The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-27

ROCHESTER, N ", Oct. Is, 1883.
senator seward addressed very large republican meet
ing IN tins city tonight Corn,han Hall was crowded to
excess lie spoke about Que hour and a hall, aud dweh
chehy upon the subject of slavery, showing first, what
were the intentions of the trainers OF the constitution and
second what has been the tendency of the government
under the control OF the aristocracy OF slavery This
country he said must eventually be wholly free or alto
gether slave territory lie arraened democratic par
" the great ally cf the slave power Democratic ad
nnistratos merely record its behests The demand
OF the power viii be the abrogaon OF the law sup
pressing the slave trade and they will import from
Africa the cost Of only twenty dollars head slaves
enough 20 ill up the interior OF the continent Thus rela
lively increasing the number OF slave States they will
allow amendments to the constitution Pfeudcial to
their interests and having permanently established their
power they viii expect the federal judiciary to nulliy all
State laws which shall interfere with the internal 70
reign in slaves When the free States shall be
sufficiently demorazed to tolerate those designs, they
may reasonably conclude that slavery will be accepted by
those States themselves If il possible to conceive
for moment that the democratic party should disobey
the behests oil the Shareholders should then see with
draWa OF the ehOders who would leave the party to
perish The portion OF the party which is found In the
free states rs mere appcndage convenient TO modify its
sectional character without imparng sectional const
tuition, and is less effective in regulating its movement
than the nebulous tail OF the comet is in determining
its appointed though apparently eccentric course
the fiery sphere from which il efanates Senator s.
finally spoke Of the policy of the republican party as
ased with thai OF the democratic and alluded to the
cent successes VI the former in Pennsy yana and the
West. His concluding remarks were folows:--Thc
secret Of it, assumed success lies in that very character
sc which in the mouths of scoers, constitutes great
and lasting imbecily and reproach. lies in the fact
that is party one idea but that idea noble
idea that fills and expands all generous soushc idea
OF equalityhe equality OF all men before human trbu
rails and human laws they all equal before the d-
vine tribunal aud divine laws. I know, and you know,
that revolution has begun. know, and all the world
backwards.
and hundred representatives proclaim boldly
in Congress today sentiments and opinions and principles
OF freedom which not many men even IN this free State
dared to 1tcr ia their homes twenty ago, while
the OF the United States under the conduct OF
the democratic party has been all that time surrcnderng
plain and castle after another 10 slavery. Tie people
of the United States have been less steadily
vering gathering together the forces with which
back again all the fields and all the castles which
have been lost aud TO confound overthrow by
csve blow the beraycrs OF the constitution anu Of free
dom forever.