, 1864-11-12
MIR, SEWARD7S SPEECH.
The Policy Of the Government
The Great Issue Of the Day
Peace Or War---Union
Or pisunion--Sa!yation
or Ruin.

Or EtSunion--Sa!yati0n
or Ruin.
Secretary Seward. laying aside the duties
OF the State Department to attend to the
higher duty Of an American citizen, came
home to Auburn on Saturday last, to cast
his vote for Abraham Lincoln. On Monday
evening he addressed an immense assemblage
Of the people Of Auburn. It has been HI.
seWa1d's wont for many years, TO speak in
Auburn on the eve Of election, and these free
Cf.haud speeches to his friends and neigh.
bors, have frequently been found to convey
matters of worldwide Importance. The
speech In question Is ono Of bis best, and
will everywhere possess an interest psrma.
nent and Of value. We give tbs leajtnp
PORTS:
Fellow. CITIZENS OF course Won undar
et1nd that ihave come home to vote. ia
vote here for the tenth time In ten ont ot the
nineteen Presidential elections which ia
people Of the United States have enioEad-
A change or succession, in the executive
power Of nation is always Vital, and that
petually recurring crieis. The elector ia
mortal. I bare come home to exercise mr
euff1nge Is heretofore, with the conviction
which suppose you i'll entertain for ynnr,
selves, that this may be my last time.
But, 1sloW-ciizens, our thoughts tonight
must be concentrated upon the crisis a. It
couflonts us in the rebel Statas
Foreign wars loom over us, On ali onr
coasts and all our borders, the fires Of far.
ton send up Rulphurous smoke under onr
feet It would be absurd to say that rhe
country is not In strait Only tWo courses
are open before us-the one is perseverance,
other Is abaud donment Of those efforts. Haz-
ard attend each course. Are mot hazaria
always Incident to human effort? For nv.
sell, after e1amina1on sud considerafton
hsSo come to the conclusion that the Iesser
hazard ts found in the line of pereeYerance
And, Indeed, that il the only course that at:
1o1as ad assurance Of national integrity, which
dependence. You have already testified that
this is your conviction. It remains, then.
only for Us to reaesure each other tonight
SO that We maJ advance to the polls Rith
decision, energy and confidence tom orrow.
Ion have been surprised BY the discovery
Ct treason lurking Throughout the Free
States, and even In eecret haunts In our own
neighborhood. You arc astonished al the
discovery Of q conspiracy Of thirty thous, md
meR, clandestinely armed against the Coy
eminent, in the Western 1oyal Btatea. YIN
are thunderetruck with the revelation of
o1cert between Chicago, London and Rich.
mond- You are amazed that traitors in San
dutky, lnylted by sfgral lights, attem pt mur.
ders and rubber1es from Canada, and aeize a
ship Of war on Laks Erie aud deliYer tba
rebel prisoners on Johuson's island. Ynn
are arnAzed that domestic traitors nrenared
the way tor invaders iron Canada to rob and
murder the inhabitants OF St. Albans. And
ycu are still more amazed t at after all these
discoveries, large clAes Of our own citizens.
with alternate obstinacy and Ieyity. still hes,
itate to give full and unreeeryed SUPPORT to
the military arm of the Government i,et mo
tell you, however, that all this surnrjRe and
as,onishmt Mt is. unre aor able. What we eee
belongs to tbs natural course or eyents in
war, ESPECIALLY In civ war. The Gnvsm. ~
rnenr m1st snnnress fha raha,ita1 Ivy 1Ute!a y,
the acenciek nj civt1 and rriittaM ~
nnwcr TIE nerfo,,nsrca - +,at ttIsats
a,i,s m 6fac1nfent o1,ns;tf,a .aa@ Ivy
aTce onnoa1tinr ,3sas hisn 1eSlee-
eminent becomes en.rSet1c I sn md ~ o,nas,- mus-
fion fhna eTe1t.1 hacnrnss ts.,,an ~" HGppos.-
- ntr39 ps- r. nnqn;i;ats issslon. t F4ct'on
nn1ntrvt ~ 49, ~, bos aritta aisdson. Esefy
conntg s has nasssd 3heaa usPsty ~ y. ossry 1ese
~ oir;} ar anor;ae % 10 Aesy 9. aatnaee r. ~
~ statea Fpnoa Fn91snS HmeiSa' as, nnn ml ,ts
NetberIsnds sw;11a.,e a1pdM pn1ni; @ aae
"a nh~arin an5 sa.nas.ta ,, auosSu, eIsA WAT
nal condition In most Of those S.ates. No
government in any OF those countries ever
Was less embarrassed In civil war BY faction
a1sn.,s. an III a. ~. th - H1 oAl:eu asates
~ th6.e SO 0overn-nants a. 49, a Js, t. Nuns
dea1f gitS domastic fsct;nn ~,th ,lo'9 s .sSe
Mcdt ra,ion ana hnman,tv as tu th,a ~ Gn1trn arn
men1 hiss practtced toward Citizens who hare
aloeQ ano apslteo. leu ana warmed, clothed
and armed, ns open ana defiant enemies.
Nos one mead has fallen on the judicial block.
7hor need yoo ne alarmed At these demon
euatlcps Of faction. The people OF the Uut-
te1 stAtSs nave neo chf1paa eoueatlon, q
po!it1ca1 ecucatop, mora! education, such
as. Is ftos1aenee mas never before vouehsafed to
any nation; and great as the forces and IA
c1ht.es OF faction are, the rcpreaefye and loyal
tosees M possessed ~ this people arc magni-
s9n nase Dee4 snfRssa and alarmed b
ballot bo1es-trauds more fraudulent in con
hsve he,ore encnHnsered h nj sIa ha AZ w.
ha.rtoned hcwava- hr thts 5ts,eSa.n, 49, ~ et;11 IN
ssr fS.1d a,d +ra,cIsrr @ 9,ina fset,n o,,ns ~
;,ctds-+ 80 =" oi.i, trsr 5;a an3 ia.i. I. aae
thesa cnrsn;ratrs ars ~ aa4ian aIo I've m ~,
tansatni Su patG m, tae nassoa nas an an.
ht n.,tt Sautatlon a ano @ nor conscience
"n'cu ehsule ~ W oetect ano oa1ae them
s3not uapPu{, tas PoNet 10 Suppress ansurfec'
uon arms eae aoveInmsnt WIN INC means
" o!os eue0 p1oaupuy W souuEu puulsn-
What remains for me to cay, is to warn you
aeainst misrepresentation Of the issue.
There is no question before you of abandon
ing the WAT measures against slavery znd
substituting for them policy Of consc7va.
ton or concession to slavery. These meas.
n.es are part Of the war. II is tor the ma.
tion In state Of war, and not for the nation
in future state Of peace, that the Govern
melt is acting, and, of course, that We are
voting. There is no question before you Of
changing the object Of the war from the
maintenance Of the Union to that OF abolish
leg slavery. Slavery is the matnspFiag Of