Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-11-17
HoN. WET. II, SEWARD,

When the IilustflCus patrlot anu stetesiii"ii'
Daniel O'Conusll, commenced his efforts to pro-
cure the Repeal Of the Union between Great
Britain and Ireland. he told his fellow country
1aon that their only hope of success lay IN
agitation ave must" said be. 'agitate-agi-
4.,ss" The tactics Of O'Connell seems 10 have
tsen adopted by the Abolition and Black Repub-
Icau leaders OF this country. No po!itical issue
however in poy tant, aan f5r even moment draw
,,s;, attention from the Slavery question. They
can talk or think Of nothing else. They seem
determined to never cease agitating the question
until slavery is abolished in every State OF the
sonfederacy or the Union Dissolved.
Of the men OF ability and influence who lead
the anti Slavery party, We have long regarded
William II. Seward, Of New York, as the most
dangerous, if aot the most tanatical. The insane
rar,iugs of Lloyd Garrison and Fred Douglas are
probably only calculated to excite our laughter.
Bat il is otherwise with the efforts Of Mr. Sew
AID in the Abolition oauEe. He is certainly
NAN Of giant intellect. snd wields powerful
influence in every Northern State. But never
;heless he is unworthy to be called a statesman.
No msn, We care not how exalted his abilltls may
may be, is worthy of that tise, who allows his
mind 70 be occupied by one idea and clings TO 1t
With pertn.city which amountsto absolute IA
nasicisrn. His speeches in and out Of Congress are
srt;-Slavery, and ne thing else. 1t matters not
os what subect he starts out, he is almost always
sure 70 end on the question Of Slavery. The
evils which the agitation Of this question has ir-
aicted or on. country in the past, he seems to
,sgard rs nothing, AMI is equally Indifferent to
L., =. IN,
she future. In speech delivered by him a few
weeks ago at Rochester, New York, he uttered
H e following sentiments -
Hitherto the two systoms-volUntary and
involuntary labor-have axisted il different pia-
ces side by side within the AmeriCal4 Union
This has happened because the Union is a con-
federation Of States. But in another aspect, the
United States constitute only one nation. In
crease Of population, which is filling The States
oat Of their very borders, together with new
and extended let work Of railroads and other
avenues, and an internal commerce which daily
beccInas more intimate, Is rapidly bringing the
Sts,es into higher aud more perfect social uni
~ or consolidation. Thus these antagonistic
systems are continually coming inte closer con
tact, and collision results.
Shall tell you what this collision means?-
They who think that ii is accidental. unnccesss-
~ the work Of interested or tanatical agitators,
ana SDSTe!O1S tpDSflSTaI lniSlahc the case alIO-
gether. II is sn irrepressible conflict between
oppC,ng and enduring forces, and it means that
ths I-t.T States H-ist end Ui, sooner or later De
COVE entirely stGveholhng nation, or entirely
free labor nation. Either the cotton and rice
fields of nth Carolina and the sugar plantations
of louisiana will ultimately be titled by free la
Dor, and Charleston and New Orleans become
Inarts for legitimate merchandise alone, or els
the rye and wheat fields Of Massachusetts, and
New York must again be surrendered by their
farmers to slave culture apd to the production
ii slayes, and Boston and New York become
once more the market for trade in the bodies and
souls Of men. 1t is the failure 10 appIehend this
great truth that induces so many unsuccessful
attempts st final compromise between the slave
and free Stateg and it is the existence of thi.
great fact that lvndors all such pret ended COM
promise, when made, vain and ephemeral.
You will tell me that these fears are extrsva-
CANT and cbiInerical. l answer, they are so, but
.hey are only because the designs Of the slave
holders must and can be defeated. But it is
.rly tho possibility Of defeat that renders them
They canIot be defeated by inactivity
There IS no escape from them compatible with
Lsu-rcsis.ancc. How, then, aid in what way
shall the necessary resistance be made? There
Il only one way. Tie Democratic party must
10 permanently dslodged from the Government
The reason is. that the Democratic party is an
eItricably committed TO the designs Of the STARE
holders, schic. hare described.
know and you know, that revolution hat
begun. know, and all the world knows, tina
revolutions 20 backward Twenty Senators ans
hundred Representatives proclaiIa bnldly il
Congress to-day, sentiments and opinions an'
principles Of freedom which hardly many mel
wen in this free State dared to utter in thei
swn homes twenty years ago. While the Gov
-rnmest of the United States, under the conduC
Of AZ h1Cl lngTa all hat i'm
surrenderIpg one plain and castle after auothe
10 Slavery, the pooPlc OF the United States hav
o.en no less steadily and pcrsev, ringly gather
ing together before the forces, With which to re
cover back again all the fields and all the castle
which have been lost, and TO coufound and over
throw. by one decisive blow, the betrayers {
tie Constitution and Of freedom forever"
Mr.. Seward Is an aspirant for the Prssdenc,
and will probably be the Opposition candidate i
1860. How far Lc is worthy Of the e1alte
trust, the above extract from Lis Roches.e
speech shows. He holds that Slavery s not
local but national question. and that is agita
hon must continue until the United States b,
comes either ''.aveholding nation entirely
free labor nation" The plain English Of whic
i, that the majority Of the citizens Of the Unite
States are opposed to Slavery, and will new
rest satisfied until Slavery is aboliened, and til
hss become entirely free labor na,ion. Til.
bold sud insidUous attempt TO overthrew Il
doctrine that the States are sovereign. AMI po
ses, nbaolute control ever th,ir domestic aiTsi
and chat all the powers not delegated in t
Constitution 10 the General Government a
rsservst 10 the States. Those statements q
rot, it ia true, openly avowsd in the abo
extract from Mr. Sewards speech but they &C
.sinly "pecp ont" from .overy word and line Of
Tho moment President of the United Stat
is elected holding such sentiments, she davs
tao R7rutll@ sa nomhr.el. 1t IS to Yrevr