Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-07-17


According to previous announcement
a meeting toratify the Democratic NOM
nations at New York was held in front
Of BeIl's Dry Goods Store, on Main st.
Saturday evening. A vigorous effort
was made to create enthusiasm or at
least noise, its counterfeit, for our Dem
ocratic friends seem to think a man
can't be enthusiastic unless engaged in
an effort to split his throat in some way.
Bu { rarely has a Democratic meeting
been pervaded by such tameness. The
music was good and the fireworks
pretty, but bateing these the whole af-
fair was a good deal more like mourning
for Pendleton, the slain idol than gIorifi-
cation over Seymour the ''bondholder's,
candidate"
ofthe moderately sized crowd present
a large proportion were Republican
lockers on evidently drawn to the meet
ing by curiosity merely. The first
speaker Ofthe evening was the late con-
vert to Democracy the Hon, Jas. r.
Hubbell, who, after the. .manner,of pros
elytes whose sincerity is open 90 doubt,
seemed bent on showing an, extraordi-
Diary zeal for his new espousals. He
commenced his performance by propos-
ing cheers for Seymour and the plat
form which, though family given, he
vigorously, followed up by predicting
the inauguration of Horatio Seymor as
P resident on the 4th of March next,
begging his auditors tomark his words.
We marked tn EN-. He then addressed
himself 10 laudation of the Democratic
candidates and platform, and abuse of
General Grant. Seymour he said had
been a great war Governor equal to
Brough, Morton or any of them, in
formation which is newin these parts
and which Hubbe1l must have come in
possession of since he denounced sey-
mour for addressing mob ofRebel mis-
creants as his friends. Hubbell should
tell US what new sources of information
he has had which have changed his op-
inion in regard to Seymour since Sept. !
Is, 1865.
The speaker informed the crowd that !
Horatio Seymour is one of the greatest |
statesmen now living and greater
man than any President we have had
for the last thirty years. Which means
shat hs is greRtsr than Van Buren,, Har~ ]
rison, Taylor, FILLMORE, Buchanan,
greater than Abraham Lincoln, yes
grsate- even than that model President
Andy johnson. What Seymour aver /
did to warrant such a reputation for |
greatness aud craftsmanship Mr.. Hub
bic isIzsG TO tell, rrcoabIy designing
that this anxious reader abOEId get In
formatie.l on thu point from his speec,s
Of '65, which we publish to-day. (See
opposite page.)
Mr.. HubbelI incidentally referred to
certain persons in New York who dur /
ing the war 'sympathized with the re-
bellion,' but neglected to say whether /
they were Republicans or Democrats, |
and whether Seymour was one of them.
In another place he referred TO Henry
A. Wise as ''the distinguished patriot Of
. q compliment paid no doubt |
to Wise's we'll known services in behalf
of the late Southern Confederacy. Wise
being HubbelI's pattern OF patriotism |
and Seymour his model for War Gov
ernor, we think we now understand |
him.
Hubben quoted Wise as having said, !
''let us be for the UuiOh for the sake #
the Union," a declaration which Mr.. |
Wise, considering his record, must have |
meant should be taken in a Pickwick- !
ian sense. Hubbell probably under
stood him to mean: ''Let us be for the
Union for the sake Of the Offices"
Grant he said wasnot a great man and
proceeded to prove it by showing that
he never was heard of before the war.
Hubbell has been heard of, that ac-
counts for his greatness. Samuel Morse
never was heard of before he invented
the magnetic telegraph, therefore he is
not great. oliver Cromwell never was
heard OF till king craft in England be-
came too corrupt to be borne; Patrick
Henry, Samuel Adams and Lafayette
never were heard Of until British ty-
ranny in America began to grow intol-
cradle. Tecumseh Sherman was an
obscure teacher whom nobody thought |
of until the rebels made war on the
Union; Grant was an humble tanner;
Sheridan was an unknown Lieutenant. |
Therefore none of them were great
Greatness according to Hubbell, con-
sists Of making yourself heard of. In
other words, greatness is brass.
EIated at such triumphant logic Mr.. !
Hubbel appealed to his auditors
scan anybody tell me, !" said he, "what
Grant was before the war ? Let any
one answer, any one in the crowd"
"An honest man." said a Republican.
The answer was appropriate and time
ly. Gen. Grant was before the war an
"honest man" and is an "honest man"
still. He does MT say much, he doesn't
make himself heard of to any great ex-
fark f,rrt what I1a l1nas. say the rnaonla