, 1864-09-10
E0N. VIM. II. SEWARD on TIE
VAR AND 1NH ISSUES
Of TIE HOUR.
Speech Delivered at auburn, N. z,
September 8, 1864, On the DC
casion Of q Celebration OF
the Victories at Mo-
bile and Atlanta,

1ir. Seward Addressed multitude Of .peo-
pic in the City Park, at Auburn, N. T. on
the Sd instant, the occasion being the cele-
bration Of the recent victories by our army
and navy. He said:
MI DEAR FRIENDS: It ia SO that like to
see ion come marching to The time OF nation
a airs. under. the folds OF the old national
pa1tiotlc welcome. 1t proves that though
you deal vigorously With 5our pubnc ser
wants, exactiug reasons Tor their policy, en-
crgy in their conduct Of affairs, aud e1piu a.
tlone fur failures End dlenppointuents in
t tbeir ;. administration, yet yoa ere nsyertne-
to rtjoice with you, when you have success.
es, victories and 1rtumphs to celebrate. Tue
1ews That brings us toYe.her Is Authe1 tic.
voiee-Do you think it reliablesl Yes,
llere is t.1t.ran Which l received thls
mtrnfIc from The Secretary Of War:
Ivan DEzer iepo- tha. Shermsn'e advance en-
frto Aiialta About noon ioscay, particulars not
ret received. EDWIN A. ,rANros.n
Three cheers were given for At,1pta
Now this news conaeE IN q good shape. It
ls pleasant to have grand result at first,
AID 1t rrCtrncts the interest OF tho thing. to
1ave particulars cnlu1ng' in afterwards, Yes.
yes, Wc can wait for the particulars,l
This victeTy comes in the right connec-
lon. It falls in with the echoes Of the ca J.
tuIes Of Forts Gaines and Morgan, which I
unde1st.Ld to be tne particulars of Farra.
gut's. glorious naval battl. in tue Bay Of
Mobile, n battle tqualied By no othef in
American history bnl the nayal achievements
OF the same yeteran Admiral at New Orleans
and Polt HUDSON, and all tlese have no Oar.
alle1 III Laval NaIfare. but the baitlcs OF the
Nile and ,Tlai.1ear. "a voice. wish wo
Know the Admiral well, and I confess that
We sll can't be FArragu's. Indeed. very few
Of Us can. But We may take tlit comfort
ourselves, that is Whole peop!e We can ao-
Pm elite the Veterans VT czn also appre-
ciato Sherman, who has performed the most
euceessfn1 md splendid narch through a
In modern htetoy, and in doing this Wo
fhow ourselves inferior in virtue tU 20 other
nation. Dy the why, every body admired
Farragut's ht roitm In climbing the topmast
to direct the battie- But thera was auother
PR icnlsr OF tl!at contest that no less for.
cibly illustrates his heroic character. "Ad-
Mira" said one Of his oticers, the night be-
iCze the battle, " won't jon consent 10 give
Jack gl"Fs OF grog tn the murnins-pot
enough to make niu drunk, but just enough
70 make him tght checrfully." Wei replied
-tke Admiral. have been to sea considerable.
ard hAve seen batrle or two, bu; ncyer
found that wanted run to enable ne to do
my duty. will order two cups of good COT.
tee, to each Man, at 2 O'Clock, and at 8
o'clock will pipe ell hands to breakfast In
Mobile Bay. And he did give Jack the coffee
and tLen he Went mp to the masthead and did
The victory at Atlanta comes at the t1rht
Place HE rebellious district Is In the sllape
OF an egg. 1t presents equal resistance On
Its Hhcle surface But If you could break
the shell st either OF the erds, Richmond
ard Atlanta, the whole must crumble to
striking the big end, Meade under Grant h.s
been striking just Is hard blows upon tbs
lessercnd. The whole Ehcll will now ba |
easily crushed, for it has grown brittle, with
ths T., exhaustion OF vitality w1tkin- :.
This glorious victory comes In good tfrrc !;
Tor another reason. Just row ne are calling !
upon you for three hundred thousand mors !
Volunteers, II You Wiu-drafted meu If we !
must, to end the war.- You were getting = |
little tired Of long delays ard oisappoieIea !
people, instigated b7 rebel llotser6 at the |
Clifton House, IN Canada, were importing
British tevol7ers In boxes which: passed the
Custom House, as stationery, under pretsn.e |
Of armi1g to defend themselves, but really !
to resist the draft and bring the Government
auxiliary civil wa. True, no arms hsys +
been imported here. Yet delegates went |
from among you, and sat down in council at |
Chicago with those ln-iana coneplrntors,
aid agreed with them not cnly taat that
importation Of arms should be defend |
demand the cessation OF the war, upon
the ground that success In restoring The
Union is unattainable. Already under the
influence Of the cheering news from Atlanta,
all this 'diecontent and this dependency have
disappeared. Ne shall hare no draft be-
rate of i've to ten thousand per day By vol
uuteels. May not Rod that this victory at
atlanta comes in good time Us the victory
In Mobile Bay, does to ylndicate tho wisdom
and the Energy Of the war adminlstIatlon.
Fa1rEut's feet did not make Itself, nor did
be make It. It was prepared by. tho secre..
the history Of this var t1uthfnl1y and i'm.
partially, will write that eince the days of
Garnet, no man has orgauIzed war with abtI-
[ty equal to that Of Stanton. ;.
But n6 ausptcloQ6 as The occasion is, It has
nevertheless failed to bring out some whom
We night baye expected here. Why are they
not ltIe to rejoice in the victories Ih4t viii
thrill the hearts Of the levers of freedom
hfnuChont tic world. Alas, that 1t must be
It Is party epirtt that holds them
.loot. All Of them are partisans. Some are
Who cannot rejoice In the na-
lopal victories, because this war, for the life
# the nation, is Lot In all llrespccts conducted
according to their own peculiar radical Ideas
md thcor1es. They want guarantees fo, & Witt
md uniycrrat. and complete emancipation, ortl.y
70 cot Tant The InttoR r. savsd: 911ers stay ~
mt Of tie revolutionary storm, the ship Of state
hen The :enrest .=eailed IT, or they do not Tact
he chip fascd at ALL IL body coald giro such
IN the name Of people Of Thirty mil
:ona. 0,hess src Democrats. he, received from ,.
b. If tath+rt the axiom that only Demornts could
are the country, aud they must save 1t By Demo-
ratio formulas and combipauons which tie pro
TEES Of the age hiss fozeFes Exploded. They cannot
ome up to celet rats achievements which coo3emu
heir narrow and hereditary hi9otr5. -
Others Of both The Rcpuh1icsn and the Demo I
satic parties are willing that the nation ebal 10