Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-10-13
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Mr. SEWARD said that he had not come to
see ST Louis or the people Of Missouri but
to see Kansas, which was entitled 70 his
gratitude and respect. Missouri could take
care of herself she did not care for Repu6-
lican principles, but warred with them al.
together. II forty years ago Missouri had
chosen to be Free State, she would now
have four millions Of people instead OF one
million. He was plain spoken man, aud
here was treason in the streets Of st. Louis.
He could not talk anything else IL he talk.
ed as on honest man, but he found himself
out Of place here. A voice-''Y You're at
home."1
Here, said he, are the people Of Missouri,
who ask me to make a speech, and at the
same time there are laws as to what kind
of speech / may make. The FIRST duty
that you owe to your city and yourselves is
to repeal and abrogate every law on your
statue book that prohibits a man from say
ing what his honest judgement and senti-
ment aud heart tell him is the truth.
Mingled surprise aud appreciation on the
crowd. Though have said these hard
things about the State of Missouri, have
no hard sentiments about it or ST. Louis,
| have great faith and hope-nay, absolute
trust-in Providence, What Missouri
wants is courage, resolution, spirit, man
hood-uot consentng to take only that
privilege Of speech that shareholders allow,
but insisting on complete freedom ofspeech.
But have full trust that it will oil
come right in the end that in ten years
you will have four millions of people. To
secure that, you have but to let every man
who comes here, from whatever state or
nation, speak out what be believes will pro
mote the interests aud welfare Of mankind
What surprised me in Kansas was 10 see
the vast improvements made there within
six years, with so little wealth or strength
among the people and what surprised me
in Missouri was that with such vast terri
tory and with such great resources, there
was so little of population, Improvement
aud strength to be found (Faint mOniGes
tations of approval) Iougbt not, perhaps
to talk these things to you
] should have begun at the other end oi
, the story, thougha citizen of any other
State has as much liberty here as the cti
zens of Missouri but lie has less liberty
than | like. ] want more than you have
want to speak what think, instead o.
} what q Missourian thinks think yoU
} are in fair way Of shaming your Govern
ment into an enlightened position. Yor
are in the way of being Germanized into it
/ would much rather you had got into it b!
being Americauzed instead of Germanized
but it is better to come to it through tha
way than not to come to it at all.
1t was through the Germans Germani7
ing Great Britain that Magma Charta wa
obtained, and that great charter Of Englis
L liberties Of the sons of England throughou
: the whole world. Whatever lies in m
i power to do to bring into successful an
b. practical operation the great principle tha
n this government is a government for fire
!. men and not for slaves or shareholders, an
that this country is to be the home of th
exile from every land, ] shall do as you ar
o going to do by supporting Abraham Lir
If coin for President, and Hannibal Hami
). for Vice. President.