The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-08-06

"A Soldier on Seymour.
| Gettysburg The Draft Riots In
| New York-.The Lookout Noun.
| tain Of Republicahism.
One Of the speakers at the Grant
and Colfax ratification meeting in
Brooklyn, N. Y, on Wednesday
evening, the 10Th instant, was Lieu.
tenant Governor Stewart L. Wood
ford, Of Now York, 4 brave and gal.
liant soldier. Some Democrats tried
TO hiss him down, when he paid his
respects to Horatio Seymour in the
following eloquent and truthful Ian
guage:
aAnd now 1 would that I could
Justly close these words without ref.
erence to Horatio Seymour. Hiss
es. ] Bot fidelity alike 70 history
and Of my old comrades in the ar
my, living and dead, compel that !
should speak of ono passage in his
public history. l make no attack
upon Governor Seymour as man.
Most courteous and gentle in his
manners, cultured "a mina ana per
suaslve IN eIoquence, nls private cnar-
actor IS without spot OF D'emlsn.-
But his. official acts are proper sub
lects ol criticism. On the fourtn o.
July, isoS, wnen uovernor o. tne
state, ne $1,000 AZ tne academy q
music IN New ork ana I'M most
elaborate ADDRESS apoiog'1ed aliko
ior slavery, the south, ana tne re-
Delilon. he hae no word oi cheer
for the patient man VINO was bearing
the nation'e sorrow 10 the capitai.
Applause j ne had no WORD OF en-
couragement ior our gallant soldiers,
VINO at tnat very nour were grap-
ping with Lee IN Ire ano destn
struggle among the bills OF Pennsyl.
wanna; notning out icy sneers, out
cold caiculationsI ana but lliy.con-
cealed sympathy with treason. You
are right Thank God, at the same
hour Meade gave the lie TO his eio-
quent sophlstry az no hurled Lee
back in terrible .ieieat from Cemetery
Hill and Round Top at Gettysburg;
and Grants cannon made strange
echo to his cowardiy but concealed
applause Tor compromise and surren-
der as Vlcksburg fell and Pember-
tons host cast down their hags IN
defeat. lApplause.] TAT this point
there were some indications Of dis
turbance, when the speaker SAID 1t
was good sign when, so soon after
. Democratic Convention, the devo-
toes OF that school are finding their
way into the Democratic church.
A few short days passed, and on July
10 OF the same year the terrible draft
riots broke out In New York city
NowI do not charge that Seymour
did not seok to quell the riot. But
do charge that those riots were the
natural, logical, and almost necessary
results OF ms speeches, ms teachings,
and his puoilc omciai acts. II was
nv ~.J W.. .Iso,r;n. = % ~ tha nass;on of | IN
noh l Ard than ,.h.r TIC stnr,n hsd
natherad S no addrcssod those mad
Sanad hruta,;zed rioters as h;s friends
| and hssnnaht - their na,;snca hv ths
nioa L th"t Sa'heJ sart h;s Aj;utsnt
Gonorai % - Wash;ngton to hag that
tho draft m;ght ha snsnehded When
The .;d;ncs u tbesa r;a,s and IF Sav.
monr,s cenduct and sneoch raachod
nv reo;ment 7 was tp;l;Sg along =
dns,v road ofMarvland rannlansa and
h;ssssi IL nnrsn;t of the ratreat;nc
rahels Fa;nt;ng nnder the terr;hle
heot soma fa,lan and aven dv;nv hv
tho wavs;da onr man ware st;ll press-
mo on The lovaI arms had been
v;etor;ons at Gcttvshnrg and Wa had
heard The clad news from Vicksburu
We were Weary hut still W, couid
saa tha victory drawing nigh like
tbnnder from a clear sfv fall the Il.
dimes of this cowardIv nnr;s;ng At
onr own homo aga;nst tha Go1arn.
mant and the flag strong men went
Nth ~ ama and ,aca Firm Ins cln.
sad Al IL ! firmar wraih as thew whis-
nerad ,ba news down the ,anks ana
mns<ats were .r;nned with . venra-
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