Wilmington journal., 1864-09-01

Gov. SEYMOUR AND MAYOR GUNTHER TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF L1NCoLN.-The following article in the
Philadelphia Inquirer shows that the highest Off
cias of New orkitook most unfair advantage of
Abe the occasion of issuing their proclsmations in
support of bis for fasting and prayer:
Can there be more malicious men than those who
would interpoate into call for universal prayer eX-
pressons partIZan malice and evidences of the bit
lerness which excorates their own hearts Can there
be meaner than those who interlne in official
document, OF DEVOTIONAL and not of political Char
acter request, come pray for US and onr party? We
should think not and yet Governor Seymour, of New
York State, and Mayor Gunther of New York city,
have been weak enough to do these things. Governor
Seymour pretented to enforce the Presidents pr,c
lamauon, appointing day Of humiliation e. d
prayer-a proclamation national in It's character,
and free from CfeEsive illusions to of any
shade of opinion-adds to it the opposition
creed, and Mayor Gunther does the thing
but of2nsively. Seymour says, pray against all
sectional hatred" Does be mean the hatred Of his
party against New Eogand, which re echoes the reb-
el song which is popular at Richmond Or does he
what his partisans sgmatjza the sectional hatr,d'
which the people of the loyal States, upon whom des
perate war is waged by Southern traitors, naturally
eel against Jlgarchy who deuged the land in
blood and raised their parricdal hands against the gov
eminent which were bound to support by the Consti-
tuition it was z? lie desires the prayers OF the peo
ole against "bigotry and malica''-tbe bigotry and
malice of shareholders against republican Institutions
Governor, what your friends call the bgOtry and
malice of the United States and its supporters against
the wicked assallanta OF the Union and the prOsperl
CT the country FL wants the people to pray that they
may be relieved from "heavy burdens" meaning the
lawful and necessary taxation Of the Government.
He that "they shall be safe in their homes from
a violence and OPPRESSION such as occu red at Cham
nersburg the other day. is this to be prayer for
the publishers of the New York " Word and Journal OF
Commerce? His peroration is sublmely doubtful. He
saws "Let Us pray that God will give wisdom to our
ruers fparticuarly 10 Governor Seymour say WEI pu
rtv to our legislators anen to that, whether they meet
at Albany Harrsburg) uprghtnees and boldness to
our Judges" Is this slap at The New ork judges
Mcjjnnn an Russell Tney certainly have boldness
bnt npriohtness would fit them strangely. And finally
he wants meakness and Charity in the clergy" quail
ties which:we imagine the majority Of them possess much
more of than this Governor.
7 he proclamation is doubt considered guberna-
torial triumph 1t will be read with joy in Richmond
II will cheer the heart of every wisher OF evil to the
United States Government Is it not cunniDgy done
II 10 of cou1se,a harmless, meek, devout document
nenned by the Governor ia the hour OF his pen-
fence and no doubt after sincere prayer his Own
account the spirit of which filled hs heart with chris
tian sentiment.
Mayor G nther, being much smaller potentate than
GUv.Seymorr imag ines himself entitled to be less dig
ni6ed His proclamation contains the following
markabe passage:
"Io the ministers of the various churches, On whom
will devoIye tie duty of opening prayer n the presence
of their congregation, and especially those ministers
who have inculcatd the doctrines OF war ard BLOOD
much at variance with the teachings G. their DlVn7
Master, woaG humbly recommend that they WILL on
that solemn OF easion invoke the mercy OF Heaven tc
hasten the relief of suring people by turning The
hearts of those in authority TO the blessed ways o.
ssDeaCe'