New-York tribune., 1868-07-25
COY. SEyMOURS LOYALTY.

The World is very willing to occupy our
columns with citations intended to prove Gov.
Seymour's fidelity to his country during her
late fearful trial, but carefully avoids any cta-
ton or consideration of the proofs we offer of
his disloyalty. We demur to such lOng-range
controversy and insist on a moro decisive
method. Let us see how The World will
relish and receive close grapple-as follows: :
/. We charge that Horatio Seymour, at the
Tweddle Hall Convention of Jan. 81, 1861, fu-
rously assailed the Republicans in Congress
for proposing to resist Secession and Dsunion
by force, saying:
Let successful Coercion Iyde North IS less rero-
utionGTg than successful Secession 6y ire S0"Ut'
Does The World admit or deny thisl
II. We charge that James S. Thayer-then
and now prominent and Jealous Seymourite-
followed him in these memorable words:
If we cannot we can at least I'm an authoritative way
and practical manner arrive at the basis OF peacea
bic separation renewed cheers we can AZ least Dy dis
tment I'm the state Of NewYork upon this question and
it from that fearful current that circuousy but
the enforcement OF the laws the shoreless ocean OF
sy AsGmst aT tT m nms nnde5 po & and s All
times oppose rosolute and unfalterng resistance The
that if revolution Of force Is 10 begin IL shall be tnau-
glrated at home. lCheers Aud If the incoming Admin.
has been foreshadOwed We announce that when tine
hand Of Black Repubicanism turns 70 bloodred, and
seeks from the fragment Of the Constitution TO construct
a scafOldng for CoercOn-anOther name for execution
will reverse the order Of the French Revolution and
save the blood OF the people by making those who would
naugurate reign OF terror the first victims Of national
gullotue," Enthusiastic applause.I
We charge that Reuben II. Waworth,
(another of SeymOur's "friends,') followed i'll
these terms
"It would be as brutal in my opinion to send men to
INIT her ouro WI
would be to them In the Northern States. We
are told however that 1t is our duty TO- and we must
enforce the laws But why land what laws are TO be
forced There laws that TO be enforced In the
time NJ the American Revolution and the British Par.
lament and Lord North sent armies here to enforce
Bnt what did Washington say in regard TO the en-
and abroad than any other man on earth ever was
honored-dd he 20 for enforcing the awsl No. he went
TO resist laws that oppressive against free people,
and against the injustice Of which they rebeued loud
Did Lord Chatham 60 for enforcing the laws NO. he
gOIied in his defense Of the liberties America lie made
that memorable declaration in the British Parliament
If American citizen instead OF being, as am,
an Englshman, never would submit to such laws
III. We charge that, while George w. Clin-
ton-also Democrat - emphaticaly con-
demned and rebuked these dsloyal fulmina-
tions, Horatio Seymour did not. He uttered no
word which implied dissent from the doctrines
Of Thayer and WalwOrth, or intimated that
they had gone further than his lead would
warrant. In fact, theirs were simply bolder
terations of his more guarded but equally sig
nifcant suggestion. What says The WOrIdP
". We charge that Gov. Seymour, few
weeks after that Convention, being in our City
and meeting here Judge Charles II. Ruggles,
asked him, Judge, have you read the Con-
"federate Constitution / have; and
ait is preferable to the Federal Constitution
"Now, why not avoid all trouble by ourselves
"adOpting the Confederate Constitution ~
that is, by superseding the Federal by the
Confederate Government kicking out Lincoln,
and making Davis our Presdent.-What says
The World to this
V. We charge that, when the Republicans,
then majority of at least Fifty Thousand,
proposed to ignore party altogether in the
election of 1861, and unite the whole people of
our State on q ticket selected from both parties,
and standing on the simple platform of q
vigorous prosecution of the War for the Union,
Horatio Seymour and his friends rejected the
proffer, insisting on party ticket and party
platform surcharged with hostility to those on
whom. the Nation had devOlved the duty of
defending its existence. What is the answer
to thisP
VI. We charge that Horatio Seymour pub
lcly said, soon after the issue of I4neoln's
first Proclamation of Freedom, that, if the
Union could only be maintained by abolishing
Slavery then the Union ought TO be given up.
Does The World deny thisY
VII We charge that Horatio Seymour, being
elected Governor of our State, gave but cold,
reluctant, hesitating, grudging, cavillng support
to the Federal authorities, then struggling to
avert the disruption of the Union, so that
President Lincoln was constrained to say to his
brother, who was at the White House on busi-
ness, "Please remind your brother, the Gov
"ernor, that if he is ever to be President OF
"the United States there must be such coun-
"try left to preside over.'
VIII. We charge that, when it became neces-
sary to resort to Drifting to Tcplcnish the Ma