The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-28
ESTABLISHED. 1891

Inc Democratic party nevar m, : u,
drede ~ ele 1Inay. True, thousands and hnn-
the ar0i,- y, thousands of ofDemocrats went into
Their party. They went in 1sfia ca cnere Ipy
pray yels, tears and impreeaffo,,s S, u .,i ! le
benocratic ,s,tS1 Seli a. hlm further that the
InlnlslraIlon during the war. ON tha Sae ~. az
tsraTy, ~ dld everything In its power to "a
measure which looked to the ~ every
OF tie rsbe.i lion. IL declared Mr. i,fncofnn =
sought TO make the rebellion a suecess by
displaying the most open and sbameieSs
sym pathy for il, and IteiI them since the
war is over it has not fncnIcated peaca
goodwill and submission to the laws I'M
mas labored assiduously to keen
aIlve tne embers of sedition and 10
rom accepting the situation. and is to-
Day chiefly responsible for the murders
connagrations, and cruelties with which
me Cne southern States are afflicted. This
great statesman has come to the West. He
mas presented here and elsewhere chap
bnsI,,es, fTrs oi accusations of suspicious. His
Tesi Tedd all his speeches from the time he left
AZ 1iS4 up 10 last night, and you cannot
he complains.
What claim has Mr.. Seymour to the
1 1koLes OF this people? When the war first
Deg DeS IN, or rather when the work OF Seces-
SSoh STe began IN the Winter OF 1850 aud 1851
fnr,r,Sss8y ,ssy ~ inonr encouraged the rebels to go
A
~ ~ declaring to the world that the
government had no right to coerre 4
that hour to the end o. the war his infIra Ir9rn
ence was ever exerted. His voice was
raised against the war. against every
me sure that was intended to put down
the rebelIlon, and tn open encouragenent
OF the rebels. It is true that as Governor
of the State Of New York he did orrani9a
troops, as he was required to do by law
Dut TINS was do relu tantiy and could
u hot Src, nave nave peen avoided without bringing
MI, nun tn.o A. direct collision with the Govern
On that celebrated 4th dav OF July. 1863.
ne y dellvered an Grafton in the city Of New
4 ork, In this same Cooper Institute on
the very day that Vicks6urg was taken.
on the very day That we triumphed over
Gen Lee at Gettysburg and In that ora
ton he pronou nced the war a failure and |
denounced every measure that had been /
resorted To to put down the rebellion |
said that a 6 mob could co ur4lS; proclaim ahn
ga Iae law OF military necessity
az 3 ;. W.. wei as the Government. Eight DAYS
aIter that the riots took place In New
FORK, and Mr.. Seymour went down there
10 address that mob. He spt Ike to the
rioters as his frien0s; he lIIed upoa them
10 suspend their Operations. upon the
ground that he had sent his Adiutant
Iehe1al 70 Washington asking the Presl-l Il
rent TO stop the draft; he invoked them
- - ABANDON the riot upon the ground
that he had invoked the Govern
ment TO surrender and stop the draft.
aging that they could meet again after
yard 1f they chosse TO do so. The worst
.hlng that can be said of him In his whole
oollJlcal career is to read the declaration of |
mat terrible Grafton of the 4th day OF July
DOB. he was the President of that con- |
Vention which met in Chicago in 1884 and
esolyed that the war WAS a failure, and |
'alled upon The GOvernme at for cessa-
ION or hostilfties at the very time that
5rant was hghting his way from the
Eapidan TO Richmond; at the very time
nat sherman was lighting his way, step
" step, from Chattanooga TO Atlant4. |
.lnce the war is ended, his voice and iR-
Luence have been constantly exercised to /
'tevent the reconstruction of the rebel
tates upon loyal conditions. He has la.
,ored 10 continue the condition of chaos
hat now exists there to some extent,
nd now he stands before the world as a
andldate upon a revolutionary plat
ofIn, which proclaims the Re-
Laws to be null and
Old, and his colleague upon the
lckeL Is an open and avowed revolution
81. call upon you, this night, as |
american citizens, / say to you that the |
ath of duty is the path of safety. Stand
y the party that put down the rebellion;
rand by the party that abolish ed sla-
cry: stand by the party that will
construct the Southern States upon con-
ltions or equal and exact justice to all
len. Staud by that great leader, General
rant, the great Captain OF the age, the
eros patriot stand by him, and then
Is great prayer Will be answered, " Let us
ave peace"