Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-09-12
Secretary Seward at Home.

On Thursday evening the Willard Guards,
of Auburn, paid marching salute to Sec.
retary Seward, at his private residence in
Auburn. A vast crowd of people had gath
cred, with the expectation that the Secretary
would address his telow-citizens. And in
this they were not disappointed. The Au-
burn Advertiser says: u..a,.a
Goy. Seward appeared upon the steps,
and in response to the loud cheers said in
substance that he recognized the marked
impropriety in member of the Cabinet, to
whom is entrusted the secrets of the Gov
ernment, appearing before e. addressing the
public on the subjects of such vast mo-
ment as those now before the country But
this much he could say, he recognized the
right to visit his home and ningle with his
family and, after an absence of eight months
| he had come home to see his wife, his chill
dren and you! lfthey were asked how long
he would stay, they could answer for him
that he was given five days leave of at
sence, and the limit is now nearly expired.
and in the morning with his family he should
return to his post of duty. Ha.
You will ask, tell us when the war will
end? Ii may terminate next week, next
month, next year. That depends upon you.
Ii you are brave, if you are loyal, if you arc
noble, the war will soon be brought to q
successful issue. If you have the strength,
: it is for you to compel peace. The Union
States possess 10000, 900 of free citizens,
the disloyal States S,000,000. Ii you arc
equally us brave, as devoted to the cause of
, your country, as they are to their cause the
war must soon terminate but if they ar,
more courageous, more active.-if they art
the strongest then the duration OF the wal
is, indeed, an uncertainty. 1t amounts Il
just this--an appeal has been made by tho
minority from the verdict Of the majority a
: the ballot-bOx, to the cannon mouth; fth,
majority now submit, it is only because the,
are less brave, true and courageous.
: For the past hundred days, have seer
three thousand brave men fastening eacl
day to the ie' ID Of action, and three thousand
who were citizens to-day, will be in the tielt
to- morrow. You can never fight for a caus
more glorious; you could never fall for
country more worthy of sacrifice. | return
Tomorrow when | shall again see you,
know not. 1t has been my wish that whe
= L pass away, my remains may rcposc in you
l. midst but should you-should your Stat
i prove recrednt TO the great trusts imposed i
e this great trial, may my bones never be la
IS III the midst of those who have proved falls
to their principles, and untaithful to thei
d country. / shall stand true to my countr
J. and to my duty, and supported faithfully
our cause cannot talter--our Goycrnmen
will never be overthrown.
N The above abstract conveys feeble ide
of the speech and it's affects. Few, yer
|. few will forget the solemnity of the voice
and the impressive manner in which MI
st Seward pronounced the closing portion, O
/, his speech. His friends gathered by hun
dreds beneath the deep shade of the tree
d his own hands had planted; his neighbol
n about the door of the home to which he ha
!; so long been stranger; and the uptune
N faces of those who delighted to honor the bt
,, loved citizen lighted by the fiafing lamps, tn
g earnest speaker, standing with solemn an
!, upturned face beneath the thick vine tn.
y clustered above the door, formed seen
" that will linger long in the memories of thos
present. '.
h Those who heard Mr.. Seward were in
pressed with the earneitness and sadness tn;
pervaled the entire speech; and many in
4 piled therefrom that the Secretary himsc
;; was impressed with the conviction that I'll
t. immense labors of his position were at la
n undermining and entrenching upon col
m sttution once 50 vigorous and active
AT the conclusion of the speech, many
the citizens pressed forward to shaL
hands with tho Secretary, while the han
:, and the Willards marched from the grounc
4 and proceeded direct to the Armur,
l., where they were dismissed ...