New-York daily tribune., 1862-10-09
,hex have heen proposed, snd the princirles upon


When the most atrocious conspiracy which ever
Aesecrated earth 70 nd developement in an assault
upon our National flag at Sumter, ana 10 Efforts to
massacre af-starved garrison, placed the IN
time Of profound peace, according to uniform usage
for other ofense than asserting the supremacy OF
their country Constitution, and giving TO the breeze
as enblematical thereof tho glorious S'ars and
Stripes of their fathers-when tie brave volunteers
who were, hlrryiug TO the Gecuse Of our nation
CAPITAL to save It from NIB rule and rebellion and
c0nha grafton, were bleeding by traitorous hands
when strong men trembled, when women wept, aud
children n.tnciveiy clung closer 10 10 the Maternal
bosom-when eli communication between the loyal
States and the capital was cut oil by rebelhors
forees--when the President elect of the United
States he'd then recently reached the seat OF govern.
ment where duty called him, by circuitous and an
unusual route and in disguise, TO escape the dagger
OF the assassin aud wien onr land was iiiled with
excitement aud CONSERVATION and a'arm-when
strieked the timid and stood still the brave and
the conhding masses looked about To SOS who were
tie tor the crisis amor the citizens OF the En-
pire State, who had boroe part IN public aiiairs
ard were naturally looked up to as exenplars 10
such CHRIS, there were two whom subsequent
events have made conspicuous IN domestic
history. They did not, ike the two characterized
by the prophet Nathan. live IN one city llaughier;l
nor was the rich and the other poor; bu,
neher was far from the central regions of this great
/ State. Both were in the full maturity Of natural
| life; both had been honored by marks of popular
COZ fidence; both had been educated by that care
known ooly to q fsther's sol citude ard fathers
hope both were blessed with ample weslih-the
fruits of industrious ard cDterIlsing pfosenitors
and both were qualified by circumstances aud fortune
to exercise an import ant influence upon public affairs
in inom nts OF peril. In this, their countrys evil
day both left the State OF their birth and residence
and their homes of comfort and plenty, about the
same time, and went abroad One bid atleu TO bis
wife and 81 iloren turned his back upon bio broad
.,l ttc xtaf hrs,u
pursuits, and with bic sons and assis,ants
repaired to the theaer of strife and danger
Ioheers while yet the arm Of GOvernweat
was paIalyzed by treacheIy, and dertituii)n
rel gned in the camp, and ordered forward car
goes of subsistence for famshing sOdleIs and WI h
lis own bands, and by the aid Of bis SONS, appor-
toned them among the needy upon the Iebelhons
border. lie gave too, three sous 10 the cause OF the
Constitutions he vouute red his services 20 the
Government for the field, in any capacity where he
could be most stryiceabe III crushing tie re-
bellOn apvausel, was tentlreiy unsolicited by
hin) appointed q Brigadier-G Generil OF Vol
unieers, accepted a commission and has since
devoted his time and energies and ample
means TO bic countrys cause, and Is at this
hour doing service. Ibis mans name is JAMES s.
WADswOKTH. Tremendous applause.
| About the same time the other iuciyidusl desig
rated left his family and residence Of repoe, but not
Tor the sat of war. Laughter. He HE'D
himself away upon the double quick IN the
halt year bio hin.self among ihe lakes and
rivers and romantic wood ,nds and inland tow.s OF
Wisconsin, and Ills tongue WIS as silent on the sub
ject of denouncing the Rebellion as those OF the
murdered volunteers whose GHOSTS walked unre-
yeuged amongst Us" Sensation. There
may suppose he basked and balanced, and
watched and waited and turned and twisted
! laugbterl, until Autumn, when a email knoi
OF defunct, defeated, desperate, and despcabe pol
ticians who had for years hung upon the Subsistence
. 10 ul.r az le Ib4mn in to-
eslne 10 bic relief, by entering the field Lsughtel
They borrowed without leave the honored name OF
Democracy, under which to perpetrate their covert
treason, as the hypocrite
"Stole the livery Of the court Of heaven,
10 serve le devil in
Their dsgracefu and dsloyal record stands ou, "a
the doiDgs OF men too solid IN political deprsvity to
be tiited with ordinary instiucts and 100 regardless
OF the popular viii t. be mindful of shane; and the
defeat they experienced at the hands OF the people,
should serve warning to trimmers and tr4itors
and paTicides and iugrates, through all future
Tits movement drew the secluded one from his
hiding place, and lie forth with all the courage
of bim who in a conflict with his wife being driven
under the bed, while remaining thus escOnsed de
clred, that whether ste consented not, lie would
look out through knot hole in the clapboari-, So
iOHy as he hdd tie SPIRIT Of man! Great /
and re- Ieated laughter and applause. He entered
the political canvass, and OF the 18th October, FOL
a few days before the election, made "a speech, The
burden OF which was an apology for the rebel. on /
and a condemnation OF tie Administration for hav-
ing meed on, the rigor of martial law to those in I
arms agalns the Government. Though abOnnding |
with iin.sy disgui17s and sOphisiical peneralirs il
contained point worthy Of not only notice, but OF
the severest reprehension, and here II is:
"fiii true that Slavery must be sbo,hed to ibi.
Union, THKS THE TgOPLK oY TH8 sDUrH SHOULD HE
ALLOWED 10 WITHDRAW TRErsELygs FKex 7nAr GovrKs.
nENr which cannot sTo tht Tie poecton gulienieec by
its terms
What Place this glorious Unon-this heritage .
-.
pilgiH-th- refuge for the oppretsed Of earh IN Tie
scale Of being be cath the black and boated and
Oloody-the corrupt and corrupting-'he stu tilted
and stultiiyiug Institution OF Slavery MOI Sooner
than tn, Union severed Let hot only the nsiiu
ton Perish whenever and wherever it can be found
bat let the habitalions that lave known IL pefish
with il, and be known no more forever. re-
meudous and long-coniInued applause. THAT e
so' " That e The talk. Three cheers. And yet /
this returning fugitive fom patriotism proclims as
Lis creed III effect if not in terms that il either
slavery or tue Union must be destroyed il should /
be the Union And the name Of this man is HoRATIo
SEYMOUR.
These two men have been placedin nomination BY |
Oppoeing organizations for the Office Of Governor oi
this State-the by tie loyal nasses acting as IA
Union organization, regardless and independent OF
former political oliuion-pledged 10 the support Of
the Administration in al just efforts TO law
and order-pedged 70 every purPos' looking to the
sure and speedy and unconditional redUcioU OF tie
Rebellion and 10 any and every measure calculated
10 that result, at the oarleet moment---the
destruction Of Slavery, if necessary, ibcluded;
he other brought forward by political guerras
who have cruwled from beneath the popular ava
lanche Of last year, TO repeat Their Efforts 1T mpO
etioD, ueder new and improved disguises--tue
Peace-party patriots, the niDth resolution mongeft
of 1861, the apoogiss Of rebellion, and he vIiihers
Of the Administration, because it bad met treason
with its half million of armed men in the revolt
ing States, and its spies and pImps, and creeping
in the loyal States WHO deserved the jail
and the gibbei), with the penary power Of marital
law, instead OF propositions OF peace On the oc-