Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-07
TAKISa LEAVE OF TIE SUBJECT.
SEWARD on FUTURE poLIr1os.

From the late speech of Senator Seward on
the English bill, as it camo from the House of
Representatives, we extract the following re
marks concerning the future Of our politics.
They are highly interesting.
Well. Mr. President, then the people of Kan
sas will come here under the LeavenwOrth CON
stitutiOn, aud meet you on the first Monday in
December next when you assemble here, and
they will ask Won to admit them n free State.
Have you any law that will prevent their coming
here in that character The Constitution ofthe
United States says that the people of the United
States may petition, and they may petition for
what they please. The people Of Kansas can
petition to be admitted under the LecOmpton
constitution. Then there is no obst lie in the
way of their coming here. Have yc.. any con-
stitutional prohibition 10 prevent NE On voting
for thcmg l shall vote for them as sc State,
in spie Of thousand such laws us i. tell
you more you yourselves will vote 70 hem toe,
large number of You, 1T order tn pr vent the
question going over to the next Congress, then
already elected, because that Congress will vote
for them if you do not, and YOU will then seek
10 save for yourselves the credit of stanching
the wounds of bleeding Kansas, and establish
ing forever the cause Of freedom.
All this will happen, unless you invoke armies
to suppress such proceedings by the people Of
Kausas. We'll, should like to see the bill iu-
trOduced into Congress now TO levy an army or
provide supplies for an army to control treeiuen
and extirpate freenen ia Kansas. You cannot
even pass till to maintain your authority i'll
Utah, against polygamists, without infinite trou-
BILE think can take up the list Of yeas and
nays, and call them over. think my honora-
bic friend from Pennsylvania Mr.. Bglerl will
vote aye, because he always stands squareiy up
10 the Administration. IL Is tower Of strength
to the patriotic statesman! II is calculated 10
fortify his courage ard sustain his devotion 10
human rights and popular liberty l--so long as
it lasts. l thiak that my honorable friend from
California Mr. Gwinl would also give it his
vote, for, like myself, he is apt to favor appro-
priatiOns, and not very particular about the
object to which they 60. But when these re-
SponceS are pronounced in iHvor of the measure,
there will be an end. rather think my hon.
orable friend from Ohio [Mr. PuSLI will hesitate
for want of instruction.. My two excellent
friends from New Jersey would be found in the
negative ON that vote because things are already
coming to head at home, As to my honorable
friends from Indiana, they will, OF course, be
absent, securing re-eieciiou.
Mr. President, you will fail in this contest,
because for the first time you will 60 before the
people of the United States stripped naked uf
every pretense of equality or imPartiality be-
tween freedom and slavery, much more Of that
virtue which is the only mantle that can cover
to freedom The honorable Senator from lni-
noiS, [dr Douglas the honorable Senator froG'
Michigan, mfr. Stewart, and the honorable SEN
ator from California, Mr.. Frederick with their
associates in the other House. aud the honora-