Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-11-23
SPEECHES OF LINCOLN AND
SEWARD.

SPEECHES O? LINCOLN AND
SEWARD.
4 night or two after the recent Presi-
dental election large crowd serenaded
Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward, in Washing
ton City, w:len they made the following
speeches.
uNco!.N's SPEECH.
1t has long been grave question wheth,
err any government not too strong Tor the
liberties of the people can he strong enough
to maintain its own existence in great
emergencies. On this point the present re-
bell:un brought our people to severe test,
and Presidential election occurring in reg
Mar cours. during the rebellion added not
a little to the strain. II the loyal peo-
pie united were put to the utmost Of their
strength Icy the rebellion, must they not
fail wIlea divided and partially paralized
by a political war among themselves
But the election was a necessity: We can
not have free government without cleo
tons, and If the rebellion could force us to
fnrego or postpone national ele stan. it
might fairly be claimed to have already
conquered and ruined rs The strife of
electihn 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 tine men of this, we
shall have as weak and as strong, as silly
and as wise, and bad as good. Let us,
FL no oi6 Of tl,i,
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 d0ue good too
1T has demonstrated that a peoples gov.
crnment can snstain national election in
The midst of a great civil war. Renewed
cleers.) Until now it has not been known
10 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 vote. (Applause.) 1t shows
also. TO the exte,rt yet known, that we
we have more men now than we had when
the war began. Gold is good in its place,
bat living, brave and patriotic men are
Letter than gold. Cheers and de,nonstra-
lions of applause But the rebellion con-.
Times, and now that the election is over,
may not all having a common interest
unite in common effort to save our COM
mon country! (Cheers.) For my own
]'art, have striven and shall strive to
avoid placing any obstacle in the way.
(Cheers.) So long as I have been here I
lave not willingly planted thorn in any
mans bosom. While am duly sensible
to the high compliment of re- election,
and duly grateful as [ trust TO Almighty
God for having directed my countrymen
TO right confusion, as 1 think. 10" their
good, it adds nothing 10 my satisfaction
thar: any other man may be disappointed
by the result. (Cheers.) May ask those
who have not differed with me to Join me
i'll the same spirit toward those who have?
And now let me close by asking three
hearty cheers for Our brave soldiers and
scamen and their valiant and skilful COM
manders.
Stewards SPEECH
Fellow citizens Our bretheren of the
South, who used to meet us ND here in the
Capitol, and with whom we used to have
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 for? Thew
did it because they were afraid we would
abolish slavery. They met in Richmond
the first Monday in this month; and what
llo you think they met -for2 They
met to abolish the slavery of two hundred
thousand negroes, to pat them with the
army, that they might tight to keep all
the rest oftheaegroes III slavery: (Laugn.
ter.) Well, we have got orr old-tsrhiol-
I'd, regular Congress, where there are seats
Kept open for them yet, and it meets on
he first Monday in December. I am
n1ch mistaken if we do not show our old
'r:ends down South a trick. worth two Of
hat they are practising: NY impression
is that, instead Establishing the slavery of
wo hundred thousand negroes tney w'll
10 the much better thing OF setting the
institutional stamp npon the e PRESIDENTS
Emancipation probation OF 1867: lLou LOU;
,eers.) Why, you seem to be very uns AMI
nous about that. Cheers. WeiI' VIII
I'll YOU what is more curious than all
WI. H.. ,oor, from this time