Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-23

warThipa TO the Slave confederscy
This cruel disrrust and unreasonIos
clsmor went 20 far a. 70 destroy the bal
ance and cool sense Of congressman and
senator's, eliminating In combined e. :
fort 70 remove him from tina Depart
mens Of State. Ii was well for the Na-
tion that Abraham Lincoln was
then President. He knew the IN
valuable services OK Seward TO the
Union cause. Those two remarkable
men saw eye 20 eye and thoroughly
understood and trusted each other This
seems strong proof Of providential care
for Americas salvation II congress-
men, editors, and people meaning well
for their country, because Of error and
orr Iadiee. bitterly assaiied Seward when
The clouds thiekened over the land the
ike had been the fortune Of Washing
ton. Hamilton, and their trusted ASSOC
eistes In their time. keenly as be must
have realized his experience, he never
lost his self.control, never INDUCED in
reseptful words, never struck back at his
azsaIIants. His private correspondence
a. well as his public utterances plainly
Indicate that his love Of country. his
ardent hope for Its final triumph, com
pietely absorbed and controlled him,
chile he trusted 10 time and 10 posterity
70 vindIcate him. No one can go over
the accumulated evidences Of his vast
aud hercuIean lsbors during the entire
period Of the war Of the rebellion with
out approaching his remarkable achieve
ments for his country. The pubic
archives Of eight eventful years furnish
ample stores OF these evidences. MS
correspondence with foreign cabinets
I ,kIng the widest range bis con
stant efforts 10 stimulate abroad the
hopes Of the final triumph OF the
E. MON cause. the bold, vigorous, sue
cessfui manner with which he bafiied
the de signs of Louis Napoleon and his
allies to establish emperial supremacy
10 Mexico, the foresight and care with
which he provided for the ultimate re-
coyery Of our claims against treat BRIT
ain for the piratlcal ravages OF the Ala
bama, his broad ssgacity In the purchase
of Alaska with It's vast resources OF lum
Der, fisheries and minerals, its com
handing position on the North
PscifIc-worth today fifty fold what
10 cost, and much Of its extern
siye area will be the home OF civil
Ized men, with a climate and SOIL
equal to much enjoyed by the most Wig
orous population Of Northern Eu5e
and of New England. His eh ~
to secure coaling station in the
West indies, and his prophecies as to
American development, and commercial
needs in the Pacific, were equally states
man like and are now beginning to be
duly appreciated. What has been so often
termed Stewards optimism, is fast being
proved to be the logical, lucid insight
II the genius which penetrates
he future and bases its hopes |
On solid stratum OF realities discovered |
before others surmised their existence
n this broad minded. far seeing, hope
'ul American was head Of his time, |
he rapidity OF events is amply wildcat
ng him. These volumes are agreeable |
ind profitable reading to the young |
A mericans Of today, and they must be
Welcome to those still living who were
,ctive Ia the years Of Stewards great |
,areer. While they Justly and strongly |
end TO place him in his true character |
before the American people, they do |
not detract In the least from his imme- |
late associates in the momentous |
period with which he ard they |
we're identified. All who desire clearly |
% understand American history, from
.N31 to 1868, will not fail to read these
,olumes. All American young men who
intend to devote themselves TO public
fairs will do we'll to study them. All
yho mold that patriotism and true states
usnship must have always moral
,asis, will have their convictions con
lrmed by the testimony which they 50
imply furnished. The work has been
IDLY and faithfully done by Fred w,
seward, the devoted son, and it should
&c placed promptly in all American
ibraries. l.. \.
HoNoI II, Sept :, 1871.