The Picture And the Men Being Biographical Sketches of President Lincoln And Hi
The Picture And the Men Being Biographical Sketches of President Lincoln And Hi
Frederic B Frederic Beecher Perkins
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The real political question before the United States in those days was the same that has been forever de- cided by the rebellion. It was, Slavery or Freedom ? In February, 1820, the Missouri Compromise had been carried through Congress ; and doubtless the graduat- ing oration of young Seward, on " The Integrity of tho Union, " must have been inspired in theme 5, nd in doc- trine by the threats and flourishes about disunion and nullification which were flung about so freely in those days by Sout...hern politicians. Mr. Se ward's father was 120 THE PICTURE AND THE MEN. an earnest Jeffersonian Democrat, and, as frequently happens, the son followed at first in the footsteps of his parent. But he soon entered another road, and began with boldness, decision, and foresight, not by joining a powerful party, but by organizing an apparently feeble opposition. This was in October, 1824, when he drafted the ad- dress of the Republican Convention of Cayuga Coun- ty. This address was perhaps the first positive step of the measures which resulted in the formation of the Whig party.
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