Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-08-06
Daniel s. Dickinson on HOra-
wv. ". ito SEYMOUR.

United States Commissioner OF Revenue.
Daniel s. Dickinson on IIOra-
ito seymour.
The following is an extract from a
speech of Daniel S. Dickinson, delivered
AT the great ratification meeting held at
Cooper Institute in the City of New York,
October sth, 1862. AS Dickinson was a
lifelong Democrat, and in position to be
perfectly posted on Seymour's record, the
picture he draws may beespecially refresh
ing Just now to the conservative soldiers
who, at their late convention in New York
committed themselves so unreservedly to
the support of the Democratic nominee for
the Presidency: 81 '9 ''''
When the atrocious conspiracy which
ever desecrated earth found devclopcment
in an assault upon our national flag at
Sumpter, and in efforts to massacre half
starved garrison placed there in time of
profound peace, according to uniform
usage, for no other offense than asserting
the supremacy of their Country's Constitu-
tion, and giving to the breeze, as emblem
aiical thereof, the glorious stars and stripes
of their fathers-when the brave volunteers
who were hurrying to the defense of our
nations capital TO save it from mob rule
and rebellion, and conhagration, were
bleeding by traitorous hands-when al
communication with the loyal States and
the capital was cut off by the rcbellious
forces-when strong men trembled, women
wept, and children instinctively clung to
the maternal bosom-when the President
elect of the United States had then recent
~ reached the seat of government, where
duty called him, by circuitous route, and
in disguise, to escape the dagger Of the as
sassin, and when our land was filed with
excitement, CONSERVATION and alarm
when "shriekcd the timid and stood still
the brave" and the canfding masses look
ed about TO see who were the men for tho
crisis, among the citizens Of the Empire
State, who had borne part in public az
fairs, and were naturally looked up TO as
excmplars in such crisis, Heratio Sey
mour hied himself away upon the double
quick, In the opposite direction, laugh
teri and for nearly halt a year hid him
self among the lakes and rivers, romantic
woodlands and inland towns of Wisconsin
and his tongue was as silent on the subject
OF denouncing the rebellion, US those of the
murdered volunteers, whose GHOSTS walk
ed unrevenged amongst us" There
we may suppose he basked and bal
anced, and watched and waited, and turned
and twisted, daughter until a small knot
of defunct, defeated desperate and despica-
BILE politicians, who had for years hung up
on the subsistence department of the Dem
ocratic party of this State, came to bis re-
lief by entering the field. Laughter. They
borrowed without leave the honored name
of democracy under which TO perpetuate
their covert treason, as the hypocrlte "stole
the livery of the court of Heaven TO serve
the devil in" --f5I yfa ln is5a.si>s Fr
Their disgraccful and disloyaln record
stands out as the doipgs ofmen too stolid
in political dcpravity to be gifted with or
d;nary instincts, and too regardless of the
popular will to be mindful of shame; and
the defeat they experienced at the hands
of the people should serve as q warning to
trimmers and traitors, and parricides and
ingrates, through all future time. This
movement drew the secluded one from his
hiding place, and he came forth with all
the courage of him who, in conflict with
his wife, being driven under the bed, and
while remaining thus ensconsced, declared
that whether she consented or not he wo'd
look out through a knot hole In the clap
boards so long as he had the spiritof a
man. lGreat and repeated laughter and
applause-] ss isa ,ai.I ~
He entered on the political canvass, and
on the 2sth day of October, 1861, few
days before the election. made a speech,
the burden of which was an apology fol
the rebellion, and condemnation of the
| administration for having meted out the
rigor of martial law 10 those In arms
against the Government Though abound
ing in flimsy tiisguises and sophistical gen
eralities, ii contained one point worthy moi
only of notice, but of the severest repre-
hension, and here it Is: "lf 1t Is true tha
slavery must be abolished to save this I'm
ion, then the people of the South should be
allowed to withdraw themselves from ths,
Goyernment which can not give them the
protection guaranteed by its terms.
j What, place this glorious Union--this her
itage of human hope-this asylum for thu
world s weary pilgrim-this refuge for ths
/ oppressed of the earth-in the scale of be
| ing beneath the black, and bloated, and
bloody, the corrupt and corrupting, the
stultified and stuAifying institution OF sla
very, Nol Sooner than see this Union sew
cred, let not only the institution perish
whenever and wherever it can be found
but let the inhabitants that have known i
perish with 1t, and be known no more for
ever. Tremendous and long continued
I applause. That's se.'' That's the talk.
Three cheers.] And yet this returning fn
gjiiye from patriotism proclaims rs hi
creed, IN effect If not in terms: that If eth