The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1861-01-03
SENATOR SEWARD ON THE PRESENT
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graph, Senator Seward was present at the
supper of the New England Society at the
Astor House, New York, on Saturday evening
December ssd, when he spoke as follows:
Fellow citizens, these are extraordinary
times, and extraordinary events are transpir
ing in our day. remember that il was the
men of New England, who lived only two or
three times as long as have lived--not only
twice as long as | have lived, but tn, ice as
long as my friend, Mr. Grinnel, whom | see
here--l hope he is as sound in his politics as
his brother Moses--I remember that these
men of New England invented the o, ,eatest
political discovery of the world--a Confeder-
alton of Republican States in America, was
the invention of men of New England /; for
the great discovery after having been in sue
cesstul operation in the colonies of Massachu-
setts bay and Plymouth, and Connecticut and
New Haven came fnally--came afterwards,
afser having been sanctioned by the wisdom
and experience of DR., Franklin-came ulti-
mately to be adopted by the people of the
thirteen British Colonies of this continent,
south of the river st, Lawrence. 1t has been
reserved for our day and for this very houi
to witness an irruption of another kind-of
al opposite nature-by aportion OF our coun-
tiymen residing south of the Potomac.
The Yankees invented confederation tho
people of South Carolina invented secession.
The wisdom of the latter is to be tried by the
experience of the former. At first glance it
exhibits the singular auomAly-a State which
has, In the Senate of the United States, two
seats State consisting of 700, 900 people of
all conditions, and of whom 274, 600 are white,
having two seats in The Senate of the United
States, equal to to the representation of any
other State in the Union, and having SIX mem
bers in the House of Representatives each of
them paid S3 600 a year out of treasury to
which they contribute very small part--go-
ing out OF this Union TO stand by itself, and
- send 10 the Congress of the United States
three commissioners to stand outside of the
bar, and negotiate for their interests, and be
paid by themselves, instead of two Senators
and six Representatives in Congressional
members with all the Representatives in the
Con!ederacy. This is the experiment which
is to be tried. Whether States of North Am
erica will find it wise 10 refuse to occupy seats
within the Halls of Cor gress of the United
States, to be paid by the United States for
going there, and to exercise the powers con-
terred upon them as Representatives, or in
lieu OF that, send commissioners to present
their claims, will be seen hereafter. This is
the latest political invention of the times. |
would not say to you that do not think it is
likely to be followed by many other States on
this continent, or to be persevered in long,
because it is manlestIy very much inferior to
the system which already exists. L lughttr.
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of the Union and Just at the moment 1 am
going back to Washington for the purpose of
admitting Kansas in; and venture to say
that for every State on this continent which
will go out of the Union, there stand at least
two States on this continent of North America
who will be glad to come in and take heir
places with Us. They will do so for this sim
pie reason that every State on this continent
must BE- democratic or Republican State.
You gentlemen from New England do not
like to hear the word democratic always,
therefore | use the word R"publical No
Republican State on this contn, mt, or any
other, can stand alone, and the reason is a
simple one. So much liberty, so much per-
sonal independence, so much scope for rivalry
and emulation, are too much for any one State
to maintain. Therefore it is, as you have
seen, that the moment it was thought that
there was to be break in this great national
Confederacy, you begin to hear at once of
secession, not only in South Carolina, but in
Callfornia-secession in New England, and
last, the secession ofNew York City and Long
Island from the State Of New York. Laugh
teri Admit the right to dissolve the Ameri- |
can Union, end there is no one State that can
stand without it. Renewing perpetualiy the
principles OF secession, we shall go on until
we are brought into the condition of the States
of Central America. No, gentlemen - Re-
publican States are like sheaves ia the har-
vest feld-put them up singly, aud they are
liable to be blown down by every gust of
wind. Stock them together, and they defy
he worst and fiercest storms and 20 you
nave seen that these thirteen Republican
States fell into conviction each one, that they
could not stand alone, and so the thirteen
'ame together What under Heaven kept
he State of Michigan, the States Of Illinois,
Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Louisiana--what
lept each Of these States from setting up in
themselves State independence Nothing
Iut that no one could stand alone, aud SO
Zach claimed the right TO be added to the 9th.
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vas with Texas. She was independent, why
lid she not remain so? You knowhow much
t tried us to admit her into the Union, Gut it
rled her much harder to stay out. Why j.
lot Kansas content to remain out =? Simply
because of the sympathy and the interest
which makes it needfu that all Republican
States on this continent shall b. one. Let
south Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, or any
'ther State go out, and while she is rushing
'ut you will see Canada and all the Mexican
States rushing in Applause 1t is the sys-
EN- discovered by our Fathers-it is all CON
entiated in those three words, Z" E Pluribus
Jnum." There is no such hing as one
eP&rated from the many in Republican States.
Applause, ss-gs eg .rsttl
And now, fellow citizens, will speak one
Vord concerning the anamolous condition of
'ur affairs produced by this disposition of