Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-10-10
Abolitionized Republicanism.
THE IFREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT AND
% UNIVERSAL NEGRO EQUALITY.

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William II. Seward, the apostle Of tbo
"higher law" and the "irrepressiJlo con.
met. and the advocate of the election Of
Abraham Lincoln, because / @ is pledged
to these lawless doctrines. has been max
ing speeches ia the Western States. in
which he advocates, with ability and in
genuily principles that, ifcarried irto
the administration Of the Government
must inevitably produce discord aud end
/ IA The destruction Of the Union. I'm a
speech delivered on the 22d ofSepfep,Lar
! last, Mr.. Seward used the following Ian.
guage, as reported in the New York III.
! I6sHc;
- l will dwell for one moment on this
extraordinary scene, full OF assurance on
many points, and interesting to every one
pI you as 1t is to ne. II teacbes that
there Is no difference whatever in the ma.
ture, constitution, or character ofthepeo
pie OF lhe several States of this Union. or
.oi the several sections Of this Union. -.
lhey are all OF one nature, birth, AID ed.
ucated IN the same sentiments, Although
many OF them came from distant lands.
stlli the very fact Of them being American
citizens is sufficient to make them all "a
like. | will tell you why this is so. The
reason is simply this : The Democrltjo
principle that every man ought to be the.
owner of the soil that he cultiyates and
the owner Of the limbs and the head he
applies to that culture, has been adoutod
IN some of the States earlier than in otb.
els and where it was adopted earliest il
has worked fhe fruits of higher ads
yancemont of greater enterprise, of great (
er prosperity. Where it has not been n.
dsplcd, enterprise and industry have Ian. .
gulshed IN proportion. But il IS goipg hro' 4
6ound 70 90 hrougb As Il has alradgI
gone through eighteen States ofthe Union. so Il
is JoH,t to 90 Hroggh tie other fifteen. n
IS 6o1Ia to 80 mrO,,Yh aHMe thirty, three states
y nc C'ioa, for tie simple reason that Il is Co
ING THROUGH THE WORLD Enthusiastic
cheering.
The reader of the above extract will at
once perceive that it announce, in sub.
.tance the same principle which both
seward and Lincoln have heretofore pro I
'lalmed, viz that an irrepressible conflict
'Nists between freedom and Slavery and
hat the conflict will not and ouohi M.
o cease until all the States of the Union
'ocome uniform-that is. unilthe tino
'hen the pressure Of anti-slavery opinion
n the North drives the South into The q.
nanoipation of slaves. How or when (
his is to be accomplished, Mr. Seward
Ioes not indicate whether il is 10 bo
'nne by the quiet and irresistible growth I
= anll,slaveryism, operating upon the
outh so as to render slave property wort. t
less from the dangers and inseop rities {
''euuing tnelr possession or whether
lS 70 6e accomplished upon the John
'rown "lhrottllng" system. Mr.. Seward '
eaIs 10 generalities,. He steers clear of q
nose specifications which would tend to a
lus stlate the immediate dangers attend.
lg the practical developemeht Of his ID.
rs and would show their real revolution. il
y character. But his ultimate object is Il
't iett IN doubt. He tells us in lana Y