Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-07-17
Seymour and Blair.

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After desperate struggle of five days,
the Democratic convention has succeeded
in making nomination for President and
vice. President, and their candidates are
Hora.io Seymour, of New York for Presi-
dent, and Frank P. Blair of Missouri for
vice President. The strength Of the ticket
consists altogether in it's head, as in 1864,
when Mcclellan ran, and its chances OF
election are about on the same ratio
Horatio Seymour, in l84l was elected a
member of the General Assembly of New
York, and in the following spring, mayor
of Utica, overcoming strong Wing major
ity in that city. He was annually re-elect-
ed to the Assembly till 1855, when he was
chosen speaker. In 1850 he received his
first nomination for Governor of New York,
but was defeated by Washington Hunt
by 262 votes. Two years later he was
again nominated against Hunt, and this
time was elected by majority of about
5000. In 1856 he was one of the four
candidates who conducted the quadrilateral
contest of that year. During his term as
Governor, he had vetoed the so called
"Main Law" and in the contest which
followed he fell 800 votes below Myron II.
Clark, who was the candidate ofthe Wings
and temperance men. On the breaking
out of the war, faithful to the extreme
democratic" sentiments which had actu-
ated his whole career as a politician, he
took strong grounds in favor of concession
and conciliatory measures towards the
rebels. In 1862 he was agair elected
Governor of the state, his majority over
Gen. Wadsworth being 1882. !. 1t was
during his term of Office as Governor that
the anti-draft riots occurred in New York
city. Since his retirement from tn, Gov
errors chair, in 1864, Mr.. Seymour has
occupied no prominent public position.
Frank P. Blair in l848 gave in his ad-
hesion to the Free Soil party, and support
ed Martin Van Buren, for the Presidency
During this campaign, he spoke in St.
Louis against the extension of slavery into
the territories. In 1852 he was elected to
the legislature as an avowed Free Soiler
and in 1854 he was re elected thereto or
the same profession. In 1856 he was
elected to Congress from the st. Louis dis
trict on an anti-slavery platform. Two
years later he ran as Republican candidate
from the same district, distancing his Amer
lean competitor by about |, 900, but falling
behind his Democratic opponent by 1926
In 1860 he was again elected to Congress
On the breaking out of the war, Mr..
Blair raised one of the first regiments that
his state sent 10 the field, and received o
commission as Colonel. He took part
with his regiment in the Missouri cam.
paign, and afterwards as Brigadier General
in the Southwest. He commanded q col
umn in the grand assault on Vicksburg,
and was with the army until the city sur
rendered. He accompanied Gen. Sherman
on his march from Atlanta to the sea, COM
handing the Seventeenth Army Corps,
and continued with Sherman's command
till the close of the war. Since that time
Gen. Blair has not done anything particu,
darby creditable to himself either in public
or private life, an unfortunate habit Of
drinking to excess, having done much tc
impair his clearness of thought and eff
cheney in action. He has recently taken
some part, both in writing and speaking in
some parts of the state political campaigns
but his speeches have frequently been in.
coherent. and of little value to the Demo
cratic party which employed him.
The platform presented is a sort of half
and half concern, reciting the usual demo
cratic grievances, coupled with discrimi-
nations, &C., little better than no platform
at all. For true and correct idea of the
principles advocated, see the democratic
record for the past seven Years.