Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-10-24

The announcement that the eminent
statesman who represents the Ccnstitu-
ton in the pending Presidential contest,
departing from the rule which has here
tofore governed Presidential candidates,
had Seeded to appear before his country
men in 4 series Of public addresses, was
received with general qualification by the
Democratic party. His speech at Buffalo,
ji-nGcd, temperate and fOrceful as it is,
viii, wherever 1t is read, enhance that
Qualification. Gov. Seymour, in many Of
the qualities of an orator, excelS any man
Of his time. OF commanding figure and
sonorous voice, his presence before an
audience is highly imposing. He is mas
ter, too, Of lucid and flowing style,
which conveys his matter most impress
siycly. The latter is weighty and solid,
and is logically enforced, and when he
Wis., with genuine cloguence. Without
striving for acutcness and brilliant points,
Lis sentences cut through his topics SO
clearly that, in the light Of their track,
the subject is laid open to the simplest
understanding. Witness his introduC-
tion at Buffalo. lie said:
Fellow citizens The first Words ut
;yrcd by the RcHIblican Convention in
their resolutions Congratulate the country
upon the success of 4heir scheme of re-
construction the last words uttered by
their speakers and their presses declare
that reconstruction is q failure; that the
Boulh is still in a condition Of rebellion 4;
that the social disorders demand tthe
presence Of great armies, and that the
first duty Of Congress when it meets will
be to turn reconstructed Georgia out Of
tha Union.
In Tins single paragraph is graphically
displayed the error and the folly Of re-
construction" The auditor saw at once
the Radical Inconsistency Of declaring
that to be a success, which it is now the
daily effort q the leaders Of the party to
proyc 10 be a failure. The Democracy
opposed those measuNS, because they
were repugnant TO the letter and princi'
pies Of the Constitution, because they
were unjust and oppressive and therefore
not conducive to peace, because the at,
tempt to enforce them by military power
would bcgct murmuring and discomfort
and because they were incompatible witt
the temper of a free people and therefore
impracticablc as a scheme Of government
Tor them. The charge now arrayed
against the people Of the south that they
are r-pe for another rebellion, though
false, IS rrcof that the entire Congress
sional policy was blundcr in statesman
ship, If nothing worse. Governor Sey
mour drives this conclusion home, by
reference to the Radical threat to exclude
Georgia from the Union, because Genera
Meade and all the most approved ere
construction machinery has been inci
feclual in making her such State a
they desired.
Not less fclicitiously does lac trca
every subject alluded TO. His ridicul
of the pretended Radical fear that Ger
Blair as President of the Senate, coul
or would violently overturn the entir
LEGISLATION Of the Congress whose pre-
cecGinrs he cannot participate in, eAceT
ia rare contingencies, is admirably dom
and cilectually eNplOdes it.
The responsibility of the Radical part
G.r thr disorded condition Of affairs At
mittcd by all to exist, is reduced to
demonstration. Step by step, he expose
us bIunders and traces their cons,
ourpcce so clearly sAat no member
the party not be6gsod in prejudice, ca
6r TO see the source of the woes al
trom!cs of both races in the South, al
rbc ipquictudc of the public mind
the North concerning them.
His discussion of the imperial
I,omrs Of currency and taxation
tbe work of a mind thorough
trafnrI in the science Of polite