be
a speedy complete aud universal abolition OF African
slavery NJ arly all the privileged classes edln,te1
that Slavery as per nanant system was lndote re-
ard favored its removal They asked only what
seemed by no means unreasonable, some securities
aoai, At a sudden rash and violent reinoVa OF me
evil. Under these circumstances even me mos. DC
cided opponents of Slavery consented 10 some pro
visions Of tie Fedeys constitution when were ihc9h
';scnt Win the stern loeic of equality that pervaded
all TIA o,ber parts, end Tcrvadsd the whole OF tne
Declaration OF American Independence, on "hicA tne
Cousti utiou Itself was based. We are no. 10 cohsue
the fathers for these conceesi0Asi ney ma uuio VI
The Stsfes to create and their ardent and generous
minds the voluntary removal of Slavery bV the a 'loA
of the several States themselves without federal Aer
ference. seemed not only certain but close az manu-
Tn se provisions Of the Constitution were;
First. That the foreign slaHt-Ta1e sho"'A NV' ~
abolished y, ne ISIS. .,o....
might establish ID fay or of Freedom should not impair
the tgai remedy then supposed TO exist oY conuloh
law for u recapure by legal process IN SUE se,
Vt feitivCs from labor service escaping IRON otaer
Third Tbs, threc-6fhs Of all slaves should be
counted N seytog the oasis OF 'epesenta ION III Tie
sovel al States. 49,, .,...oi-.. .,,.,,
very hnted sud almost harmless, are AL that the
faiers consciously msde 10 the privileged class
But pfivilel ed classes always Know well how 10 I'M
prove even any indirect aoV,ntagts "heh V1t oohs.i-
luton or Jaws of a c0untry Afford Sua ll!rev' ~
ysp'ages they acquired com tSo other provisions o.
the Constitutions lst that provision Whlcd mas s ne
State Authority indspsIGent eDd sovereign u muhe-
pal afais. slavery 6ing doTstOOi 10 be purely nn-
ricipa mis- oa'uTe. -. Iht pr3vi@oa wa.ea, GU