Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-10-16

France, has sent the following letter 20 a
friend in this city. IL was not written
for publication, but the gentleman TO
whom Il was addressed has consented 10
give IL TO the public;
Pans, September L.
MY DEAR SIR:--li was my hope that
my distance from homo would have saved
me from oil participation in the political
excitement prevailing there, but notice
In one of the newspapers that am heart
and hand with Mr.. Seymour | sm no,
aware Of anything in the present or past
which could righ,iully subject mo 10 sueh
an imputation.
have been acquainted with Mr.. ses-
mour more than quarter OF a century. lie
IL an amiable gentleman of unexceptiou.
able private character and respectable
talents; but you know a. we'll M l. that
he has not a single qualification for the
successful execution OF the high official
trust to which he has been nominated,
aud he is especially deficient in that H,m.
ness Of purpo,e which In eriiienl emer.
genoies, IL the only sale guard against
public disorder snd calamity. Ile has
been twice, ut different times, Governor
Of the State of New York, aud he has, In
neither case, had talent or tact ,c keep
the Democratic party Of the State togeIh.
or more than two years. | should regard
bis election at this junciure, when stead
iness OF purpose, decision and nelf.eon-
troll are 40 much needed, as one of the
greatest oalunilies that could btfall The
country.
Moreover, he has been put in nomina.
tlon by a convention which has openly
declared the purpose Of those II repre-
s,n,s, to pay the greater part OF the pub.
hc debt contracted TO preserve the Union
in Deprecated paper Such measure
would, in my judgment, be a palpable
violation Of the public faith, pledged ua.
der circumstances which would have been
binding on all honorable men. Seymour
has made public speeches to show that IL
is our duty TO pay the debt in specie. In
accepting his nominsiion 10 the Presi-
Gency, he adopts tho declaration that II
cughr to be paid 10 paper. know moth
Ing 30 humilialing IN the history Of Amer.
lean politics as this regeneration.
II was perhaps not unh, that Mr.. Sey.
mour, after presiding in 1864 over the
Chicago Convention, which declared tho
war a failure, should preside over the
Convention OF 1868, in which a PROPOSE
ton 70 discredit the debt contracted to
carry on the war was received with tre-
mendous cheering, aud that be should be
the chosen instrument 10 execute this act
OF national turpitads.
! do not believe that the wishes OF
opinions Of the great body Of the Demo-
cratic party are fairly expressed in these
proceedings. They have nothing in oosa-
mon with the sistesmanhke views Of
policy, and the high sense OF national
honor which guided the party when Mar
lin Van Bureu, William l.. Yapcy, Silas
Wright, Lewis, Cass. aud Stephen A.
Douglas were among its most conspicuous
members.
l see but one source Of safety for the
eOnntry under existing circumstances,
and that is the election Of General Grant.
On his decision. OF character, good sense.
moderation aud disinterested patriotism,
believe the South will have far better
hope of regaining the position in the
Union to which it is entitled, than under
man whose political career has been 10
nothing more conspicuously marked than