Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-29
Governor Seymour IN srookIyn.

The following extracts from the speech of Gov
ernor SEYMOUR can not be too often reproduced.
We place them here that men may read and pom
der them. both as wise ard statesmanlike words.
and also as everlasting proof of the niamy OF the
radical slanderers of the speaker:
shrink from no questions seek to grapple
with every problem involved in our present posi-
ton. 1t the people of this State shall see lit to
place me again in the Executive chair, wish To
90 there with the full understanding on their part
of all my views and of ali my purposes. Cheers. !
What. then. is now the situation of this land?
do not propose 10 look backward do not pro
pose to review the past | propose, in the first
place to inquire what is now the condition OF our
country, and what duties does that condition i'm
pose upOn us. beiiere the srar miqht hare been
aperted; but when | believe thus, | recognize the
fact o! ITS existence; and recognizing that facts
accept it as "A thing which am bound to regard
in all my views as TO the policy of the future
recognize and accept the fact that at this moment
the destinies, the honor the glory OF our country
hang poised on the conflict of the battlefield.
recognize the fact now that whether we would
have had war or not, 1t exists in all its vast gro
portions in our land; and | recognize the fact now
that it is the duty of every who loves his
country, of every true man who would stand by
its institutions, to that the whole measure of
his influence and all the weight of his power is
thrown in that battlefield on the side OF the lag
of our Union. Cheers For this reason. then.
we are bound to 90 in the future what many of
Us have done in the past. have stood among
the hills and wales OF the country where live to
invoke our young men 10 rally around the stand
ard of our country | have done all that was in
nv power TO uphold this Government. Although
il was not an Administration of nv choice. vet
- no i.nxa mt. # nd
have invoked all men to stand Loyalty by it. be
cause such was their duty. ICheers
| appeal to you a business men. | appeal to
YOU a. men who. in all the concerns of life, re-
gard all the principles ! have stated. whether
they should not be regarded in the conduct of our
national affairsl Is corruption less dangerous
there than il i in the work shop or the counting
room! l. departure from sound principles and
rules of conduct less dangerous in the manage
ment of national affairs than in the conduct Of
private affairs IL is only necessary in ali those
matters To apply TO the concerns of your nation
those same principles which YOU all adhere 10
with regard 10 your own private interests 10 learn
that YOU can not save the nations lie unless YOU
will do what We now urge YOU TO do, not only 10
maintain YOUR army. not only support your
Government. but. in addition TO that. to demand
clear statement OF the nations affairs: and
theH too, to demand that those affairs shall be
conducted with economy. with integrity. and with
honesty Now. my friends We must not only
save the nations life. but want 10 speak few
words a. 10 the mode by which the nations life
shall be saved. Ii Is not nv remedy do not
stand up before you to claim to be wiser than my
fellows. / do not urge this upon you, nv radical
friend. because il j. conclusion have arrived
at Ii Is wisdom in which YOU are as much in
tereSted as | am; il Is much to your advantage
a il Is to mine The remedy that offer for YOU
i the result of the wisdom. of the patriotism. OF
the suffering and of the toll OF patriots OF our
Own aud of every laud. who tor long years have
been endeavoring To work out principles of gov
eminent that should benefit the human race
mean the remedy for all this thing Is the Consti