Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-30
Seecit % s4s 4stfaorATbOtna VI.
seymour 10 rle Hartford De-
n0CrUcy.

moCracy.
/ The gallant Democracy Of Hartford
Connecticut, held a grand iollifcation on
the occasion Of their brilliant triumph AZ
the late town election in that city, Gov
etnor Thomas H. SgYNouR was present on
the occasion. He was introduced 10 the
large audience amid the widest shouts of
enthusiasm, and addressed them in an able
and eloquent manner. We take the fol-
lowing sketch Of Governor SEyMouEs re-
marks from tho Hartford Times, which
says it "is from rough notes iotted down
as he spoke, and has not been revised; it
is 10y no means literal report, and only
gives the general tenor and spirit Of his
speech :"
FEiLow-CrTlzENs: Il congratulate YOU on
! this fine gathering OF the Democracy Of Hart
ford. 1t is dark aud dreary without; it is
cheerful within. | congratulate you on the
victory you have achieved ia the Town Eec-
ton. IL is a victory on principle; and il ia
destined TO bear fruit. 1t is owing to two
causes. 1t is due, FIRST to the unity Of coun.
sells in your ranks, and to your excellent or
gnni2stion, which you will do well to keepup;
and it is owing, SccoHdiy to another thing
to change which is going on in the public
mind, ana which is here represented by ster-
ling and patriotic men. All the indications
are that there is growing conviction in the
minds and hearts Of the People Of America,
that II the country is to be saved, it is to be
saved by the Democracy, (Appause) The
people look at the history OF your party--they
see how the Democracy have carried the cuun-
try along IN peace, to an uneXampled height
OF prosperity and power and again they
desire to commit To their hands the desliuies
of the American People. (Applausc) What
has brought You here II is precisely that
spirit which prompted yonr oath us irctmcn,
when you took upon yourselves the sworn
obligation to support the Constitution Herein
you pledged yourselves to support the rights
OF the States, aud OF individuals and what
ever Of liberty and free Institutions came
down from The Revolutionary Fathers And
that cause is imperiUcd Oday by the men in
power, to whom, unfortunately, are commit
ted the reins of government; and knowing
this on the day Of election you went forward
and acquitted yourselves like men and patriots.
Yes my friends, it is imperiled by our
uitAo' lAlN - tue llSA lllut lI Jllb AlSlOl(
OF this country when we have been compelled
to speak OF those who were elected to be the
servants Of the people, as rulers But the
iron hand that is stretched abroad so oppres-
siyely upon the people-the shackes that are
put upon free speech aud the press, as well
as upon the limbs OF the cItzen-the utter
insecurity of the American people, since tho
great writ of Liberty, the Wdjeas Corpus, was
struck down, all these things lorce upon US
the melancholy truth that hiagiy words, and
kIngy words alone, can express the fact
when We speak Of the men in power
| do not propose to go into the origin of
the fearful struggle; neither am ! going to
ask you to oppose the war. 1t is in the hands
Of men whom we cannot control. | suppose
they will live out their political term, and 1t Is
to be hoped that in the mercy of Con the
country will not again be subjected to their
rule But | ask your attention to the fact that
this struggle is in the nature Of civil war.
Disguise it as we may, this truth cannot bo
concealed. 1t was begun with the declaration
that 1t was simply and only war for the
CONSTITUTIONS and'he UNION of our Fathers.
But now we see leading Republicans openly
declaring that they are opposed to the Union
as it was They tell us that we can never
have the Union again Itis declared unblush.
ingly to be IAN Abolition war And the
course Of the Government towards the sece-
ded States is clearly destructive to the Union.
1t is n Civil War 1t is brother against broth
er, wherever gun is discharged, or Il sword
drawn A nd the only difference 5etween il
and the civil wars Of the Middle Ages, is that
it has not yet become general 1t is nos, as
yet, general because of the wonderful for
bearance OF the American people-who, when
the bayOnet has been presented to their
breasts, have preferred to wait for the power
of the ballot; that power which was illustrated
yesterday in so marked manner in Hartford.
Applause
When corrupt Congress- subservient to
the Edict OF the President, passed the Con-
scripton Act, that moment the war lost its
national character, and became something
barberous We all know the nature of d Civil
War--a war of carnage, which should be hate
iul to the American people And yet we have
a war party who look upon this with indif
ference. Bloodshed seems to be popplar in
our country am not speaking of blood
shed in the shock of battle, but of the indifIer.
ence Of the people 10 the horrible nature aud
reality Of the things now gOing on. "Thou
shall not kH' once had 4 weight Of sacred
authority with our countrJmen, but the sol
emn charge now falls IN uuheedlug ears
That awful command against the taking of
human life, is disregaded Look at he
,, many military eIecutiob-crue and unnec.
! essary.
Here the speaker all fled to particular cases
in illustration; and ayO spoke Of a parly Of
soldiers who lately tYk steamers load of
- conscripts, from the Cast to Virginia ore or
u whom leapcd overheard and instead of let.
ting down boat al picking him mn. "thov
shot him Eka a Iry and l. ~. -