The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-11-09
SPEECH OF GOV. SEWARD,
1T TIE REPUBLICAN MEETING AT ALBANY
October IL.

| Hail to the capital OF New YORK 'e"o',
able for its antiquity, and ye, distinguished
lor lis loyalty 10 Prosress, Liberty ano
Union. This Capital il dear 10 me. IL ha'
more than once sent me abroad with honor'
able functions, and even in those adverse
seasons which have happened 10 me, as they
mus, happen to all representative men, u
has never failed 10 receive me at home again
with sympathy aud kindness. Doue'y hon
,red be the banner Of The stars and stripes
which here takes on i;s hishes, Significance
as /, waves over the Halls where equal rep
resentatives make The laws which regulate
the lives OF equal lreemeu. Honored be
the statute OF Justice that surInounts the
dome above us Bliad, that she may moi
through passion or prejudice. discriminate
between the Rich and .he Poor, The Pro-
iesian, and the Catholic, The Nalive.boru
anI the Exotic, The freeman and him
whose liberties have been cloven down, and
weighing with exact balance the rights ol
all classes and all races OF men. Old iamil.
lar echoes greet my ear from beneath l .se
embowered roofs The voices Of the SPES
GERS. ofKEST and VAN RENSSELAER, aud VAN
yEcurES, Of the genial ToNPKINs, OF CLIS.
TON the great, and the elder CLINTON, o
KING and HAMILTON, Of JAY the pure, and
benevolen, SCHUYLER, and Tho gallan, and
inaexiblc. The very air ,ha, fingers around
these arches brings inspirations OF moral
social and physical enterprise and of un'
conQuera5le freedom.
You, old tried, familiar friends, ask my
counsel whether TO cling ye, longer 10 irati.
tional controversies and 10 dissolving parties,
or TO rise a, once TO nobler aims with new
aad more energetic associations! do moi
wonder Il, your suspense, no, tlo | censure
caution nor even limidiy. Ficklcness in
political associations is a weakness and pre-
cipiiancy in public action is crime. Con.
siiered By itself i, is unfortunate 10 BE-
obliged 10 separate from an old patty and to
l'is'i''''e new one in' new o"o may eA'
h'O't more enthusiasm ior lime, but u
must also Ior 4 "i'e lack c"heS'on m" DIS
p"o' "O '"'"'S " '"c' "o Se"e'"'
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0"a''O'e' '' VI p''p''V ~ Sc"V'O'' '"''
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ANY "! 'o' "''''o'' anu "'s ''"P''''o'S'
i"c Srra q'es',o" oe,o'e u.s. however u
I" oe "ec'uo" ho' ny icei'hS' ous unuef 'le
eo"nse's VI 'e"so" anu l'"'o'slh' IL was
'"' ."'' '.ju"''o" give" " "'e 'as' "ne o'
'"o is01U'u''o"S!sSS YSfgel lfaf'hs cause OF
America hal always been and that it must
ever continue to be the cause OF Human
Nature. The question then is, what is the
course dictated to us oy our love OF Country
and OF Humanity.
This nation was founded on the simple
and practically new principle OF the equal
and inalienable rights OF all men, and there
fore it necessarily becomes Republic
oiher governments, founded on the ancien,
principle OF The Inequality OF men, are by
force Of an equal necessity Monarchics or
Aris,ocracies. Whenever government, OF
either of these kinds loses by lapse of time
and change of circumstances lis elementary
principle, whether Of equality or inequality,
thenceiorward !, takes a rapid and ilresis,i.
ble course towards Reorganization OF the
opposite kind. No one here or elsewhere
is so disloyal 10 his country or 10 mankind
as 10 be willing 10 see onr Republican sys-
tenn ail. All agree that in every case and
Throughout, all hazaIds, Arisiocracy mus, be
abhorted and avoided, and Republican In
stl,u,ions mus, be defended and preserved
Think it no, strange nor cy,ravaran,
when say iha, an Ars,ocracy has already
arisen here. and ,ha, !, i already under.
mining the Republic. An aris,ocracy could
no, arise in any country where there was no
priyileccd class and no spccial foundation
on which such n class could permanen,lv
stand. On The contrary. every State, how.
ever Reppblicau lis constitution NAV be. /.
sr,o IN becoms an aris,ocracv sooner or
,,,,, M, has = n,;v;l.,ed class s,,,d;n,
Ell. =, =, o,d,,;., s,o,;,I ,,,d,,;on
.,I |, ,h,, o,,.. :. oo,,;r,,,,y ,row;r,, !,
s,.a,..- .,d ~, r,n,;v;,o.cl c,,sse.
a.n,;on.,,,. a.,,,;,u ,,.,to, ,r1 rs,,o,-
I, !. No, =, al e..en,i,, 70 n nr;v;l,,ed class
,h,, !, ,s,,s q, occ,s:;os,;ca, op,bori,v q,
even tba, i, be distinguished by titles ol
honor. |, NAV be even the more insidou,
and the more danperou. for lacking all these
things. because !, will be less obnoxious 10
popular hostility.
A privileged class has existed in this
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