The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-03
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Conundrnms for Horntio Seymour
To be Answered to-day. -

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To be Answered To-day. z
Did you say, Mr.. Seymour, at Twed-
die Hall, Albany on the S1st OF Jsnu-
airy, 1884:
LET Us ALSO SEE IF SUCCESSFUL CoER-
CIoN BY THE NORTH Is LESS REVOLUTIoN-
AIRY THAN sUCcl4sFUL SECESSION AT THE
SouTH2" RfE
SIfso, did you mean to iusinuate that
the employment OF arms to put down
rebellion was as revolutionary as rebel
lion itself? ESQ zl-A %
If you did not mean this what did
you mean?
Are you of the same opinion still?
II not, when did you change your
mind, and what caused you to change
it2
Did you say Mr.. Seymour, at the
same time and place:
"The question is simply this Shall ire com-
pront5e after he l7dF, or eonIpTonSss tctthottt
: If SO. what compromise are you in
favor of, now that the war is ended2
Do you still believe, that a CompFO-
mise of the issues upon which the re-
bellion was begun is necessary now
that the war is ended7
Ifnot, when did You change your
mind, and what caused You to change
Did your say, Mr.. Seymour, In a
public speech In Utica, New York, o.
tober 2sth, 1861: E - ha -
"I DENY THAT SLAVERY Is. THE CAUSE
OF THIS wAR?"
If slavery was not the cause of the
war, what was?
Did you, Mr.. Seymour, at the same
time and place say:
'Ifit IS true that slavery must be abolished
should be dltoiVed TO tvithdraSv4"
If so, are. you OF the. same opinion
still? seq
Ifyou are not of the Same opinion
still when did you change, and whyf
Did you Mr.. Seymour, at the same
time and place say:
"Ho strong Government which may be
evoked by tue presen political convnLs!ons
OF our land will consent 10 disorSanlzs and
destroy the southern SIates by pfpiHg tuIiElsI
date freedom to goo, coo uneiuodled Africans"
n SO, are you of the.same opinion
stnl9 ~ r 1asa, q e
II you are not of the same opinion
when did You change your opinion2
Did you Mr.. Seymour, in your open
ing speech at-the Chicago Convention,
August 80. 1864, say:
aTHIs ADMINISTRATION CANNOT Eow
SAVE THE UNION IF IT WOULD" ----
II So. are you ofthe Same opinion
If you are not ofthe same opinion
now did you change your opinion
about the time that General Lee sur
rendered his forces to General Grant at
Appomattox Court House2
Did you, Mr.. Seymour. at Milwau-
kee, on the first of September, 1884,
say:
/ "For three and ahalf years we have tried
war in vain I" IRppeal TO you, have
we made any progress in this war? We dom
IcdIit tcur but peace, !eEtef, PREDICTION. i EFt
/ lpdht 10 stop the destrIfeti0H Of LJeI" ase
Were you not therefore in favor Of
peace during the war;
i portion of the National Democratic
! platform which declares the Recon-
4 struction Acts of Congress "voidf"
/ What Is the meaning of the word
Hvoid"2 Does 1t not mean that in tht
administratlonoft he governnentthose
/ laws are to be treated as though they
Il had never been euacted2 Can they be
so treated without producing war2
is not your policy, therefore. policy
1 of peace during war, and Of war during
/ peace? ,.--a,.=s (.
:. Did you declare Mt the New Yorh
| Convention, as oneoflhe reasons why
you could not except nomination foi
the Presidency, that you desired anC
Intended to take an active. part In tn
canvass, sbue that your being candi
date would prevent you from doing SC
Did you also declare that you coulC
not accept that nomination without dis
4 honor?
Is the dlshonor of accepting the nom
Ination lessened by now taking an &C
Il tive part in the canvass? .
Have the October elections any rela
ton, near or remote, TO your presen
stunt ping tour H-Chicd0o tribune.
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