Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-11-12
A Defense Of Mr.. Seward.
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1T certainly was n very original and
bold thing for so great and 50 old states
man as Mr. Seward, after eight years ct
the helm Of the State in its storniest
weather, and thirty years of strenuous,
anxious political life in the Empire State
and the nation, to retire from office, not
into the reposc Of his beloved home at
Auburn, nor into the soft and open arms
of an idle foreign life, az most weary
statesmen do, in all countries but to
undertake, at the natural term of human
life, trans. continental journey of some
thousands Of miles, and to penetrate the
least known portions of our vast empire.
1t shows q persistency of purpose, an in
tonsity of interest, u thirst for Information,
and desire for usefulness, most credit
able to this great servant OF the State. 1t
indicates, too, that love of country which
no ingratitude or forgctfulness of his co
temporarios seems To impair. No man
alive in America has done rs much Tor IL
ms Mr.. Seward, either at home or abroad.
He fought the, dnlgou of slavery in the
Senate almost single handed, and slew it
with his sword, while others ran of with
the reputation of it. He led the Republi-
can party, and was its real irontand brains,
when Mr., Lincoln was oruolly put over
his head in the nomination at Chicago
au event overruled by n gracious Provi.
dcncc to our good, but none the less
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more PopulaL IN ioreign countries S than
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OF ms important influence in England,
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