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Gov. Seward

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Day
22
Month
September
Year
1845
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Public Domain
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Thls gentleman is entircly a INorthern tnan. He hns received nothing from the Slaveholders, nnd his course has been eucli tbat he con expcct nothing from tliem. Bul !e ia fuvorably knounat the North, nnd bo ing young, ])is propects lie nll in the futuro. Foreseeitigf the etrong antialavery feehng vbich wil] yet prevnil n the Free State?, he hns taken a position in advance of the Whig party, and is trying to persuade them all to come up to it in a body. They are not very willing to move. Bul htving taken his etand, he tells the same story to the Whigs that he dd to the Cincinnati Convention - that "human sla very is the cuikf f.vil in our country, and the preat uumi; of the nge." But lest he should be cast out as an abolitionist, he claims to have labored for Henry Clay last year, with "uinglenrss, sincerity, zenl imdasaidnity." Vastly consistent! to labor for "the speedynnd peaceful nbotition of human Sla very" by luboring to elect Henry Clny! But lest we snould be accueed of gnrbüng his expressions, we will give his whole leiterto the N. Y. Express, as fullows:AuBuitpr, Sopt. 4, 1845. Dear Sm - The New York Exprrss osíeits that during the Inte cnmpaign, "1 mnde whut ihe public feit and knew to be unti-Chiv speeches." As this chnrge affocts my character fur ?ovú fn il h, piease nllow :ne te Bny it proceedd 'rom misinformation. The Inte elcction snemed to m? to inv lve he stnbiüiy ot Domestic industry which hadaern restoren, po recenuy anu wun bo mucn :lffiouliy; the continuaiice of pcac, snble to the welfare, happniess and I nent of the Americnn peonle; the ( ion of the public (lomain for the general use ] )f the country; tho nnintninnnce of pood r aith with the weakest and slrongwt nntiuns , if the carth; the eccuityof tho free States ïgainst unconstitiitional cncroachnientsby the 3la7ehofding pnrties in our cónféiderncy ; and, ' finnlly, t)ic prosppc'.s of n penccfnf nrul pppr}y ibolitlon of human Slnvery, the chief ovi! in ; nur country, nnd the grent crime of our jpe. Moved hy these considerationf, and siimnlated by sentimen'B of duty and gratitude to the VVhir party, I engaged in the contest at its begiiining1, and remained in the field until ' the dÍ8astrous termination of the conflict. i Mr. Clay was tho candidate of tliat pnrty, ] and bis election was indispensable to the sucf063 of its cause. ! I claim to ho ve Inbored wilh sinsleness, sin i cerity, zeal and ogniduity, and to liave rlevotini ■ to thesuccess of that cause, nnd of IIu.míy Clat. whalpver infl"ence I enjypd, and al th; knowlcdge and nliility I posfessrd Tlie imputution of bad faith is nntrue nnt only in tle forin in which it is conveycd in iIjb seutonce I liave qnoted, bntin.any nnd every form. nnd whatever of addiiion, dnniiiution, qunlification or circum-tance it cuu'd bo oxprepired. I am very respect 1'uDy, yonr obcdient iervant,

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