Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-01-18
Mr. Stewards Speech---Hov it is Re
garded East.

Mr.. Stewards Speech--How IL is Re
garded East.
The New York Tribune does not like Mr..
SRwARD's speech. 1t is not bold enough for
the courageous philosopher who controls that
immaculate sheet. The speech, in the opin-
ion of GREELEY, Indicates a purpose TO
push concession TO the utmost verge. in order
to dispel the perils now broodiDg over the
Republic"
The New York Herald is well pleased with
the speech. Although not quite up to the
mark, il is 10 BESNETT's estimation an "aban-
donment of the higher law doctrine alto
gether," and an intimation of Mr. Stewards
"willingness to agree with the CRITTENDEN
proposition, if nothing better can be done"
The Herald also says the speech is zone
which, considering the character of the ora
tor and the state of feeling among the poll
ticians with whom he is affiliated, is, we
maintain, errinertiy hopeful, oonetiutory and
cons1edfiUe." 1t adds-"Mr. Seward comes
down to Weeds platform, and, rather than
risk civil war, will give up all bis party alb
stractions. That is what be means By treat
ing the question of slavery in the Territories
from practical point of view, and his dec
laration on this point is equivalent to one of
war upon the nO-surrender section OF his
party. We may now expect that this speech
will give new hopes to the friends Of the
Union. and that it will create a tremendous
row among the sentimental Republicans,
who will charge Mr.. Seward with incOnsis-
tency and vacillation. Mr.. Seward Is not in
consistent. The statesman who is equal to
his responsibilities is obliged to keep pace
with the progress of events, to be guided by
the lessons of the past and the prospects of
the future Mr. Seward has not turned Pc
itical summerset, but he has detached him
self to certain extent from his political
friends. As the responsible man in the next
administration. he is right in preparing to
throw of all party trammels, and to stand
before his cOuntrymen 'IclOthed and in his
right mind" It is TO be hoped now that Mr.
Seward will 90 far moderate his views as to
advocate the immediate assemblage of Ma
tionaI Convention. 1t cannot be possible
that he wishes to carry the matter over 10
the next Presidential election. 1t must be
settled now"
The HeraIds Washington correspondent
says:
Stewards speech continues to be the theme
of comment in nearly every circle. 4 care
full reading of it has convinced the more mo-
derate of Southern men that it falls far short
of the great and vital question at issue. They
-, L. L. 1gzT naTHf
and restoration of peace to our distracted |
country, he ought to have come boldly and !
squarely to the point. But as il is he satisfied
scarcely any one
Last night there was a conference Of quite
a number of members and Senators from the
border States, and another conference was
held to-day. Stewards speech was consider
ably commented upon, and they all agreed
that it did not reach the disease. They came
to the conclusion that unless Seward and the
party leaders advanced another step, and ac-
cepted either Crittenden's plan or restora-
ton of the Missouri line to the Pacific, the
fifteen slave States would be out of the Union
before the 4th of March.
The N T. 7l1ee thinks the speech fails to
meet the demands of the crisis coinciding in |
the general opinion of even moderate men, |
South.
The Philadelphia North 4H'erican (Repub- |
lican) regards the speech with especial favor:
and FoRSEY's Press is equally well pleased. |
The latter journal says of it:
However much radical AboIitionists. on
the one hand, may be disposed to find fault
with Mr.. Seward, or ultra pro-slayery men,
on the other, complain that he has shown no /
disposition to yield to all their exactiODs, we
feel satisfied that the masses OF the American
,E,I h.. ITrT-,r
and anxious for its preservation, whether
they live North or South of Mason and
Dixon's line, will cheerfully cOncede that he
has taken bold and manly step in the right
direction. He discusses bis scheme i'll style
worthy of its transcendant Importance, and
as one who fully realizes the folly of refusing
to sacrifice few cherished prejudices or
stbborn convictions to save a great!empire
and to rescue happy and prosperous pe0-
pie from all the sufferings and horrors OF civil
war
We give the above to show what some OF
the leading presses at the East think of Mr.. |
SEwARD's positions. We see in them nothing
to change the views we have already ex-
pressed. Apparently appreciating properly
the value of the Union both to the North |
and South, and the evils which both sections
may suffer, in the event of disuniOn, he failed
to do what the perils which surround the /
Union demanded of him Nothing less than
assent to the propositions of Mr.. CRTTTeN-
DEN, on the part of the free States, Will sat /
isfy the South; and Mr.. SEWARD must EN-
brace them eventually, before the Alb of
March, or he will see every Southern State /
out Of the Union, and Mr.. LINCOLN the Presi-
dent of only the free States If this is what
he and his Republican confederates desire,
they can attain it by persisting in their re-
lection of the Crittenden proposition. |