, 1862-10-11
wADaw0RTH AND SEYMOUR.
Speech Of Hon. Daniel 3. Dfck1nson.

hen the most 8trOclouE conspiracy WHICH
ever desecrated earth found development in
N assault upon our national flag at Sumter, !
aid il Efforts to massacre half starved gar
1:scu, placed there in time Of profound peace
to uniform usage, for no other Of |
tense than asserting the supremacy Of their |
rou1!r&'s Constitution, aud RiyiuK to the |
bit eze as e.nblematlcal Thereon, the glorious !
rta.s ard strips OF their father:-whcn the |
brave volunteers who were hurrylng to the |
defense Of our nations capital, to save it from |
1lub rule and rebellion aud eontla,ration, we're |
bItedirg by traitorCus haIds-when Etrorg |
r1en tltmblud, wi2eu WOMEN wep+, and chll- /
dren instinctiyely clung closer to the mater
La bcsoIa-WEen al communication but~een
II c 10y II states and The capi::l vas cut of by
rbelltnus forcet-w1en the president elect Of
the United States had then recently reached
the seat Of goyernnalDt, where duly called
hiu, hy c,1cuittus aud an unusual route,
aue ilt disguise, Ia escape the dagger Of tie
assassin, aid Whcn our land Ta5 tiled With
~Dfn 'sslsr:cked the 1i.n:d aud stood still The
brave, " and III conIding masses locked about
70 ste who we're the mtn for fhe crisis,
aluong the cl:iz us Of the Expire State.
who had born Il part in public affairs
and were naturally looked up to as cxempfars
queLt events have m7dv conspicuous in do
1n.etic history. They did not, like the Two
characterized by she prophet Nathan, live in
ore city [laugE1er]; nt!tas r Vas tle one rich
and TIC otlcr }'coFi bn; neither was lar from
tie ccnsra. rrE:ers Of t. is great st4te. Both
rcae il lie tu'l maturity Of natural lie; both
had been hotored by mark. Of popala CONT
del tt, beth bsd teen cduca1ea BY that care
koown only tc u fathers sosicltude and tath-
ei'a hope; 10th we're birsstd with ample
Nealtn-ile fruits ot dn>'rious and enter
pri-iIy Iri,St1itt7s-and buta we're 4utlati:d
~ c!fcunil larces and fortune to exercise an
jn.Icrtan, ir1lusEce upon public all -irs i'll mo-
Eatnts t'f peril. LII this. TIT ir c1uatry's tEl
day, Lott, LETT the State Of rhrir birth
:,ud residence, anu their homes OF coui-
Fort and plla43, shout the same lime, and
rcnt abr. I'd. Que bid aii=u to his vile
Il. d Children, turutd his back upon his broad
and fertile acrts, aid his extensive business
pur=11i1e, aid with his soI3 and Assistants
:tra.led to the tne4tre of strife and danger,
fcIcerE;] Itilc yet the arm o1 government
was patalyz-d by treacEery, AID desli1u;ion
reigned in thu camp, and ordered for%ard car
goes Of subsistence for taoishing soldiers, and
with his own hands, and By the aid Of his sons,
;ppor ioned them among the needy upon the
fepellious border. He gave, too, three cons
to the cause OF the corsfitution; he volun-
teered his services to the government for the
ticld in any capacity where he could be most s-r
y:ceab]e il crushing the rebellion, lap plause,l
and WIS (entirely unsolicited by him) appoint-
I'd briEaoier general Of volunteers, accepted
II
I and energies, and ample means to his coun-
try's cause, and he is at this hour doing ser
wee. This mans name is James S. Wld5-
worth. Tremendous applause
About the SAME time the other individual
designated, left his family and residence #
rtrose, but not for the seat Of var. Llur'l-
ter He hitd himself away upon the do1ole
quick in tile opposite direction, laughter
t and fcr nearly half a year hid himself among
,hc lakes and rivers and romantic woodlands
aud inland towns Of Wisconsin, and his
| tongue was rs silent on the subject OF deuouc-
| ilg the rebellion as those Of the murdered
volunteers whose" ghosts walked unEsvenged
amongs us" Sensa'iou. There We may
suppose he baskcd and balanced, and watched
and waited and turned and twisted, laughter, !
defeated, dcsparate, md despicable politicians,
who had for years hung upon the subsistence
department Of the Democratic p1rty in this
State, ca1ne to his relief, By entering the field.
ILaughter- They borrowed without ]esye
| the honored name of Democracy, under which
to perpetrate their covert treason, as the
h3pocri:e
"S1ole the livery Of the court Of heaven,
To ecrye the devil in
Their disgraceful and dis1oya1 record stands
cut as the doings Of men too stolid III politi
cal depravity TO be gifted with ordinary in
etincts, aud too regardless Of the popular vii
tn be n4ill:ul Of xhaile; a7l the defeat theJ
! experienced at the hands ot the people, shoul6
serve as q warning to 11immefs and traiton
ard parricidcs and ingrates, through all future
| lime
This movement drew the secluded one from
lis hiding place, and he came forth with al
the courage of him who, in conflict with hi
. vito, being driven under the bed, while r.
naiuing thus ensconsed declared. tnat whctae
she consented or not, he would look on
) through knot hole IN the clapbosrds, 50 ton
as he had the spirit # man! [Great and It
peated laughter and applause.1 He entere
the political CANVASS, and On the 25th Octt
btr, 1861, few days before the election, mad
speech, the burden Of which Was an apollo.
5 for the rebellion, and condemnation Of tt
! admfnistration for having mcted out the rigt
ot martial Law to those in arms against Il
government. Though abounding with films
c | diFguises ard sophistical generalities, it co..
tained one point worthy Of not only motto
but Of the seve1est apprehension, and he
d it Is:
rave this Union, THEN THE PEOPLE or THE Sou:
| SHOULD BE ALLOWED WITHDRAW THEMsEIN
| The protection guaranteed by its terms"
What! rlacc this glorious Union-tt
l. heritage Of human hope-this asylum for t
l. worlds weary pilgHm-the refuge tor the d
,, pressed Of earth, in the scale of ceing henea
the black ard bloated and bloody-the corru
c. and corrup;ing-'h,e stult5dcd and stul.ityi
IL than sec this Union severed, let I
is only the institution perish whenever a
at wherever it can be found. but let the habi
~ tions that have known it perish with it, a
b. knewn no more
:. That's the 1alk.'' Three cheers.] Aud .
IN this returning fugitive from patriotism p
~ claims as his creed, in effect II not in teri
~ that if either slavery or the Union must
vi uestroyed, it should be the Union! Aud
m name q this man is Heratio ssymouE*
80 80 This Union movement is popular aud !
at partisan. It commcnds itself to every 10
l1- citizen, aid Eot to i part, and all loyal Il
- should enter into it heart and soul. It
Ito it should have been at all times, but is ne,
oe 1heless preferable to party action No
VA there any PARRY iu t1t field pretending to
90, ae such, kept the rayelings acd felvedg
,c4 all tormer parties who have taken the homo
-. Democratic ualme, and under leaders chsat
S1y hy falte p:ttenses, acting from prejudice
500 | strong for their discerumtnt or ulorAl Sc
1nen1s, from = party attachment which eli
no- TO names and traditions above principle
dis things, a mistaken comprehension oi
of gu. sfiors at issue. or last, though not 1sls
0isloyal heart, and thus enter the field
lple create division, and aid and encourage re
nall | lion Thls combination seams Getermtle
run its worn out and creakirg machil
wv amid the blood aud carnage, and de1th grt
Of this terrible w8r, as t3c last 2nd wors
| in flames.
1n;: oc, The Democratic party, forsooth! A
hich u lnen ~, n!.u soe e'ia3 aeeiaen.aa aougst +
have czat WHO suppcses this is = WAT with Aholi
Alto nlmanacs: with leaders composed Of Tree
'a,1s IT'S and Abc:itionists of 1873 .chronic tc
n4to- ,z+d Wings Of 1874 looking for re-chsrt&
a United States bank; crippled Dcmot
pon WHO have been carried Tor lie in the al
aims lsEcss Of the parry s15aaSisnE hno s.No.n
egro cracked IL seasoning: Softs aud shvste
II Of au shades and periods and the niuth-resoir
+o~ mtn of 1851 who proposed to poulticc tn
WY bellion to death by propositions OF peace
sand now the Democratic party Who is to say,
and county! nat can you expect Of a
ple," said philosopher, when monk
Fit their God" Shade oi Jefferson. where
safer thou no*nI spi.l1a o. ~ Jackson! l al
cnsa- +
hing devoted seven Of the best years Of Il,
.oo in Efforts for the settlement Of this acc
49, question peaceably-that t might be
uow. out of the pcll:icul field North and
rant. and be let afoce to work out lis Own PEI
49,, problem under the mysterious dispena
Iolo' of guiding and henefcent Providence.
" to that it is unnecessarily made the p1
for wicked and causeless reh
by the Soathern people, I care
how soon / see its end. [R.uewe
pl.use, long continued l mold tht
In:on pow cr bread enough to cover the whole
large. don, and confess, In = time when our *
IN. - ment Is trsmblmg in the balance beto,
I'D @e world, l like to see It exercised, Wher
Tel!: t%a!. IND boldly md thoroughly done
the sword, is my doctrine; and
O1-15. | those who raise \ rehe1itouz