, 1860-12-28
SENATOR SEWARD, SPEECH
At tho Diuucr Of the New England
SocIefy, NeN York, On Saturday ETe-
ming La9t-Hfs Views on the issues
of the Day.
From the Worlds Report Of the New England
EsHfir1I1

from the Tozld's Report Of ths New England
FextiyAt.1
at late hour it WIS understood Tint Hr,
Simeon Draper had, with mnch trouble, In
duced Senator Seward, who had arrived at the
Astor House late III the evening, to appear at
the dinner, and The whole assembly was In IN |
excitement. III entered the room, escorted
" Mr. Draper, aud was received with trenlcc-
toz& cheering: Upon reaching the platform,
after few minutes, he spoke as follors:.
FE1Low CrrlzESs:-Mr. Eyarts, my friend, |
! believe, is acting d chairman here--chalrnan |
Of the committees president or somethiog-l |
don't understand wbat-conling IN stranger, |
rs do, in the Astor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. |
under arrest as get here, aud brought down |
ont OF my own private room to this place-Al
know about myself or you ie, that find you
here, and Nf. Eyasts, with his naaliet IN his
band I suppose It means sotneth'ngi that
thing Of that Kind. ILaugbte..1 Mr: Draper
has tntimated 20 me that Jou a:c all Yankees:
Continued lauyhter] 1snpnose yc1 are-1
think likely as not ron arr. Therefore, ! aap-
pose that may as well set all doubts about
myself ut rest. aud anticipate Ill your lnqu!-
sies. I left Auburn this morning At o'clock
-tyseat laushterEand got hore a. rather
late hour, to latc dinlc-, II 2 o'clock: "a
voice: Did you come hS the express tfain:'
Tes, came By the express tsa;r. laughter.l
Nothing particular Happened TO i1e IN tie
way Increased mcrriment 1-cxccpt-l may
- we'll anticipate the Express Of next Non
43y morning, IS ! did not anticipate aue
ing tE:t met Thurlow Weed In the t:lr:
[Grcat laughter, AID cr9 st.Vhat vas: Ea;d:"]
There the Yankee comes out .---ir- 21n nos
Yaakce-no New England blood in ..cr
veins, and don't answer iEpcrtincnt ques-
tions; don't answer what he said to nc;
.-SA So ~ Thoft yH%
that rep1liiated all compromises that New
England. New York, and Pennsylvania can't
stand upon. fsca.atio,l1 Mr.. Weed t'a.l BEEN
to the State Of illinois, Laughser>} ! sul,
pose you would like TO know What he lsasne4
there. will give you tile best sasistaction
can. Tie prints paper rallied the t'e"'ng
Journal, and is man of truth. bc1icsc-ii
he has u mini to tell Whist he learned. you can
yet it from his Newspaper. l1soi:ttrous AZ
plausc,1 somehow got eff from the direct
cours- Of my argument. fLaughtcr1 1lesan
to tell yo,l nbout myself, and somehow or other
have got to tcll;n. about Nr. Weed nad his
| journey to Springfield. ! may as well keep Oh
coming up to Albany. He did not tell me e1-
actly, bxt had strong suspicion from some
| thing in the way he looked. his appearance
| EeneralIy, and some hints that he drnrp2d,
| that Charles Stctson, Of the !Asto- Honse,
would probably he Inspector General. IRE
I
| Governor did not think much Of Mr. Stesson
| as a tayern-Eeepcf, but - military officer l
| tllonyht ne had no superior. ku.rs ct laugh.
| tcr.] II 1t were really Soft 1t sEouiu
| turn ont really so-and Florida shoaisl
| invade New York, I Thought he wonlst
dlsar1n them Of all hostility bF bnn3-
ing them into 4 supoe- Ike this at the Astor
l1onsc. [Lanchtcrl Fel1ow-c:,izens.: these arc
rxtraordinary times, and extraordinary events
| are transpfriug In our day. remember that
it was the men ct Sew England who lived
on1y two or three times as long ago as ! have
Nved-not only thrice a. long ago as ! tayc
lived, htt nv fr1erd, Mr., Joseph Grinucat,
whom see here. horc he Is sounter in his
poltics than when / 1a.t heard nf him; hope
he is is sound ns hi- brotI1rr Muses.. Urea:
ltughtcr] Ircmelnher fhat the :n'n Of Ne"
England Invented the greatest political dis
covery Of tlc wor}l--a confederation OF re-
publican States, Tic first confederation n
republican States in America WIS tho lnytn
ton Of New England. Fo7 this great discov
cry, after having been in succsse seful o.cf:is:o!
IN tl,e colonies at Massachusetts, th.y, AM
Plymouth. and Connecticut, and New Haven
came tlra1ly-c1mc af:erw.rd-afaer hariEG
i.re1. sanctioned BY the wisdom and e&VcTicnc.
! Of Dr.. Franklin came ultimately to b
adopted by tic people Of thr th;rtee;, Grl!i-l
colonies o! this continent :out!l Gf ts,:. st, Law
yrncc. It has been preserved for Gtl- tty :nd III
| this very hour to sec an invention g! anoths
Kind, Of all opposite nature, b: u portion q
| nur conntrvmen, residing south ot ttr r.'lo
mac The Yankrcs Iuvantra eon!e'irH,ti"n~-sh'
,ror,lc Of South Cirnlfna invented ~rr'.s-inn
The wisdom Of the latte: Is now to b: tri"'
rs tho experience Of the forrlrf. ~ tirs
:.la'se.f. it exhibit. this singular ano'nosy-
state which ha5 In III" Stenrc Of the tn!:c'
stte= two fcafs-a State consisting "f $3.50
.:eo,,lc Of all conditions, ansl OF whom a7f.U .Us
ar.: walte--harin= two seats in the Senate .
a%n 4r,t rT;lF =
OF ~; other State in t'e Eninn. and si- ,:ae:n
hers in the House of Representatives. zach u
tlfca1 pai.l s, Goa year nat Of \ trs:.,nr; 1
| which t!sy contribute only Il small part
roin. nut Of this Union to etan1 by itsc''
| 7.,i to send to the Con.7css ii the t"i:e
. sts:cs t',res commissioners. to *s:"i ON
; | -i.a cr the bar and ne,o:iat" f'r ''> i"!t
csts. anu he raid ly itself, instead cf two Scr
, ! ators aud six Representatives IN Cs'nt7''s:
! | equal members with MI th4 REPRESENTATIVES. {
: tic Cou!taer,cy. This il tht e1i~ril"s
| which ts to I've tried VIII. thrr Sfatss of S"st
| America will hn. It wise to re:,,-e to srcnl'
i seats within the Congress CT the United STATE
tn be paid by TIC Cu;t.l States t"r cos1'i'
! | there. and to have y.tcs. oT in l'su Ut i !:
scnl commissioners tn present their cl.l.'i
r and to be y id ty tho St1tes themselves. wi
! be seen hereafter. sI.angi giter.] Ya:s is I'll
y list political Invention Of the titnss uee
; MT sar to von that .'r mot think that it
lscly to he followed by many other States Q
+ This continent OF to be prrse> cse' IN l"!'S,-t
. causeit j. u.anifcs:ly yrrv much inferior to T.
systen yhir,, already exists. iIanyhter.; IT
q State Of South Carolina desires to IN cut. ar
. inst at the mosneut an Soln: back to VAS
: inctnn for the purpose OF admitting the Sta
i | Is Earsas in. AMI venture +, SAY, :llat f
i | every State o.: this continent that will q VI
r. p! of thjs Union, there stand ut least two Stat
= on the continent of North Auicrics that ni
i. ! he .laf to come in and take tbcir rliees w
i ~, r.Applausc.] They will do 50 for II.
simple reason, that every State on thu con1
i | ncnt Of North A*1tTic,, Ei.sSt ec 4 deutocEstt
!. or REPUBLICAN stato-you, y,cnt:eInaa isom Sf
:. England. lnnt like the wosl s!esn"es:s
/. oiuays therefore ,,5c The word re;tlihtics
i, | [{aughtcr.l No republican STATE "u 't!!s Gu
n | tiucut ar any other can stand alunr. 1t IS
:, impoasio'litv. And the r'''.s'n l. .;;np!crt
G so much l:hcrty-so much Ier:noHl i!n:c:'e
Il 1cnc,-snch scope f,r rivsf:y a1lt! els.v!st.H'
!. arc too much for any one State standing ~i":
4 | to n12i,.tau, Thcrc:o7c. it is rs yna EH'cs,c
4 | that the n,n.ncnt It was thought !hf the
e VIA to he hrealz IN this EFeat Nat1os'ss cti
Y ] s.sieracy, you ha.an to hear nt once ct sc:e
s sion: not only in so",h Ca'rl.'.S. ",' III ~ - :.
II tin ST., .ssinn of NV IG.H city an:i ic.
:, Islam, from the State Of New York f.an.:
/. tell Admit the right to dissolve the Amer'c
!. Cnion and there is no one State that can s!:!t
{ w;:lout Il; receiving re.rc:u:]iy thc lF1n'
d nles of secession, NC shall e, On UNI! We q
r hronnft 10 the condition Of Central Aller!c
), No gentlemen, republican States are like Il
q she,ycs in the harvest field, l1t them up sing
tr anl every gust blows them dnwn, Stack the
i together nli1 they defy The wint!s Of heaye
10 {Great apr}anse.l And So yeu haye se'
II that thcsc thirteen republican States fell III
it the conviction each one tE@t 1t could II
h. stand alone, aal the thirteen came tosatht
What under heaven kept the State of Mtca
Il .an. the State Of Insliann, tlle State Of 1llno
e the State Of Wisconsin, the State Ut Iowa, I!
II State Of Louiziaua-what kert each OF the
J. States from setting Hp IN themselves stat
h not stand alone, and So it Claimed the right
RI be united to Tic Other republican States
/, his continent So it YVES with Texts. s
!. was independent why did she not remain r
I'd | ToH Know how znucs. It tried u ~ adult
r. :!.to tic Union: II tried her muc!! barber
r. -,:v cut as she did. Wig is not k1!lsas Ct
ID to: to r,:,,,in onte Simply t,ecausc Of
n, Sympathy :.al Of the Interest wLic:. makes
,e ,.r d Ill hi. al republican S:ttcs OH this G.
nj | tincnt Il, III be one Let South Casotlna, \
,e b4n.a ...,a:sinna or any other State 50 out, a
,c " whiir snc is rushing ont, you will see Ciua'
IT. anu al The Mexlcsa States rushing il. {,;ss
II applausc,1 iii. the system discovered BY q
e fathers, II Is all concentrated IN tuo*c th'
words Of such pregnant 1ueauing-~E llG
III uus unun,." There Is no +uci, thing a. q
1c separated from the many in republican Stat
a. (Appauac.I Aud row, fellow citizens, :"
N s1xak one word concerning the anosn,l1
H. condition Of our affairs, pru'lnced l,y this
e. position of some OF the American States
IT, sccc1c from the Cu on. 1t has taken I
t. American people and the world by surrri
of WHY las it taken them by surprise! "
of because it il unwi=e and unnatural. II
wise that all the republican States Of i
nj continent should he conttderatel. 1t is !
ur wise that eav OF them should attempt to se
" ra:c. fA2piauee] And yet it oa:ht not
haze .aksn Us by surprise. Whoever cou
| h,ra in,.rsrpd That a machine 50 cbl1l,Iite1.