New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-16

o,ed 10 our land hold tbs. those who point to the Ch-
ceso platform, and not 10 tho C9".uiIn a. ,h are sone
that treat him man with manscies upon ms ~,
go mon bic conscience and his opinion All honest " de-
os he allows the definition pat forth N tle nest %
c contest 20 control IFS actions ncains his own Juos
nrut hc will deserve impeachment anc d. 40 'toh ' ~
high oice. Iepel for one tho inputauVi' 'nus 18th
against Mr. Lincpo aud the claim TIM. mpudenty pat oItu
ne son and recu far hens on his views a. most Juons
10 his and hi, nbience Before mo "i eUon u
ld By his friends be the man best htod 20 syu', ~
ring conflicts of the day let him then continue TO n'u
"a national and dispa.ionsc position when was ihoh
siaed for him W. invoke the Republicans not to charge
. he viii be traitor hi country by inahinga pafi,in
creed and rot The oath Of his oic the guide o. hl'
clldrct'
The essential dishonesty Of this statement
must bo palpable to every intelligent nlhd'
We are Three Millions 10 your Two says
Mr. Seymour. Very we'll then you do not
need concessions and guarantees from us, the
decided minority. ave trlumphed IN gaming
Congress-" he asserts. Very well: does any
one dispute that triumph, or AJAX you To COM
promise it away You have Congress; you
have tie Federal Judiciary; we have the
President because the Southern DsunIonist'
chose to divide your party and give nm 10 U.s.
by what right, now, do you, the boosted Three
Millions, assume to direct the course OF our
la,sident2 You talk like q swlndng petit
egger of the "manacles on his hands," and
" clattel mortgage on bis conscience ana
Cpl ion," when you know right well that the
Cpl 1ns are his opinions-that they were fully
developed aud defended by him in his public
discussions with Senator Douglas, all printed
aul widely disseminated long before tho cleo
toa 50 that no one can pretend to have been
dc,e we'd with regard TO them. He was nomi'
lated and elected because Of those opinions
his and ours-you have still both Houses OF
Congress and three.fourtbs OF the Federal
Judiciary; you know that We have no shade"
of chance either to enact law or construe
one; yet your "Soutlcrn brethren conspire
TO break up and destroy the Union, ana
YOU propose TO coax them back to loyalty by
making us desert and betray our principles
You have still two.thirds of the Govern
ment; you boast that you are three-iiths OF
the People; we do not object 20 your welding
your share Of the power III accordance with
your own principles or want of principle; why
do you dictate TO us the mode in which our
share shall be exerted, on penalty Of Rebellion
and Disunonl One.half the Democratic party
rushes into treason, and the other hall COM
monds VA TO give up our principles IN order to
prevent Others from following Oh the same evil
WY. Suppose We were 50 co1ardly as to do
il. would the Rebels come back / cannot
promise that, says Mr.. Seymour in substance, 4
but will keep other Democratic states, such
A. virginia, from going after them But Viz
eina did no, authorize this assurance; she SAID
IN the " Peace Convention soon alter held AT
Washington: Make concessions which will
enable va 10 win the seeded States back, or
we VIII 10 after them" And that she did 30
soon ~ the open traitors by bombnrding Fort
Sumter. lad - fired the Southern heart, and
rendered it rife for bloody treason. " We can
have the Crttenden Compromise, but we don't
want it," telesraphed Roger A. Pryor that
Winter from his seat in Congress to his fellow
traitors at the South. Andrew johnson charged
the Souihrons openly with intriguing aud dodg-
Ing votes 10 prevent the adoption of that Com
promise IL was as notorious that the South
could have carried that measure. even after
Mr. Lincons election (but before his inaugu-
ration had her Democratic leaders desired 1t.
But no--they wanted not conc,ssion but dis
union, with a few Seymours at the North to
district opinion aud paroyze loyal effort by
proposing compromises which the Rebels had
30 thought of accepting, and, on their failure,
LAYING the blame OF "A Democratic rebellion on
the loyal and aw-abidiug Republicans.
Mr.. Seymour is now before the People Of
our State IA a candidate for Governor. He
has a perfect right TO be candidate, aud
those who believe that 'he Union is to be-
saved by never endin, aba,rmcnt on the pa,
OF the North will cordially support him. Not
a man ia the State who believes the Rebels
substantially right and the lnionsts essentially
wrong in tie great struggle now proceeding
will hesitate to give him their Efforts and their
votes. He is their man, body aud soul; ~ il
fit that Fernando aud Ben. Wood should be
among his most enthusiastic supporters. rb"y
both Intend to run into Congress behind him
this Fall and George c. Genet who, IN nom
mating Fernando at Mozart LAST Fall, boosted
hat his election would be hailed with eNulta-
tntion "b,yOnd the lines Of the Union armies,"
may make the same boast this Fall, and IA
well with regard to Seymour as the Woods.
But if the Rebels shall baye nothing to shout
over till they hear OF Horato Ssymour's cleo
ton as Governor of New.York, their case is
? panty hopeless, and they may just as well
sige It up.
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