Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-24
Seward Preaching the Crusade of the Irre-
pressible Conflict

| PressibIe Conflict.
Hon. WIN. II. SEWARD, of New York, who is at
present making the tour of the Eastern States,
preaching the crusade of the Irrepressble Conflict
against the South was received IN Boston, on Mon
day, the 18th, and was introduced to the immense
crowd who assembled to do him honor, by Gov.
| BANKS In response to the enthusiastic cheers of
the people, Mr.. SEWARD made speech, from which
we make the following impressive and significant
extracts. Read 1t, and say whether the Democratic
| party is party fighting merely for unmeaning alb
stractions, when it fights against Black Republican.
ism. After relating how he had early derived his
political principles and sentiments from the Massa
chusetts school, under the teachings of the immortal
"Sage of Quincy" he proceeded as follows:
| know tina: citizens of Massachusetts, as well rs
citizens of other States have attempted 20 drive tie
disciples of that lustrous teacher from their poll
cy. BUTT is tonight that free to confess that
| whenever any man. wherever he NAV be found
whether lie was of Northern or Southern birth
whether he was of the "solid men of Boston," or of
the light men OF Mississippi, have asSaed me for the
maintenance of those doctrines. have sought to
commune with his spritand to learn from him wheth-
err the thing in which l was engaged was well and
| wOrthy done. Whata commentary upon the wis
dom of man is given in this single fact that fifteen
gears after the death of John Quincy Adams the people of
the United States, lrhO hurled him from pOJoer and from
pace are cQltg 70 NE HedQ OF Ue nQtiON, 10 the CeTg
seat from tctict he expelled Abraham Lincoln
enthusiastic cheers -lChOSe claim TO that seat is that
he coyeSSeS the obligation Of that higher Lao-(ap-
| Plause)-lohich the Sage Of Quincy proclaimed and
that ne aUotrS ee for cea or loOe, for life or death,
soldier on tie side Of the TepreSSibe conflict betlreeR
freedom and slavery. prolonged cheering) This,
gentlemen. is my simple confession"
desire, now, only to say to you that you hare
dTTired at the last stage Of this conflict before you reach
the triumph tchich is 10 idgu ate this JTedt 71Oc into
gOI'e77lfFeIf Of SfcfeS fChaaps Yon
will bear yourselves manfully. 1t behooves you,
solid men of Boston, if you are here-(a voice
They are, and if the solid men are not here,
then the lighter men of Massachusetts, to bear on
ward and forward, first in the ranks the flag of
freedom. (Cheers) am somewhat turned about
confess to you, by the strange Languages and dia-
lects to which listen here aughter) but be.
heve shall speak accurately if l say have been
down East and bring you the assurance from
that quarter that the whole East is coming up to
this conflict with the resolution, the determination
and the confidence of victory. (ApplaUse) should
not alude TO my own State If it were not that
Democrats | have heard make strong claims upon !
the popular vote IN the State OF New York. have
not often been mistaken and therefore venture to
correct these remarks of Others-(l laughter and ap
plause) by saying TO you what said &c the Repub-
hcans OF Maine, when they told me that it was mod
crate enough TO say that they have twenty thousand
majority for Lincoln and Hamlin, but that they had
some uneasiness about the State of New York-that |
they might set down their majority in Maine at their
own figure, and then multiply it by four and they
would approximate the majority in the State of New
York. loud cheers, and cries of Good'0 But
have the testimony to give you substantially in
relation all the free States together with the as
surance that for the first time, this banner will be
unfured in safety in many of the slave States But
let your thoughts or expectations be confined to
the present hour tell yn telo,c-citi,enS that trh
this rictory cones The end Of the polOer Of slavery in the
United States. (Cheers) think may assume that
Democrat is a man who maintains the creed of one
or the other branch of the Democratic party of the
present day Assuming that to be so, tell you in all
SiRcjtv thai tie last Democrat in the United States is
bora IGreat laughter and cheering. A voice, Il
hone so