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

Ever since This continent discovered oppression n
every FORM has been driving them from those huds 10
enI mere is difference bet ween Us ali except ths-
r ss ny a.ner was driven out OF Europe by want ana
bred years later some have lust come sna sss %
% aye millions, have yet come We are all
Europe we are OF one family, kindred eli hero
dition all seeking TO elevate character " svnatS,
have gone with this class OF Ny efforts ia We been
they must always be- 10 lay open before the Ina s2
regions Of this continents the end that we nav 80,
blish here higher, better aud happier civiiixaon
than that from which oursevesor ancestors were en-
lied in foreign lands.
In Cleveland he said
The point which do TO- that in the Territories or
the United states, under It's flag, has RICH,
lake slave 10 settle or colonze on the ground That ho
takes him there 10 be bought Sold but STATE
must keep him At home where he belongs II NOT left
slave in the United States, he must be lef in Africa,
where be belongs Adopting this principle free
men-practicaly, none but white men-wn enter the
ness condition and found there institutions q ireedon
slavery v avoid entering there, as the devil hiusey
Soald avoid entering Paradise the gates were opened
for him by S. Peter Q-suehter)
In his Lansing speech he said
What then, my liniIs2 simply these:-rhe oons,is
tuition OF the United sts,es makes and sovereign
and welfare OF The whole people They are va amt
unoccupied unimproved and # they lef exposed 70
cuptuty CT Inc the
before free men can reach there in numbers
land with the civilization of the white man. the save-
holders would enter tho Territories and coonise them
with Shareholders aud slaves The smallest possible info
sion Of slavery into State has been enough always
demoraiize Its whole people, and, strange 70 say, 10
turns Them all into apoogists and excusers and de-
tenders OF slavery-a principle which, am ashamed
to confess, has been the rule OF action among Tho
American people for fsrty years
It's, therefore, matter q the highest consequeuoo
whether slavery is voted MP or voted down. Be sarc,
therefore that you do not give the field TO the ivehod
ana Inc slaves before liberty
pared TO enter 1t,
In one Of his Leavenworth speeches he said
Fellow citizens, You stand important point You
perform for others the Office which none 70 per-
form for you when you came here. For those who
Will 70 build up new free States at Pixies Peak and
state Of Texas, and all the way up British America
you stand here scntnels otect them 70 secure
them free passage the land Of choice That is a
hgn and honorable prerogave No other portion Of The
American people has ever held 20 responsible aud
the fidelity with which you have won this position against
such fearful opposition even the
Of the federal government itself in all its departments
makes certain that that high trust viii be performed
successfully, completely and rumphantly
DANGER or DISSOLUTION.
Mr.. Seward affected to treat the question OF dis.
solution as one almost too absurd to talk about,
and when he did refer to it at all it was generally
IN derisye tone. II was not always so, however,
Ia responding TO an address made to him on his an,
rival 1t La crosse, he said
If We found you isolated and separate communities
entnct from ourselves We still should be obliged re-
oce CD evidences OF prosperity and growing great
ness How much more CRAFTY ing Il is for 70 end, In
everything that we see and hear abund ant evidencec
na We are, after ALL not separate and distinct peoples
not distinct peoples Of oV, Wisconsin, New Work and
Massachusetts, but that are one people-stom Ply
mouth Rock AZ least 70 the banks Of the Mississippi and
70 the foot OF the Rocky Mountains It an ASSURANCE
that enables to trsmple under feet every menace,
every threat Of disunoD every alarm and apprehension
in the sentiments which you have 70 us 70 a
precisely the sentiments which kindled two hun
dred years ego Plymouth Rock and which are spread
tQk mr. deADo nd mr.
the American soil. They give US the and reliable
guarantee that under every poss Die change condition
and circumstance the American people will where for
get the common Interests the affections and th
common destiny which make them all one people
His regular speech the same evening at Ii
Crosse was directed principally TO the same consi
deraion. He said
Slavery federal institution Is obsolete in this land
Only one argument remains the democracy. IL oomes
and querulcusy and timidiy from among oursslves.
= tina. We do mol choose to give up the contest,
ana We elect our candidate, the fabric Of .sts unon
That 10 the only argument le-thsi tie Union VIII DO
dissolved We succeed In selecting the honorable satee
address few words you the subject and 70 exam.
Inc bow immineut that danger 10 with which We me-
Abraham Lincoln the Congress- the United sa.ac
acting With him, fhal commit any that shall bo
unjust or oppressive 70 the slave States any portion
Of the UniopS Bat they III wait for that and they arc
very wise 10 not waiting for II, because they pot their
argument against Mr. Lncolns election, ana IL
the next place they would have TO wait uut a}tsr the
50 IL must be The condition, pure and simple, tha.
Abraham Lincoln shall be elected President Of the United
e Amer can people expressing their choice for I'm IN
der the forms Of the constitution and by the laws mado
s .na shsr ma e nd sGuiy WITH
elected lawfully and consstu.,onaly, then the govern
%sss esn vs ss o0Mn gss my soa fellow cisz'ns
sis ass q .s.s Ne Rs'r Sss Ss
TH,uwIa Et--.l
be shs Be- sso,sa Via, the, more Ssn ny rsss
years every fourth year-electing man whom they
Ike better than any other mans Il there anything vrous
elect minority nan-a man whom he peopls 40 po;
hkea II 20, should like 70 the patent produced
man we did no, Ike instead Of ! man We a,s me, Ms
Impression that would be government nos diner1nsr
manage TO elect man whom the people do not se s5s
where they have an admirable way Of saving the 0n,cc
70 MAINTAIN he man whom he pcous a. NOT me ,ssss1
than lot them have tho man whom they do nko "a
y Voc shsway the democra..srs doing here
The revy hsso rhscA cannot Be done Aere Fellow CHI
ZEN, let me ssy 70 you .hss .hoss WIG ak about ssey
to be destroyed because the people do what they lawfully
may do and Whist they have constitutional right DO
ing They have no idea Of what the Union rbey have
never rased their thoughts high, nor exAmned w,
enough 70 lDov What the Usa Tney nSasrssaa
oopartnershp Of thirty three saass 6ccn q Which
uenens IN TIC slave trade, and eighteen Of which dis
and compeDsation Of free aborers We may call SLAYER
oy eessle names or modest terms but slavery nothin
the bodies and souls q men Now these nfssen slater.
have the right and have the poHer, the unquestionab
and undeniabe power 70 carry this trade IN savee
within these fifteen states themselves We do inter
iere with them. We have right 10 inseYfsrc with
tnem Ihey are sovereign on that subject, are sx
empt IRON our control But when tbe federal
Vnson-she Union which "a the government over us Nh
In nlav In ahs
The United states has ceased because The Consultation
consttuson 70 establish Justice sot injustice; 70
tain peeoe MOE BY brce, but BY The couscat o. ne
governed and 70 psvpetuas not The Of slavery bat
me oIs9inr Of liberty 70 ourselves and 70 posiery
forever. ms Unnu y this nation-m this empire OF
thirty millions Of people II 10 not made for trade mech
lees for trade IN tho bodies and SIOUX Of men. made.