Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-10
: TssT gRoHI THE UNITED STATES.
From New York Tiis, Of the Of.
VIEW YORK ELECTiON-SPEECH OF
GOV. SEYMOUR.

| ne Legislature and other State othcers was
0 take place yesterday. Both parties have
,enter,d thei'nrforts chiefly upon the election
| If members II the Legislature-the Demo
rats, anxious to get bedy willing to second
heir Governor, and the Republicans hoping
embarrass him by an opposition Senate and
House. Gov Horatio Seymour made speech
IN Friday last, a, Syracuse, before a very
iarsc meeting. The most noticeable fact
according to the Democratic papers-c1n.
nccted with the meeting WAS that Of the
list of Vice Presidents read, two from each
t,wn in the county were prominent gcn-
emrn who voted for Lincoln for President,
mi for Wadswurth last year for Governor,
1ut who, in the approaching election intend
o vote the Democratic ticket We copy one
IT two extracts from Governor Seymour's
.peech:
One year ago we wero people united II
| purpnse-to-dav we are dstr9ctrd ami para
| lived. Why? To-day the South, (which was
| ;hen ready TO fall to pieces, is united, :,ndar
parently as strong as ever. Why? Thu" party
most endangers the public welfare which n"s
| only refuses to use every influence that can
j be brought to hear, but opposes obstacles IN
the way Of successful completion Of the con-
| tost in which we arc engaged That man
| who, rot content with restoring the Union ard
| unfolding the Constitution, adds further OF
! iects more difficult Of attainment, hinders the
success Of the war I appeal to you men OF
| Onondasa, men of Central New York, if they
| are not making success more difficult, more
1 II
postponing the end, until you are brought
| nearer and nearer those calamities which lie
straight in our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bankrupt
cv and national ruin. They say VIC mast
fight until slavery is extinguished ; they say
NC must fight until the States shall assume
new relationship to the Federal Govern
ment-until it becomes revolutionary in its
ASPECTS and influences We arc to unscttlc
what eighty years OF experience had settled:
we are to upturn the foundations oi our
Constitution. At this very moment, when
the fate of the nation and of Individuals
trembles in the balance. these madmcn ask us
20 plunge into q bottomless pit Of controversy
upon indefinite purposes. Does not every
man know that we mus; have united North
to triumph? Can we get united North
upon theory that proposes to centra!ize the
power OF the General Government upon promo
stions that you shall not have the great right
and liberty OF protecting your owm person
that the Constitution can be set aside 1T the
will of one man, because. torSo0th. lie Judges
it to be military necessity? & No. no." -
| never heard vet that Abraham Lincoln was
Il military necessity. Great laughter. Il
military necessities arc to govern, let ns'at
least he consistent. and ask that military men
shall Judge what these necessities arc-mcn
who can marshal armies III the field and fight
grea, battles. The very proposition disfran-
chiScS you. If you assent TO Vt, yon men Of
Central New York, give up your c"n-titu-
tional right to your own judgment:
Now propose to inquire, What has taken
place since | stood here enc year ago? What
were the circumstances Of cur country then;
At that mcment the people Of the United
States had given, voluntarily, under the calls
oc our Government. six hundred thousand men
TO swell the ranks If your armies. Before that
time our political opponents. through their
journals and speakers, had said that III" Ad-
ninistration had failed in the conduct of the
var. Therefore it WAS that at The last NJ
vember election, when you did nc the honor
10 place me in the Gubernatorial chair, you de-
ciaed that they had failed in meeting the just
expectations Of the American people. You
gave them COO, 900 more, Guo.OOU livrG men
somebody's sons, somebody's brothers,
somebody's husbands. They went from rho
homes Of our land; they constituted the
wealth and power of the natl n. Where arc
they? What has been done? Is our c"uE-
try saved? Is the war terminated? t.
day when We ought to rejoice ut the
full completion of our hearts desire, wc arc met
not by assurances that peace is restored To our
land not By the fact that rebellion i>'pa, down
no my friends. we are met by another call for
$50. geo men. This moment cvcrywhrr. our ar
mics are on the defensive. The question to-day
i,--not What are we doing! bur What r" the
enemy dong!' The question is-not Where
10 our Generals attack" but Where are We
threatened!' Look NJ the Potomac Lock at
the CHAMBERLAIN! a"d Tennessee Nor"ith-fand-
ing the vast contributions Of blood and men. and
r., asurc to-day we are called upon to furnish
600 600 more. Including the number embraced
under the CONSUMPTION act. aud you. the people
e New York, To-day are called upon 10 furnish
. los 900 meu before the 9Th Of Ja"uary next
Now. there are some things about which there is
no difference of opinion among candid meu Of all
parties.
1t is agreed that there is a limit in the ex
reniturc of money when the nation must be
whclmcd in national bankruptcy. and that
there is Il limit in the prosecution Of the war
-
expenditure Of life and money brings H.
nearer to these calamitics. We agree that
The war must be brought 10 the Speedicst pcs.
ib!e honorable conclusion. Now, which of
the two parties asking your support is the one
mes: likely to reach this result before VIC
reach national bankruptcy, ruin and disgrace:
Let the past 30. We will lea~c it to the .iudg
mcnt of the future 10 say who has been right
and who has been wrcng. Let Us now cor
front the duties of the hour boldly and ratri-
otically. We are to decide by our votes what
shall be the future policy Of the government,
for I tell YOU the voice of Naw York will be
potential in the end. IF the people IF this
State shall decide in favor of the radical poll
cvr which is to prnlong the war for indefinite
iSsucs, We are lost forever. Ga the contrary,
if the people of this Stare decide in favor Of
n pulicv which can be reached, and which will
bring She war TO successful conclusion there
is vet g glorious future for our land. Where
40 the two parties differ? The Republicans say:
| I'VE want to put forth all the material pow
ers of our land to bring the war TO Il close. -
We cav 80, too. We arc upon the brink of a
cataract, without time to inquire into the past;
| we must put forth every material p aer to Sc
| cure success to our cause. But VIC say mere
| than that; we say that We will add to the
mower of force the influences of wise states
manship, of Cancellation, of Christian charity,
| Of patriotic purpose Cheers.
The draft has been the first great attempt
to exercise this power, and it has miserably
| failed. Instead of strengthening the Governs
| nent, it has UNNECESSARILY weakened it. I do
not fear for the States, but for the Federal
Government The great State of New York
.an maintain l'er rights when the little men
who insult her are passed-away and forgotten.
fGreat cheering:l You remember how glo-
riouslv the State responded to the calls for vol