Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-03-07


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~. -, Secretary Seward on Restoring.
The, following is hr.etreport of Mr. Sew
ards speech at tle'mass meeting held It the
Cooper Institute, New York. The report,
though b.isf, contains the. most impo' tant
passage. After some Introductory remarks
Mr. Seward said: - -, ,ssT= IA
'sWhat shall I speak of or about! The
call Of your. meeting specifies the. SUBJECT.
utfirst let me say / am not here as an
alarmist. am rot here to say that the ma
ton is in peril or in danger; in peril if you
adopt the opinions, or in peril if you reject
them in perilif you adopt the views of tie
apparent or real majority Of Congress, or if
you reject them; IL is not in peril any way
NOT do / think the cause Of liberty ard Eu
man freedom, the cause ci progress and anie-
Iteration or civilization, the cause ofna:ior:l
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, present or future, material
or moral, is in danger Of being long arrested,
whether you adopt one set of political opin-
ions or another. 20. ''' - .a''
" The Union, that is to cay, the nation.
has been rescued from al its pcrls. The
noble ship has passed from tempest and bill
lows into the verge Ct a safe h rbor, and is
now securely riding into her ancient moor
ings withoutsa broken spar or leak, star
board and larboard, fore and ct. There are
some small reefs yet to pass as she approaches
these inoorings. One pilot says She may
safely enter directly through them the other
says that she emust back. and By lowering
sail take time to 60 around them. 1t is mere
ly a difference ofopinion betreen the pilots.
| think them both sincere and honest, but
tie vessel Will 60 in safely one way or the
other.
1.-The worst that can happen will be that
by taking the wrong instead of the right PAS
sage or even taking the right passage and
avoiding the wrong one, the vessel may roll
little. and sonc honest, capable ard even de.
serving political statesmen. President, or
even Copgressmen may get v ed,v. r5oard.
Ifthis cannot be helped, it Can be borne. Ii
am enc of the uniurtuna;es, let TO friend
be concerned on that account. As honest, as
good or capable politicians, statesmen, or
President, will make their appearance htre.
after faster than will be needed to command
the ship, as well and as wisely as any that
have heretofore stalkcd their hour On deck.
Although do not think we are in u crisis,
the question to-day is worthy of delibels te
examination and Consideration
Mr.. Seward then went or to specify the
issue between the President aud Congress,
and supported the veto of tie Freedmen's
Bureau bill. He as much as announced that
proclamation would soon come forth, an
nouncing the Union restored, when he thought
the Freedmen's Bureau should cease its ope-
.rations. He fully supported the Presidents
policy.
' Mr.. Seward drew happy illustration from
the farce Of the Nervous Man and Man OF
Nerve" and remarked that this, I think, is
the difference between the President, who
is 4 man of nerve, in the Executive chair at
Washington, and the nervous men who are
in the House Of Representatives. The Pres
ident is in harmony with all the States that
were in rebellion. Every executive depart
m ,nt and judicial department are in opera
ton, or are rapidly rcsuming the exercises of
their functions. Loyal repl esentatives, more
or less from these States, men Sh2se loyalty
maybe tcied by any constitutional or legis.
iaticc test, arc now standing at the doors oil
Congress, and have been standing there for
three nronths past, asking to be admitted to
seats which disloyal representatives, in vio-
len|c of the rights and duties of the States,
as well as of the Sovereignty Of the Union.
had recklessly abandoned.
These Representatives, after lapse of three
months, vet rtma;n outside the chamber.
while Congress passes law after law, impos-
iEg burden after burden, and duty after du.
ty, upon the St.tes which thus, against their
earnestly expressed desires, are left without
representation. So far as can judge Of hu-
man probabilities, feel sure that loyal men
from the now oYal States will sooner or later
at this session, or at some other, by this
Congress, or some other be received into the
legislature of the ration. When this shall
have been done, the process of restoration
will be compi It'd. Cor that is all that now re.
mains 10 be done
The President thinks that the transition
stage has nearl y passed, and the original pro-
visioa for the freedmen's bureau is all that is
IlSScSSaIJ W oeCuIcstIC Gnu IN view while
tie bill submitted by Congress seems to him
t. give itindeini,e extension in time of peace
and restoration. lie vetoed it for that reason
He declines to accept, as unnecessary and
uncalled for, the / 900 or 10000 agents. the
Increased powers, aud the augmented treasure
which Congress insists on placing in his hands.
Congress, on the other hand, thinks that the
treedmcn's bureau is not adequate, and that
more patronage, more money, and more pow
er, should, like Thonpson's door plate, pur.
chased at auction by Mrs. Tcodles, be good
thing 20 have in house.
Iagree with the President in tie hope
that the extraordinary provision which the
bill makes will not be necessary, but that
the whole question may be simplGed BY sim.
pie reference to TIE existing law.
Mr. s, wud co lcludel as follows: -.
{ 1t will be 4 sad hour for the republic
when tie refusal Of unnecessary powers trea.
sure and patronage by the President shall be
held to be q, crime. When it shall be SO
considered, the time will have arrived for
sitting up ct the White House an imperial
throne, and surrounding tho Executive with
imperial legous."
Mr.. Seward was chcered with great ap-
plausc throughout his entire speech.
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