Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-09-02
From Harpef's Weekly.
s 49, -

from Dayton. Ohio:
d 1.-The Cincinnati 'Cenmercial has re
II port Of Hon. Il, W,VsOihses speech a
% Ferre Hsute Ind. iuwhich'he slys Of NJ
# seymour He saved the ARMY Of the Uu
il ion at Getty sburgh. aud for it receive,
r the personal thanks Of Abraham Lincoll
y aud Edwin NJ Stanton This recorde,
fact is the solemn key to his wbole.c con
duct during the war How tue ,he allow
4 is yoa will please inform
"A REPUBLICAN p
S Mr. SeyEaur'wts exs,,ly IS loyl anc
{ aitbful UNION man as NJ VOORHEES,
{ they were ts.h what 'wss Significant,
E called Coppeiheads; ard nothing is NOR,
,mosing than the a,tepp, of those VII,
denounced thelwar as fr.t,ieidal and 10
famous to prove that their candidate, Mr
) Seymour. supported it Ihefaesa are be,
coming very familiar, but il is useful 70
consider them.
! Mr.. Seymour was always an apologies,
for slavery aud defender Of the oliav
OF the shareholders When they seeded
because Of the result Of the election Of
1860. III which they took Part. Mr. se,.
mour assailed the party which had elected
Mr. Linooln rs responsible because it had
not yielded to the threats OF the slave
holders and permitted their policy to pre-
vail Aud he stated in the run Of
question that "successfal coercion by the
North ia eo'less revolutionary than gu,
csssful secession by the South This WIS
a repetition of Buchanan's doctrine sup
Piled by Jeremiah Black. that the Gov
er"ment could not righ,fully ''coerce
State. MIR. Scymour's whole influence
was directed to secure mprom.se with
rebels; hut the loyal people insisted til i
the rebellion should be suppressed at eve
~ cost; and when the rebels began tn,
war they did not shrink
On the 23th of October, 1861. sr.
Seymour made speech which Was Rir
sual justification of the rebellion snd
condemnation Of the Government. aud IN
which he said that the Uuiou should
be sacrificed rather than slavery. IT,
September. 1862 President Lincoln ,ss d.
ed his preparatory proclamation sf enau.
c'pa'ion. There were signs of reaction
OF public sentiment against the war; .nd
recalling his words of The ger before, ,
and the fact that he had ucvef spoke ,
word OF encouragement to the soldier u,
II sympathy with the Government. the
Democratic parry ucminated NJ. Hey mpur
or Governor At least 10000 voters ,
we're absent from the State ia the fed. +,
i whom vast M iority were opposed
him. But notwilhet 4nding this ad
4ntage, his party managcrs were aft.id i,
trusting him upon platform If up q
submission 10 rebellion. nd q
nfge S'ryker ai,d osh.rs pc 'su,dtd h,a h
make speech AZ BIO kl,n which " 81. j,
ne same kind Of war speech tht RI, /
rd oiiorman made in the g.e,, Unia., 81
qnarc meeHig after The 6rhs uu.n 4,
nm,er
Hr Seymour was elected Governor by ,
be vote Of the city OF New Y I owe, |,
General "adsworth, who had m.ioi,, g
the votes in the rest of the State. II y,
rs thehope and expectation of his pa, t, Il
l"t he would einb .rrass the national am \
norities 10y his official act on. and his 40 II
ointment of John A Green. one Of the r,
lost notorious Copperheads, to b,eb ri
hli'aIy position in the Stte. gre .tly en- /
'uraged the peace faction. Ra, he wo,k =,
nat was logically aud justly expected ct Il
IT. Seymour was nothing less than = h
'un'er revolution. tie message in J IN. q
airy. 1863. showed the willing spiri, bu 9,
'e flesh was weak. Instead of rec. ll;np q;
he New York regiments. or taking soc e ~
ecisiVe step of open hostility. Cove, Tor 4,
eymour chose the safer path of dest,o, "a
X confidence in the government. and .,
hereby paralyzing the natl nj arm i,
The dark summer of 1863 found Lee
archiue into Pennsylvania On the tn
9TH OF Juue, Secretary Stanton askeia Oh
Governor Seymour ito repel this inv. \,
on OF the states Of Pepnsy lvauia and no
aryland. The Governor seat the tsoop.. IN
the z7th Of 5une Secretary Stan Oh s,i
auted him for his "energy. activity III
I'd patriotism and President Lincoln m
SO thanked him The latter further told
IN. through Mr.. Ihurlow Weed that IL ,b
would use all bis power to crush The 80
'ell'op, grateful people would mako ,h
m President Mr. Weed, in recording ~
is aet. adds: Fl gave the message of am
enlightened and patriotic P,esideaf 70 !,
ALPHABETICALLY muddled Governor. whose h
cession and Coprerhead procivitles aud A.