Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1864-11-22
SPEECHES OF LINCOLN AND
SEWARD.


SEWARD.
A night or two after the recent Presi-
Dental election large crowd serenaded
Mr.. Lincoln and Mr. Seward, in Washing
ton City, when they made the following
speeches. ...-
LINCorN's SPEECH.
1t has long been grave question wheth-
er any government not too strong Tor the
liberties ofthe people can be strong enough
to maintain its own existence In great
emergencies. On this point the present re-
bellon brought our people TO a severe test,
and Presidential election occurring in reg
ular course during the rebellion added not
little TO the strain. If the loyal peo-
pie united were put to the utmost Of their
strength by the rebellion, must they not
fail when divided and partially paralized
by political war among themselves!-
But the election was necessity. We can
not have free government without cleo
tons, and if the rebellion could force us to
forego or postpone a national election, it
might fairly be claimed to have already
conquered and ruined us. The strife of
election is but human nature practically
applied to the facts of the case. What
has occurred in this case must ever occur
in similar cases. Human nature will not
change. In any future great national tri-
al, compared with the men of this, we
shall have as weak and as strong, as silly
and as wise, and bad as good. Let US,
therefore, study the incidents Of this as
philosophy to learn wisdom from, and none
ofthem as wrongs to be avenged. (Cheers.)
But the election, along with its incidents
and undesirable strife has done good too.
1t has demonstrated that peoples gov
eminent can sustain national election in
the midst of great civil war. (Renewed
cheers.) Until now it has not been known
to the world that this was possibility
1t shows also how sound and how strong
we still are 1t shows that, even among
the candidates of the same party, he who
is most devoted to the Union and most
opposed to treason, can receive most of
the peoples yete. (Applause.) 1t shows
also, to the extent yet known, that we
we have more men now than we had when
the war began. Gold is good in its place,
b It living, brave and patriotic men are
better than gold. (Cheers and demonstra-
tons of applause.) But the rebellion con-
times, and now that the election is over,
may not all having common interest
unite in common effort to save our COM
mon countryl (Cheers.) For my own
part, have striven and shall strive to
(Cheers.) So long as | have been here |
mans bosom. While I am duly sensible
to the high compliment of reelection,
and duly grateful as trust TO Almighty
Id -.
to right confusion, as I think. f." their
good, it adds nothing to my satisfaction
thaL any other man may be disappointed
by the result. (Cheers.) May ask those
who have not differed with me to join me
in the same spirit toward those who have?
And now let me close by asking three
hearty cheers for our brave soldiers and
seamen and their valiant and skilful com
manders.
sEwARD's SPEECH.
Fellow citizens Our bretheren of the
South, who used to meet us up here in the
Capitol, and with whom we used to have
pleasant, social times, have pretended to
set up poor, rickety Congress and gov
eminent of their own. Uaughter.) And
do you know what they did It for9 They
did it because they were afraid we would
abolish slavery. They metsin Richmond
the first Monday in this month; and what
do you. think they met for9 They
met to abolish the slavery of two hundred
Thousand negroes, to put them with the
army, that they might fight to keep all
the rest ofthe negroes in slavery. laugh
ter) Well, we have got orr old-fsrhion-
ed, regular Congress, where there are seats
kept open for them yet, and it meets on
the first Monday in December. l am
much mistaken if we do not show our old
friends down South trick worth two of
that they are practising. My impression
lsthat, instead Establishing the slavery of
two hundred thousand negroes, they will
90 the much better thing of setting the
constitutional stamp upon the Presidents
81 emancipation probation of 1852. loud
S ,ne" Why, you seem to be very nnani-
mo .nnus ABOUT that. (Cheers.) Well, will
: .eil you what is more curious than all
tAat. Within three years from this time !: