The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-21

NCpO VIII compare the btafeemanfhip or 10. with
the wshnston's and the Jays Of the Revolutionary pc
rod Nobody win compare the pupits Of to day with the
oIkins' and the Edwards Of sixty years ago That il
me that we have got little estimate Of the Union ths.
Is, her value. Consider. Grant her all che claims Let
her ng noet over the swelling millions Of commercial
pcsprify Her literature droops, her religion hangs her
head statesmauthip nails her commerce in the dust.
That our country and you know do not exsggerate IT,
propose9 Ipropose to look for a moment at now tho
uron suproris slavery and want to show you the rea.
sIss WY wn 0ob e., rid Of the uOSn Ia the first
msn rs obliged 70 cui hs thought said just now that
Mr. Seward in bis speech, suggests remedy. He doc
not ] 90 Do. not mlsreprssent HIM. he, suggests
no susssse one er yOa hs A s.f cnsias
Of politics. behind H. In tbfe Interior purposes In these
hidden wishes Of the republican party which he denies
which the South charges him with and which he repu.
sia!ssd0us,ae there public opinion In Ohio. in
which knows that that speech does not repre- sent it.
public iniSn which Gays "Union or no Union. Law
Now, whence came that public opinions II came from an
agitation outside OF politics; II came from Just such
speeches as am making tonight came from abolition
s who sad what Seward cannot say on the door OF the
Senate i said, "We mean 10 reach slavery VIC mean to
strsrele IT," (Applsuse) Out Of that has grown the
pnblc opinon--agation, which has produced the only
reliable, the only hopeful the only possible elemeu, tia
can ever achieve the safety Of the unon,ha, can rave
lot alluce TO IL, but let look it. There such an opn
ion exfting and created by who have loved liberty
sne jottice more than Union. John Quincy Adams said
TO sumner when be sat by the side Of his sck bed
lhope 10 go back 10 Washington more "wha, forY
said the young statesman ~ hope 90 back and show
this fame Daniel Webster that there Is something more
valuable ,ban Union and that is the liberty aud Justice
which waa made 10 secure" (Applause Out Of that
tone Of fentment there has come public OPINION out
hope that get rid Of slavery without the dseo
lien OF the Union. want TO look VI moment have
no hostility to The uiiSn do not stand here 70 foolish
WY Of getting rid Of slavery by tho dissolution of
!be Ucon cannot look forward. All Know is the
past the lamp by whioh enide my steps for the r
sure. New l have got the slave power on one side
which has been unfor mly successful up this nome
ana have Got pmbhc opinion on the other want to
shaly2e them What 70 the sisvepower7 IN tho frat
place two thousand million Of dollars--for tina. Is
be value Of the slave population invested one kind
his an @ , age e hs R1ssy
OF money. Two thousand million OF dollars
30 u ss0n ,s,: sp'y Se'e, noa as loving money
resul', potion Does he put in any new elementq is
there any whol some potion iniuseof Nopel What was
the bitt res ingredient in the draught in the too much
owed UnionS Add TO it. daughter That is the rem.
coy. And TINT ia called craftsmanship, 10 Deau swfts
natchets sa.irc tie traveller met a man engaged for
Said he, Have you succeededf" 'Not YETI (arg
"but only grsnt me year or two more and additional
largber The lover Of she Union puts parchment on
'hs ,sbe and says 20 perfect ths. the bands that
made are almost divine-thcy could not be better
The charter party OF the voyage 10 almost ron heaven
SefmrFt-J eTkon and wyeihths spirit OF those bright.
CT Virginia rembe or her right sell John Jay
orooced over New York with his angel wings; sam
Adams Numbered IN Fsneu Hall. The enthusiasm Of
the Revolution aln the chip of state We went on sew
sniy years We ciutchei Florida from Spain and doomed
Il 10 slavery. We bought Louisiana from Napoleon and
stan ped it With bonduge We STOLE Texas from Catholic
Mexico and Put ba k slavery all lta free soil We
fugitive slave bill. We trampled on The constitution
lheh In the bred Scott decision Our ablest
stsetman in 1850 stands and tells the history
atk what your remedy Shut your eyes (Iaug n;er)
purge bcadlcng-tbat is bis re msoy. And when pri-
vatc man lhated ps) suggests that possibly the evil
the arrange meu OF the govornnent and IL meht be
well 10 CONSIDER whether we had not Started wrong be
is traitor he must rot have public ha,-ho tnast not
be henrdhe is bejpg the institutional is rskng the
prosperity and the welfare oil thirty three States Fellow
czeDs: that is exactly the in which we must b. TO-
light Mark me. am not blaming VIM. H. Seward
he representative man-the abiest stasesman-.he
bolcest that we have got (oud and long continued ap.
p'ause)-tbe foremost man OF eighteen Sta.es Well,
VITA. any OF bis friends suggest before pass 10 the
direct argument that shall present you? What can he
suggest OF any hope in that programme Of which have
just spoken to your Undoubtedly, !. will be said "You
DO Injustice TO Mr. Seward" That speech Of his Is sim
bis real heart He uttered 10 lS4s In Ohio his full belief
when be SAID. "slavery 10 . sin, an evil and must be
hbothed, and sou and must abolish io Well, know
he did, That makes that speech all the more able
He cannot sord 70 utter what he thinks BE would be
available II be was m aboition;st. Qaughter) You
have go constitution under which the leading and
the first Presidents avowed themselves aboltnnsts.
Jnerfop, Washington Patrick Henry, Wyetb Lee Jay
the leading Of ,hs Revolutionary period hastened
before they went down into their graves 70 carve on
during ante the record that they abohtionists
We have dred sixty years on your sacred almost divine
sea Of the uncn and the that makes his bid for the
Pre- depcy copcsas the fact that an abotopist and
his friends sxcuse him On the ground that he ought to-
other eide Of the medal What Is Che public opinion thai
Union has produced hst rnskesi necessary Am
wrong IN saying that Is proslavery nfuenoeP An
aboitionist-no man dafes 70 ssy II. The frstthinR
new member Of Congress rays, when he rises on the
floor, IL Mr.. Speaker, am not an aboItonistD
Great laughter Now, Jet us turn aside a moment
What bag the UpCu CODey There no unva Tar
the constitution Il is "a piece of parchment,
h.d up, at Washington, written in fair text
crossed, end II is the agreement OF three million
OF people how they shall be governed That the con
st,9n Our wan snes made y and you may Look at it,
as wei as Jou know the history, exactly you co Of
sx'y years. Let weigh it What is the great object
.fa foverDmefty Watch me carefully, and II l. in
tsDtor aiy Mt any rate attempt to instead you have
no wish TO make speech certainly have no wish TO
cheat one Of you into hours delusion / have not
laid eny five years the altar OF hatred ana uppopu
laIiy 10 order 10 deceive you for half hour. clear
hear Ny object fellow citizens, in coming here TO-
10 the weight Of public opinion. believe in it az the
ultimate fl 81 king OF this country. public opinon You
build your Capitol o. granite, and grou. it with ron
and the pulses OF girls heart viii IL down. only
rive Der me enough believe in sentiment and thought
as The only ,trss 10 mortal in this world OF
wait TO e'aIt there pnsesto bastsp them. s my only
chico, n'gbi Now wba, the object Of government
To Iro CT rrtep and property and TO secure 10 every
lie easy, SAFE asrsnce Of all bis thoughts. Is
yrrr ne, save your property, give expansion 10
sou mud-that all. Now, VIVA. has the Union done for
lop New YokeI.Y Are Your lives any safer this city
that James Euchsrap reeos az Washington? s not your
State usi as able to make Iii SAFE these sixty different
counties without the Union with il? Are your title
eteds 10 the Fifth avenue sny better because South
ira ~h'ps regrcets Property there is all the FAME Then
~ s he right Of ocouo,ios-caD YOU ard go to Sayan
pah to nehg suprcsc you dcsuppose you entered your
ane Us mber OF Ward Beechers church. OF Brocklyn
ta think, you bad got our lives insured the
niee would tbt you bad forfeited the policy Great
soebter) here lie 10 right Of iocomoton therefore, In
he matter Then 40 to The utteYsncc Of opinions Sup
n,fe !ou food IN Cta' lesion how long ehoud
60 Permitted to make tbs speech Qaugbter), and how
orE would Son GO permitted 70 listen TO IL? So there ia
'o'bDg game there, then. (laughter) Strike on pro
pert, saike Of right, strke CT Iesdem Of opiuioncome
home again. Does tho existence OF the Union make the
ee uterance q opricn any safer 10 New York; when
was mohbed, ten ycsrs ago IN tie Broadway Tabernacle
80 yen suppcse II New York that mobbed mef No,
rdeed y WAS the South, legi.matcly-it was the
Cn;cn. u was remark in regard TO the
,J@ppg Ct hell 70 get Att daughter Two thousand
million Of dollars held BY whom? Not miion or peo.
pie, but cpceptyated Small number OF educated men