New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-03
All this they would surely do and have


Won read the history of the country for the past
Eighteen months without seeing that all this has been
done7 If done, then who do you think it most prob
able were the persons who have done III Is 1t not
+ 90 plain for question Can there be any doubt on
the subject The patriots of the country will not
doubt i. The men jealous for the honor of our flag
will not doubt it, History will affirm it, aud the I'M
erripg logic of events VIII demonstrate that it was
So Nay, how is It possible that it should have been
otherwise BY what other method was it poslbl
to compass their ends and purposes They desired
compromise. How was it possible to persuade the
North to agree 10 the only terms the South
could for a moment be induced to listen to
that Slavery should be made the cornerstone OF
the Republic, existing and perpetual wherever our
flag should wave until it should have been thor
oughly humbled by the arms OF the South ! bT'n
parties say these Ieacemakers must be BUNDLED
the Fireeaters of the South and the Aboitonists OF
the North. They must meet in deadly array upon
the battle field The family circle must be invaded.
The mother must part with her SON. the sister WIN
her brother, the wife with her husband. The
hearth must be desoated, tbs field laid waste, unti
| both parties should begin to "cry those dreadful
summoners of grace" Then the North and the
South would bow their necks alike to the eoit collar
of compromise, and yield willing assent 10 the wnoe'
come principles by which alone a reunion can be
established and the Government made perpetual
But YOU shrink back from enornty such as tns' You
sxclaim, "This cannot bel' But look-conslter
with your own understanding for moment. Ids
Is contemplated, or something equally hoirule ID
contemplated by Robert Toombs, you admit. why
not by Fernando Woodl Contrast The letters OF
those two men, which have just read in your bear,
ing and tell me which Is the more treasonanie
Mr. Wood seconded the nomination OF MIR. Seymour,
and is one of bis strongest, and most Trustworthy
supporters to-day. Has Mr.. Seymour ever de-
nounced him, or dirsented from his viewsf Would
Dir. Wood support Dir. Seymour II he were not
only almost, but altogether such as her, But we
are not LETT 10 inference or conjecture. MIR. oey-
E..at.
rem, has spoken out, and removed all doubt, II H.
deed any doubt could ever have existed, as 10 the
real sentiments and purposes Of this revolutionary
faction. We have two Of Mr.. Seymours speeches,
made osensbly for the purpose Of defining tbs prn-
ciples and announcing the measures u tie party
which had put him in nomination. They were
made upon occasions on which true man with de-
fined opinions would have felt himself in honor
bound 10 make a full, ineligible, and mequiyoca
announcement of the principles by which be pro-
pofed to be governed, and the measures which he
proposed TO carry out, if elevated 10 the Office for
which he is soliciting the suifrages OF the voters
Of this State. Read these speeches carefully, and
You cannot avoid the conclusion that he has spoken
with forked tongue. lie utterly Tails 10 declare
any principle, or announce any measure, az dis
tineiye principle measure of his party lie is ev
identity aboring with some thoughts which his can
; dor urges him TO utter, but which his prudence
r forbids him 10 utter. II abounds in generaties
not " glittering," but suggestive OF the adage-
" D0uS iatet an generaiibWs." Fraud lies hidden
generalities. lie puts forth no pretense that any OF
the principles Of the Democratic party are at stake
ia the election. lie sezes the banner of that party
simply because its true and genuine leaders have
dropped 1t in their zeal to rally round the sg of the
Union. He takes all he canght OF respectsbility-e
party name; is all be has, and with this, and this
alone, he hopes to cover, though be must know lie
cannot hide, the fact that be is adherng TO the enc
mics Of his country, giving them aid and comfort
Will the rank and file of the Democratic party sub
nit TO this insult to their understanding They
must submit TO it il they vote for him. for this atront
OF their intelligence has clearly been put. upon them
by MIR. Seymour. Mr. Van Buren,, mau Of larger
experience and by far more commanding intellect,
seems TO appreciate the force Of this insult. lie fol
lows Mr.. Seymour in bis speech at the Cooper Inst
tute for the purpose in part 1t would seem, OF soft
eniDg ii by more candid avowal Of the principles
of bis leader and his party. lie says, I'VE are told
they cannot live and in my judgment tie Southern
people ought not to live under an Abolition sway.
/ would not live with them II they would" lou
Lave here ut least tins ann'nciailon OF their pnci
ples The South cannot ard ought not, 10 live under
an Abolition sway. The North, or the Democratic
party at the North, would not, ought not TO live
/ with them--that is in the same Union with them
r If they were to live under en- Abolition sway-Whst
does Mr.. Van Buren, call an Abolition sway II is
easy to call hard Names and politicians not free
e rom this vice when they speak Of their opponents
7 Mr.. Van Buren, war speaking Of Lis opponrnts-of
nore who were seeking to effect the election Of Mr.
Wads worth, 10 the exclusion Of Mr. Seymour, to the
GubernatoIial char. 1t was this cass of ci,zens
whose sway he amiably deDominated "Abolilon."
Ii was the President, and those who sustain him,
NJ wtose heads Mr. Van Buren, deal. this epithei
i" Abolition" Rather than submit 10 this sway,
Mr.. Van Buren, asserts 10 be the duty OF the South
TO fight, and pronounces such cause to be Just,
and that the Democrats Of the Seymour
Wood stamp, like himself, are in duty bound TO
tain them III such contest. assert that this is the
force Of bis language; 1t means ihis-lhe whole Of
this-or it means nothing Mr.. Van Buren, would
not think himself COM hmented, we're l TO ASSERT
that bis woIds meant nothing. know he denounoes
the rebellion as utterly uIjustiiiable," but who
= that wishes to be thought dOos not say ar
much lie Gays the South have no night 10 20.
| " II IL" he says, wanton and wicked attempt on
their part in defiance Of the Con.titution and laws
peaceably to secede from the Union; but if they
after due reflection think it desirable TO form con
federacy Of their own, why then, honor, serespect,
the common feelings Of manhood, would dictate 10
let them 60 according 10 Ioc." Mr.. Van Buren, IL
here Displaying his utmost ability 40 a f1ecial
pleader, or rather "a casuis to give the South an
argument by which they may justify their treason,
and render 1t conformabie to law. 1t ID "illegap'
he tells us, for the south to attempt "peaceaby' TO
secede; yet, be ad1s, if the whole they think it
best 10 90, honor would dictate that should let
them 10 according TO law" The meaning If
this, If meaning there be-" They may 10 if thoy 20
other than peacestlY, that is, if they go in war"
we may legally LET them go in war, because war
knows no law, bat tue law OF he strongest II they
be the stronger-if they beat US in majority OF
baltlcs--as they have done-then they are the
stronger and may dictate terms TO u.s. and il is legal
for TO submit to such terms they may dictate
This Id the device Of a great lawyer TO afsst the
South 10 conduct a wicked and unjus;ifabe rebel
lion" according 10 ia'o and now he in effect tells
us that, since they were in war, and my legally
sepa ate iiom the Union we IRE in "a condition with
this admission upon lips, 10 meet them In Con-
ventlon, and legally let them 10, or yield 10 them
such terms may induce them to stay, 20 that the
great and glorious Union" may DO preserved
THIS 10 the platform Of antagonists SO far as it is
lI.cnsad Unnn what teIma We NAV ~ rsuade liz