Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-01-15
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SuceCE ul W M II fr~hss--N-
Mr. Seward speech was delivered " the |
Senate on saturday, the Chamber being |
densely crowded with those eager to hear it,
We present a brief synopsis Of Mr., Stewards
remarks. He speaks OF the con'rasted tran
guilty Of last summer at the adjournment
Of Congress, and the public danger this "ln-
t.- :, IL session It is difficult 70 decide
what shah be done. BE ayows his adherence
20 ,be Union, in life or deaths does not re-
gret the fact that the most Of the speeches
which had been made, had been on tho ade
Of disunion, for every danger should plainly
reveal itself; thinks that mere euloglums
will not save the Union and YET augurs
wen rom every word Of devotion to the
Union that is spoken. Neither mutual re-
examinations, continuance Of debate on Tue
mower Of Congress in the territories, PROV
ing that secession is illegal, nor discussing
the right Of the Federal Government TO
eoerce seeding States, viii save the Union.
It win lie. wise to discard the two ideas that
the Union is to be saved by any particular
person. or by some insincere compact OF paci-
fcaton.
The government Of State can no more
absolye the citizens Of the State trom tpeir
allegiance to the Federal Government than
can tbe latter absOlve them from their allsg'-
ance to the State. Congress should redress
the real grievances of the offended States'
and then to supply the President with all the
means necessary to maintain the Union N
the exercise of its authority.
Mr. Seward then reviews the early history
of our country and the motives of its found
ers showing their desire to peFpetuate t.
We have but one language, one religion one
system of governmeet, and must remain one
people.
Ftbe Union should be divided, each part
would need to make as many treaties With
foreign powers as we have now. DisintegFa-
ton once begun, continues until the gre7test
.n,nirs crnmbles. The United States, being
GREAT can always secure favorable treaties )
the smaller parts could not. If there we're
two oonfederacies, one must rise in pOwerand
the other fall; hence mu-aal distrust and
wars would result
The Senator then speaks of the causes OF
disunion, from disputes upon slavery, and the
common territories. Dissolution would not
only arrest but extnguisb the greatness OF
our country. The public property could not
survive the shock.
The ground Of discomfort IS that the as
unionis,s did not accept as conclusive fne
arguments that were urged in behalf Of the
successful candidate in the canvass. The Re
publican party has been allowed no repre-
sentation-no utterance by speech, or in the
press, IN the slave States, while its policy
has been psrsistently misrepresentsd in that
section OF the country.
Republicanism, Democracy, and every 9TH
er political name or organization, arr subor-
dinate to the Union, and, and so far as the
sneaker was concerned, they should all dis
appear before the question Of Union. slavery
in the States is wisely left to the care ana
government of the States, while in the ter
ritories Congress has, and ought to have e1-
elusive control
The speaker is ready to vote for laws tC
prevent the invasion Of States by citizens o
other states. Lastly, Mr. Seward is in ia
vor of Pacific Railroad.
His faith in the Constitution and the ! nior
still abides, because be has faith in the virtue
Of the American people. The Union has no
vet accomplished its mission, and if it slioulo
be cast down by factions to-day, 1t wa re-
appear in all its majestic proportions to1mor