Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1861-02-13
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+! Wendell & Philips Sunday nigh,
haranyuc in Boston was most vitu;.
perative affair. lie devoted himself
to the consideration Of two points: first
the gloriIication Of ,lisunion; and sec,
ifond, IN analysis, OF Mr.. Stewards re-
cent speech !" the Senate. The
speech is fully reported in the Boston
.1t>as and Ete.. We quote a few cx-
tracts to show the temper Of the,
""'''N>' .baE jadt q: as.ase ,a'y
iqcit<.3#a ruE3CHAlN PARTED. g,,5.g
/ ''rhe Lord rcisnctl,: let the earth
rejoice" The Covenant with lca,h
lis annulIcd-thc agreement with Hell
lis broken to pciccs. s.''o5 The Chain
which has held the slave system since
1857 is parted. Thirty years AZ" soutl:-
crn leaders, sixteen yc' RS ago northern.
aboIi'ioni.ts, announced their purpose
to seek the diSelution Of the Amcri-
can Union. Who dreamed that sue.
cess would come SO soon: South
! Carolina, bankrupt; alone, Will. !
hundred thousand more slaves than
LMLites Lack -tv three whites
within her border filings her gauntlet
at the feet Of twenty five million poo.
pie in defence Of IN idea. would
that New Egla,d could count one
State as fearless among her sex. Cali
it not the madness Of an engineer who
places himself III front Of his cannon
ut the moment Of discharge; call it
rather the f,rlorn hope f,hs mariner
scizing plank or spar in the fury If the
storm. The mistake Of South Carroll
ma is, she tancies there is more chance
Of saviL e slavery out-ide the Union
than inside. Three States have fo3.
lowed her example. Probably the
rest Of the Slave States. or many of
them, will find themselves unable t.
resist the imfection-and then the
whole mercilcss conspiracy Of 1881 is
;rnded, and timid men will dare to
late slavery without trembling for
! bread OF. life. 4--..-.----s-
THREE CLASSES At TIE NORTH.
Then look at the North divided in.
to three sections. !. The defeated
minority, glad of anything that 'ro"b.
les their conqucrors. 9. The class ot
Republicans led by Mr.. Seward, Offer.
ling to surrender anything to save the
! Union. [.Applansc. Their gospel is
the constitution, [applausc] and the
slave clause is their sermon on the
Mount! Laughter and applause.
They think that at the Judgmcn,
Day, the hacker the sins they have
committed to save the Union, the
clearer will be- their title to Heaven.
;. The rest ofthe Republicans led by
1.-The Tribune All honor to the 7;r;.
,ybv"e, faithful and true! who consider
their honor pledged to fulfill in office
The promises made in the canvass.
Their motto is: "Thc Chicago plat
!: form, every inch Of h-not-sa hairs
breadth Of territories shall be surren-
dcre1 to slavery. ]Arp'ansc. Eut
they, too. claim the eannons mouth to
protect forts, defend the flag and save
the Union. At the head Of this sec.
'ion, VIC have every reason to believe,
stand Abraham Lincoln. g srr
! All these are the actros on the
stage. But the foundation on which
''aIl stand divides only into two par,s...
those VINO like slavery and mean it
shall last, those who hate slavery and
|mean il shall die. In the boiling guilt
goes on the perpetual conflict OF acid
and alkali-a|l these classes are but
bubbles Oh the surface. The upper
milestone is right and the lower wrong.
Between them governments and par.
chmcnt>, parties and compromises arc
slowly ground to powder.
| SEwAED's spEEcnI
! The <pccc', Of Mr.. Seward I regard
as a declaration Of war against the
avowcd policy Of the incoming Presi-
dent. II Lincoln were Andrew Jack
son, as his friends aver, he would dis.
miss Mr.. Seward from Ills Cabinet.
The incoming Administration, ifhon-
est and firm, has two enemies to fight,
Mr.. Seward and the South.
His power is large. Already no
| has swept our Adams into tho vortex.
making him offer to sacraficc tie
whole Republican plntform--tt.osgh,
:'s events have turned, he has sacritic-
cd only his own personal honor. Fit:
teen years ago John Quincy Adams
iprophesied that the Union would not
last twenty years. lie little thought
that disunion, when it came, would
swallow his sons honor N its gulf:
- Indeed, Mr.. Stewards
fpicture Of the dcselation and military
weakness Of the divided States, IL in.
tended for the North, is the cmptie.t
lie in his speech. l said M-I meas
lit.
AwAT %,ri TIiiE IiiiE tS;,o,S.
Take your distorted Union, your
|1ightmarc monrtcr, out Of light and
range Of tho laws OF trade and compcti.