, 1861-01-17

precipitating their section into the horrors O
civil AID scrvilc war, yet there arc thousands o
minds which it will reach, and cause them te
pause, ponder, and slluddcr before taking tht
luton Of the Union. CHICAGO.
mr.. Sesvardss Speech.
From tho New York T,ihunc.l
Gov. Stewards speech, VIC think, disarpoint:
those who have sanguintl5 expected from il
asosution OF our national perplexitics and t
dissipation Of our national perlls. On tht
other hand, those who looked to it with con
fident delight as likely to e1nbody I surrender
Of every distinctively Republican principle
and purpose In order to turn away the wrath
Of the Secessionist, will find themselves dis
appointed. Governor Seward indicates .
purpose to push concession to the utmost
Yer1c, in order to lisprl the perils now
bro0ding over tho Republic; but b.
does not forget that be is Republican We
certainly should have preferred bolder tone
we think some allusion to the recent insults to
The Natioua1 lag and name by the Secession
bcen pertinent aud timely, as We know that
they would have been hailed with enthusiasm,
by ninety-nire Of every hundred Of the
Senator's devoted friends. Still We can
not reasonably expect all thc best QUALITIES
Of head and heart to be embodied ln Sill
gle person and while it is given to some
to uphold lie Eternal Right in the facc Of
lc Us uscfully employed III pouring Oil
on the troubled waters, and preaehin.5,
the goEpu Of Cancellation aud peace: We're
any evidence given by the Seer ssionists that
they could be plucated BY moderate aud rea-
sonablc concessions, we should be willing 10
aec thcin met in spirit at least equally concst-
iatory; but while the South chooses to speak
through such organs rs Me=srs. Toorlbs and
Davis and to propose such eXtraya97nt aud
IMPOSSIBLE conditions Us those Of Mr.. Hunter,
VIC feel that the occasion demands that the re-
sronsc Of the North be characterized ny other
qualities tlan those cyinccd in GoT. SeWnrst' )
speech. III short, VIC are not willing th't the
North sLull hc bound over to keep tho peace
toward the south, and to fulfil all her consti-
tu,ionai duties, unless there he reciprocal
stipulations from the other siIe. II tie com.
ins compromise is 10 require the North 10 re-
turn fugitive slaves more faithfully and not at
tempt to mes}a}e with Slavery in the States,
we must i1sstst that it shall likewise stirulate
t,'r tho civilized treatment of citizens OF tic
free States travelling or sujouruing in tho
South. Why is it that tue cscape or one nc
:1o from Slavery is practically regarded ut
Washington rs OF more consequence than tho
laWless subsection OF ten white trcemcn to
voAst1ai.,t, iut,i.uify, torture, and even death,
ut the hands of Southern 1Aobs, III :. ulrrc sn:-
1'icion {often groundlets) that they arc hostile
10 Slayery9 Win no conlprulni:cE 4yer youcll-
alie Us I'll ausNert to this question?
From the y. Y. Times.l
It frequently happens flat the wisdom Of
particular movements can be tested only by
their Success or failure In accomplishing the
Object sought. Sir. Stewards speech, in its
general tenor, does not require this yindic1-
tfou. Its main object is to set firth the adj
vant,ses, the, necessities Of tho Union to the
people Of tic United States, AID .uc vast ia
laluilirs to them aud to tho wurld which its
dtstructieu Would involve. That tlia Is done
With c1nsr:nit:ate ability and power, no ono
who reais the speech will have any duu1ts,--
or iflc has, Il second rcajing will ttispei them.
1t is euinrI.tly compact lu its style, coruprc-
hen6isc iii It's scope, and statesnanlike III its
tone. tfT. Seward lakes very little note If
these considerations which make the In Of
more Importance to one section th1n to an
other. lie presents only these which COM
mend themselves to the general judsmtnt cf
the whole country. lie bases his appeal on
the universal sentiments 0f national ambition,
lore of liberty, and prid'. Of public character
which pcryadc tho whole people and make
them loyal, ii anything can, to the Constitu-
ton Which has given them such free and such
vigorous Development. His sptcch l. address
cd tn the People Of the United tates,-show-
ing how they must ill suffer II the Un;ou il
destroyed and not to tho North or South as
sections having any distinct and separablc in-
tc,cst in its preservation.
1t is i'rc-cmincntly 4 speech which oughs to
command universal attention and exeyt gen.
eral anda s*lnsary influence. AS an indica-
tion of the spirit III which the Administration
Of Mr.. Lincoln will be conducted, it Leaves
unthinw to be desired. It mast convince
every candid man that its predominant and
paramount aim will be to 2trpetuate the
Gnion.-that it will consult, with scruI'ulons
tare, the interests, the principles, and the SEN
ti,ucnts If every SECTION. u leavts no room
Administration will be directly, or inIircctly,
hostile 10 tho Institutions Of t!sc Southern
Statrs-or that it will be deaf or Indifferent to
complaints from that quarter, Of evils suffered
Or arrTei,cntac,, at the hands Of the Federal
Government. II men, here or elsewhere
North or Sontll-will read and judge the
speech, 1;,irly and crtfiliy, as declaration of
general principles, intended to inform tue
country is tn tho l,asis and general spirit and
temper U! tic meaning Administration, We
believe they will tlnd it very difficult to detect
in i: anything that Is justly obnoxious to cen
sure.
III point Of fact, however, the speech will
nut be Judged from such appoint Of view. It
was made in The midst Of L crisis-atter the
f.yer Of public feeling had reached an alarming
height, while Que State was in arlns against
tue Federal Government, and others haa for
1nally repudiatcd its authority. The country
has been eagerly looking to Mr.. Seward f'.r
1nure thai, month for some plan ef relief;
and the conviction that he had Some 6ucii rlan
ut once comprehensive, definite and c.tectnal,
encouraged by the tone OF confident hope
which pcrvadcd his speech at the New England
dinuer, had taken strong hold upon the public
mind. His speech, therefore, Will be Judged
from that expectation: and probably the general
opinion will be that it falls short of what the
1f%
10 promise of concessions such rs are general
ly considered essential to the arrest of the
disunion movement. It encourages ITO hope
that slavery can 20 into any portion Of the
territories Of the United States. under Con-
gresslpual protection Indeed Mr.. 5. declares
explicitly that he "shall never, directly or in
directly, give his vote to establish or sanction
slavery ID sucl, territories, or anywhere else in
the world" Yet this demand ior Constitu-
tional recognition Of slaye property, anu n
consequent Congressional protection Of sla-
very ID the Federal territories is, SO far rs We
can perceive, the only clear and distinct con-
esssion upon which the Southern States unite.
That certainly was the main point Of the reso-
luton offered III fhc Senate by Jefferson Davis
and it has been insisted on with more gene
raj uuaninlity, Oh the part Of the South, than
any other. air. Stewards subsequent dcc}an,-
tion in regard to the territories was very
guarded, and by TO means perfectly clear. = Ue
said:
1votcd for enabling acts in the 6 ases a, oreson
Minnesota md hansas. without hctn. able 10 se-
cure in them such PROVISIONS S. would have pre-
rerred and yet voted wisely. Sonow. / am well
satisfied thai: urtcr existing eircnm=:ancs5; hap
ihc remaining Territories woulA be obtained by
similar iars lr"riding Jor their organisation. r.
therefore. Kansas were admitted zig state, un..
der the Nrundotta Constitution, Rs think she
oaght TO DC, aH!t lie organic lts'rs W al TIE Other
TtTT:or:<s could e TsatGtd. could rote to Gu:hor
i:s Ii. o5YGa'-al:oH and ad,nsss'oa q f:eo ne'c
States trhica esoatH intault them. rcscrylng the
right to effect subdivisions of them whenever nc
cessary into several convenient Ssascs, hut do
not ind that such reservations eonld be eonstiiu-
1ass,ncnts Wi: would rcsul: from the hasty In
corporation OF States Of such vast extent and va
sious interests and character would outweigh all
the immediate advantages Of such ) mcasnre.'
Mr.. Seward probably refers at the outset to
the fact that the enabling acts In the cases Of
Oregon, Minncso sofa, and Kansas contained no
clause prohibiting s!ayery,-ond that, never.
fhelcss, lc voted tor them Us he wonll do in
similar cases TINT may nrisc hereafter. Hc ir-
mates that lie would vote for organizing Ill
tho remaining territory, Kansas being first nd
1nitted under tho Wyandotte Constitution, into
one Of which, that OF Nebraska, prohibits sla:
very, mud tue other, that OF New Mexico, 6.
tablishes it,-coull bc first repealed and e,
that the right Of subdiyiding them hereafter
could be reserved. The second branch of the
proviso. however, he himself declares, to be
uuconstitutiopal;- and the first would doubt.
less be regarded by the South aa converting his
promise into proposition to admit two more
Tree States. His conditional promise, there
fore, amounts to very little.
COLLISION CASE SETT1ED.-Wc learn from
Detroit that the suits pending for several day.
in the United States District Court In that city
between the owners Of the propellers Mineral