Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-10-03
Hon, Horatio Seymour, of New York, and
his ElOquent Defence OF the South.

From the st. Paul Democrat, Of Au-
gust oath. we clip the following extract
from Gov. SEYMouR's speech. As an eli
oquent, honest, noble defence Of, the
South, and as a bold, direct, fearless con-
domination of our enemies and revilers, il
lis worthy of the best days of the Repub-
lie. 1t shows that if, in]former times, the
Democracy were divided by unfortunate
quarrels, growing mainly out of local
feuds and jeslousies. that SEYMOUR and
Dickinson are now the leaders Of party
thoroughly national and uutainted with
freesoilism. We commend the following
extract to the careful perusal Of every
Southern man who questions the fidelity
of the Northern Democracy to the insti-
tutions Of the South. 1t will show that
in sEFMoUR. as in DicKrSsoK. the people
.ofthe South, have an earnest and faithful
friend u, .f "A s3ss
Why is it that good men have been
taught Of late years to cherish something
Ikea hatred towards their.fellow 5eoun-
trymsn, because they chance TO live in
circumstances and under institutions diff.
ferent from our own? Why is itthat we
are forgetfql Of the cost at which our lib
terty was achieved? Why is it that the
very institutions which have contributed
40 much to our great prosperity are held
in such light regard /? Now, I am a
Northern man, standing on Northern soil
and speaking I'd Northern men. and, in
speaking Of the .South--7though I believe
with the North that they have men among
them who are selfsh-yet after all, as a
body, / imagine them as Patriotic men,
who love their country, as brothers 81
my own, men whom / wish to see live in
the kindly memories of every citizen Of
this great and glorious land, (applause.
Therefore, in speaking of the origin, rise
and history Of this difference between
Northern and Southern men, i shall speak
|of the faults of the North. as II consider il
lin good taste and true manhood to speak
plainly 70 those who hear me, and kindly
Ito those who are away. a(Applause. D.
When our fathers, on common battle
fields, were struggling forcommon rights,
slavery existed In all our colonies |; there
was no exception !; ii was on every rood Of
ground. \ We.had nodifficulty onaccounl
Rpf slavery, then, in achieving our indie
pendehce. But since that time, slavery
has been abolished over more than hall
this land of. ours. Its now in compare
lively contracted limits, and now|we hear
that it must lead to alienation Of The peo-
pie and THE disruption: Of Ithis5 great Con-
federacy- ] fear that we of the North
are unjust, and mot altogether courageous
in our treatment Of our brethren DC HE
South. How came slavery in these Unit.
ed States Who brought the negro from
Africa The South, never had ships
The men of New York, where come
FROM, the men Of Massachnsettssand sthe
men Of, Rhode Island, were those who
stole, them from their homes and brough,
them over to the shambles here. Alp
lplause.l Who laid the Foundation OF sla,
very which underlie the institutions 8o
many Of our States The time was
when, over the whole length and breadth
| Of this land of ours, the people did no,
recognise the black man as having any
political rights. Now. my friends, thaI
Ils just, as true of Massachusetts as ol
South Carolina, and Judge fancy, ,ip 30
stating, merely stated a historical fact
and known TO be 50 BY every student d
history The other day. in looking oyel
papers which came into my hands, ]
found an original document. a bill fol. "a
sale Ola slave from man 10 Massachn.
sets to a man IN New York, and that pa.
per throws most. remarkable lightDovel
this whole questioned slavery. It com,
meneed thus ITO all Christian people
70 whom these presence may come. 1.
Marx Rose, sell my slave DC. The
people of Massachusetts held that nc
persons were entitled to any political
privileges unless they were Christians
and they went further than that---tlley
held that no one was entitled to political
privileges unless he was the right kind
pf Christian. Laughter. They held
The views which laid the Foundation 81
slavery in the theology Of that time. y
They sold Quakers into slayery-they
sold The family Of King Philip into ia
very. These were the sentiments that
existed in the North in our early days.
When the Constitution Of the United
States was formed, when the delegates
from the different States met in conyen-
ton, the question Of slavery was there,
and it was asked when shall The slave
trade Be. put to an end Georgia says,
now Virginia says. now South Caro-
lima SAYS. not vet; Connecticut. not yet
Rhode Island, nok vet, Massachusetts,