The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-10-27

GAN PARTY.
At the Albany meeting. Friday nicht,
Senator Seward made an elaborate speech,
designed to show that the country had been
for twenty wears, and still is, under the con-
troll of a privileged class-the Shareholders.
'ttter tracing the growth Of their power, and
rrcapltulating the most intocrablc exrc>Scs
Of which they have been guilty during the
Ia>t'thrrc or four administrations. he pro.
ceeds to set forth his reasons for joining the
Republican party. We give this portion of
his speech entire As it is destined 70 have a
more important bearing upon the politics of
the country than anything that has fallen
from The Senator'S lips fora long time:
The change that has become at last 50
necessary Is Is easy 10 be made AS it is nee
cSSarv. The whole number CT shareholders
is Only 100000. ON" hundreth part Of the en-
tire population of th. country II Won add
rheir parents. children, immediate relatives
anu dependents, they are two millions
fifteenth part of the American people
Slavery is not aud can never be- icrpetua'
1t will hr ovr,thr"wn either peacefully and
lawfully under this constitution. or it will
work the >ubver>ion of the constitution to-
,ether with is own overthrow. Then the
Shareholders would perish IN the struggle.
The ,han.r can now he made without vio-
,enre. and hv the auencv Of the ballot box
The temper of the nation is u>t, liberal, for
1,oariro II will contribute aHv money AMI
rndur, any sacrifice to eIer; this great and
;mnor,ant change -inhreh. it is half made.
already. The House OF Representatives is
already Yours. As 1t always must be when
Won choose to- have it. The Senate of the
United States is equally within vonr power
Il Won on'v Will prr>>'en'lv for two wears
70 have it, Notwithstanding all the wr"nr
that has been done not another slave state
can come into the Union. Make only one
x.ar's constant. Ieri>ivr rilo'' and Won can
determine what states shall he admired
They will exist because TIE evil has be.
come lntolerahle. and the nereS>itv Of rene
Nv is universally acknowledged. What then
is wanted? Organization organization
nothing but or"anlza'i"n.
Shall we orraniz": WHY not? Car
we maintain the revolution 80 au>piriou> ],
beuun. without organization Certainty not
Are Won apprrlen>vr OF failure hcca':>" III,
resolution i not everywhere and AZ all tin
equally surce>>fu ? Was there ever rrvo
Union that was rpna'lv >urce>>ul at all 'mc,
and ey, rywhere Certainly not. DO vol
cav tia, YOU cannot abolish slavery in H.,
nriyileoed states? We have no need. NJ
i,
do 50. Providence ha: devolv"d that du',
ON others. and The organic law leaves II wise
" 10 them We have power to prevent the
extension of slavery in the territories OF th'
Union. and that is enor1h. DO Won ,!ou6
that mower? DID not the statesmen OF IS
know The bounds of constitutional power
Somebody has municipal power on The M
orcauized territories IN the mon. " no !
IL? !, is not any fore IN state. II is not an,
of the American states it is not the people
in the territories IL is the Congress o. TIN
whole of the United States and their pow
or there is supreme.
Are Won afraid that the privileged elias
will not submit? The privileged class az
human and they are wise. They know JUS
as we'll how to submit to u>t authority. firm
L. and constitu;ionallv exercised. As they d.
to extort unequal concessions hy terror tron
timid men. Can the privileged class liv
without a Union and better than !on car
They would not remain and wrange wit
vou an hour if they could '!o 50. Can the
ever hone to obtain another mon so favor
abb. to them as this one. II this should b
ovcrtl.rown Will they destroy them>rlve
that thew NAV simply do harm to Won: D
ever any privileged class commit such ad>ur
suicide as this E.? Are YOU al"n" the keeper
Of the Union? Have no; the privileged
class interests as great to MAINTAIN IN th
Union. and are their obligations to malnta
II different from vonr own:
How shall we ornanizc: The evil Is
national one. The power and and the In!'l
cnce and the organization OF II" puviie"c'
class p.rvade all parts of the m"n.
knows no North. no South. no East. "" Yves
It is strong today on Bay of San FrancI>
CO. surrounded hv frrrmrn. than it is on 81
Chcsaneakc Bav. surrounded by slaves.
is not a sectional tut national contest 81
which we have entered. Oar organization
therefore. must be a national one lh
means Of s,lcrcSS are national We must r.
store the demon Allied virtue Of the natio,
We must restore the principle Of cVualIt
among the members of the >ta'cS-the pri,
chile Of sacredncSs of the absolute and III
inherent rights of MAN. We want, then. a
organization open 70 all classes Of men, an
that excludes none. We want Il bold, out
spoken, free-spokcn organization, one tha
openly proclaimS its principles. It's purpose
and its o1jects-in fear of Cod and OF nan
like that army which Cromwell led. that e.
tahlishrd the Commonwealth Of Enylan,
This is the organization want.
1t is best 20 take an existing organization
that answers TO these conditions # We ca
find one if we cannot find one such, W
must create one. Let us try existing par'i,
bv this test Shall we take the Know Notl
ing party or the American party. "a it no
more ambitiouS'y names itself: Ii is "A pure
~ sectional orGanizat II. In the privilege
states it scouts The principle OF the equallt
of man. and ius,ities the unhoundcd claim
of the privileged class. In the nnprivil.gc
states. it STILES It's voice and suppre>>es yoI
own free speech lest it mi !ht he oycrlcar
beyond the Potomac. In the privilege
states it iustfcs all wrongs committed
ganSt YOU. In the unprivlcycd safe it a
ftcts to condemn them. but protests the
shall not he redrrs>ed. speak not now o
its false and rrevaricaring rituals, its rnlaw
iul and unchriStan OathS. its cland..>Iin
co,,r,s,iIs and its dark con>piracieS. its mo'
and its murders. prescribing and >layno me
for their consrienre>a and for the sake OF
their nativity. have spoken of them ote
enough and freely enough heretofore sa
now only that all these equally unfit this Sc
called American party for any national Hat,
and qualify it to be. what it has thus tar beer
an auxiliary Swiss corps. engaging the friend