, 1860-09-29
BY TELEGRAPH.


LzArzxwonru, Sept. a8,-Gov. Seward sd
Lawrence yesterday. He expressed gras!fiea-
tion It the fulGlIment Of = long che rlshcd de-
aire and duiy he owed the people Of Ksnses to.
visit them in their homes.
IT desire to speik to 3ou here, where have
renewed the memories Of the contest wsged
upon thia soil, while / sec around ue thu broken
implements with which the contest Was waged
BY the sPgrossors under the ple& Of Popular
free to do es theg pleased, subject 10 the Consti
tuition OF the Unitsd states, which they were
lett perfectly tree to interpret as they plessed,
white ths authorities 1t Washington had never
besa sble to interpret it to their own sstisfac.
tion, or that Of the American people.
vored with political power, YET sue is the most
indexihla aud most constant. The tKo richest
States are New York and Massachusetts,, ind
they are 30 merely because they arc fFeest, wis
eat and mest tJ:lo1ing. The cause Of al
ths interest hare lelt in Jon has h:en merely
thit, that you occupy pivotal position in the
United States with regard to freedom and slave.
Fl. There is no contest, no difference On this
subject along The line Of the Northeastern
States, for they ere oil for freedom; mono On
the line Of the Southern States, for they are alt
for slavery but there is an eternal strife for
The establishment Of freedom or slavery in all
the rest Of the United States, from the Missouri
to the Pacific. II freedom was to triumph,
there was no point where STE could expec: To
meet the enemy except the pi2cs where che has
met it here. II you had been false, slavery
would hare swept through the Territory OF New
Mexico md the whole country to the Pacific.
"California IVES imperfscty secured to free.
dom and With compromise. You opeped d
new campaign here md crowned it with COM
plete victory. uencatUzth the battle is ended,
henceforth the free iaborer from every land OH
the earth CAL purzue this onward path to the
Rocky Mountains.
"You not only occupy q pivotal position,
but this great enterprise Has attempted d. u
critical period. In 1854, all guarantees Of freq
dom were abandoned, and kansas, that had for
forty years besn free from the footsteps Of
Slaves; was pronounced as much OF alave
State u South Carolina. At this critis the peo.
pie Of Kxnsas appeared on ihs stage,.. revlied,
deepised add hated, lifted the banner Of liberty
on high, and counteraeted peaceablJ all ettofis
made 10 subdue them. In three yenrs they not
only occurred freedom in Kansas, but in all the
territory Of the United States. No other l0o,-
900 people have contributed TO much for Tree
dom Kansas.
"Defore this people, then, appearing Tor the
frat time, bow myself, a have never done
before TO another people, in profound rever-
t; enee; / salute Jou with gratitude and sffee-
Alludiug to the drouth, be says there will be
no famine in Kansas, because the1e Is wealth
and credit enough to carry her through. If
these ri! not do lie adrises an appeal to frieads
in the East.
Ai1uding to tbe "isrepressib1e conflict" 10
says the people Of Kansas settled it there in fa-
vor Of Freedom. In New Mexico they tried to
settle it in favor Of Slavery, and now ind i. I'M
possible.
BE then reviews The history Of Slavery exten.
sion at length, and says the Territories must be
reserved for The fsee labor Of over. populated
Europe. Missouri has lost this emigratiou.-'
Had ahe been wise, tho population now in Kan
sas would have settled in her BORDERS She
must look to Kansas for deGyerance. She is
made richer BY millions by tho settlement Of |
Kansas by ffeemen.
Hs concludes as follows: Henealor.h, if
my con6deucs in The stability Of tile American |
Union wayers, shull come up here to learn |
that the Union il stronger than human smbi- |
iion, because it is founded en- the affection of |
the American people. II ever tb4il Taver ia |
lny devotion to liberty, shall come up here 10 |
rerew it under tho inspiration Of 100000 |
lreemen saved from slavery. uenceforth, |
these bhall not bs uy sentiments alone, but The |
sentiments Of all. Men Mill coms up to Kansas
"a they 60 up to Jerusalem. This shall b. the |
Sacred City,
Gov. Seward sad party leave for tho East
10 u1ctFDw.