The New York herald., 1860-09-08
sptEcA OF A. souelAs At HARRISBURG.
AEeTHF r ABOLITION MANIFESTO.
v I. sfwARB's WESTERN eAMf.AlsN.


40, ruro~ Among the michh gan Re-
rubacans-speech OF Mr. ss' ward at
ENnsiny.
LANSING, Mich., ,pt Q, 1890.
,oere nm sress demonstration here 10 Of Seaa
,oy seward whose course thus far, or pilgrimage, q
General ye calm IT, has been one tum hant procession.
All the enthusiasm displayed Tor msef persosaiy,
,oue sor tne republican ticket. Mr. Seward and party
we're .cCumpanei from Detroit here oy hessrs how1d
esc. and 3e,,oge members Of Coss from this state
r., ,-Oes r. Eo~ard Attorney General; Mr.. Barns, Of
~ p,try, 7ysbs<; Mr.. Hos.ssr, State Printer, and
sacsy senator Wade ana CT Governor Patterson were
not sf the party but viii probably join In some days
M err len for bome otlc regret Of the wholc party
On Tuesday At oxosso. where the train stopped for
d,npcr large crowd Of citizens bad assembled TO vel
romo AY. Seward, and addresses were made by him,
Nye and Howard
Lansing the state capital, is some twenty-five miles
from the nearest railroad point little village called st.
Johns Here the party was met BY deputaton from
Lansing Carriages In attendance TO convey the par
U there me road OF tho corduroy type and progress
was allow. At village called Dewitt, ten miles from
Lansing cayalcAde OF eighty young men, In the
Wide Awake uniform, met the Governors party and
escorted them TO Lansing They we're accompanied by
band In large van and ~ tho procession moved along
ms rresstiby suggestive Of grand travelling mena
erse being the elephant that all were coming 70
- and Syc being engaged 70 do the comic business.
When entered Lansing long speech was fred od at
BY the Mayor Of the city for lansing with
~ three thousand inhabitants city, and has Mayor
Seward and Syc TO reply this battery, aud then
che osyalcade was paraded through principal
ne great feature Of this campaign Is tho Wide Awakcs.
Every town village has Its companies. Tho members
ere almost youths and they Join the organization more for
the novelty and excitement Of the thing than from any
political consideration. lansing has never In s brief
exence twelve years such crowd Of strangers
IN is streets II seems as n oil the farmers within
circuit Of h iriy miles making gala day Of H. and
they have brought their res and daughters In 70 sea
che ghu The NOT very Ai~orth nor the 10
men very handsome. They all look s u they were
TOO well acquainted with fever and ague; from their
appcaranoe one would not be induced 10 choose this
ueghborhood as his resdeooc. The procession s made
up Of farmers WAGONS wide Awake compsaics, floral
oars occupied BY young grs dressed 10 white and VA
scos on which the ralsplittng operation ID being
acted. One team Of this kind was drawn
.by tea yoke OF oxen. Il came from Dewitt
During the night Of the wheels was taken Oh the
wagon BY squa,er sovereignty; but the whoc sup
Piled by log The whole thing very funny and very
ridiculous II was estimated that there 10 900 pre-
sent, half Of them being Of the fair
There we're several stands from which speeches were
made BY local politicians, but toe chief interest
tired In Mr. Seward He declared tha, be had no, feel
ing prejudice against any FOR any difference Of
usious or political orinicrs. He had word say
against the conduct Of any politician He wanted speak
only of principles The grea, work Of humanity this
continent the organization Of nation. within the
years they had incorporated t~o States aud
within The ncx ten years they would incorporate four
more !, practically Of no importance TO auy
oue OF al thosc who heard him whether slavery
~as voted up or voted down but 10 their psster
~ u Of much Consequence, l. the atiainme,t
Of independence They were oil ambitious,
however, that Tho nation which thcy woald
icave N their pos,erty should be great
glorious, ar ever the shouc upon--s nation In
Which every should live safely. There could be no
actual free repubcanlsm In the world wheu all the
members of society were not free He showed The ne
cessty Of an emigration of FREQ in builing up
nsioa and asked what would be the result such cmi
grafton prevented. Foresxs natiops would send
their oonvics here they bad formerly done. What
knd Of labor would they have thcn-such labor their
ancestors had In South Carolina and Georgia. They
woadhsve African lsborers brou mt here by Bs,on and
New York merchants They had got this free emigra.
ton bctuse IN 1851 their fathers declared that neither
shvery Involuntary servtude should exs, In
the Territory of Michigan. Was there man In this
state ~ho would wish 70 have savc hsres (cres Of
y
cane state; they are Incompatible; ,here Is an
" irepressIbie conrSc,r between them. QAash.
sev.) inirccnce slavery, and you expsl freedom;
Introduce freedom and slavery wIl later dic
n has been always my policy that every nsw
ssate should be free state, and cu arsr bnc a.
oss, stAss ls h-sts 9 ocnsuu,soaa actso. s decvss~
~~d Sa~snsatson of Ayfrsoan dau>ry in al h ~a.s.
(Appisuse) rns, N the whole question. " am wrcur
shca am esresous'y wrong, and you mar abandon
ssd my Alternatives. II wrong Ia proucunc,ns slave
~ nexpcdient, yoa will of socept 10 whea did
you ever read cr see q state pcopled excasvey By
frecmen that IN any danger a. ho ma or sbrcsds
Never IL thc-c slave State, state that ever vas
Have ssats thscatnent Of amer,c. and which stuI
retains any vcsrs Of slavery does no, day ooafe
Itself 70 be In danger of domestic asurcc,Ou' No, ca.
handful of -af ns>sso IN cAatAa~ a-d sos.g ,va
fe~ pses and pita ard s-ars, siarn snd ,err,y a.
e'des, srd prowd>sf aaS ~ grcalss a.d i>sdss
safs ~ ~ fsdera Ualr, ,uA ~ panie " insreuscu
rtr,l car. comes back 70 ycu 10 evcyy state Kes-
s.oy cp>Es a. FREE rAo d>fenis frssdor ~Ass Ass
s~, and Ir>ass rn Ae saks and fagof Ae siaur
'~Ao asrs b frsio~ No, from esliass of cruelty bas
rom alarm for the safety Of tss state and what DO We
bear from rers bat tina, ,hs, new STA e st never
lhAn hchigsn bat having, sbe thought enfoid the
s'smen" q wealth and strength and prosperity s oca.
vulsed With panic because Of slavery being brought iao
ieesse among pnrticu q her es,irsus Bu, you win
sk me, what have you 70 do with shs why interfere In
nat subecu vhy not adopt The opposite polsy or non
uiervsnton and lei ID sc who IKE slavery bavc IL sns
hose who Ike freedom have freelsms vii ansrsr
on very simply. You malnialn 4 stsnd % army
abou, areen thousand men, and standing navy walch
very large, though nos very en- -eot Can any man
~ me What We msiriain them fori 10 We main.
W them % keep reice % the ssste Of wchi.
~, New York Or Mkssaohcselts- n5 We main.
~ army ard nsvy p kse5 "a civi var