Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-09-29
TEL EGR A p HIC
Gov. Seward IN Kansas.

LRAvLNwoRTH Sep %.
GOV seward addressed u crowd Of five or
TX 'ho"saEd persons at L.wrence Yesterday.
ne pressed rrafiheation at the fulfilment
'ohe cherished desire aud duty he owed
4 the people OF hansas, TO visit them in ,ba,r
! homes :"
i desire to speak to you here. where bavs
renewed the memories Of the e.nta.t val
upon this soil. while see around me brnLar
! Implements with which the contest was waved
! by the sggressors. und r the plea OF Popular
sovereignty which left the people p.tteetl,
! free to do az they lleised, suhject to the Con
stitution OF the nited States, which they were
lett Ierfec,ly free to interpret as they pleased
while the authorities at Washington had never
been able To interpret it to their own sati-fac
tion. or that Of the American people While
Kansas is the youngest, and least favored with
poiitical power, Yet she is The most intexible
and constant
The two richest States are New York and
Aassaehusetts, and they are so merely because
they are free wise-t and most liberty loving
The cause Of all the interest have felt in
you has been merely this that yau occupy
political position in the Unite states with re-
gard to freedom and slavery Tnerei. 10 con-
teet--no Defence or this subject along IN.
line Of the Eastern States, for The, are ali fer
freedom nofe on the line uf the Southern
States, ior they are all for slavery hut there j.
an eisrual strife fer the establishment II free.
dom or slavery, ln all tie rest Of the United
States, IRON the Missouri TO the Pactic-if
ieedoi< was To TIL mph, there was point
where she eorld expect To meet the enemy ex-
cept the place where she has met there II
you had been false, slavrr, would have swert
through the T.rstyry Of New Mexic, and the
whole country, to the Pacific California w,s
impeiiectly secured TO freedom and with
compromise You opened a new campaign here
ani crowned It with complete victory Hence.
forth the battle is ended, henceforth free men
from every land on the earth can pursue the
onward path, to the Rocky Mountains
You not OILY occupy political position but
tn great ente rprfS- was attempted ia a critl-
Cal period. In 1904 all guarantees of free
dom We're abaudoneI and Kansas ,that had for
forty years been free from TIE footsteps OF
sayss, was pronounced as Iauch of a Slave
state as nth Carolina. Al this crisis tie
people OF Kansas appeared on the stage re-
vile1, despsed and ha ed. She lifted the ban.
ner OF Liberty on high and c unteractej
reaceably ali etior 4 ade t5 sublue them III
three Yeas Hey not only secured freed N in
Kansas but Ia al. the Territory 0. the United
states. No other people nave contributed So
much for freedom Kansas before this peo
lle then, appearing ior the fret time, | bow
myself rs nave never done IL Q 10 another
people, IN rrefouni reverence. | salute YOU
with gratitude and affection
Al!uiing 10 the drou,h, he Gays There
will be no i.nline II becsu-e there il
wealth and ef j. ~, ier through
II these W. ~ s.ll5,s al appeal
t. friends i, ....l.
Al.udins q t'le conflict" he
saJs:-". .ne ,jec. q !, -. stttlei it there
IL IA or of freedom ~ aew MeXico the,
tr.tt TO sett. IL favor oi s!avtrt. and nov
hnd It Impossible ii thea resie ews the histo-
y OF slavery exteislon at icngth, aud says
The ! Er.tolice must be reserved for the IRE
laboters OF over populated Europe
hiss1ur. has lost this emigration Had Ell,
been Wise tie populat On now IN hansas ao'd
nave settled in her borders. Sac must look 10
Kansas Tor deverancr. She is made richer by
millions b the s-ttlsn nt OF ha sas by free
men.
lie concluded as loilows;
H.nceforth Ii my confidence In the stability
oi the American | ulOn wlyeTs, | shall come
here TO learn that the Unson is stronger thaI
human ambition, because it is founded on the
offrcticn OF .he American people. 1t ever
fhai waver IN M devotion to liberty, | snail
CONE up here To rsn.w it Here under the ~.
sIifa'ion y! tie palbv 81 lOu.Oeo iree men
saved fioa. slavery. Aenee4o.th these shAl
nor be Try seati;ne, e alone. IN the sentiments
Of all men viii up to Kansas as they z
Up to Jerusalem, This sha BE the sacl eJ
city.
The Gov, and party cave for the east to
morrow morning.