Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-13
The Great National q MON Triumph
What it ueans.->peech OF HoratiO
Seymour upon the Democratic Vic.
tory.

SlfAoIk -tiu-
Men of Onondaga. the county of my birth. and
men of Oneida. the county in which live, thank
you for the home verdicts you have given upon
those who bore false witness against my charac
ter aud nv patriotism While was battling for
the cause OF our country in other parts of New
York. lett the defense OF my character IN your
hands, who knew me best la no counties of the
State have our political opponents lost So much
as in yours.
The victory We have gained j. not a partisan
triumph. Ii i won by conservative men hereto
tore belonging 20 different organizations. It j. Il
triumph for our country. ltembraces in is gen
erOus purposes thOSe who have battled against Us
The first great cause of our success. that hich
made the deep under swell that bore Us on to we
tory ere the letters written By our soldiers from
the battle field. imploring their fathers and their
brothers to put down wild and bloody ianali
cism More clearly than other, they see the
errors which brought the present calamItics upon
our country.
The joy which our success will give to Union
loving and patriotic hearts throughout the Land
will be most strongly felt among those Who are
fighting for our flag. We have not Only given
them vigor. but we have weakened the
belion against whom they are combating They
now fight for the definite purpose OF restoring cur
Union and uphClding the Constitution They
sHt hON tFhtNth iOui VIZ pft-oiHS ulIStittlhit> IL
To the object OF the contest. and ot the feeling
that they were engaged in vague. blind and in
definite struggle To carry out the theories 0l Wis
ionarv fanatics. or of being made the instr umentS
To excite servie Instructions or being dragged
into revolving war against the lives of women
aud children.
The calmness and quiet of this great political
revolution will impress the world. The enemies
of our country charged that we were becoming
hem that in the midst OF Il great civil war;
AZ inst the enormous pow Md patronage which
the war gives 10 those in Office, the citizens of
this country, at an election marked 10y unusual
order, have rebuked those who have controlled
the policy OF Government, because their langu
aye has been ferocOus and sancUnarv and their
conduct not in keeping with the genius of our
Constitution. While the action of our people
has been calm, 1t has been prompt and decided
One year ago our opponents swept the country
with overwhelming mnOrIties Now, in every
election from Maine to MinneSot, they are either
beaten their strength broken down that
everywhere they are a defeated party.
1t is source of pride to- us that the victory
which We have won will prove a blessing To all
parties ard 10 our whole country. We shall not
re,aliate upon those who threatened our persons
or invaded our rights We shall forget words
and acts of passion and prejudice long before
their authors will forget their own follies for
give Themselves for their assaults on constitu-
tIonal liberty We will not submit to acts of iy
raEny wrong Neither will We consent that
our political opponents shall lose their rights be
cause they sought to violate ours
One year ago, spoke to you. my townSmen,
upon the condition OF public affairs When |
came from the far west. found tn journals who
claimed To speak Tor the Republican party using
terms OF contempt and reprOach towards the
President of the United States. | had opposed
his election, but denounced such language MS
injurious to the dignity and honor of our people
What | then said in the dav of our defeat now
repeat in the hour of triumph
FIR t. aud above all, we are to show obedience
to constituted authorities and devotion and re
spect for legal aud constitutional obligations
We are admOni>hed by Wa>hlngton-' he very
idea of the pow and right ot the people to es-
tnbsh Government, pre- supposes the duty OF ev
cry individual To obey the established Govern.
ment' The primal sin of disObedience is not
only the immediate cause of this war, but it,
spirit has also sapped and weakened the lOunda
ton OF our municipal, State and national author
ivy in every part of our land. IL is the great
underlying cause of all our caamties Tie
spirit OF disobedieuce permeates our social sys
TEN: it renders law powerless, and strips men OF
their rights OF Cue protection to their persons aud
Obedience is the basis OF all family
political ana religious organizations. liz is the
principle OF cohesion that holds society together
without which it crumbles into atoms"
These radical men who brought this war upon
our country by their Passions and loles, have
now Overthrown by their violence the party which
gave them influence. Having shaped the policy
of the Governments by such legislative and ex-
ecutve measures as they demanded, they now
turn with angry reproaches upon the President
whose more moderate counsel they spurnei. and
seek To make him responsible for their political
disasters. e shall not take advantage OF this
iactiOus spirit TO embarrasS the Administration
We warn these iniurittei men that such Ian
uage, at all times demoraliz,ng, is dangerous IN
times OF civil war Although we are politically
opposed To Mr. Lincoln, We insist that he shall be
treated with the courtesy due To his position and
to the dignity OF the American people.
While thus admonshed our people with regard
to the duties of obedience, at the same time |
pointed OUt the admOnitions OF the father OF our
country 10 those in power. | repeat bis solemn
warming:
1T IS important, likewise. that the habits OF
thinking in tree country should inspire Caution
in those interested IN Is administration 10 cOnhne
themselves within their respective constitutional
spheres; avoiding in the exercise Of the powers
Df one department t. encrOach upon the other
The spirit OF encrOachment tends % consolidate
10 create. whatever the form of Government. a
real de>putlsm. just estimate OF Ihat love OF
power. and pronetesS TO abuse it, winch predomi
mates IN the human heart. Is sufficient to satisfy
a. OF the Truth of this position"
The result OF the late elections will carry Us
back 10 the policy OF our fathers. They will give
'eneSed visor 10 the principles Of our civil war,
Is solemnitieS. its bloodshed, its calamities our
people have by their ballots re affirmed aud re es-
ablished The Constitution OF the United States,
n all ats vigor and ia all its completeness. The
var now taxes new phase. We bold up 10 the
people Of the South not only the penalties of dis
obedience. but all the blessings and all the adyan-
ages OF submission to thar Constitution Tn. +
FIELDING and exaeting Oh the one hand in our de-
hands Tor obedience, we are scrupuious aud Just
n giving every right to those Who shall yeld 10
he Gov ernmeut made by our commou fathers.
Let not our c0untTy men. let not The world. mis-
a ke tie meaning OF our triumph. Ia Is the be-
Ginning of a political regOiuIiOR that will again
lice power IN the hands OF those y no, until the
at two years. were able TO defeat the enemies OF
eace OF the Union, of the Constitution This
riumph removes the great obstacle ia the way OF
lie restoration of our Union. lt teaches the
oval men At the South who feared that they were
nSaie within is limits, that The Conservative
men at the North are able 20 put down fsnatical
gitators ami meddling disturbers without the
eip OF single vote from a Southern State
The dociiiue that there j. Law higher than
he Constitution whieh lusthes resistance 10 the
tatute- oil the land. to rishtful authority has
cen condemned. Our Government has received