The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-10-16
The New York state Democratic
Convention - The Ticket
Speech of GOV. Seymour.

The New York Democratic State Con-
vention, which met al Albany during the
past week, plased in nomination the fol-
lowing excellent ticket;
Homer J. Nelson, Of Dutchess, for Sec
retary of State; William L. Allen, OF 0s-
wego, for Comptroller; Marshall b. Cham
! plain, OF Alleghany, for Attorney General
John D. Fay. of Monroe, for Canal Com
missioner; Van Rensslear Richmond, of
Wayne, for State Engineer; Wheeler H.
| Bristol Tor Treasurer; Solomon Schen, OF
| Erie. for Prison Inspector; Martin Grover,
of Allegheny, for Court Of Appeals.
The Platform adopted, is as follows:
| The Democracy of New York, in Con-
vention assembled, make the following dec
| laratiOns:
|. That we pledge ourselves to redeem
! New York from corruption and misrule, as
! the first great step to the restoration of the
| Union and Constitutional Government.
! ,. That regarding the national debt as a
sacred obligation, we demand economy Of
| the administration, honesty in the collec>
! ton aud application of revenues, Slmpllti
| cation of and equality in taxation, and a
currency for tie benefit OF the people in
stead of corporations, to the end that the
! public faith may be preserved and the bur
| denS of taxation lessened.
| 3. That we dc1ouncP the effort of the
Radical party to retain the power it has
uslrped by establishing negro supremacy
| in the South by military force, coupled
with the disfranchisemant OF the mass of
! the white population, as an outrage upon
| Democratic principles, and an attempt to
undermine and destroy the republic; and
| that we stigmatize the refusal of that party
in this State to submit the question of ne>
gro suffrage to the people as cowardly
evasion OF a paramount issue in the pending
struggle a
4. That the rave ations of corruption in
! the management of the courts, the con-
fcssed degradations of the legislature, the
resort to extraordinary commissions to
control municipalities. the demoraIization
of the revenue service, ard the fact that a
party holding power over Congress, the
judiciary, the Executive, and the Army,
has failed to bring peace, solidity, and
credit to the country, demonstrate its utter
incapacity to administer government, and
the necessity of aresting power from such
| hands.
5. That while we approve of an Excise
law which shall be applicable to the whole
State and secure public order, We are, as
we have ever been, hostile to legislation
which, under the pretext Of moral reform.
invades private rights, subjects citizens to
v4xations searches and seizures, and inter-
feres with social and religious customs, and
that the Excise law passed in April, 1863,
by the Republican Legislature, should be
repealed.
6. That we reaffirm the doctrine of Will
liam i Marcy, in the Kostza case, that
adopted and native citizens are alike entitl-
ed to the protection of the American flag,
and we call upon the federal government to
enforce it.
7. That the profound gratitude of the
nation is due to the gallant soldiers and
sailors who won imperishable honor in the
ranks Of the army and navy of the Repub-
lie. Impelled by deep and patriotic de-
sire to maintain the Union and the laws
they cannot be seduced into sustaining any
policy that proposes to subvert by military
desp0tism the civil and constitutional lib
critics for the security and perpetuation Of
which they inperilled their lives.
Ex Gov. iloratio Seymour, the President
of the Convention, before declaring it dis
solved, said
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: |
shall not at this late hour detain you with
any remarks, as | know you are anxious to
return to your homes. But as We have Just
closed volume of history which has told
OF disasters to our country, and disasters to
our party too, and as we are now about to
enter upon another period, not Of defeat
but Of triumph let us, while VIC Xult at
the prospects ofthe future, give one II ought
to the past. | have seen before me for the
last two days, men who have been accus-
toned during these years to come together
and take counsel how they might save their
c0untry-men who have deemed it one Cf
their first duti in the hour Of defeat rep
ieSenting alone the minority with sturdy
faith and undying hope to come and take
counsel together how they might avert the
evils which have threatened our land. We
have seen the close of days OF defeat. We
are now about to see to oponing Of days Of
triumph, (Loud cheers.} Hereafter when
We shall look back upon the past history of
our Ives VIC shall cling by our memory to
those days with closer efFecton than even
| TO those which are gildod with triumph -
! We shall remember each other, and shall
! feel hereafter as We may not feel now how
| hour Of defeat and give each other comfort,
and do what we could to save our land from
the calamties which have bpfallen it,
| (CheerS.) There has grown up among US
from these things bonds of earnest affec.
tions, of which we shall know and feel the
measure Ut their strength when these bonds
shall be severed ~ the hands of DEATH
We shall probably not meet hereafter as we
have met heretofore. Men have grown old
IN the service Of their country who have
felt it their bounden duty to be present on
all occasion like this, Other men will axe
our places; younger men will take the stage
! ot action, Therefore it is, say, that while
| to day congratulate you because feel that
the hour Of triumph has advanced upon us,
| would give one thought to the memory Of
the days that are past, and to those that
have been taken away so recently, and
whom VIC have missed so much upon this
occasion, | will not turn aside from recol-
lectlons such as these to speak Of those who
were more unfortunate than these who were
taken away by the hand of death-those
who failed in the hour of pressure to stand
up for the right and meet the storm that
threatened
For your kindness to ward myself, thank
you from the core of my heart. In the
order Of nature it i, not probable we shall
meet each other again upon an occasion like
this God knows | cherish a grateful mo
mory for the kindness have received from
you. May God bless you, Individually and
collectively, in your homes, when you re-
turn to them. And may He bless us more
than all that, by this year triumph, not
FOR us alone, but triumph for our country
and triumph for the flag that waves above
yon.
Mr.. Seymour wa listened to with the
deepest attention throughout the delivery
OF this brief speech, and at its colse was
greeted with storm Of cheers
EAREU nu n Nx M H,rNS