Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-09-26
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TO GOVERNOR SEYMOUR, OF n. 7.
| Sal have read the principal portions Of your
.p.oh before the Democratic Convention Of New York
win mingled feelings Of surprise and modification.
| You one Of the few New York politicians for whom
have fe soms respect Your speech has, must con-
e.s. shaken NY confidence in you.
You aver, in one breath your determination never to
surrender the Union, aud in the next you your
| purpose 70 support LineOlRs war.
Nov, bsg TO inquire, whether these two propOsi-
| tous do not involve palpabls contradiction
d, YOU not know that Lite Il and his party the
| b tie ,sI enemies tho Union hadr Do you hot
KOS that the radical principle OF Black R'publieansm
is hostility to the Uuion' Do you not know that the
most cherished pei ey Of Lincoln, Seward Co. is the
| overthrOW Of the UoiOns Do you not know that the
var vas commenced and has been continually Waged,
for that Obiect'
lie, Us look 10 the annals of your country. know IL
/, fashionable With Yankee PoiieAns 70 aver that Dis
unionism had its origin in the South But all ntell
gem men LnoW that il is Child Of Yankee bith, as
vii presently show. IL Is true, there we're some
IRENE Sou hein men, Ike YGnoey, Rpett, Ke t. & Co.,
whose language ana conduct eViGeed hostility TO the
Union But their number snail, and tier influence
stllLsL Tie fac. that they were Obliged to disOvoW
~ host " to the Uuion conclusive 10 show that
disunoL m Ound 10 favor 10 the eyes Of tho Southern
people.
The FIRST proposition for disunon came from Massa-
81 u.s,ts / will not 20 back 10 the Ii .rIiOri Conyeu
liur when, in the midst Of war with EuglAhd, the
YauEee ates--the land Of Ainod-proposrd, ireach-
,rossy, 10 dslert tie fag OF Iheir country, and com
blne 81 tbs enemy. BuG VII invite your attention
90 the records Of Congress nder date OF June 25h,
1872 when John Quincy Adams presented the follow
ing petition
"PE,IuoN 10 DIssOLVE VIA UEToH.
Rs Coagrss, Of As United States:
"Tbo undersigned citizens Of HAverhill In the Com
nou ealth OF Massachusetts pray that you will mme-
deadly adopt Peaesaby to dissolve the Union
..Prs. Because DO union can DO az eeable perua-
lrut Liea does not Preseg prospects OF reciprocal
d, ncEt.
..ScOrd b, cau>e vas. proportion Of the resources
OF one section Of the Union annually drained to sus
tai, the views and cOuite OF another section, without
4. Y adequa'e returns.
Ti,isd, Because Judging from the history Of past
"a ous) TIA. Union il persisted in, ia the pr sent course
OF things will certainly oyeEEkeln the whole nation in
U t'r destIuct o.
Tais pedd n /. sigued By Benjamin Emrrs, aud
fJTty-lVe Others"
Alap invi your attention to the sane record IN.
der d.te OF 26Gh February, 1850, When Joshua r. Gid
dnls presented following pc ton from sundry IN
habi-ants Of Pennsylvania AID D>ltuare:
We the Undersigned, inhabitants Of PennsylvanlA
and D. lAEAre believing that the Federal Constitution,
in pledEiug he Tengh Of the whole naion to support
slavery VI Ltes tie Divine law, makes war upon hu-
uan rigbts and q grossly inconsistent with republican
prr cpes; that Is attempt 70 unite slavery in one body
petite has brought upon the country great and mani
fold villa and mss fully proved that no such union can
sKi,t bus BY the ssores Of freedom TO the supremacy
Of avery respectfully ask yOa to dew Sc ard propose
without dlay, pan for the mediate, peaceful
DISSOLUTION of the American Union"
These lroI eedings show very plainly, that there
las BEEN for more tvs nty years restless feeling
IN the North against the reStrans OF the UnCn and
| anxious desire TO get rid OF them.
Need call your attention to the earnest and repeated
declarations Of Lincoln long before his nomination for
tie Presidency that the Union could not exist one'haR
slave and the other half Tree; 10 SeHard's more
/ polb he'd dogma Of tie "iIrepTesSble conflict be-
tween the in erests Of the Norsh aad the South You
know a. veil as l. that these propositions were, in sub
stance disu,iOR Tor il the county could not exist
har slave and tue other half free nothing let but
,eparatiSn. Can sou doubt that Seward contemplated
a eohA ct OF the sword when Le promulged bis dogma
of COZ ct Of interests between the grindeds OF the
North and the cotton fields Of the SouLht
II sny doubt remained, John Brown solve IL He
put IN the concrete what Lincoln and Seward announced
in HOot'-~~ LAIN Rs0yn commenced the bloody
work Of disuDiOn, and the North appIEuueu au0
aged him In it.
NJ rh nominated Lincoln, Seward being the next high
est can6idate) for the Presidency.
| Wbv ala thew nominate him Was itbecanse OF his
prsOnal popularity the grandeur oil bis intellect or
me purity a. dignity Of bis cha aetsr or his INDUSTRIOUS
| ,hic seyviees m the cabinet the heldf Certainly
-. Tor he va An obscure ilterate, coarse,
| vnlsaT man with narrow intellect aud lin tsd at
/ t,inmrn-a He vas not nominated because Of his
merits He was chosen a. the representative and EN-.
bodiront of his brutal unpaIotic dsunion idea, that
/ La half ala and
halt I,e,: and he was selected by the people OF the
North As the iBcarua ion Of that leO and to bring that
B.iore his advent to Washington he was conscious
that 10 medated treason, and that be merted deata or
4, II va,Ibat eonscousne, that made him RPprehend
the dafger Of B-uus in every hand that was strecneo
ont tossrds him His &C cienes made coward OF him,
aud caused him to steal into the capital in Disguise he
| thief IN the night =,
| Do YOU doubt that Il Line'la desired to cave the
UuOu be could have done sof one Word JusuOo any
Dcis,ion from him would have Dis persed every cloud
o the toIitioal hossonOno line from his pen, orone
from hts lip giving tie assurance Of bis Pur-
D 40 observe the guarantees Of the Constitution, 70
oect the rights OF all parts Of the Union 70 DC tae
President of The country, anu not o. si~cuon' "0uO
| haVs restored harmony 10 the nation ,
R,tdd he write hat line or utter that Wordl On
eootrary ha refused 10 do So aud proceeded 10 sur
tOand himself with the recogn I'D enemies OF the ooutl
andher Institutions EVery act iDdcated hosnhty 70 voc
| slave States. They remoneefNSSu ~ van. 'nS'u'I
,HEeS n Pace Oppgres The other States adoPs'd '':
Il liza A Sess del,gAus &, it. How were they met
What word Of Gle r ADD Bepe NNincCln speak 'C
,hsp' HO' did LinOOIn'' oOOg'ess y their RF0PO-
7 atonG -,
A4a a1al effort at eOael stiop Virginia sent tret
Com.i toner's 20 visit pcon, and aadeeVor 20 ootA
ON him some peaceful assurance. IofteHea 9er ~
uuscacious a. d reprehelsble conduct 10 them
Nv tnlsshood and trt aehery be mGL0aVereo 70 olaN
the st Ore from South guns, and then he raised t9
crv hat The Gag Of the UaiOn had been assalled' h