The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-10-25
Seward's Declarations.

The vast Importance of the approaching
Presidential election (says the ST. Louis
Republican, can best be seen in the light
Of Stewards speeches. How idle is the
preiense OF some of The defenders Of Black
Repubiicanism that it purposes no inter-
ference with slavery in the States. when
we find its great expositor denouncing
slavery wherever established in the Union,
as existing in defiance a supreme law
binding on mems reason, and conscience.
His language is now whai has been so Oft
ten aimee 1850. In the Senate. that year. he
said. assuming all men are equal by the
law of nature and nations, the right Of
property in slaves falls 10 the gronnd.-
Therefore any obligation in the Constitu
ton to protect slavery must be uoid'' BE-
cause 1t is repuguaut TO the law of nature
and nations" In the Senate, the same
year. he said the slavery Issue involved
the question whether slavery should be es
tablished by political as well as moral and
social inhueE ces. or the Union shall be DIS
solved in the midst of, or followed by civ
il war. 1.-The crisis" he added, was then
directly before US, It's shadow was upon
us In 1855. at Albany. be said the SUR
render o. fugitive slaves was violation
of the divine law ln another, later
speech, he said: Extend a cordial welcome
to the fugitive r and defend him AS
you would your paternal gods In 1856
at Buffalo, New York, he said: If all men
are created equal. no man can rightfully
hold property in another man. 1t is
needless to add thrt Mr.. Seward holds
that all men are created equal just in the
sense that Mr.. Giddings does, and that
both comprehend in that prase all races,
withou, distinction.
Ii is unnecessary to say how the we'll
known speech at Rocherter in 1858, which
announced the 'iryepressibe conflict. tai
i'So NiiH AiSoc anu WIKI tIiN
ailerances during the present canvass
They all scout the Constitution as defined
and interpreted by the Supreme Court
Then in the Senate in 1858. he stigma'ized
The Dred Scott decision as a spurious
judgment. and then deliberately threaten
ed that the Court should be 're. organized
whether il ,eceded ficm that decision or
not. This language Of denuaciaiiop was
bat tie echo Of The New York Republican
State address, winch assailed the Judges
of the Court in the most indecent terms;
violently arraigniug It IS Infamous. char
girg that The tribunal was pachca. and
even ridiculing the language in which
those respected Judges clothed their oyiin-
ions. as LarJarous.
We are safe in saying shat never before
has ilere been danger Of the Govern
nnent going into the hands of n party with
such revolutionary designes as are exhibit
ed by the Black Republican party. Il
may be argued that it will not, should it
get power, attempt the essay of its destruc-
tive principles. But who can b. sure Of
this? And is it wise--or is it not rather
sensele-s--to take the hazard Of il? Is
not the danger real and ema.inent enough
TO Withdraw every lover OF the Constitution
as our fathers made it. from party whose
success is so threatening? At any rate,
every Intelligent patriot will aid that party
which can do most. in each State. TO avert
the danger.