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pri~onment for debt. Improvement pr
,an discipline, and opposition 10 corporal
monopolies. In 1879 he visited Europe.
1884 he was nominated for Governor by ii
Wings hut was defeated by Gov. Marcy. |
ls3s they tried t. OYER again and he wa
elected hy 10000 maiority over Marcy,
one Of the hottest elections ever known /
the Empire State He administration 9
Governor was a notable one, marked by in
portant measures, which he favored an
some Of which he originated, for the IN
proyement and diffusion Of common sehcC
education Reorganization Of the courts o
law aioli-hment Of imprisonment 70
debt. and the clearing Of the TeStiseS
slavery from the statute books. He was re
elected in l-l0, but declined to be again
candidate. and in 1912 he resumed the prac
tiee Of the law. with distinction and sue
cess. He wa- active in the Presidential
campaigns of "A and Is, in support o
Clay and Gen Taylor. In l549 he succeed
ell ten. Dix a. L. : senator for the Stat
ofNew York, and took POSITION at once a
the leader Of the administration party il
/ Conrre--. His resistance TO slavery aggre~
sion drew upon him the bitterest denuncia
/ tiou Of the democrats, South nnc
North. and his famou, declaration il
a speech on the admission of California
March II. ls5O: there i, q higher lnr than
the constitution, which regulates our author
ity over the domain, and deyote- it to the
same noble purposes p. '-to lnion, to
justice. 10 defense. to welfareand TO liberty,
was the text on which he was held up To
view a. a seditious agitator Ous space
does not permit u 10 allude in detail to the
great speeches of Mr. Seward in the Senate
on the repeal Of the Missouri compromise,
the bred Scott decision, sc In 1855, in
an election speech at Rochester, he gave TO
the world another phrase which became
historical in the declaration tha; the COLI
sion between free and slave labor rs an
i~repressible conflict between opposing and
enduring forces, and it means that the
United States must and vii, sooner OF later,
become either entirely -layeholding nation
or entirely free labor nation" He was
reelected 10 the Senate in 1855, over the bit
ter opposition Of those whom be had made his
enemies hy his resistance TO the slave power
and to the Know Nothing party. He sup
ported zen Scott and Fremont in the sue
ceeiing presidential campaigns. In sc his
name was prominent among those mentioned
for the Republican nomination; and in l560
hisfriends brought himforward asa candidate
in dead and determined earnest The New
York Republicans at the Chicago Convention
of lS60. were numbered by thousands. and
eould talk or think Of no one hut Mr. sew
ard Their hopes grew high as he led with
l73 votes on the first ballot only TO fall q
the vote for Lincoln increase in subsequent
ballots. till it reached a majority The ex-
preston Of their disappointment by the
chairman Of the New York delegation. Hon.
Wm. NJ EyartS. in the speech in which he
moved 20 make the nomination Of Lincoln
commencing i" We came here
from great State, with the name Of great
statesman - viii not soon be forgotten By
any who heard IT, 1t was doubtless a severe
10 Mr. Seward hut he
heartily supported Lincoln nomination in
some of the most effective speeches Of the
Hi, selection by Mr. Lincoln
Tor the chief place in hi Cabinet. was re-
cognized a. an eminently fitting one lie
became one of Mr. Lincoln most influential |
with the martyr President a. hi, great Sec !
rotary Of state and the -harer. well nigh to |
leath, in his fate a. a victim Of assassina- |
ion. In the troublou~ time when Mr. s. /
ward entered on hi duties Is Secretary Of |
state, there i no question at he was will /
ngto make concessions 10 The Southern /
eaders, which the patriotic sentiment Of the
.oun.ry would not JUSTLY He was BY ma
ure an optionist. He could not bear %
the terrible alternative Of civil
var, and IN his anxiety To- prevent that
--prinkling Of blood" in the faces Of the
southern people. by which the head rebels
hought To FIRE the Southern heart, he
vas willing To- concede mach but always
topped short of recognition
+ the right of secession. When
he trouble did not blow over in sixty days.
nd war was fact, he held up the hands of
lr Lincoln with ,teadfast counsel, and
1hen the rebellion had failed. he was mark
a with Pres. Lincoln for death, 10 ayenge
he South. 1t Is on record that he had
armed Mr. Lincoln that the rebellion would
OF end without resort 10 assassination.
hat he fully recognized hi own danger, and
God prepared for sudden death The
tack upon him, As he lay in his
ed chamber disabled By fall from bis
lrriase. by the assassin Payne, the marks
whose dagger he bore 10 the grave. are
30 fresh in recollection to need relation.
II. Seward Wa retained at the head Of
Re cabinet by President johnson through
Ut his term, and he then retired to pri-
lie life. lie made tour in Mexico
nd in Europe and Asia, extended even to
lpan, and was received everywhere abroad
18th the distinction due 10 his services and
me He has been for year or two past I
his home in Auburn. in feeble health and I
king little part in politics, though 4
tier from him, given TO ihepublie within
week mast announced IN a ,,ersnnol f-;e,,d {
IS continued allegiance to the repub- !
an party and his support Of IL candi j
lte,- Oar limits to-day viii not permit u I
add an adequate estimate of MS charac- {
T as puhlic man. His death will create I
wide sensation, and his fame will he safe
18th the American people