, 1863-11-10
SPEECH OF SECRETARY SEWARD
At AUBURN.
His Opinion About Seymour and
Vallandigham.
10 PEACE UNTIL LNt0EN Is PRnsInr,r
OF TIE WHOLE United STATES,
Slavery to Perish with the
lnsuTrection,

AAN III CCk1C11t
SECRETARY Seward btiDg at his home at Au
burn the evenlpg before the election, address
cd public meeting there, assembled in Co,
ming Hall. He spoke rs follows:
Nj FR1EsDs:-I am here by accident IN,
as you know, to enter political canyassas a.
deoater. hare had two reasons for this-
First wanted the internal a. well AZ tn,
foreign enemies Of the United States to set
t6at this Administration could stand of it,
own !ireogthwithout resorting to popular art
Of seHdetenee. Secondly, I Thought that ar
ad1o1strauon that could not stand withou
speaking for itself, must fall even If all it
members should engage in Its virdic.tiou.
APRoPHE0T THAT HAS BEEN FULFILLED.
:. You will succeed, my friends, to.morrox.
know you will succeed BY signs othar tb,1
those which excite your own hopes Of sue
cess. The country Is in danger-it is to bt
rescued by tbs government. You will snc
cted, because you vote for the government il
voting to Eubtain the Administration. You
opponents commit the fatal error Of suppog
Ing that they can. divide the Administration
from the government, and support the ont
and discard the other. No man can serYt
t"o masters. Consider this point for q mo
ment. 1t is only through the Administration
that the country can put forth the effort nee
eteary Tor Its rescue. If you discard thte
administration Of the Government bv youl
pIace' You then haya nr,cttca,iv "r w ~ ~
rr,n ffon fhfn t;ra ~ the IN ~ ~ .us91 1oas ~
An interepnnm ~ s5Ttaa-, W. ~ !oo9
crisig Of rehn]ifon Ynn wnr1I ro,aas4 ~ @ seI!
N more dangerous way the great. though
then unavoidable, misfortune Of tho iuterrer.
nom which WAS produced BY the election 81
chanan in fhe Pres;dencv % nnt;R ~ a"es ~ oo'
Wa,ch 1cer NJ. - Il 4all t4e 411 "
~ sts}e neces a,r;i, ~ ~ laat pgl1oq tne snig
md 5aehe1 ;,ss1f gs;nst u ~ 1hsotuapy atu1eo r.
thore The he,icG nsonIa ane aps ehs ~ 81 80! tee
tn commit - erest ~ ers,or no1 a.o ao' goang
D1s OPINION ABOUT SEYMOUR AND yALLAN,
- D1anAA'
Our opponents do not see this. They do
not zee It, because they have Surrendered
themselves up to faction. But wiu show
them how they can sec it. There are two
hundred Thousand American citizens in arms
in the Southern States sgainst their country.
They look to the election Of to. morrow with
more Eelicitude than they do to the defsnse
Of Charleston or the siege Of Chattsnonpa
II you could pass the ballot box throngh
their camps every man would yote for tRe
administration Of this Goyerument bv Hnre,
ITO Seymour or Vallandigham and against the
admtnistratfou Of AbraRaIn IIneoln- Ynn
have enemies in certain classea nf socfet1 al
over Enrope. TheV are fitt;na out ts;3 q 3,sI ~
aud priYateers for the American ,rsrrrart:
If the ballot bcyes ronid he nnened - Eli.
shipya in Liverpool. or il. John sIideii,s
house in Paris, there would be a unanimous
{ole lof seymour aha Val1ano1gham. and new
h1 i,on slaos "oald escape from under the
tpsoau a!Ipn, II a5mor lmpfegnaele, III array
audfd to fhIs terrihfe strnorle NM, 1aa9 !.
more t1emeudous contest 7fsan tt7e ~o-Id h.a
ever seen upon the bigh seas The ;nst,nct ~
Of ent mics ia iufa1l,hIe' Ynn have f.ien5e ~
AIMS at home defenofrr the GoTernment a and ~
tha country. Every man who meets the
enemy In battle knows what he ia fjehtiur
3Ss 31r, h5let Me + Sog aghtog for t4s eoentsy Pas
give the soldier pans to reach the ballot box
at his home: and he votes as he fights, for his
country snd for the Administration, which
ae tees 10 1aent1hed with his county. You
naye ulends In Europe. The great mass Of
soeiety On ne continent, from the White Sea
70 tne Meonerra1eau, from the Atlantic to
States. The great mass ot society in in Amer. Amer.
Ma, t, Hom inc Mo GEando fo Cape Horn, are
me friends e the United States. Send the
pM!ot oox !a1opgh all those regions, and the
Eotes would be counted ten thousand to one
icf Abraham Lincoln aud against Seymour
en0 .0.lu!suAlo. 4ae !nstlncG o1 dlepas-
sloned. dlslnterested friends is fntalnble.
RIGHT or SOLDIERS 70 VOTE.
But must rot forget that onr ornaments
object to allowing soidiers. IN eo hams -
vote. The objection is disloyai as Teli as m n
grateful, and is therefore q cfime, II the sol
dier onaht not to be allowed q fur1oprh to
reach the ballot box, why did Governor Sey-
mour refuse fo allow the ballot box to 60 to
me campS He ansHers that 1t is unconsti-
tu1onal. Mhy then object to the soldiers
golng nome 81 TO Vetes That is not unconsti'
Latlola!. ihey 90 NOT mean to quarrel With
q ae seldeIs Tntng they se
~ ~ uep4ase n1n ol nls Fo1e Atogether. They
allow the soldier to tight for his country, be.