Speech Of Senator Seward

Tüe ttelcgfapli brings tho follonring abstract of tlio speech of Senator Sbwaod, on Sa!urday !r,st. At this writing we .■ivo not si?n the Spaoe'i in feil : Mr Seward said : Congress re-assorabïcd tflis winter in tlio presonco of o dcrangenject of busines, and the disturbmoe of public na well as private oredit, and in the face of seditioua combinalions to oveithrow tlio Union. Tha alarm is appalüng, for the Ucion is not more the body than Liberty io tho soul of the nation. Ha aviwed hts adherunce to the Union nr.d iis intcgrity in all its parts, with my friends. with my party, wit li my State, with my country, or without eitber as thejr muy determine, - in evcry event, whether of peace or war, - with overy oon■equesce, ut' honor or diéhonor, of lifo or dcath. After stating that thu Union canuot bo savod by mutual reoriuiinations or continuance oí debate on the constituí mal power of Oongress over the subject of slavery in the Territoria, or disoussiiig tha nght of the Federal gnrernment to coerce secoding fitatcs into obedioooc, he says : Ii' this Union is to go on, '.he lat ter question will giveway to a moro practical ono, whether any secuding States have ariglit to coerce the rsiaaiuing meiubers to acquiesce in dissolntion. Ho ■ ibkorred civil war: did not kuow what the Uu on would be worth if sa ved by the sword ; yet bc did not agree with tboso who, witli a de.sire, iu avort the calamitv, advia C.'iivontioiial or unopposod suparatinn, with i view to flrfjat thcy cali i reconetrudtioti of the Union. The Uuion can be dissólved i;ot by sccess.on, bui by tho voluiitary co'.iscnt of tbc pconle of the United Ótitef. Oongress ougüt cot to rciUitiu impasdive It OUght, if it eau, to redices üiiy real grievances of the oftVnded States, and then OUgbt to Bnpplj the President with al) luoans necessary to maiütain tl:e Union, i:i full exliibition and discreet cxercise of its authority. Jieyond this, with proper actuity on the part of tho Kxecutivc, the respunsibility of savi.ig the Union belongs to the pcoplu, ana thcy are abundantly eonipetent todispharge it. Mr tíeward argucil at tength on the advantages of Union, and the etfects of disuuion from il pointa of view, and proco ded : NS hat is the ground of discou tent f It is that tho disuuiouista did not accopt as conclusive the argiiuietits u:-ged iu behalf of tlio ttaocvBsful candidato in the late oailTOM, aiul denied that their own urgutueuta agaiost hnu were uióre s;itisiactury to li is supporters. He saiil the coi.stitutiou didu t reqaire thu argumei.ts of oiih party to be satisfactory to inotlier, and sa:ü the constitutional reniody for tuis inevitable dissatssfaction is pi rencwed debato aud uitiiuute I eliearing in the tubsecjuent eleetiou. He denied that the republicana perverted po ver for tiie purposo of O]ipression. for they ncver had power. Afier turtiier reinarka he agreed that, as concerns the bond.-inaii, tne lawsot' a Statu v.ithin which a man is property are BupreuiO, and tijat, oa liia escupe to anothur cStute, the ooudtitutiun regarda hiui a boudeiuan, who shall be delivured on claim to the party to whoui bis service is due hile thinking the acts of Ooiigies3 on the isubjeet sbould be uioditied to protect ireenicn being carried into slavery, he agreed tlial all Uiü lawa uf States, free or ulave, relating to this cloM of persons, contravening tne laws ot the United States, ought to be repoaled, and was willing to vote tor au amundmciit to the co;stitution that Congress fhull never have the power to abolisti or interiore with slavery nrithiu the States. If Kansas wero admitted unaer the Wyandotte constitutiou. aud the organic laws of otber Territorios could be repe.dcd, he could vote to authorize the adm ssiou of two new States, which should inolude tiiem, reserving the r:glit to make a subdivisión, wlu'uevor uecussary, intoseveral couvenieut States ; but he did liot lind that such reservatiou could be constitutiuwally made. Without it the ulterior emburrassuient would outweigh all the imluediutc advantagea of sucb a meauaro. I prefer, wheu the angry excitements of the liour shall have subsidud, one, two, or three yearsheuce, a eouveution of the people, to decide whether any and what aincndiiK'iits of the org.uue naiijnal law ought to be made. lle was ready to vote for any properly guarantecd laws to pre vent invasión of Status by citizei.s of other Stales, and punish those who shall aid or abet tliein. Lastly, ho was iu favor of the Pacitio Itailroad, .Mr. Suwartl eo.icluded by saymg : I shall cheerfully tupport tho goveruniont iu whatever prudent yut energetie etibrts it shall uiake tn preserve (nblic i)eaeo aud maiiraiu the Uiiioii. advuing onljf niodtration, forbearanco aud foucihation; and by ezpressing the Couviotion that the huur was iiOt yet come for this great nation to fali. Woe, woe to the man that madly litts bis hand agiinstit. It shall continuo and endino, and men in at'ter-tiiues shall declaro that this generation, which saved the Uniou trom sudueu and unlooked-for daiicers, surpasscd in maguiheeucu even that ono wlueh laid lts fon i J.iti.j.i iu tho etcruJ principies of liberty, jmticc and Uuiuanity