St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-10-18
GOV. Seward at Dubuque.

The speech of Hon. William IL.
Seward, at Dubuque, Iowa, on the
2lst inst, although characterized by
the eloquent enunciation of the same
great truths and principles as all his
former speeches in the Northwest
during the present campaign, was il
Illustrated in new and striking man
ncr. The national policy for the last
forty years, Mr.. Seward tersely stated
to be this-to ertend and tortify Atr'-
can slare labor in tie United States. The
policy of the Republican Party was,
he as tcrsely stated, TO circumscrite
Iarery, and TO fortify and ertend free
labor or freedom. Many preliminary
objections, he said, were raised by
those who were not prepared to 60
with the Republican Party to this is
sue. They say they are tired OF
hobby and of men of one idea that
the country is too great country, and
has too many interests to be occupied
with one idea alone besides that II
is repulsive, offensive, it is disgust
ing to have this eternal negro question
forever forced upon their considera-
ton when they desire to think of
white men and other things" In ex-
aiming these objections, Mr.. Seward
forcibly brought out the great fact Of
our Federal history, that it was the
Slave power, aided by the Democratic
party, that had, at the four or five
successive times, from 1857 up to
: 1858, when the negro question had
been set at rest, raised it again from
the States into the area of Federal
politics, had in fact persistcntly kept
t. up the eternal negro question" In
the last raising of the question by the
Democratic and Slaveholding party,
which is in the present issue, it has
been presented to US, said Mr.. Seward
in 1.-TWO different parts, giving us oul
choice to take one or the other, as
they gave the people of Kansas the
choice whether they would take Slave
ny pure and simple, or take it any
i how and get rid Of it afterwards
, they could. OF one part, Mr.. Brock
. inridge is the representative. 1t i
presented plain and distinct it
that slaves are merchandise and PROF
&C. erty in the Territories under the Con
di- stitution of the United States, an
nb- that the National Legislatures an
lal Courts must protect it i'll the Terrltt
OF rics, and no power on earth can di
charge them Of the responsibility,
ted OF the other, Mr.. Douglas is the reI
Ov rcscntative, and the form in which
ms is presented by those who support hir
% is, What is the best way not to kee
Of slavery out of the Territories ?"
The contrast, in the peroration {
ity Mr.. Stewards speech, between slay
OF and free labor was very powerful
to drawn. Coming back, then, to til
an question of the territories, Mr.. Sewar
The said
And now why shall we not insis
I've so far as our votes shall be effectiv,
om that the Territories shall remain fro
Territories, so that new States, whic
Lei .11 lnr Ia, Il, nil
shall be free States.
lb-r They say we have no right to inter
Of fere in the slave States that we at
tack slavery in them. Not at all
We do not vote against slavery il
OF Virginia. We do not authorize Abra
rs ham Lincoln or the Congress of thu
CHI United States TO pass any laws abOu
ar slavery in Virginia. We merely al
> thorize them to intervene in the Tcrr
~ tories, and to pass laws securing free
las dom there. They tell us that it is III
&c necessary. They have rendered
ew necessary, because they have explain
ed the laws and the Constitution +
establish slavery there, and we mus
- either restrict slavery there or re
ee verse the decision made by the Fcdc
IL raj Tribunal. But they tell us tina
this is inconvcnicnt it cxcitcs vic
lence in the Slave States. To which
ms answer, that they have the choice be
We tween Slavery and Freedom, as we
no as we but they must be content
~ leave it where it is. When they choos
w. to carry slaves into the Territories, W
TT; interfere. What we are attacking
ill not Slavery in the United States, bl
,at Slavery in the Territories.
ur Herein lies the whole pith Of I'll
,re question-lct the South keep SLAYER
he if she choose no North shall attac
ire her in her right to do so accordin
ont to the Constitution Of the Unite
asst States-will rather protect her in it
but in the name of that same Const
ord tuition, force not Slavery further int
pr,, the area Of frecdom-the Constitute
hip was designed for no such purpose.
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