The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-18

States In federal union, or maintain N empire except
on The principles OF democracy. Therefore, " that say
that you Of the Northwest above al things ars last
and all the time, " recognise ~ the great element Of
An sristocracy s The government In which lne few
privileged own the lads and the many unpryi.
legged work them in which the few privileged own
the labor and the laborer work for them Here ihcn
the great problem Ia there any danger that in the United
States the citizen will not be the owner Of the land which
he cutvAtee Dis guse these iasues before the poo
pie a. they may be disguhed BY tho democratic party,
st II Ia perfectly true that the resistance OF this peo-
pie 70 slavery were 70 cease the African sGe trade
would be renewed the people, tired with hopeless re-
sntaDce, would become Indifferent and once more Ari
American nag The southern states choose slavery
stead OF freedom and they have TO drag out for years
yet not long, not 80 long az some Of you will ve nussl
30 long that they win be drag and weight on your
movements instead Of lending you assisancethey have
got drag to the end thcir 81 stem Of slave labor
| At Dubuque he declared that
The national policy the subject Of lab had been for
the isst forty years erroneors false and tending to RAIN
and ,hA, be reversed Our policy said ne Is the
reverse Of that II to crcumscrbe aavery and 10 for
shan have in telling The people Of Kansas that, while
all others faness fafe simd they rescued the
STANDARD freedom expelled the intruding saveholder
established the freedom Of the plains Of Kan
The question 10 day is the e,srnoI question tf1sen
artt0rocy and democracy IL Ia the ques
tion that ID to-day uphesving Hungary and lifting the
throne OF the Austrian Kaser from It's pnnacethe same
question that has expelled the tyrant Of Nspes from 5c
and driven him to seek refuge In tho fortress OF Gaets
II not only eternal question, but unsuersal question
repress,b< confict" hat ctAed him out erile from
his natire land You may 60 violating the
sanctions justice AMI the impulses OF humanity bat at
last pature usepgy vindicates the right and Furnishes
the wrong; and WREN che does with her punish
ent she in terror revelation anarchy AID chaos
In very curt speech which he made at Min.
neapos 20 an extempore gathering, he denomi
mated the present political condition Of the coun
try as a revolution, and said:--
That forty years ago there appeared necessity for the
great political revolution that was uow going on de
nh nf init he HE'LL
that that imperative necessity. He had,
therefore, suffered himself 10 be discouraged, even
in the darkest moments because he knew that reaction
just certain and Inevitable In the d,oA and ebos
Of political opinion in the Hoods and ebbs u the
Mississippi The OF truth and OF virtue ever
advancpe-ever going forward and II, said he, able
10 read thing Of the Signs OF the times tat revolution
is Soio on Tie WY ece efo successful contamination
in his great speech at st. Paul on the 18th of
September, Mr.. Seward represents the Ruler of the
universe as taking part in this rrepressble con-
lict, on the side of the abolitionists, and says:
Certainly since lay 80 little claim n having
produced these results by our work, wisdom, or
virtue what could have been but that Overriding
which, by u higher law, controls even ths perverse
wills Of men, and which means that this shal be hence
forth forever eetablls1 et in the beginning
land, not OF slavery but land OF freedom Cheers
Fellow citizen, elmer in the other, whether
Divine Providence Or not mis- battle has been fought
this victory has been web. Slavery TO day is, for the
nrst Iime not only powerees but without influence In
the American republic The serred ranks of party after
party, which rallied under TO sustain ami support IT,
are broken and dissolved under the pressure of the
marct-the great and powerful msYch-of the American
pee pie determined to restore freedom TO It's original and
tust position IN tho government. For the hrst time 10
the history Of the uoited Sates no man 10 free State
can be- br.bed TO vote for slavery The government OF
the United States has not the rower 70 n.s. I'D brbe
seduction by which make aad convert democrats
TO support slavery. (Applalse)
THIS battle is fought and this victory Is won, provided
that stand determined TO maintain the great repub
san PARTY uoder US great and glorious leader Abraham
Lincoln, IN ipauguratng It's principles into the admins
raton OF the government and provided on stand BY
hun in his administration, II Il shall be, trust shall
wise rnd just aad good one, until the adversary tha
and out that be has beaten and shall voluntarily
retire nom the 1.d applause voice" Wen 90
ny Unless you do that there stll danger that all
that has been gained may be ioet
In a speech which he made TO the Wide Awakes
of Leavenworth he thus illustrates the contest
which took place in Kansas
Freecou the Territories OF the United States 70 all
your miiorinne that your Territory made the tncs
TIRE OF conflict the theatre OF the trial OF that "rrepres
with mind, voice wth voice, vote with vote, OF bullet
against buet, snd Of cannon against cannon Loud aud
semuiuo1s cheerpg You have a,qaired the education
OF freedom by practical experience You have the start
Of all the other sates II there 10 people in any part
OF The world ought 10 cherish with enduring respect
with the varmes. gratitude and with the deepest
interest, assuredy The people Of Kansas for, bat
for The practical trial they have given to the syste
which had adopted but for vindcksou 1t much
rick md much Of their highest rights under tbs
law, for one would have gone 10 grave dsAppont
people (appawe) Yours the thirty .drst Of thirty.
four states Of the Union which have visited for the
pose Of snowne their soil their skies and their people
have visited, IN the OF my Ifet ne tnan
three fonrtbs Of the civilized nations Of the world and
all the states and nations which have seen that people
which hold 70 DC the wsest the worthes and the beet
the people Of this little state Appanse The Of
II IL the old proverb, that handsome that handsome
rtnnemeut, and hav. cultivated The virtues and reono
ments OF civilized life than you have, have yet 70
very inssp,ion In s disney in i,s very orssnxson 70
meet the shock Of the arstocratc system thro4gh which
tackr and before the world the attitude Of
people who will not under any form OF perpunaon 10
duction intimidation. oooset any o. shsm.
slave or any Of their territory % trotb SLAVE
by man who "a not equal 70 every oth6r man IN t
eye OF The Law. lAppAuse) 81
The following extract Il from his speech IA
Atchison on the 18th Of September
This land shouii only be land OF freedoms land
OF knowledge and religion. but should be, above all,
part q Europe q any other par, Of the world land
Of, civil liberty; and land can only be made and
never Il Obtained 10 Europe. ana wheS only 70 se
attained BY learning II from oarselves-that Is, that
es'y hnma. tcn9 ts,ne n>oesarly born N s11eci ef
ccts'Hmer, Is a merbsr u tie SQ<, and has a na,aral
rich be a nkmtsr n ne STATE aud that language
Of the Declaration Of lndcpcnd all equal
ard have iraerable rights 70 lc liberty and toe pursuit
Of happiness some OF the States established
this rlncipe. They established long time ago
Of this principle. For those States members Of
Crion who have been unable or even wiling TO adopt
THIS principle, have emily 70 say that leave bcm free
10 ENJOY whatever Of happiness and 70 attain whstever
Of prosperity they can epj,y and attain with their sys
TEN. Bat when am called upon TO eslaslsh govern
uent for state, then demand The application OF the
principles OF the Declaration Of lndependencs--(sp
every man ought 10 be and should Tree
sccety have but two forms by which the indi.
vidua defend himself from oppression One Ia that
which puts the musxet into hs hand and tells him at the
lst resort W defend himself and his liberty The other
Ia that which puts into bis hand the ballot and tells him
IN every exigebcy TO defend hs rights with the ballot,
do maintain that IN founding nee State, re have
the perfect hoery well the perfect right 70 \
tstablsh government which shall secure every L
ma, in his rights; rather, do say that you L
must put into every mans haad-not into the hands Of
iew-the ballot or put nto every man 10 hand, and not
into the hands OF lev the bullet, that every man
shali be equal before The law In his 10 citizen
All men shal have the ballot, none a. men sha have
The bullet, or none. (Arpause)
IN that speech from the balcony OF Barnum's /
Hotel. in st Louis, in which he uphraided Missou-
rians for toleIaiing any laws that restrict freedom