The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-25
the DESTINY OF THIS CONTINENT.
Senator Seward h Faysf II I've Great
American Coafodsfaeies.
THE RESULT OF TIE PRESENT CRISIS,
Aes Ass e.


Of the OF the continent Of North America equ
distant from the waters q Hudsons Bay and ths Gulf Of
the setshere tho spot where sprisg up aimost
side by side that they may kss each oher two
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and river and rapid, lake after Lake, and river after
river finally, after course Of twenty miles.
brings your commerce half way to tho ports Of Europe;
and other whilo meandering through woodland and
prairie distance Of twenty hundred miles taking
West bringing together the from the western
cliyty the Aeghanies and those which trickls dowa
tic ocean in the Gulf Of Mexico (Appause) Here Is
the central place where the agriculture Of the richest
region Of North America must besris tribute the
supplies Of the3whole world. (Appause.) On the East,
ali along the shore OF Lake SUPERIOR and on the West
stretching In one broad plain in belt quite across the
RISE where the productions for tho support human
society other crowded States must be brought forth
na u regard to the dsstns Of this continent Ss s Il
regard is commercial future for power is not 10 reside
permanently the eastern slope Of the Allegheny Noun
tains IN the seaports. Seapors have always been
and controlled by the people OF the interior.
Tho people Of the inland and Of the upandthose who in
habit the sources Of the mighty watersare they who
supply them with wealth and power. Tho power
Of this government hereafter Is not to BIO es-
aoshsT on me 10 atlantic bs or :, tho rcc
shall communicate and correspond with Europe but the
rosc that shall speak and shau eonmanicae and eypress
the W y this continent is to be located In the Mis
Me 81. Laurence cloud applause) In other days.
traing or visionary, i have cast about for the
future the ultimate central seat of power of the North
psS ss and s aS at an" a g no
natl and at ST. Louis, and had been tho result Of my
bea conjecture that the seat Of poUcr for NORTH America
,ies Of tie Aztec capital would be renened and that city
you'd bcoms uladey the capita, Of the United States Of
America But have corrected that view. and
eve that the ultimate last seat of power this great
continent will be found somewhere within radius not
very far from the very spot whore stand at tho head
IF afinu0 he Qqinnir ri
seem TO myself to stand here on this eminence as the
traveller who climbs TO tho dome Of st. Peters in Rome,
there through the opening in that dome appears to
be almost direct and immediate communication with
the Almighty that directs and controls the ctions
and the wills OF men, he looks down from that emil
the priests and votaries who vainy try by por
ing over books and prayers to study out the wiz Of the
of into the Ns,thuest and he Russdn as he busly
ces himself in etalishng seapors and towns, and or
foaions oaoas Of the empire Of ST. Pdrsb1g and can
say 600 on; build up yo~ o,poss 70 the Arctic Ocean;
they ru ytbecome the osaposs Of my country 20 erend
tie cp,lsa,io Of tie Unsted States in the NovthWcssv 50
look on Prince Rupefs Land and Cdnada and see hoy an
ingenious people and capable enlightened 9ocnnse
Occupied u bridging rivers and MAKING railroads and
telru7As to deelope Organise create and preserve the
great gsfisA prorsnees Of Tie Nsvt1 ty Me great
building erceuet States 10 b hereafter admitted
into the American Unon can look ouhanard and see,
amid all the commissions that breaking up tie ancient
procinces Of Spain ne Spanish american rcpubis-see In
their decay and dissolution the preparatory stage for their
he United states Of Ameroa standing on such an emi
looking with that far distant range OF vision
ai.nt;c "osstMcS Maine and Massaohasetts and New
York and Pennsylvania and Virginia and the Caroinis
and Georgia and louisiana and Texas and round by the
Pacific coast 70 California and OregonI can hear their
disputes their retfu controversies their threats that IL
their separate interests not gratifed and
suited by the federal government they will separate from
this Unon-wi secede from IL, win dissolve 1t; and
while hear their busy sidewalks these camorous
auhi af linn and
and anger, and provoke you, arc but ephemeral and
| temporary. Thee Institutions achich you mu \
sould sacrifice Me toelfdrs Of tie people Of ms
| continent almost ephemerd as yourselves. !"
here, moreover how IL Ii that in spite OF sectional
personal ambition the form and body and spirit Of
this nation organizes itself and consodates itself out OF
the equilibrium Of rrepressols and yet heathtai polti
librium, is produced just exactly that one thing which
the interests Of the continent and Of mankind require
should DO developed here-and that federal republic
OF separate republican and democratic States
THR HAND or DKsrINy
here how little and and those who are wiser
and better and greater than you have DONE and how
little they do 10 produce the very political condition
for the people Of this continent which hey are assuming
and under which they are permanently TO remau-ani
that Is the condition OF free people, sec that while
we seemed TO ourselves to have been trying to do
they done great deal yet what we have been doing
what doing, what we shall hereafter DO and
what and those who come after US shall continue
70 DO doing lust exactly what necessary TO be
done whetler We knew II not for the interests OF hu-
manty this globe, and therefore II certain 70 be
done, because necessity Is only another oppression or
name for the higher law. God ordans that what
full to be done Aa DO done, When survey the Amer-
can people az they Are developing themselves fully aud
perfectly here see that they doing what the gen
ces OF political society throughout tho world have at last
rendered necessary 10 DO DONE Society tried for six
thousand years how to live and improve and perfect It.
self under monarcha and arisocatic systems OF govern
ment while practising system OF depreciation and slavery
co%rete and absolute sanre '' az a. ne a., ~
last century failure discovered and revelation
wade he necessity Of system in which hencefrh men
should oeae 10 eslde each ether and should goveTn them
Extract from the speech Of Senator Seward delivered at
the Aston House, Dec %, 1890
The State Of South Carolina desires go out Just
this moment going back to Washington for the pur-
pse o. admitting the state Of Kansas IN and venture 70
the Union there Stand already ~oing at least tco States tia,
pu BE- QlIi 70 in and take hev place They will do
nent Of North America win be democratic repubIi
can state You, gentlemen OF New England do not like
use the word republican No republican State on this
continent any other stand alone. That Is i'm
possibility. And the reason Is simple one. SO much
liberty, much personal Independence, such scope
TO emulation and ambition as FREQ republic
| gives where universal suffrage exists, are too
tain Therefore 1t 10, a. you have seen that the
moment thought that secession had enced in
AZ secSson mot on south pena 70 az
secession In California, secession In New England and
lastly you begin to hear Of secession Of Now York city
and Long bland from the State OF New York Thu
right in all his Dissolve this American Union, aud thsro
Ia not state that stand without removing perpetu
ally the process OF secession until brought 10 tho
condition Of tho States Of Central Americapu states
unable TO stand aloue No, gentlemen; republican States
like the sheaves in the harvest ned put them up
siDgy, and every gust blows them down stack Thorn to
gether and they defy all the winds OF Hsaven. And
you have that these thirteen republican states all
came to the conviction, each OF them, that II
could moi stand alone, and the thirteen came to.
gether, and you have other states added to
them. The State OF Michigan, the State Of Indiana,
WaOOnan.
and the OF IOuanawhat under heaven kept each
OF these States from Netting up for itself and becoming
independently Nothing but that could not stand alone
And they ready DO united TO other republican States
this continent SO II was with Texas. She indie
pendent Why Odd she not remain sof You know how
much tried us 10 admit her Into tho Union but II tried
her much harder TO stay out long she did Why
not Kansas content 10 remain out Simply because q
the sympathy and tho which makes necdfu that
all republican States this contsent shall be united in
one Ld South Carolina, Vi Adb~ma, t1 Louinana-id
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