The true Democrat., 1855-10-23
Gov. SEYMOURS SPEECH, Delivered at Recent Democratic Meeting
In Tammany Hall, N. Y. City.

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 After discussing with much power the pro- hibitory- Liquor question and know nottingham, Gov. Seymour proceeded as follows:
 At this time, party, powerful in numbers, resources and talents, in opposition to the warn lngs and entreatles of the patriot whom the American people love and reverence, have en- tered into the pending political contest with the determination of arraying one section of our common country against another. Its presses constantly urge upon the public attention every thing of past, present, or fancied occurrence which is calculated to excite the preudices or to arouse the passions of the north against the south. Blind to the pages of history, and deaf to the admonitons of the wise and good; heed less of scenes of suffering, blood, and carnage, which national passions and prejudices are pro- ducing in Europe; unthankful for the progress, happiness, and peace of our land, men of mar row prejudices or of selfish ambition wish to reduce the boundaries of our great country down to the dimensions of their limited views or personal schemes. This reasonable conduct is called necessary measure of defense against the aggressive power and political influence of the south. It is remarkable that the idea of the undue power of thesouth mainly originates in the New England States, whose united ter rtories are less than the area of Missouri, and their aggregate population less than that of New York, and yet who are allowed six times the representation of either in the Senate of the United States.
 | THE SOUTH NOT AGGRESSIVE.
 The charges of territorial acquisitions, and of political aggressons to promote southern de- signs, have been made so consistently, that we'll disposed persons heve been mislead. call your attention to the following facts gathered from official documents:
 In 179O the population of the northern States was 1,968, ,455 and of the southern 1,- 961, ,372. Their numbers were then about equal. In 1850 the population of the northern States was 13, 5O7, 194, and of the southern g. 612,31O. This great disparity has been increas- ed during the last five years. The annual in- crease of the population of the United States, including immigration, is about 9OO,oOO. Of the natural increase 37O,OOO belongs to the north, and 23O,OOO to the south. Of the inn migration, assume that 10000 goes to the south, and 23OOOO to the north and west, and it will be seen that the annual increase of the popu- laton of the free over the slave States is 35O,- GOO. By 1860 the population of the north will exceed that of the south more than seven and half millions.
 The political powerof the country has passed into the hands of the free States, and that power is increasing with startling rapidty.- The preservation of our Union depends upon the wisdom, moderation, and justice of the north; and yet at this time the party dominant in this State appeals to northern passions and prejudices! It strives to array the majority against the minority. It tells the majority that 1t is brave and bold to denounce and revile the minority. Itstigmatizes those as cowardly and base who stand up on northern soil to speak for their whole country. This vaunted cou- rage, which seeks contest with inferior num- bers, has studied the census returns. This im- puted cowardice is the courage and patriotism of all the good and the great our country has produced.
 RESULTS OF OUR TERRITORIAL ACQUISITIONS.
 Look at the results of territorial acquisitions. At the establishment of our government we had no lands west of the Mississippi By the purchase of Florida and the acquisition of Tex as, New Mexico and California we have in- creased our country's area threefold, and ex. tended it to the Pacific. The purchase of Flo rda was more for the advantage of northern commerce than southern interests A large portion is uninhabitable, and it's population is less than some of our interior counties. With Cuba, it gave to Spain complete control of northern commerce with the Gulf of Mexico; hence the necessity for its acquisition. The purchase of Louisiana was made for the pur- pose of giving to the western and northwes- tern States an open channel to the ocean for their productions. The southern States did not need this, they bordered upon the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. It also gave to the north an immense region, exceeding in extent the ori- ginaLthirteen States, lying between the Missis- sppi river and the Pacific ocean-a country watered by the Upper Missouri and the Colum- bia rivers and their tributaries, with the advan- tage of some of the best harbors in the world on the Pacific coast This purchase was made by a southern administration. This vast region is soon to be filled by an active and enterpris- ing population. A computation will show that