Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-16
rbe Abolition Programme

Mr. SEwARD has been reganed a. a conserva
tve-more so than any member Of the Cabinet
except Mr. BLAIR. but the sentiments he express
ed in a speech at Auburn the day before the
election in New York show him to be as ultra 10
lis views a. the most radical OF his party We
quote an extract from that speech to exhibit the
purposes entertained by the party in power Mr..
SEWARD says:
The result 20 be attained is a. imoortaDt our
opponents ss ia i tO US. What IT, through battle
aud suffrage, the President, who was elected in
1850 should. by his opponents. be kept out of the
Presidency of the United States until another
electionf. What II they should then succeed
in eiectir'g President in 1864 against the ma
jority WHO elected Abraham Lincoln in 1860?
Can that majority be expected To acquesce, with
out votirig. and without bloodsbed, in the cleo
ton OF Horatio Seymour? Certainly not: and
then YOU shall have perDetusted civil war. which
u nothing else than perpetual anarchy.
What il the meaning Of this expression unless
it be. that The present Administration will not
submit to the verdict Of the people at the COM
ing presidential election If il should perpetuate
power in the hands Of those who now have con
troll Of the government ? The premier Of the
Administration entertans the opinion that the
defeat of the party which elected Mr.. LIScoL~
in 1860 would be great calamity, hence he
eounseis resistance. even TO bloodshed. if the
election should result in popular verdict against
the Republican party.
Mr.. SEWARD says il great crime
for the Southern States to refuse to submit to
the election OF Mr.. LINCOLN in 1860, but he mt
~ ot.of h.
election in lc64 should result in the choice Of a
Democratic President. He inquiries Can that
majority. the majority which elected Mr. LIN
coin. he expected to acquiesce. without voting.
without Dloodsbed in the election OF HoRArIo
SEYMOUR = And then he replies Certainly
not, and then YOU shall have perpetual war,
which i nothing else than perpetual anarchy"
The issue that Mr. SEWARD presents TO the coun-
try is either the continuation of the Republican
party in power. or else perpetual civil war. aud
as a consequence perpetual anarchy. Does not
Mr. SEWARD. in expressing such sentiments, jus
tify the Southern rebellion7 The rebels refused
IA subIBitio the election of Republican President
and Mr. SEW Says in advance that the so call
ed "Unioi" party will not submit to the election
of Democratic President without attempt
at revolution. The Northern Democracy submit
ted to the popular verdict in 1850. while. having
the control OF the Government. but Mr SEWARD
declares in advance that the party in power. il
the elections in 1864 go against them. will not
surrender without resistance and bloodshed.
This is the exhibition that Mr.. SEWARD gives Of
Republicahism-of the "loyalty'' of the Admins
tration party. Their professed Unionism begins
and ends with the continuation of power where it
nov Is. In power, DIR. SEWARD says, his party
will stand by the Union. but if the people decide
against them. then they are for revolution. Such
is the Abolition programme