The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-09-23
A Patriotic speech.

ment was made that he would address the
people, on political topics, at Concert Hall
in the evening. At the hour appointed
the hall was crowded to its utmost capaci
ty, by men of all parties. The speech Of
Mr.. Seymour is reported in the St Pau
Pioneer and Democrat, and is certainly a
model. We make no apology for trans
terng to our columns that portion of it de
signed to rebuke that spirit of hatred be
tween the North and South which it is the
Office and chief work of Republicans te
encourage:
No person would think in looking over
this country that there could be anything
but love. But we hear men in certain
portions of these United States denounced
as bitterly and as heartily as if they were
our enemies, instead Of being our brethren
and citizens of this common land of ours
Why is it that good men have been
taught Of late years, to cherish something
like hatred towards their fellow country
men, because they chance to live in crcum-
stances and under institutions different
from our own? Why is it that we are for
getful of the cost at which our liberty was
achieved? Why is it that the very institu-
tons which have contributed so much to
our great prosperity, are held in such
light regard?
Now, | am a northern man, standing on
northern soil, and speaking to northern
men, and in speaking of the South
though | believe with the north, that they
have men amongst them who are selfish
though after all, | recognized them as pat.
riotic men, who love their country, as
brethren of my own, men whom | wish to
have 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, [ shall
speak of the North, as | consider it good
taste, and true manhood, to speak plainly
to those who are away. Applause
When our fathers, on common battle
fields, were struggling for common rights,
slavery existed in all our colonies; there
was no exception; it was on every rood of
ground We had no difficulty on account
of slavery, then, in achieving our indie
pendence. But since that time slavery has
been abolished over more than half of this
country of ours. It's now in comparative
lv contracted limits, and now we hear that
it must lead to alienation ofthe people, and
the disruption of this great coniederacy
| fear that we, of the north, are unjust and
not altogether courageous in the treatment
of our brethren Of the South. How came
cI L., ~ al 1 -.
the negro from Africa? The South never
had ships The men of New York, where
[ came from, the men of Massachusetts,
and men of Rhode Island, were those who
stole them from their homes, and brought
them over to the shambles here. Ap-
plause.
Who laid the foundations of slavery
which underlie the institutions of many of
our States! The time was when over the
whole length and breadth of this land of
ours, the people did not recognize the
black men as having any political rights.
Now my friends that is just as true of Mas
sachusetts as of South Carolina, and Judge
Taney in So stating, merely stated his
torical fact, and known to be so by every
student of history.
The other day, in looking over papers
which came into my hands, found an or
iginal document, a bill of sale for slave
from man in Massachusetts,, to a man in
New York, and that paper throws a most
remarkable light over this whole question
of slavery. 1t commenced thus: ''To all
CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whom these presents
may come, !, Mark Rose, sell my slave
&c. The people of Massachusetts held
that no persons were entitled to any pollt-
ical privileges unless they were christians;
and they went further than that-they
held that no one was entitled to political
privileges unless he was the right kind of
christian. Laughter.
They held the views which laid the
foundations of slavery, in the theology of
that time They sold Quakers into slavery;
they sold the family of King Philip into
slavery. These were sentiments that ex-
listed in the North, in our early days.
When the constitution ofthe United States
was formed, when the delegates from the
different States met in Convention, the
question of slavery was there, and it was
asked when shall trade be put to an end:
Georgia says, now, Virginia, now! South
Carolina says, not yet, Connecticut says,
not vet! Rhode Island, not yet! Mas
sachusetts, not YET. and New Hampshire
said, not yet, the slave trade is profitable.
Laughter.
If you will read Mnot's History of
Massachusetts,, you will learn that the
great business of New England, at one
time, was the manufacture Of r'um-1ure
rum, laughter; and when they made
rum they took it to the coast of Africa and
exchanged it for slaves. Laughter
The slavers land their cargoes on some
unfrequented shores Of the southern coast,
and forthwith the entire South is charged
with completely in the slave trade But
they do not, at the same time, tell YOU
that slave ships are fitted out from New
England ports; that they glide out to sea
on their nefarious voyages beneath the
shade Of Bunker Hill. Loud applause
and laughter.
The political power Of our country is in
the hands of the free States The popula
ton Of the country increases at the rate Of
million year: Of this increase. the North
receives oyer seven hundred thousand.