The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1860-08-28


,spcccb, in behalf of Lincoln and llamlin
Monday night, in the city OF Boston. llt
states distinctly the issues presented in the ap
preaching Presidential Struggle, and confident
( .ly predicts the triumph Of the Abolition cause
We rcpublish his Speech and commend it tc
the earnest consideration of the people of tho
South:--.
SPEECH OF HON. WM. II. SEWARD.
Citizens of Boston, Of Massachusetts, u
have heard from the Lonored Chief Magistrate
of YOUR State, my excellent and esteemed
friend, your explanation. Something, however
seems to me to be due from myself, TO you and
to the country, for the unexpected surprise
which has overtakcn me. 1t is so contrary to
the habit of my whole life to be arrested on a
Journey laughter which had for its object but
the performance of duty OF friendship, and
was comrieaced and prosecuted, and hoped 10
be ended ia s. manner entirely private that
am sure -sonue explanation will be bc'cxpcctcd OF
me. Now, my explanation, fel!ow-citizens, is a
very simple ono. have been very weak. |
have committed q great bluudcr. / have
made grcat mistake. Ny first mistake Was
in supposing that it was safe to trust 10 Il rail
road for conveyance through New England
and down East, instead of the telegraph
laughter. 4 found out my mistake only
when it was too late; for althorgh | succeeded
i'm. finding the WTidc-Awakcs at Bangor fast
asleep inl thesai1de of the day, yet | very
quickly discovered that they woke up quite too
soon for the convenience Of quiet traveller.
TLaughtcr.l certainly have not bcsorght,
and have not desired, any demonstration of
consideration at the hands of my fellow citi-
zcns. There are many reasons why prefer
to seek the satisfaction of the attempt to per-
form my duty, in my own conscience and not
in the pIaudits of my fellow men; but it is
Gods will that We must Lc ovcrrulcd and dis
appointed, and have submitted with such
Sracieusuess as / can. Laughter: Fellow
citizens, have endcavorcd, all along the road
for this, i think, is the seventh or eighth
time that have been called ont to meet
kind and cordial welcome on this day only
I have cndcavorcd to accommodate myself to
this reception by treating it as light and triv-
ial affair, trusting that those who have been
SO exceedingly kind tome would believe, after
all, that there was gratitude, unexprcsscd and
strong, concealed under the face OF a simple,
honest, good nature. "Good." But, fellow
citizens, the case is altered when come upon
the soil of Massachusetts,. l cannot say that l
have a veneration, though have profound
affection, for Vermont. Her statesmen arc
not my teachers, her people arc but my equals.
Although I honor them and respect them, ''oyc
then, for their fidelity to the interests of their
country and to the canse ofjustice and human
ity, they are Still but ny fellow laborcrs in the
vineyard. L can say the some New Hump
Shire, that i know nons OF her statesmen or
Iier s6lls wLo wcrc csFf!Ir
tho statesmen aud sons of New York can
saw the same of the State of Maine, which l
Irye yisited-ereatand honorable as the works
are which have been done in those States 10y
the champions of human rights. am their
equal; l have received their cordial welcome
as an expression OF esteem and Kindness. But
it is a!togetller different in the State OF Mas
sachusctts. Here l. can play no part; can
effect no disguise ). bccausc, although not
son of Massachusetts,, nor even OF Ntw Eng
land born, feel aud know it my duty to COLI
fcss that If | have ever studied the interests OF
INV country and of humanity, l have studied
inthe school of Massachusetts,. Cheers and
cries of @Good" If l have ever conceived
resolution to maintain the rights and interests
of these free States. in the union Of the Con-
f.dcracy. | learned it from Massachusetts,
IRenewcd cheering 1t Is twenty-five years
ano. not far from this season, when dlstln-
ouisbed and venerable statesman OF Massachu-
setts had retired to his omc, q few mics i'll
the suburbs of your, city, under the ccnsurc oi
his fellow-citizcns, driven honIc to Ills quarters
by the peltings OF rcmorscleSs pro-s!aycrr poo
pie, that !, younger then, of coarse, thaa am
4 now, made pilgrimage from my own home,
which was not mol stcd Oh my way tc the
Sage of Quincy -[applausc there to learn
from him what became u citizen Of the United
States, in view of tic dcplorab!e condition Of
the intelligence and sentiment Of the country
uuder its Generalization hy the power of slave
~. Aud there | received, and thence have
derived every resolution, every sentiment that
has animated and inspired me in the perform
ance of my duty as a citizen OF the United
States all this time l know, indeed, that
those sentiments have not always been popu-
lar. even in the State of Massachusetts, l
know that citizens of Massachusetts,, as well as
citizens of other States, have attempted to
drive the disciples Of that illustrIous teacher
from their policy. But it is tonight that l
.,n free to confess that whenever any man,
wherever hc might be found whether he was
,nf Northern or Southern birth, whether he
was of the "solid men of Boston," or of the
linllt men of Mississippi, has assailcd me for
tho maintenance of those doctrines have
sonoht to commune with his spirit, and to learn
from him whether the thing in which was
.cncarcd was well. and worthily done. What
Commentary upon the wisdom Of man IS CIV
On in this single fact, that yftiren yenrs o"ty
AFTER tie haM Of John Quincy 1dddms, the
Deople Of Ike United States, rho hnrled him
iron, powcr and trom p'acc, are coLi"G to ths
hcad of lie nation, to The very se0t from wh1cA
he yas expelled, abraham Li"eoln-l lcntllusi-
.astic cheers -uhose claim to that se"t IS TINT
Le coutesses tie oJligation IF Mni higher hw-
Tapplausc ]-phich tie Sage Of Quincy pro
ehain,ed, and M"t lie aco~S himscf Jor '0ral or
,co. for life or dsuth, soIsticr on tie side T
ticetiom and stoccrv. Prolonged. cheering. +
This, gentlemen, is my simple confession: |
desire, now, only to say to you that y"n hare
ary;ved at tie lbs! stage Of Ills cona'et dfto'v
ami ,each Tie triumpA rdich as 10 "ougarats
This qreat policy into lie !aorermme"t Of tie
United .Statcs Cheers. You will bear your
selves manfillly. 1t bchcovcs yHu, solid men
of-Boston, if yoa are here Ia voice, They
.rc"l-and if the solid men arc not here, then
thc liohter men of Massachusetts,, to bear on
ward and forward, first III the ranks tho i!aS
Of free dom. [Chccrs. am somewhat turn
ed about confess to you, by the strange laii-