New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-16


'ic 20 be heard, The wind hiowing ifesb
lrtez If he bad time I, speak 10 say the Thousand
boogb's thai CT Iwded uPoD hi under me nsp@s,n
frodoeed by ~ ,ch a demonsuahoo oi hihobtss; he
went to sa that il public snhjects, yoa would not
he here 10 Dc - l. had not already aid eooogh on
these Datte s. bn, BE- erred TO cay Detnlngos Maine
a. Of Pe riaud BE had seen many capitals an
cient and med rn-had Travelled far, but he was now
a6y 10 ssy as the result Of all hs observation that
Portray WI The fsirsst and most beau iful city his
eyes al ever looked upoD lie bad before said, sfer
navy years experience in the Senate OF the Unitsd
Sas that it the most august Legislative body he
haf ever looked upon and he wonld say that Senator
r. ss nden, from Maine turning 10 Senator ~, was
mopg the enlightened int, lhgent, and able mem
BE- Of that body. .
As Gov s. retired Sengtor Fessenden was called
out who said that if they though; ih0 Governor aiu
sions to Maine Senator were TO hip they weee great
" mis- aiken; bnt they were applied TO our next VICE
President, he would indosse every word o. them.
Senator Seward having been received at Boston by
large asss mbiage of c liens and introduced oy Gov
err or Banks, spoke as follows;
"FELLow-C IrIzEss-Ih a endeavored all along she
road-for this, / ,biuk, ia the seventh or eighth time
that have been called ont TO meet kind aud cordia
welcome, on this day only-l have eDdeavored 70 as
commodate myself TO this reception by treating !, as
light and trivial affair." trusting that those wpo nave
hetn 30 exceedingly kind TO- me wou'd oeheye, aie'
all, the. there was sttude unexprtsssd aad ttrooe
| concealed under the face of simple, hones1 good
nstnIe- But elowctizers, the csse is altered wnen
come upon the soil of Massachusetts. cannot say
| that have q veneraiion, though have pro1Duuo
| afectiop for Vermont Her statesmen are mol my
| teachers her people are but my equals. Aitsough
honor and respect them love them for their hdety 70
be interest Of their country and to the cause OF Jusce
ard humanity they are still but my fellowabor-r. IN
the ypeya,d / can cay the same OF New iiampsnlre
bs know of her statesmen OF her sons Tho Were
earlier in the field than the statesmen and sons OF
| New.Yo,k | can say the game of the State oil
| Maine, which / have visited-gTeat and hon iraoe
| as the works are wbiSh have been done in those
States BY the champions of human rights am
| their equsl; have received their cordial welcome
| IS an expression Of esteem and ki0doess. Bot II
is altogether different in the stae OF Massach isetts.
Here can play DO part; can affect no disguise; be-
| causp although rot son Of Massachusetts, nor even
of New ENGLAND porn, fell and know 1t my doty 70
confess that if have ever studied tie interests OF my
couutiy and OF Humanity have studied IN the scho'
Of Massachusetts. If have ever conceived resou'
til 10 maintain the rights and interests of these free
states in the union OF the Confederacy learned IL
| from Massachusetts,
at twenty two wears ago. not far from this sea-
con- when distinguished and yeDSable states nan Of
Massachusetts had ,e'ired to his fme few miles =, IN
the suburbs Of your city, under TIE censure OF Ills rel
low citizens driven hore to his quarters by the pelt-
ings Of Iemorseess Pro Slavery people, that younger
| then, of course, than i am how, made pilgrimage
from ny own home, which was not moested on my
way, to the Sage of Quincy [applsusel. tbsre 70
| lam from him what bec5ne clEZen OF the unlied
States 10 view of the deplOrable condition OF tbs
| intelligence and seDtlmsn nj OF the county under Id
|
| | received and thence / have derived, every reso-
luton, every sent nent, that has animated aud in-
| spirtd me IN TIE performance OF my duty as
c izen OF the United States I'll this time. know, n'
deed that those sentiments have not always been popu
lar, even il the State Of Massachusetts. know that
cze1 of Massachusetts as well as citizens OF other
States have attempted to drive the disciples of that IL
lustIous teacher from their policy. Bot it is tonight
that ! am free to confess that whenever any man,
wherever be may be found whether he was of North
ern or southern birth, whether he was Of tbs
solid men of Boston, or of the light men of Mssis.
eippi, have assailed for the maintenance of
| thee doctrines, / have sought to commune with
biz spnit aed to learn from him whether the
| thing in which l was engaged was well aud
| WORLDLY done. What commentary upon the wisdom
of man is given in this single fact that fifteen years
only aer the death of John Quincy Adams the people
OF the United States, who hurled him from power and
from pafe are calling 10 the head Of the nation to the
| very seat from which be was expelled Abraham Lin
coin Enthusiastic cheers whose claim TO that seat is
that be coDfesses the obligation Of that Higher Law
| which the Sage of Quincy proclaimed, and that he
avows himself for VI cal woe, for life or DEATH a
soldier the side of freedom in the irrepressibe
| fict between Freedom and Slavery
This, gentlemen, is my simple confession. desire
now OILY 70 say to you that you have arrived at the
last stage of this CO ct before You reach the triumph
which is to inaugurae this great policy into the Gov
| erDneDt Of the Uni ed States. You will bear your
selves nanfuly. 1t behooves you solid men Of Bos
ton, if you heIeand if the solid men not here,
| thu The lighter men of Massachusetts--to bear
ward and forward, first in the ranks, the flag
of freedom. / am somewhat turned about |
confess 10 you, by the strange languages and dia
ects to with / listen here but ] believe shall
sIeak accurately if say have been down .t; and
brpg you the assurance frem that quarter that the
whole Fast is coming up to this conflict with the reso
luton, the determination ard the nfdence of victory
should not allude to my State if it not that
| sOme Democrats l have heard make strong claims
upon the popular vote In the State of NewYork. |
have not often been mi,taken and therefore venture
10 correct ttese remarks Of others by saying 10 you
what l said to the Republicans of Baioe when they
| told that il moderate enough to say that
they have twenty thousand majority for Lincoln and
HamliD but that they had some uneasiness about the
/ State of NewYorb that they might set down their
majority in Maine at their own figure and then multi
ply by four aud they would approximate the MAORI
ty in the State Of NewYork. But have the same tea
tiuony TO give you substantially in relation to all the
Free States together, with the hst for the
first iime this banner will be unfGrled in safety in many
of the Slave States. But LET not your thoughts
pecations be confined TO the present hour. tell you,
teowcitizens that with this victory the end of
the power OF Slavery in the United States. th
may assume that a Democrat is man who maintains
the creed of che the other branch of the De nocrac
party at the present day. Assuming that to he go
tel you in al sincerity, that the last Democrat in the
United States IL horn"