Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-03-03
Speech of Secretary Seward,

Speech of Secretary Seward,
Delivered at the Cooper inssis~se. n. r
| Feb. asa, SOC. ..r
| I was ct home in this, our old aud
honored State of New York, 10 October,
and spoks then what ,hought would
he pertinent 10 public stfairs for whole
year. The summons offriends in the City
cf New York brings mo hack after The
expiration OF only three months. Their
demand IL, confess, rather hard upon me.
under the circumstances Nevertheless,
obey an no secessiouist. profess to
understand how to obey the commands OF
the people Of my own State without violat.
ing my allegiance to the United States
Now what shall speak Of or about !?
The call Of your meeting specifies the sub.
jec,; but 6rst, let me ssy thot sm not
here as au slarmis'; am not here TO say
that the nation is 10 peril or dauger--in
peril II You adopt the opinions Of the Presi-
dent; 10 peril If you reject them. il is not
in peril any way; nor do think the cause
of liberty and human freedom, the cause of
progress, melioratiou. the cause o. national
sggraDdizement. present or iuture. material
or moral. is in danger Of being long
arrested, whether you adopt one set Of po-
litical opinions or smother The Union
that is to say, the nation-has beet res.
cued ftom ell it's perils. The noble ship
has passed from tempests aud billows. into
the verge OF q safe harbor, and is now
securely riding into her ancient mooring.
without broken spar or leak, arbord,
or larboard, fore or aft. There are some
those moorings. One pilot s-ys that she
may safely enter directly through them. -
The other says that she must back. and.
lowering sail, take time to 90 round them
That is oil the difference; it 10 merely a
d ference of opinion between the pilots--
/ should not practice by bsbilusI charity
II did not admit that l think them bo, b
sincere and honest. But the vessel will 60
in safely, one way or the other. Tho
worst that need happen will be that by
takiDg the wrong instead Of the right
passage, or even taking the right passage
and avoiding the wrong one. the vessel
may 70 little, and some honest. capable,
and even deserving politicians. statesmen.
President or CoOgr eSsmen may get washed
overheard. / should be sorry for this;
but II it cannot be helped. il can be borne.
| Ii an one Of the unfortuDates, let no
friend be concerned on that account. A.
honest, as good. % capable polii iciaos,
statesmen, Congressmen and President will
make their appearance hereafter, faster
than needed. TO command the ship, az well
and ss wisely os any that have here'o 'ofore
stulked their hour upon deck, 10 the alter.
nations of calm and tenn est ,h,t always
attend political navigation. Neverthe less,
although do not think that We ore in a
crisis. the question 10 day is worthy Of de
liberate examination and considers stion.- =
IL 10 always important, in going into o
port or preparing for new departure, to
take accurate observations, 10 o. der 10
ascertain whether the ship aud crew are
.oupd and 10 good fasteniDgs and In good
ssil.se condition. The subject before Us is
a differenes Of opinion that reveals itself
bot too cleari; between the exccu,ive I'D
minis,ration Of the PiesideD. and the legis
la,ive coonselors of the nation. be
President. as We all sec. is man OF decided
convictions; the lrgi.lstive iesders, II We
may judge f. ON their resolutions. are trying
TO decide not to coincide With hin IN
opinion. Th have appealed 10 u.s. ont.
slders as We are, 10 pronounce between
them. will try TO show you shat the
nature and character Of The difference is.
Some OF you, few or many. have been
occasionally In . theatre. You may re.
member a play that had some popalsrity
some years ago. entitled. "rbe Nervous
Man and the Man Of Nerve" B,uh Of
these characters we're well TO do country
gentlemen They had been friends in early
life. Their friendship grew with their
years They lived 10 DIST ant paris Of the
country. The nervous man had Q hopeful
son; the man OF neive had . Ioyeabls
dsnghter. BY some freak or fortune. or
some more espricious god. these young
people bad accidentally come together at
Q watering place, asd there formed an ct
tschment unknown 10 their pareDis. 10
tbs meantime The nervous man and the
man Of nerve had come TO one agreement,
to ms'ry the two youpg people together,
oDder q belief that they we're entirely on
known to each other. Each parent made
the announcement 10 bic child in Q mystic
ricus manner. The nervous mans 500 was
told that be Was TO be married 10 one uu-
known lady With whom he was v sure 10
fall IN love ~ 6rst sight, whose nsme
must be Withheld until the day Of The GER
emony. The daughter Of The man 0! nerve
receives . similar pIssssss is,imsl ioo~-
Each lover protested. each parent wss
pers1ptory. ssch lover imprsesieyble As q
nat usaf eo1seqneuce beth rsD sway, and
ss wss quite natural. bo,b ssns together,
and they we're clsadss hcIy msrFied.--
Whan the nerva a man heard NJ Ne so.,.