Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-04-21
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Had we not known true loyal men by
the name of Seymour, we should almost,
he inclined to think that there was some
thing in that name which makes men SYM
pathizers with secession But reverence
for the memory Of a true man OF that
name, and respectefoT brave General of
that name now fighting his country S bat
ties. saves the Seymour name from such
imputation. Connecticut grows the worst
Seymours There is Thomas H. Sey-
mour, of Hartford, who has been repudi-
ated by the people of his State, and there
is 0rigen S. Seymour, of Litchfeld, who
was disposed of, finally, by the people yes
terday (MOnday,) and now the name of
d. NJ. Seymour, of Hartford, has been
dug up among the rebel files seized at
Columbia by our troops. Among the doc
uments connected with this rebellion,
found by Sherman on his march through
Georgia, and sent to Washington, was Il
letter from D. NJ. Seymour, dated Hart
ford, Nov. Both, 1860, directed to VIM. II.
Gist, Governor of South Carolina, enclos-
ing check on New York ssfor one thou
sand dollars as contribution for the de
fense of her constitutional rights. This
traitor Seymour, after declaring that South
Carolina asks for nothing save what Is
clearly her right, adds:
''* IF after the separation, the cring-
ing North shall make amends and give her
stronger guarantees, such as may not be
hearatter miscORstrued, that the rights of
the sovereign States shall not be again
invaded, may not hope to see US again
more firmly reunited than ever?
After stating that such demagogues as
Seward Sumner, Douglas, Lincoln, and
the like, are about played out, he says
they will soon find New England even
too hot to hold them"
, Gov. Gist acknowledged the substan-
tial sympathy thus afforded the State, and
said
BE assured that the moral influence of
your patriotic act Is worth infinitely more
to us than ten times the amount given in
any other way. 1t will commend itself to
every citizen of our State, and after this
no one Will have the 6olCIs,ess. if he has
the Egedganess to refuse to contribute to the
defense of his native State.
The rebel Governor assures this sympa-
thetic Seymour that he will never lose a
dollar by the act, and offers as ultimate
security, the following: Fk
IF we should be overcome by superior
numbers, and become a conquered province,
some patriot will be left to conceal enough
gold IN our mountain recesses, to refund
the amount due you with interest
The Hartford Courier, in commenting
upon the act of its townsman, says:
'sWhen Mr. Seymour penned his letter to
Governor Gist, call had been issued by
the Legislature of South Carolina for a
secession convention ten thousand vol
unteers had been ordered out for resist
ance to the authority of the general gov
ernment; one million dollars had been
appropriated to arm and equip the State /;
treason was rampant throughout the bor-
ders of this hot bed OF traitors, and 9th
mo fn VNlY1
into revolution. Mr. Seymour, looking
on approvinglF, as one of the faithful
sentinels on the citadel of State rights, .
and believing South Carolina asked for
nothing but what was clearly right, put
his hand in his pocket and drew forth
one thousand dollars ''to raise funds for
the defense of her Constitutional rights -
The infamy of this act must rest upon
him forever.