Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-16
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP
The Other Great New York spsech-Nc

The Other Great New York Speech Not
long since, We had occasion to call public at
tention to very great speech, delivered in
Tammany Hall, by Ex-Governor Seymour, of
New York, whose every sentiment therein ut
tered found an echo, at least in our breast
On Friday night last, another great and i'm
portant speech was delivered in New York
(State) by a very distinguished and powerful
man. We allude to that Of Senator Seward,
at Albany. Ihe detection OF Ex-Governor
Washington Hunt and Senator Fish from the
councils of the 4" conscience, wing Of the op
position in the Empire State, made it neces.
sary that Mr. Seward should throw himself
into the breach. He has done 50, as he does
all things boldly, yet with eonsummate adroit-
ness 1t is the fashion, we know, among that
gentleman's opponents, not only to make a
very foolish war of personal abuse of him, and
thus really TO strengthen him, politically, at
the expense Of the cause such warriors seek to
serve, but also greatly to underrate his capa-
cities, influence and power, if but to Justify
the policy Of Singing slush" upon him.
We have long deplored this habit of writers,
and here and there an orator opposed to him,
as really accomplishing mere for his (Mr.
Seward 81 cause, than has been ACCOMPLISHED
by the force Of his oratory, which, it is futile
to deny, is exceedingly forcible when before
the eyes Of the Northern masses, on paper.
We have neither read nor heard a speech Of
his upon his particular topic-slavery-tha
might not have been answered and refuted
satlsfaetdrily to the minds OF all In the North,
except half crazed Abolitionists, had the work
been sensibly undertaken and the refutation
been as Systematically and effectively circu-
lated as ms speeches, among those for whose
reading his oratorieal eForts are for the
most part intended. But too often it has
happened that the capable and proper re.
Plyer has been forstalled by somebody am.
bilious Of earning nOtoriety by pitching
IN for contest of personalities with him
who, VIGOROUSLY, notices such efforts no
more than though they were the whistling
Of the wind. The consequence has been, there
fore, that the sessonabls time for counterfeit
Ing the effect Of his specious logic and unsound
facts or differences has very generally been
III.
which he does battle with as much ingenuity
as pertinscity
We remarked that his recent speech was O.
good one. IL is so, inssmuch as its adroit-
ness Is unsurpassed by modern oratorical eff
forts Yet nc places his new political organi-
cation IN baltic array altogether on abolition
grouId-On premises which are not IN aintain.
able before the people CT the North, when the
great contest comes of. True, he has done
his very best to disguise precisely where he
and his stand. Yet the world cannot fail to
appreciate their position, if it be assailed with
Aught else than senseless and useless personal
abuse His Indictment is against the (alleged)
unseen, but so far always triumphant power
IN the government; that Of the slave holding
interest de greatly undertakes its strength
Chat OF the slayehOlding interest, which COM
prlses an unanimous South and magniies
wonderfully its alleged triumphs and artfullv
argues that Its prosperity is antagonistic to the
interests oi white labor. He also calls upon
all who are not shareholders to combine 10 de-
strOy the institution of slavery, and while adj.
hitting that there is no power or right under
The constitution to justify assaiiing it directly
IN the States, he points out how that may be
done indirectly through legislation for the Ter.
.ritories and the District of Columbia, and by
building up an anti-slavery party in each
slavehOlding State, on the ground that the
Shareholders are ari,tocrats, being pampsred
ut the expense Of the masses through an inst
tuition which it was (ae intimateD the purpose