Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-08-29

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>evmour. A. the meeting It the
state Military Association in Jauu-
art. l~63. said
We deuouuce tie rebellion -
most wicked. because il wages war
against the best Government the
world has ever seen. Remember
there Is guilt in negligence as well as
i'll disobedience. and there is danger.
too. We complain that the arms of
the General Government were here
tofore unequally distributed. This
was owing in part to the reasonable
purposes of officials, but it is due in
part to our own neglect of our CON
stitutional duties. Our enrolled
militia should count more than five
hundred thousand, but they do not
exceed one-half of that number.
Hence our quota ofa was dinlin-
ished, and that of the Southern
States increased. The want of these
arms and propermiitary organiza-
ton has added immensely to the cost
of this war and to the burden of tax
alton. More than this, if wc had
respected our constitutional obliga-
tions we might, at the outset, have
placed in the field a force that would
have put out this rebellion when it
was first kindlcd."
In nearly every proclamation is
sued during his term of '63-'64 Gov.
Seymour urged the people to pray
that the rebellion "mi ght be put
down."
In his message Of June 8, 1868,
Gov. Seymour said:
"Under no circumstances can the
division ofthe Union be conceded"
In 1861, when Gov. Seymour was
up for no office aud had no anxiety
with respect to any election, he said:
in an address to his townsmen.:
"We owe our duties to our Gov
ernment. We must strengthen our
armies and furnish it with means to
conduct this war to successful issue.
The day has gone by for effort to
avert it. When the American peo-
plo refuse to live together in the
spirit of the Constitution, when they
reject all adjustment of controver-
sizes, they make the sword the only
arbiter. Consistency demands that
we who strove to avert the war
should now strive to make it pro-
ductive Of those ends which VIC
sought to reach by peaceful meas
ures. All theories of Government,
that Of Capitalization, or that of State
rights, requires that we should stand
by the standard of our Government
and the standard of our State in the
battle field"
In 1862, Gov. Seymour said:
"To-day we are putting forth our
utmost efforts to reinforce ourarmics
in the field. Without conditions or
threats we are exerting our energies
to strengthen the hands of the Gov
ernment, and to replace it in the
commanding position in which it can
either propose peace or conduct sue
ccssful war. And this support is
freely and generously accorded. We
wish to see our Union saved, our
laws vindicate.l, and peace once more
restored to our land"
In q speech in New York. Oct IL.
1s62- Gov. Seymour said:
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