The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-10
Mr. Eermonr,s Acceptance.

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MoUR 10 the preparation and publica-
ton of his letter accepting the nomi-
nation for President, has been owing,
some think, to a desire on his part to
substitute Mr.. CHASE in his place.
-Thisiis the view taken of it by the
Cincinnati Gazette. This theory, how
ever, is improbable. Mr.. SEYMOUR
: accepted the nomination, orally, at
the time, it was offered him at New
York. He never has been known to
decline any honor after it was once
formally rendered him by his party,
and there is no reason to suppose that
he had any intention of declin-
ing the greatest honor his party
could possibly bestow upon him. IL
is more probable that he postponed
the publication Of his letter of ac-
ceptanee, for the purpose of ascertain
ing, as nearly as possible, the effect of
his nomination upon the party, and
the construction that would be given
the platform in the different parts of
the country. A careful perusal of
his letter shows that the distinguish
ed staiesmhn-as he is fondly termed
byhis more enthusiastic anniversaries
cautiously avoided any expression of
, opinionfon thevery points in the plat
form which have developed the widest
divergence If opinion. Mr.. SEYMOUR
waited until he saw PENDLEToN and
HENDRICKS on the stump in the West
proclaiming that the phrase " lawful
money" in which the Government
deht is to be paid at the earliest pos
sibla moment, means .Greenbaeksi
while Mr., Cox, and other Demo
eratit champions in tbs, East, were
just as .emphatieally contendiug that
lawful money means something that
"chinks." Mr.. VALLANDIGHAM, of
H.. Ohio. also afirms that, lawful
money y means silver and gold.
Having delayed until this difference,
was fully Developed, Mr.. SEY-
,MQUR smilingly sails between
Scylla and ~Charybdis, and with
twirling fingers at the end of his
nose, Virtually 'd6cfares AZ en-
dorso tho platform. You pays
you money aud you takes your choice.
as TO its construction. He is equally
silent on WIDE HGIPT6Sis plank of,
the. Platform, declaring the recon-
fe@iS structed Seate governments revolu-
~ 80 tionary, unconstitutional, null and
'".e void. He assures US that he is quite
.Ufhmiliar with the scopeRnd import of
the resolutions, but leaves Us in the,
dark as to the cohstrdetiona he places
s1eig upon themsfaa4g bne ~eg
These, we think, are the true ress-,
s3i ons for Mr. iSEYMoUR's deiby. The
reasons he assigns are trivial 70 IN
extern that convict hmn Of asiDeeri-,
ty in communicating With his qwa,
friends.
lie, says he delayed his commu-
n~ication IN writing in order to see
81 what light the action Of Congress
would throw upon the interests
of the country, and he has, in
the meantime, made the very ex-
traordlnary- discovery that, its acts
show an alarm lest a change of polit-
ical power will give to the people a
clear statement of what has been done
with the money drawn from them
during the past eight years. That
seems to be the sumnnun. JOnun1 which
Mr.. SEYMOUR can promise the
% people In case he is elected, and the
"a .l Democratic party is restored to
power: d knowledge Of what has been
done with the money that has been
drawn from them during the past
eight years. 1t strikes us the people
are already pretty. we'll informed on
that point, aud no change is. required
to enlighten them. They know that
most OF the money has gone to
sg pay the expenses, of a terrible war.
growing out Of an unprovoked and
infamous rebellion on the part of his
p friends. Mr.. SEYMOUR NIGH ,s;,T,
as much prOpriety and good sense saw
that he had delayed his letter for NJ
purpose of having a clear statement
as to what has been done with the sew,
eral hundred thousaud valuable lives
which were sacrificed during the past
eight years TIE s,ipsi6dation that
Secretary MCCULLoCH has withheld
from the knowledge of the public
financial wrongs" comes with a very