, 1861-01-16

II is marked peculiarly OF Senator
Seward, that he never attempts to reach
the emotional part Of man save through
appeals addressed directly TO lis reason
4 philosopher as well US IL statesman, lie
scoyns the employment Of any agency not
in consonance with the dignity Of Ills high
vocation. It is impossible to rtad one Of
his profound essays upon any topic Of Ma
,ional import without, at least, the congic-
ton that the logic by which he main
tains his opinions is inapregnable- Hence
the most able Of his opponents are never
found attacking his argument, Tor that they
know to be inyulnerable, but arc driven,
in order to maintain their own consistcn-
cv, to deny his premises. We know not
that my disunionist Senator will undertake.
reply to the speech Of Mr.. Seward de-
liyered on Saturday Inst II is most likely
not to be done But it is safe to say that,
if the attempt should be made, the arsu-
ment will not he met, nor will the preml-
scs be recognized as applicable to the pres
entaspect ofthc disorders sfthc country 10
attempt the one or to admit the other would
be tantamount to confession cf the utter
untenablcness Of every one of the dogmas
upon which the disunionists have planted
themselves for the subycrsion Of the gov
crnment. With ali the clearuess and force
Of q mathematical demonstration, Mr..
Seward shows that there is not only no
ground for 3 separation Of the States OF
the American Union, but that those who
are see king to accomplish that unhal'owed
PURPOSE, are 1nadly attempting to destroy
the richest boon that Providence has ever
vouchsafed to amy branch Of the human
family, and that in the destruction OF the
Union, whether that event be accomplished
pcaceably or through the horrors oil L civil
yar, themselves will be the greatest sllfcr-
CTS. As plea for the Union it is unap-
proaclablc in :all that has gone before IN
that behalf; perhaps, in part, for the reason
that none Of the great statesmen OF the past
hare ever stood. so nearly. in the presence
of q discovered confedcrscy, and partly be-
cause the subject has never before been ex-
amined in tile lightof 50 broad and 50 COM
prehensiyc a yicw Of its awful results.
We can imagine that General Jackson,
when he uttered that emphatic and memo
rable declaration-"T TIE UNION; IT Must
AND SHALL, BE PRESERVED some
thing Of what 11r, Seward has SO
clearly and forcibly depicted as the result
OF its destruction; but neither Jackson,
nor Webster, nor Clay, nor Benton, nor
Adams, when graphing with the subject
Of threatened disunion: ever furnished to
the world SO exhaustive, 50 entirely con-
elusive, SO utterly untnswcrab}e an arsu-
men. for its maintenance. Could the III
tolerant dcspotisn under which the people
uf the South arc kept in ignorance oh much
that they ought to know and that concerns
them most intimately, he relaxed Tor Il sea
son to the extent Of giving to Alr. Seward i
speech 4 general circulation Throughout
the secession States, we should not sutc'
ourselves to doubt that its perusa
would be followed by q return Of reason
and Of loyalty to the Union But alas
that may not be; and so the country mus
await the event, and every loyal citizen b.
prcpared for whatever issue madness, ia
naticism and a relentless disposition nia.
force upon the Government.