Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-10-27

end Just result.
Mr.. Seward on the Policy OF the Govern.
ment.
Secre tary Seward in response to a congrat-
alarory address IT III his neighbors and
friends at Auburn IN Friday last, made
rcry which We find in the New York Times
Of fSatuIdsy. Much Of it Is occupied with
remark, Of a general nature. The few
points made by him On the policy of the
Government regarding which the public at
terrlon Is now most deeply interested, are
yely noticeable After advertirg briefly
TO Tie Erogress Of events which I'D to the
d,ci-ion Of Pres. Lincoln that slavery must
tcIcgardcd as public enemy which must be
w.olly dcstrpy,d to secure the safety of the
republic, a deci-ion which Andrew johnson
ST. candidate for the Vice Presidency accept
cd ~ the fullest extent ami ns President
iil, nGcd To cary out, Mr.. S,ward spoke
ll ,he policy ol ?, storatIon-oit,n spoken of
Ar Pee. Johns5n'- plan a If it wore a new
and recruit dcy,lorment. This Mr.. Srward
said was an erroneous notion:
On the contrary, We now see that it as not
specially Andrew johnson 5 plan, nor even new
plan in any respect. Il is the plan which ab
rup,ly vet distinctly offered itself to the last al
uirnstratiou, al the moment have before re-
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q at the moment when, although by the
World unperceiyed II did begin, and II Is the
ouiy plat which thus seasonably presented itself,
ana therefore is the only possible plan which
then or ever afterward could be adopted. tGrest
applause This plan, although occasionally re-
curing variation of details, nevertheless ad-
mits Of no substantial change or modification
T. coulI neither be enlarged nor CONTRACTED
State conventions in loyal States, however favor
ahle, IN disoyal States however hostile. could
not lawfully or etiectuSily disalloW II; and even
the people themselves. when amending the Con-
stitution Of the United States, are only giyingto
that plan it, Just ard needful sovereign sanction.
In the meantime, the executive and legislative
authorities Of Congress can do no more than dis
charge their proper functions Of protecting the
recently insuTgent States from anarchy during
the intervening period while this plan is being
carried INTO execution. (Applause) II is essen
tiAi to this plan that the insurrecuonary States
shall. bv themselves and for themselves, accept
and adopt this plan, and thereby submit them
selves to and recognize the national authority -
This is what / meant when / said to Mr.. Adams,
in a passage which you may possibly recall, that
in the sense in which the word sUtugation WAS
then used by the enemies Of the United States,
AT home or abroad, II was not the expectation or
purpose Of this government that the Southern
States should be subjugaied but that thought
that those States would be brought, by the judi
cious and mingled exercise of pressure and per
suasion, To- a condition in which they would vol
unfairly return to their allegiance.
Il had never hetn the policy of the Gov
crAment 70 uproot the States that went int
ret-lhon-to treat them as merely stakes
temporarily driven into the ground to bt
1ul,d up and thrown away. They were
trocs growing in the soil and permanent
part Of the nation.
If At any time any of these trees shall b'
blown down or upturned by violence, II must o'
lifted up again in its proper place, and sustAlne'
bv kinily hands until it has renewed Its naiura
stability and erectness (Applsuse-) If at any
time the American Union is fractured through
stirred to soundness before the constitutional
health and vigor can be brought back TO th'
whole system. If one of these limbs offend, ",
bsIe, indeed the power and | will not cavi
sbugt the right-to cut it off and cast II ava,
tom Us: but when We should have done that
" Sould have then done Just what other natlon
lt,, Wise than ourselves have done, that hav
submitted unnecessarily to amputation, an'
glytu up a material portion Of their strength
TO SAVE themselves from apprehended destruc
lion. We know the inherent strength, viiallt.
AMI vigor Of the whole American people. !"
neither psssionately torment any offending limb
nor consent to its being cut of, because v
know that all our limbs are capable of beng re
stored, aud all are necessary TO the prolongatio
Of our nationM life.
Cunceding that no one contends for th
power or the right in the President or Con
gross to make w.r on any part of the Unite
Sates, except to suppress sedition and IN
s.nectlon, Mr S. proceeds as follows;
What then? Must we give IN the hope
further elevation Of classes in the several State
without new guarantees for individual libe I
aud progress! By no means. Marching in tb
lsth Of progress and elevation Of masses is VIII,
VI have been doing always in the season of peac'
aii ~hat We have been doing still more etfectu
il II the prosecution Of the war. II Is nj
iional march, as onward and as irresistible
the late conflict between free and slave labor wi
''gorous and irrepressible. [Enthusiastic a.
pause. The plan Of reconciliation we are Pu
SUNG has given us two great national adVanc
Iu this progress Of moral snd political elevstio
shlch are now to be made fast and firmly IKE
First, it secures a voluntary abolition OF slave
by every State which has engaged IN insurrectlo
and secondly, ii must secure and does secure
ehectual adoption by the late slave Staies thei
selves Of the amendment Of the Federal Cons
tuition. which declares that neither slavery n
involuntary servitude, except for crime, sn'
,ver hereafter exist In any part Of the Unit
States. lApplause.1 The people who have
steadily adhered to the true path Of democrat
progress and civilization through all the sedt
mons Of peace, and through so many dIfheult
aud al such fearful cost in war, will now ha
new Inducements and encOuTasements 10 per
V're IN that path until they shall have su 'ce
fully reduced TO verify the sublime assertion
ine political equality Of all men. which the four
ers, IN their immortal declaration, iaid down
the true basis of Amercsn Union. tProlons
applause.1 cIt.is csrtainthat The plan Of rec'
eilissied which Bhase thus largely explain
mueahd will be adopted. ~ =