Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-07-31
Daniel s. Dickinson on Horatlo Sey-
rnour.

Daniel s. Dickinson on Horatio Sey-
mour.
The following 10 an extract from the
speech Of Daniel 8. Dickinson, delivered
at the great ratification meeting held at
the Cooper Institute, In the city OF New
York, October 8, 1862. As Mr.. Dickin-
son was life long Democrat, and Ia po-
si'ion to be perfectly posted on Mr.. Sey-
lnour's record, the picture he draws may
be especially refreshing just now to those
"Conservative solder" who, at their late
Convention In New York. committed
themselves so unreservedly tho support Of
the Democratic nominee for the Prosi.
dcnoy:
Whom the most atrocious conspiracy
which ever dosecrated earth found de-
yelopment In an assault upon our National
flag at Sumter, and In efforts TO massacre
q half-starved garrison, placed there In q
time Of profound peace. according TO uni.
form usage, for no other oIienso then as.
sorting tho supremacy Of their country's
Constitution, and giving to the breeze, as
emblomatioal thereof, the glorious Stars
aud Stripes of their fathers--when tho
brave volunteers who were hurrying 10
the defense Of our nations capital, TO save
~ from mob rule and rebellion, aud con
Migration, were bleeding by hnIlorous
hspds-when strong men trembled, when
women wept, aud children instinctiyely
clung closer 10 the maternal bosom
when all communication between the loyal
States and the capital was cut OF by rc.
bellious forces-when the President elect
of tho United States had been recently
reached tho seat Of Government, who're
duty called him. by a circuitous and an
unusual route, aud In disguise, to escape
the dagger Of the assassin, aud when our
land was filed with excitement and con.
sternailon aud alarm when 'shrieked the
timid and stood still the brave" and the
couhding masses looked aboM 10 SEQ who
were the men for the crisis, among the
oitizens OF the Empire State who had
borne q part In public affairs, and we're
naturally looked up TO as examplars In
such a crisis, lie (Horatio Seymour) hied
himself away upon the doube-quick IN
the opposite direction [laughter and for
nearly half = year bid himself among the
lakes and rivers and romantic woodlands
and inland towns Of Wisconsin; and his
tongue was as silent on the subject OF
denouncing the rebellion rs those Of the
murdered volunteers, whose .ghosts walk
ed unrevenged amongst u.s." [Sensation. ]
There We may suppose he basked and
balanced. aud watched and waited. and
turned and twisted llaughter,1 until au-
tumn. whom a small knot Of defunct, dc.
feated, desperate. aud despicable politi-
clans, who had for years hung upon the
subsistence department Of the Democratic
party in the State, came to his relief by
entering the field. Laughter. They
borrowed without leave the honoYed name
of Democracy, under which to pcrpctrate
their covert treason as the hypocriie
"stOio the livery Of the court Of Heaven
70 serve the devil In"
Their disgradeful and disloyal record
stands out as the doings of men too stolid
in political depravty TO be gifted with
ordinary instincts, and too regardless OF
the popular will to be mindful of shame
aud the defeat they experienced st the
hands of the people, should serve as q
warning TO irimmers and traitors and
paricides and ingrates, through all future
time.
This movement drew the secluded ont
from hiding place, and he came forth
with all the courage Of him who, in q con.
flict with his wife, being driven under the
bed, while remaining thus ensconced, de-
clared, that whether she consented or Tot
he would look out through a knot-hols
in the clap.boards, so long as he had the
spirit of a mani [Great AID repeated
laughter aud applause. He entered the
politician canvass, and on the ZSth Octo
ber, 1861, few days before The election
made speech, the burden Of which was
an apology for the rebellion, and con-
demnation Of the Administration for hav.
ing meted out tho rigor of martial law Il
those in arms against the Government
Though abounding with fmsy disguises
and sophistical geDeraliiies, il contained
one point worthy of not only notice, but
OF the seyerest reprehension, and here il
is:
"If it is true that slavery must be abol
ished TO save this Union, then the people
Of the South should be allowed to with.
draw themselves from that Government,
which can not give them the protection
guaranteed by its TERMS
What Place this glorious Union -thi:
heritage Of human hopc-this asylum fol
the worlds weary pil2rim-this refuge for
the oppressed Of earth, in the scale Of
being beneath the black and bloated and
bloody-tho corrupt and corrupting-the
stultified and stultifying institution ol
slaveryl Mol Sooner than see this Union
severed, let not only the institution perish
whenever and wherever it can be found
but let the habitations that have known /.
perish with it, aud be known no more
forever. Tremendous and long continu.
ed applause. That's So" "Thats the
talk" Three cheers.] And yet this re-
turning fugiti-e from patriotism pro-
claims as his creed, in effect if not in
terms, that il either slavery or the Union
must be destroyed, it should be the Union
And the name Of this man is Horatic
Seymour. Sensation.1
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