The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-07-10


widest enthusiasm, as one man, for several
minutes. It was truly good time already
come. A shrewd Radical turned to me and
said they have done it, they have hit the nail
| right on the head; and anybody could see at
once that the platform embodied the deepest
and broadest yearnings of the popular heart,
| and that it would sweep the country like tor
nado. 1t was in itself an anticipation Of VIC
tory.
The platform of to-day has sealed the fate Of
Radicaism, and marked the line in which the
Government will be administered after the 4th
of March next.
GOV. sEYMouR's RELUCTANCE TO ACCEPT THE
NOMINATION.
The following are the words used by Gov.
Seymour, declining the nomination, during
the fourth ballot, in the Convention:
trust I may be permitted now. to make
single remark. Very much to my surprise my
name has been mentioned. must not be
nominated by this Convention, as could not
accept it's nomination if rendered, which do
not expect: MY own inclinations prompted me NJ,
me to do so now. Now, while am gratifed
for any expression of kindness, it must be dis
tinctly understood that it is impossible, con-
sistently with my position, to allow my name to
be mentioned in this Convention against my
inclination.
PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF THE NOMINEE.
The following sketch OF the personal appear
ance of Governor Seymour, as he took the
chair Of the Convention, will be read With Pc
culiar interest:
The temporary chairman Of the Convention,
Henry l.. Randall has just retired from the
seat behind the tribune, and man wearing
dress-coat with his head bare, advances up
the main aisle Of the hall, amid tremendous
storm Of cheers, arm-in-arm with Governor
Bigler, Of Pennsylvania, and General Wade
Hampton, OF South Carolina. This man ia Hora-
to Seymour twice Governor o. Ses .Ss
ablest man in the Democratic party. Ascending
the platform he looks around for moment,
and as he stands now we will bring out his
salient points as they appear to us. Seymour
is dressed in the old style shad-belly coat,
which ia buttoned across his chest, leaving
proachable white linen and a very neatly
arranged black neck-tie Of moderate dimen-
sions. The head is well shaped, and set grace
fully back on firm pair Of shoulders, and the
lower part Of the face, below the eyes, is almost
perfect oval. The eyes are Of brilliant
brown color, and shine like diamonds beneath
firmly balanced forehead, which is bald-the
baldnes, extending back as far as the back
part of the skull The mouth is pleasant and
mobile, and, when Seymour smiles at you, the
feeling produced is genial one.
This is cultured man. man Of free tastes
and high purposes, a man Of elegant diction
and also Of powerful analysis. The skin OF the
kers encircles the throat under the chin. Why
is it that all men Of mind or mark in the
worlds struggles have this peculiar sallow
skin. It has always been an accompaniment,
il not an indicator Of genius. The Caesars,
Napoleon, Frederick, Tully, Turenne, Dis
rasl, Henry Clay, Webster, and many others
Of similar celebrity, have had, or have sal
feet accordance with good taste, for Ho-
ratio Seymour is gentleman, first, last,
and all the time. When he makes gesture,
it is dignifed, and yet graceful. bis voice,
slightly impaired yesterday BY bad cold, is
correct in its intonations, full, and, when ap-
when Lifted in air, are white like q woman's.
aud the fingers slenderly shaped. When
speaking, all, eyes and ears are turned his way,
and his Influence on q large body OF men is
magnetic and thorough. His long and stead
fast adherence to Democratic. principles, his
persistence in the right, through good and i'll
report, has made the name Of Horatio Seymour
man in the party he j. courteous, polite, and
kind in his manner. His knowledge OF parIia-
mentary law is full. His manner Of recogniz-
ing q delegate on the floor is all that could be
desired; and no man in the house ever looks at
him for five m;Lutes without feeling that he is
worthy OF being the chairman OF the Conven-
tin.
TIE VIEWS OF THE DEMoDRATIo CANDIDATE on
NATIONAL ISSUES.
We give, as matter Of especial interest at
this time, the more important passages Of Gov.
Seymour's speech on assuming the Presidency
Of the Convention. After returning thanks for
the honor conferred he said:
It is not mere party triumph we seek. We
are irving to save our country from the dang
ers which overhang it. We wish to lit off the
perplexities and the shackles, (which, in the
Shape OF bad laws and crushing taxation, now
paralyzes the business and labor OF our land.
loud cheers.1 We hope, too, that we can
give order, prosperity and happiness to those
sections Of our country which suffer 30 deeply
their industry, from the unhappy events of the
last eight yearS.e trust actions will show
that we are governed by earnest purposes to
help all classes of our citizens. Avoiding harsh
inyective against men, We should keep the
public mind fixed upon the questions
which must now be met and solved.
lCheers.l Let us leave the past to the
front the perils of the day. [Cheers.]
We are forced 10 meet the assertions in the
resolutions put forth by, the late Republican
Convention. aver there is not in this body
one man who has it in his heart to excite 30
much of angry feeling against the Republican
party as must be stirred up in the minds OF
those who read these declarations in the light
Of recent events, and in view Of the condition
of our country. In the first place, they con-
pratuIate the perplexed man of business, the
bnrdened taxpayer, the laborer, whose hours
of toll are heightened out by the growing cost
of the necessaries of life, upon the success OF
that reconstruction policy which has brought
all these trials upon them by the cost OF its
military despotism and the corruption OF its
bureau agencies.
In one resolution they denounced all forms
of reputation as o national crime. Then, why
did they put upon the statute-books Of the ma
tion the laws which invite the citizens who bor-
row coin to force their creditors to take debas-
ed paper, and thus wrong him out of q large
share of his claim, in violation Of the most SOL
emn compact? loud cheering.] Ii repudla-
tion is national crime, it is crime TO invite |
ali the citizens OF this country thus to repudi-
ate their individual promises. [Applause.l
Was II not crime to force the creditors of this
and other States to take currency at times
worth no more than forty cents on The dollar,
in repaynent for the sterling coin they gave
to build roads and canals, which yield such |
ample returns of wealth and prosperity? lap |
plause.
Again, they say it is due to the laborers Of
the nation that taxation should be equalized; |
then why did they make taxation unequal?
Beyond the injustice of making one class OF
off1anz nav FOR another the shares of the costs |