The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1868-07-16
The Notable Men Of the COnven-
lion
uORATIO SEYMOUR,

from his seat behind the tribune, and a
man wearing dress coat, with his head
bare, advances up. the main aisle of the
hall, amid tremendous storm Of cheers,
arm in arm with Gov. Bigler, of Pennsyl-
vania, and Gen. Wade Hampton, of South
Carolina. This man is Horatio SeYa
mour, twice governor Of the state of New
York, and to-day ranking as perhaps the
ablest man in the democratic party. As
cending the platform he looks around for a
moment, and as he stands now we will
bring out his salient points as they appear
to US. Seymour is dressed iu the old
style shaGbelly coat, which is buttcned
across his chest, leaving open diamond
shaped portion Of irreproachable white
linen and a very neatly arranged black
neck tie of moderate dimensions. The
head is well shaped, and set gracefully
back on firm pair of shoulders, and the
lower part of the face, below the eyes, is
almost perfect oval. The eyes are of a
brilliant brown color, and shine like dia-
monds beneath firmly balanced forehead,
which is bald-the badness extending
back as far as the back part of the skull.
The mouth is pleasant and mobile, aud
when Seymour smiles at you, tho feeling
produced is a genial one.
This is a cultured man, man of free
tastes and high purposes, man of elegant
diction and also of powerful analysis. The
skin of the face is sallow and thin seam
of whiskcrs encirc.es the throat under the
chin. Why is it that all men OF mind or
mark in the worlds struggles have this
peculiar sallow skin. 1t has always been
an accompaniment, if not an indication of
of genius. The C@sars, Napoleon, Fred
erick, Tulley, Turennc, Disraeli, Henry
Clay, Webster, and many others Of similar
celebrity. have had, or have, sallow skins.
The dress of Seymour is in perfect harmo.
ny with good taste, for Horatio Seymour
is gentleman first, last, and all the time.
When he makes gesture it is digniied,
and yet graceful. His voice. slightly i'm
paired yesterday by a bad cold, is correct
In its intouations, full and, when approach
ing climax, resonant. The hands, when
lifted in the air, are white like wonan's S,
and the fingers slenderly shaped. When
speaking. all eyes and ears are turned his
way, aud his influence on large body Of
men is magnetic and thorough. His long
and steadfast adherence to democratic
principles, his persistence in the right
through good and i'll report, has made the
name of Horatio Seymour dear one to all
democrats. To the hunblest man IN the
party lie is orrtcous, polite, and kind in his
manner. His knowledge of parliamentary
law is full His manner of re cognizing a
delegate is all that could be desired; and
no man in the house ever looks at
him for five minutes without feeling that
he is worthy of being the candidate of the
convention.
WADE HAMPTON.
: The Murat of the south. Reubens
would have delighted to paint this man s
face. a strongly marked face The face
of a hero and leader of men, Standing
over six feet, the figure athletic and full
the shoulders ample and worthy to carry a
head which gives promise of firm but quie,
determination. In brief, the head of q
man who has best represented the strength
: and intellect of South Carolina in all the
trying years Of her chcckered history
} The face is bronzed with the smoke and
dust of many hard fight Such face
as might be deemed the Incarnation of war
when once aroused. The eyes black and
, piercing, the chin solid, the jaws of iron
mould, and surmounted by whiskers Of
the English guardsman fashion Thi.
, mans history is poem in itself We car
call to mind one man like him in the
chronicles of the Anglo Saxon. That
man was James Grahame Viscount Dun
dee. Both were sabreurs. Both alike
] fought gallantly for a like cause, the cause
Of blood and birth, and both lost the grea
T, stakes which they had cast headlong il
the fight. South Carolinians will tell yor
: with pride Of his history, Of his thirteel
, acres of rose gardens, of his stable of fmag
e ni6cent blooded horses, the finest stable il
u all the sunny land of the south, of hi
genius, his pride of race, his heroism ant
" self sacrifice for the lost cause, of tn
struggle which he made, and of his mani
u and dignifed silence when the south wa
i overthrown, horse, foot and artillery, b.
the armed might of the north, and of hi
l. wise counsel to his people since then
e Hampton has, like most Of the other south
G ern delegates in the convention, but littl
= to say. He abides the will of the nortl
quietly, and. as he said yesterday, will b
contented and satisfied with their choice