Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-09-03
POLITICAL.
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OF EX-GOVERNOR SEYMOUR, OI
r., NEW YORK,


lI.ion Ciub,,, Of IT. Paul.
! You are about to, enter upon IN
election, local in some respects, but
national in its influence. am . stran'
ger to your candidates, aud am there.
fore unable to speak Of your men,
But it ia important that At the outset
Of your political career, ~ one Of the
States Of the northwest, that will .ex.
crt u peculiar influence over the desti.
nies and fortunes ,f our country, tha,
you should lay deep and broad the
foundations Of your future policy, up.
on firm and enduring basis-one oi
sound principles, and exact justice to
every portion Of this great country
l am no bigoted partisan. l do not
stand here to assail and denounce the
views and motives of those who may
differ from US in our political princi.
cles. am willing to say that tho vir-
tue and patriotism Of our country are
fairly enough divided between the par
ties, throughout the length and breadth
of our land. But white l respect the
feelings :nd motives of my friends
who may differ from us, at the same
time l am settled in my convictions
that N.sy are wrong and zee are right;
! and it matters not, my friends, how
earnest y man may be who holds q
wrong principle, the evils which logic.
ally follow the enforcement Of wrong
principles, are no wise mitigated by
the fact that the man who acts upon
then, does 90 upon the sincere con.
victi"n Of their :propricty. sse
! ask the privilege Of speaking ia
you Of the great instinctiyc, and dis,
tinctivc differences which exist in the
organization of the two great political
parties. We are charged on our side,
not nnfrcquen,ly, with loving and cher.
ishing wrong. 1t has been my fortune
to hold Office, and in doing 50, it: has
been my lot to bring upon my head
the severe condemnation Of political
opponents. l have been charged with
being a very bad man-that L wanted
every body to get drunk-bccause !
could not agree with them on the sub
jcct Of acocrcivc temperance bill; and
because would not agree with them
touching the policy to he pursued il
reference to the great stream of cmi'
grafton that has flooded our land, and
I wish l could see it again coming
bcariny upon its tide strong arms and
hopeful hearts. (App'ausc.)
No person would think iu looking
over tins country, that there would b.
anything bu, love. But We hear men
in certain portions of these United
States denounced ~ bitterly aud q,
heartily as if they were our enemies
instead .f b2ing our brethren and citi
lzen> ui tt,,s common land Of ours.
Wsj.> is II ,I:a, good men have beer
in,;;. II ia;c years, t. cherish some
.t:.m- l:.<. :. '::.tr.'l toward their fellow
:; co":,i. .".'.', because. they chance t.
liv.: l.: circumstances and under insti
:tu,i:,H~iiitf:.r.nt from onrown? VIII,
rs 1t '''at 'h&. very institutions which
Il Save. cou;.ibu, I'd 80 nlucl. tu, our tsrea
prosperity, AT held III such light re
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/ Now, l an, :. northern man, stand
ing on, northern soil, and speaking /.
nor,li.rn men, and in speaking IF tn
! sou,h--thoush 1" believe with t..'
;. north, that they have men among then
who are selfish, yet after soall, ,..j
body, | recognize them as patriotic
men, who lyve aticir country, as broth
crs Of my own, men whom i wish +
:, have, live in the kindly yr memories Q
Il every citizen Of this great, and ,glori
: Ious land; (Applause. therefore il
, speaking of the origin, rise, and hia
}, tory Of this difference between north
ern aud soutlirn, men,, I shall speak q
the FAULTS Of the north, asqI conside
II ID good taste, and, true manhood, Z
u speak plainly 70 those who. hear me
. and kindly Of those who are away
4 Appliance a3al: 9i.Juf al;I s.;i .Sz... 81
When our fathers, on common ba.
tie 6elds we're struggling for common
q rights. slavery existed in Ill our colo
nies; there was no exception; Il; va
on every. rood Of ground We ha
i, 1no difficulty on account Of elavery.-
y We had no difficulty on account q
8 slavery, then, In achieving our rinde
!. ipendence, But since that time SD
|, very has been abolished over NOR
than half Of this land of ours, 1t
now in comparatively contracted lin
liis, and now we hear that it must lea
to al,enatiouDof the people, and th
= disruption Of this CREST cnnfsderac,
r I fear that We of the north ars umui
and not altogether courageous, in th
treatment 5of our brethren Of th
South How, came slavery in Thea
'lUuitsd .6tatesl Who brought the III
Il gro from Afrioa1 The South neve
had ships. The men Of New Yorl
where l came from, the men Of Ma
Y sachusets, and the men Of Rhode Il
land, were those who stole them trol
ID their homes, and brought them over
sfthe shanbles. here. ii (ApplAnse. 1oY
. II Who laid. the foundations Of SLAYER
(which underlis the institutions Of N,
|ny Of our States? The time was; whe
LsIoyeri tie whole length and breadth (
this lard of ours, ths 'pscplea did al
recognise the black mnin u having On
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