The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-03-14
SCENARIOS LATE SPEECH.

The language Of eulogy is exhausted,
and every note of admiration that mag
nation can, conceive is sounded. 1t is
somewhat difficult TO conjecture the rea-
son for this excessive joy-as, certainly
Mr. SEWARD, in his late speech, did not
advance au idea, or make point that the
din of abohtionism has not been Fostering
inc our ears with the last ten years Elk
pressed in language rather more calm and
deliberate chan is usually employed by
politicians of that ilk, it is, nevertheless,
tie same old monotonous tune of aboli-
tionism-the same points, the same ideas
and tho same arguments to enforce the
melody. Bleeding Kansas having APP
piled for admission gave him the pretext
for his dissertation. Let us see what it.
amounts to. His homily in the com
mencement Of his speech concerning the
two ideas, wherever slave exists, is SO
stale that whether correct or otherwise it
requires no notice, having already been
so often discussed that every intelligent
man has formed his opinion upon it---so
also of his assertions respecting the policy
of the founders of the government. The
points Of interest in his speech are those
that refer moro particularly to our own
day, and the view which he takes of the
subject of slavery as il now exists inthis
country. He says the passage of the
Kansas Nebraska act re-opened the
agitation which had been lulled by the
compromise measures of 1850. Admit
it. If the principles of that bill and the
compromise measures of 1850 were iden-
teal (and who dare deny it), and the last
gave peace to the nation, at the time of
their passage, why should the Kansas
Nebraska act have disturbed the repose?
Why should the application Of the same
principles to contiguous Territories have
had such directly opposite results--peace
in one case, war in tho other? Is it not
manifest that some extraordinary cause
must have interviewed to change the di-
rection Of public sentiments And what
was that cause but the almost superhu-
man efforts made by the abolitionists ups
on the passage of the Kansas bill to ex-
cite and infame public sentiment against
it, by every means, fair and foul, honora-
BILE and dishonorable, truthful and false?
Every engine that could influence public
opinion was employed, and every sheet
organ (many of themyillanous and dam
nable) that could raise clamor and effect
votes was made use of, and having, by
their Internal din, caused the strife (be-
cause a bill was passed similar in princi-
pie TO the compromise of 1850, Mr..
SEWARD, the grand fugler and manager
in the whole trouble, arises now upon the
floor of the Senate and charges home to the
democratic party the cause of the agita-
ton! Could efrontory go further! So
much for that worn out calumny a.~-
Mr.. SEWARD complains of the want Of
liberality in the Southern States, in not
allowing republican speakers TO como
among them and discuss freely the doc
trines Of abolitionism. He tells them TO
come 10 Auburn, canvass the valley Of
Owasco and defend and uphold the sys-
tenn of slavery in Cayuga county-they
shall have audiences aud the benefit Of all
the converts they can make, expressing
their will through the ballot box; and
then with great apparent candor asks that
he may be permitted to go into the slave
States and preach his views and doctrines
upon the question of slavery. Now this
looks fair. It is plausible, but in effect il
is only saying TO the stakeholder come to
the State Of New York, we have no slaves
there, we have no property to be cndan-
gcred, we'stand in no fear Of servile in
surection, we are not surrounded by those
who can be melted TO rapine and murder,
we arc not afraid, como up there and de-
fend your system, we are not afraid TO
have You do it--because we have nothing
TO fear nothing to lose, and when we
have graciously granted You that priyik
ego, worthless as il is, Knowing as We do
that it can be of. no practical advantage
then let,us come down on your plantation
and tell your negroes that they are equal
10 their masters; let us tell your negroes