Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-01-04
THE GAZETTE.
CEDAR FALLS. IOWA.
FRIDAY. January 4th, 1861.
Senator Seward on the Crisis.

ceiiAtof SEWARD maze speech In New
York, on the 22nd ult., before the New
England Society, which at that time was con-
vcned at the Astor house celebrating the
24Oth anniversary ofthc landing on Plymouth
Rock. Though Mr.. SEWARD had no idea OF
being called upon for speech on this oc-
casion, his remarks could hardly have been
more felcitous or more cautious had they
been premeditated. His audience charmngly
displayed the Yankee characteristic, (Which,
you know, is asking questions;) but moth
ing was elected as to the policy to be pursued
by the incoming administration, though at
this time he was doubtless acquainted with
it, if not before, being fresh from interview
with TuuRLow WEED who had just returned
from bis visit to the President eject. In re-
ply to question by one of his auditors as to
what Mr.. WEED had said to him, he remarked
81 do not answer what he said to will only tell
you what said to him. And that was that repudated
all compromises whatsoever that New York PENNSYLVANIA
and New England cannot stand upon. I learned from,
him that he had been to Springfield in the State Illinois,
And suppose you would all like to know what he told
me that he learned there will give you the best salts
faction can. He prints newspaper called The Eyen-
ing journal. A man Of TRUTH believe And if he is a
to tell you what he learned you can get it in his
newspaper"
Thus virtually admitting that he would
consent to no more compromising; but, at
the same time, giving his hearers to under
stand distinctly, that it was WI. II. SEWARD
that was talking, and no one else.
Mr.. SEWARD referred most happily to the
days of the Forefathers, and that greatest of
all political discoveries confederation of
States " forcibly contrasting it with the
latter day invention of the South-Secession
He then passed to quite lengthy examina-
ton Of this latter day invention, stating it to
be, in his opinion, much inferior to that great
system Of confederation which the founders
of the Government introduced, consequently
not likely to be followed by many Of the
States of this Union, nor to be persevercd in
long by any. He said that it was an impcs-
simple reason that $50 much liberty, so much
personal Independence, such scope of rivalry
and emulation and ambition, as pure repub-
lie, where universal suffrage exists alone, are
too much for any one State standing sngly
to maintain" "States," said he, "are like
sheaves in the harvest-field-pu them up
singly, and every gust blows them down;
stack them together, and they defy all the
winds of heaven" He was not surprised
that in this great family of States that there
should, once in a while, one or mo,e of its
members get discontinued, and want to with
draw for while, "and see how much better
they can manage their fortunes alone''
In referring to the South, Mr.. SEWARD io-
coseriously said:
"And they say that hate them and that all love is
lost between us. don't believe a word of it, On the
other hand, do know for myself and for YOU that bat
ing some little differences of opinion about advantage and
and about prescription and about office and about free
dom, and about slavery and all that which are family
aneues, and into which we do not take any outsiders
in any part of the world into council on either side
that there is not State earh outside the American
Union, that like half well do the State of South
France, nor Turkey, although from Turkey they sent me
Arabian horses and from South Carolina they send me
nothing but curses, still like South Carolina better than
any OF them and do not know, but have presu,np-
ton, vanity about 1t, hut believe that if there was
body to overear the State of South Carolina when she
was talking she would confess that she liked us pretty
we'll, and am sure that if anybody to make de-
scent upon the State of New York tomorrow whether
Louis Napoleon the Prince Of Wales or his mother
The Emperor of Russia, the Emperor of Austria be-
ieve that all he hills of South Carolina would pour forth
her population for the of New York God knows
how this may be; don't pretend know only conjec-
lure. But this do know that if any of those powers
we're to make descent upon Charleston South Carolina
know who would go to their rescue,we would all go
everybody would CO. Therefore they do not hunbug me
With their secession and do think they will humbug
Iou and do not believe that if they did not humbug you
md me- they would much longer succeed in humbugging
themselves Now, fellow citizens this is the utnae re-
suit of this business These States are and always will be
ogether 1t all sham to talk of striking down star
don't see any less stars than did last week, or year
go, and expect to see more all the way"
1t is evident from the whole tenor of Mr.
'EwARD's speech, that the Old JACKSON doc.
rine of coercion meets with but little favor
n his eyes; and, though he has no appre-
lension Of dissolution ofthe Union, he asks
$ In this time, when people are thinking,
lnder delusion, that they are getting out of
he Union and going to set up for themselves,
What are we to do in order to hold them in ?
lie answers this as follows:
Now, in all this business propose that we shall keep
ur own virtue and temper which in politics con.
ISIS in remembering that differ brethren even
the same family must differ and if can be entirely
Dol, and entirely calm, and entirely kind debate will
nse which will be hard in ITSELF and it win prove very
Don that either we are wrong, and shall concede to
ur offended brethren else that right and they
Ill have to acquiese and back into fraternal re-
atoms"
He closes with the following prediction:
believe that secession stronger on the night of
ne 9th day Of November, when President and Vice
resident who were unexceptionabe elected than it
now That is now fifty days since. Ibelieve tina.
very day that has set since that time has set upon mel
ed passions and preudees; and you will only give it
me sixty more will give you much better and
ore cheerful atmosphere lG