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Seward's Speech,

The subjoined remarks of Secretary Seward, made at Washington on the night of the 3d inst., on the occasion of the fall of Richmond, are well worth reading. They have an easy, light air, but are full of point and wisdom:

'I thank my fellow-citizens for the honor they do me by calling to congratulate me on the fall of Richmond.—[Cheers.]

I am now about writing my foreign dispatches. What shall I tell the Emperor of China? I shall thank him, in your name, for never having permitted a piratical flag to enter the harbors of the Empire. [Applause.]

What shall I say to the Sultan of Turkey? I shall thank him for always having surrendered rebel insurgents who had taken refuge in his kingdom.—Cries of 'That's it!' and cheering.

What shall I say to the Emperor of the French? A voice—'To get out of Mexico.'] I shall say to the Emperor of the French, that he can go to-morrow to Richmond and get his tobacco, so long held under blockade there, provided the rebels have not used it up.—(Laughter and cheers.)

To Lord John Russell I will say that British merchants will find the cotton exported from our ports under treaty with the United States cheaper than cotton obtained by running the blockade.

As for Earl Russell himself, I need not tell him that this is a war for the freedom and national independence and the rights of human nature and not a war for empire; and if Great Britain should only be just to the United States, Canada will remain undisturbed by us so long as she prefers the authority of the Queen to voluntary incorporation into the United States. [Cheers and exclamations 'That's the talk you're right.']

What shall I tell the King of Prussia that the Germans have been faithful to the standard of the Union and his excellent Minister, Baron Gerolt, has been constant to his friendship to the United States during his long residence in this country. [Cheers.]

To the Emperor of Austria I shall say that he has provided himself a very wise man, for he told us in the beginning that he had no sympathy with rebellion anywhere. [Cheers.]

I do not doubt, fellow-citizens, but that at least you accede to the theory by which I have governed myself during the war, namely, that the rebellion will end in ninety days. I have thought this the true theory, because I never knew a physician able to restore his patient to health unless he thought he could work a cure under the most unfavorable circumstances in ninety days. [Renewed laughter.]

Finally, if the American people approve, I will say that our motto in peace shall be what our text has been while in war.

Every nation is entitled to regulate its own domestic affairs in its own way, and all are bound to conduct themselves so as to promote peace on earth and good will to mankind.'