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On Seward's famous "irrepressible conflict" speech regarding slavery...
On Seward's famous "irrepressible conflict" speech regarding slavery...
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October 27, 1858
NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 27, 1858
* William H. Seward on slavery
* Irrepressible Conflict speech
Page 4 has a report concerning the famous "irrepressible conflict" speech of William Seward. It does not print the text of the speech, but rather reports on it in editorial format. It is headed: "An Anti-Administration Douglas Letter from Gov. Wise, and Anti-Administration Speech from Mr. Seward".
The discussion on Seward's Rochester, N.Y., speech of Oct. 25 begins with: "But the most remarkable circumstance in this anti-administration Douglas manifesto of Gov. Wise is that it has come upon us simultaneously with the report of an anti-administration anti-slavery speech of another ally of Douglas, Senator Seward, at Rochester. Mr. Seward very consistently with himself, denounces the democratic party as 'the great ally of the slave power..." with more.
Before becoming Lincoln’s Secretary of State and one of his most trusted advisors, William Seward was the favorite to win the Republican nomination for president in 1860. During the 1858 midterm elections, Seward spoke to a crowd in Rochester delivering what was arguably the most impressive, yet politically disastrous, speech of his career.
Seward claimed that an “irrepressible conflict” was brewing over slavery and that the United States, as a result, must sooner or later become all slave or all free. The Democratic Party was the party of the slave power, Seward argued, its survival dependent on the support of the slave interest. The Republican Party had to replace it. But Seward’s fiery rhetoric and uncompromising attitude earned him the reputation throughout the South, and even in parts of the North, as a war-monger. (credit: teachingAmericanHistory.org)
Eight pages, binding indents at the spine cause loss to some unrelated words but not remotely close to the mentioned article, otherwise nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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