The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-09-12


cannot DO the owner or property of
that other. But you answer that. tho
Constitution recognises properly i'm
slavos. III woni1 be sufioient, then, 70
reply that thie Constitutional reeognl.
ton must be void, because it is repag-
nant to the law uf nature and Of ma
tons. - Serard'S Works. vol g. "a.
Four months after Lincoln's speech
of the 10th ofJune, 1858, we find the
Hon. WIN. II. Seward, expressing tho
same idea in his speech at Rochester,
New York.
: hus. these %antagohistic system are
continually cominginto closer contact.
and collision results. Shall l tell you
what this collision meaps2 They who
think it is accidental, unnecessary, the
work Of interested fanatlcal agitators,
and therefore ephemeral, mistake the
Oase~ altogether. 1t is an irrepressible
conflict between opposing and endur-
ing forces, aud 1t means that the Uni
ted States must and will, sooner or la
ter, become entirely a slavoholding ma
ton, or entirely q tree labor n%ation!7.
VIOLATE THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW. j
Again Seward Gays: &c
%. Extend a cordial welcome 10 the. fu-
gitive who lays his weary limbs atyour'
door, and defend him az you would
your paternal gods. Correct your own
error, that slavery has any COns!itu-
tional guarantee which may not he re-
leased, and ought not 20 be relinquish-
en-. Say to slavery, when it shows it's
bond and demands tue pound Of flesh
that fit draws one drop Of blood it's
life shall pay tho forfeit. 4 ~ n
Do all :his, and inculcate ali this + 4
and you will Soon bring tho parties of
the country into an effective aggres.
sion upon slavery. Whenever the
public mind shall will the abolition Of
slavery, the way will open for iE-Ss-'
Tdrd'S Works, vol. iii PIP. 30l-2.
SLAVERY MUST BE ABOLISHED.
Mr.. Seward, IN his great speech ut
Cleveland. Ohio, in the canvas OF 1913
used tho following explicit aud unmis
table language:
Slavery can be limited to it's present
bounds; il nj be ameliorated. 1t can
and must DC Abolished, and you and ]
can and must do it. The task il as
simple and easy us its consumation
will be benehcicnt, and Its rewards
glorious. 1t only requires to follow
this simple rule of action; to do every
where and on every, occrslon what, we
can, and not neglect Cr refuse to 10
what We can; ut any time, because nj
that precise time, and on thai Pari&-
ular occasion We cannot do more.
Circumstances determine possibilities.
Again in a speech IN the Senate,
March 1858, Mr. Seward sand
The interests of the width race de
mand the ultimate Emancipaticn ofall
men. Whether that consumatinn shall
be allowed II take effect. with noedful
and wise precautions against sudden
change and disaster, or le hurried on
by violence, is all that remain for you
10 decide. .
Again IN aspocch at Albany, Oct, IL,
1858, Mr. Seward said
Slavery is. not and never can be,
p'Tpetua'. II will be overthrown ei-
thor peacefully and lawfully under
this Constitution, or IT will work the
~snhveraion rfthe Consti ution. tog'th.
or with its own overthrow. Then Tho
81 \VEHOLDERS WOULD PERISH
IN THE rRUGGLE.
Again, iE his speech in the Senate
Marcn II, 1850 Mr.. Seward threatens
the South with "civil war"unlcss they
emlncipate iheir SLAVES. He said:
Whom this answer shall be given, il
will appear that the question Of dis,
sowing the Union is u complex ques.
ton, that embraces the fearful issue
whether the Union shall stand, and
slavery, under the steady, peaceful NC
ton VI moral, social and political caus.
es, be removed by gradual, voluntary
effort, and with compensation or wheth,
err the Union shall be- dissolved, and
civil war ensue, bringing on vi0leLj
but complete and immediate emmaEci
patton" We are Low arrived ut t(ai
crisis Gun bo tores9en-whcn we ,ALHhi
l~jrcscc 1t. 1t is directly before }ua
Its shadow Is upon us.
In PLAIN T0rds, MIR Seward says. t
the South; You can have uniou an.
the gradual emancipation of slavery
or you shall have disuhion, civil war
ana immediate emancipation This
in PLAIN English, was his proposition
THE HIGHER LAW.
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