The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-12
TIE ORESOENT's DISPATCHES.
FROM NEW YORK.
Responses Of Gov. Seymour and Gen.
Blair 10 their nominations.

HEw YORK, July 1.-The following IL Gov.
5eymour's response to the committee of the Ma.
ponsl Democratic Convention:
AT. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the Com.
hiuee-I thank you for the courteous terms in
which you have communicated 20 me the action
of the Democratic National Convention. have
no words adequate TO express my gratitude for
the good will and kindness which that body has
shown TO me. Its nomination was unsought and
unexpected. IL was my ambition to take al ac-
tive part, from which am now excluded, in the
great struggle going on for the the restoration of
good government, of peace and prosperity TO
our country. (Great cheering.) But | have
been caught up by the overwhelming tide
that is bearing us on TO great political change,
and find myself unable TO resist its pressure.
(Applause.) You have also given 10 me copy
of the resolution put forth by the convention
showing its position upon all the great questions
which now agitate the country. As the presiding
officer of that convention am familiar with their
scope and import, and as one OF its members | an
party 10 their terms. They are in accord with
my views, and stand upon them in the contest
upon which we are now entering, and | shall
strive 70 carry them out in the future wherever /
may be placed in public or private life. (Ap-
'plsuse) ! congratulate you all, conservative
men, who seek 70 restore order, peace, prosperity
and good government to our land, upon the evi.
dence everywhere SHOWN that We are TO triumph
at the Lext election. prolonged cheering)
Those who are politically opposed 10 US fat
tered themselves there would be discOrd in our
views as TO the best methods OF carrying out
our purposes for differences of opinion with re.
gard 10 those purposes. They mistOOk an in
tense anxiety to do no act which should not be
wise aud judiciOus for spirit of discOrd; but
during the heightened proceedings aud earnest
discussions of the convention there has pre-
vailed 40 entire harmony of Intercourse, pa.
fieDt fOTbearance and a sef-sacridcng spirit
which are the sure tokens of a coming victory.
Accept for yourselves, gentlemen, my wishes
W naUDllegS. Ntleprs
In few days | will answer the communication
YOU have Just handed me, by letter, as is the Gus
tomsIy form. Tremendous and long continued
cheeTmg.)
Gen. Blair responded as follows / acce Of the
platform Of resolutions passed by tle late Demo-
cratic convention, and | accept their nomination
with feelings of the most profound gratitude and
sir, thank you for the very kind manner IN which
Won have conveyed to me the decision of the
National Democratic Convention. | accept the
nomination with the feeling that your nomination
for the presidency is one which will carry US to
certain victory, (sppisuse,) and because believe
that that nomination Is che most appropriate
nomination that could have been made by the
Democratic convention.
The contest which we wage is for the restors.
tion of constitutional government, (cheers,) and
IL is appropriate that we should make the contest
uncer the lead of who has given mis- life to the
maintenance of constitutional government. Re-
newed cheers.) We make this contest for the
restoration of those great principles of govern
1nent winch pelOng 10 our race Auu, my IeiOW-
citizens, il is most proper that we should select
for our leader man not from military life, but
one who has devoted himself to civil pursuits
one who has given himself to the study, TO the
understanding of our Constitution and its m aim
fensnce with all the force of reason and judg-
ment.
My feow.citizens have said that the con-
fest before Us was for the restoration of our
government; it is also for the restoration of our
race. loud cheers.) IL is to prevent the peo-
pie OF one race from being exiled from their
homes-exiled from the government which they
formed and created for themselves and for their
children, and TO prevent them from being driven
out in exile or trodden under foot by an inferior
and a semi. barbarous race. (Applause.) In this
contest we shall have the sympathies Of every
yuan who is worthy TO belong to the white race.
What civilized people on earth would refuse TO
associate with themselves in all the rights and
hOnOrs and dignities of their country such men as
Lee and Johnston? A voice" None, none.')
What civilized country on earth would fail to do
honor to those who, fighting for an erroneous
cause, yet distinguished themselves by galantry
never surpassed (Applause.) In that contest,
for which they are sought to be disfranchsed and
70 be exed from their homes, they proved them.
gelves worthy TO be our peers.
My fellOw-citzens il is not my purpose TO make
any heightened address, but simply TO express
my gratitude for the great and distinguished honor
which has been conferred upon me, and now
from my heart 1 reiterate the words of thanks
that fell from my lips when arose.