, 1860-03-02

Ihe telegraph naVlng g1Ecn out, VIC talled 10 Y !
get but small portion Of the Congressional
proceedings Of Wednesday, including synop-
ais Of Nr. Stewards speech. We supply the de-
fciency from the Cincinnati Gdzesss of yeate--
day morning:
SESA7k-The galleries were denscly crowded
and the heat was excessive.
Mr.. Sc sard presented memorial ofttle Leg
islature Of Kansas, praying for admission into
the Uniod.
Mr.. Seward then spoke:
He opened by speaking Of the evils Of slavery.
Labor, either Of fellow men or Of slarcs, was
the cardinal necessity Of society. Some States
hare one kind and some the other. The stayc
State strikes down and Affects to e1tinguish the
personality Of the laboter, not only IS q neH.-
Der Of the political body, but also Ii parent.
husband, child, neighbor, OF friend: lie this
becomes in political view merely property
without moral capacity, aud without domestic;
remedies chattel, an object Of bargain, sale,
| gift. inherit nee or theft. His earnings are
compensated and his wrongs abused, not to him.
| self but to his owner. The State protects not
man, which he represents. In contrast, Mr..
| Seward reviewed tie condition Of the free Ia
borer aud the free States. lie said the State
which rejects slavery encourages the labor hJ /
maintaining and developing bis national per-
sonality in all rights and faculties Of manhood,
and with the privilege Of citizenship. LIE |
thought he might not inaccur1te1y call Stare |
States, capital States, and free States, labor
States;
In the opinion Of 3tr. Seward, the fathers Of
the Republic adjusted the slavery question, 30
that it might hare given rs much less than OUT
| present disquiet, had not circumstances a.
terward occurred which they hud not clearly
| foreseen.
He condemned The practice Of slavery and
. hoped for its dscontnuance.
: They expressed this as fundamental prin-
ciple in the Declaration Of Independence, that
men are created equal, etc. lie thought the
Constitution recognized every human being,
| not as capital, but as person.
After giving brief history Of the settlement
of Louisiana Territory, the speaker referred to
f the question of Congress 1eg7slatiDg for Terri
tories. Tie question Of 1920 was ldcntically the
e question Of 1850.
lie alluded to the conflict going on between
Freedom and Slavery; the Democratic party
j.. was generally found supporting lhe policy OF
capital lie quoted instances. AF. Van Buren,
II launched q prospective veto against the antlc1-
It pated measure Of removing slavery from the
i. district Of Columbia 4 Democratic Congress
- brought Texas into the Union, stiputatiug prac~
liabilities for its future organlz alton into touF
d Slave States.
i. Mr. Seward referred briefly to the repeal Of
is the Missouri Compromise, and its effects upon
the Territory Of Kansas.
d Immediately after that event the Nhig party
4. went down, never to rise again. aud the Repub
,e lican party was organized. lie spoke Of TIE
efforts Of Democrats to make Kansas slave
Mt State. and to force it into the Union as such
H. and denounced that party's efforts to n.asi
C. itself behind the battery OF the Supreme
c. Court.
~ Tue same party was itself responsible for tn
in | act to subvert the free Republic Of Nicaragua
lie and open it to slavery and the African slas
e- | trade.
,c 3lr. Seward said the Republican party en-
m bodies the popular protest and reaction a,ains