The New York herald., 1864-09-17
seymour Up Again for Re-sIect tiG

same Us Swartwout's. we sincerely hope.
seymour Up Agai for Re-sIection.
To the astonishment Of everybody Horatio
Seymour is up again for reelection ~ Governor
of this Spte. His denomination is characteristic
OF the man and the faction by which he is sur
rounded. Seymour tried to get the nomination
a. Chicago by the same tricky means he has
cured it at Albany-by declaring beforehand
that he would not be q candidate. He failed
at Chicago on account of the overwhelming
popularity Of Mcclellan; he succeeded at
Albany by his friends seizng moment to
nominate him when the Convention was in
delrium of enthusiasm at his apparent self
sacrifice in persisting to decline. Seymour be
longs to that order OF politicians which has had
considerable notoriety within the past few
years, and OF which poor Pierce was the most
prominent type. He has succeeded in getting
the Albany nomination with the same adroit-
ness that Old Abe succeeded in overcoming all
competitors at Baltimore and securing the re-
publican nomination for the Presidency.
But the most impudent thing in the proceed
ings OF the Albany Convention is the adoption
OF the following resolution endorsing Sey-
mour-
Resolved That to Governor Horai'o Seymour the
titude OF the democracy s due. They never
forget that be who In The midst Of our disasters
and in the face of overbearing adversary, ore
most In uplifting the banner NJ constitutional liberty
which has borne unsulied through every bste
that it who by his wisdom srresled public dis
cord, by hs Armness repealed aRgressions upon State
rights and personal liberty and by the pury of bis pub
lie life and the elevation OF his purposes exhibited 10
the midst OF general ccrruption and fscousness, the
This is the boldest piece Of political cffrontery
we have encountered for long time. What
has Seymour done to entitle him to the graft
tude Of the democracy? Who enabled him to
"uplift the banner Of constitutional liberty?n
We deny that either Seymour or his faction is
entitled to any credit whatever in the case,
aud if the democracy have any gratitude to
give it is upon us, and not upon Seymour, it
should be bestowed. In 1862, when candi-
date for Governor, Seymour would have been
defeated had we not taken up his cause and
compelled the Regency to come out for the
war and to plant Seymour on a thorough war
platform. II was tremendous job-the hardest
we ever undertook. When Seymour began his
speeches in the western part of the State, on bis
way to New York and Brooklyn, it was with
the greatest difficulty we could get him
Strengthened before reaching here. We say it
required mighty effort. He had no back
bone himself, but by our exertions and those
Of John Van Buren,, who was our assistant in
this great work OF political surgery we man
aged to get Seymour's vertebrm in tolerabiy
firm condition. This elected him. But he was
ko, Lo
ness, went back upon the war democracy and
came out against the war. This piece Of treach-
cry was followed by like movements among the
democracy in Connecticut. under Tom Seymour;
in Ohio. under vallandighsn; in Indiana, under
Voorhees, and elsewhere. What was the conse-
queDce? Wherever the democracy gained a
foothold upon war policy in 1862 they lost it
in 1868 by rejscting it and following the lead of
Seymour. Thus all the victories Of the domoc-
racy in one year were wiped out the next
through the folly, the treachery and the cop
perheadism Of democratic leaders. On war
platform they were everywhere successful.
When they abandoned it they were everywhere
defeated. And now, having piloted Seymour
and the dirty democracy by which be was sur
Of copperheadism. and through the Red Sea OF
disunionism. in which he would have been en-
gulphed and sent to political perdition for
ever, we see him and his faction, with
astounding cffrontery, coming ont and affirm
Ing that to them belong the fruits Of demo-
cratic successes two years ago, all OF which
would have been 'ipglorieus defeats had it not
been for us. Here is complete evidence Of the
foul means politicians will sometimes resort to
to accomplish their ends
Seymour did not deserve to be nominated
and he does not deserve to be elected. His
nomination was accomplished by delusion
by humbuggery and trickcry. II will impart
no enthusiasm to the national ticket, and those
who were parties to the deception may take to
themselves the credit if the State Of New York
BE- utterly lost to the democracy next Novem-
| Der.
Two GREAT PLATFORMS the past few
weeks we have been deluged with platforms. The