Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-08-12
A SOLDIER on SEYMOUR.

One of the speakers at the Grant and
Colfax ratification meeting in BROOKLYN.
n Y. on Wednesday evening, 18th inst.
was Lieut. Gov. Stewart i. Woodford. Of
New York, brave and gallant soldier.
Some Democrats present tried to hiss him
down, when he paid his respects to Hora
10 Seymour in he:following eloquent and
truthful language:
A few short days passed, and on July
"a of the same year the terrible draft
riots broke out in New York city. Now
I do not charge that Seymour did not
seek to quell the riot. But do charge
That those riots were the natural, logical,
and almost necessary results of his speech
es. his teachings, and his public official
acts. 1t was the logic of his polished
brain 100 ed and growing in the passion
Of the mob. And then when the storm
had gathered, he addressed these mad
dened. brutalized rioters as his friends,
and besought their patience by the plea
that he had sent his Adjutant-General
to Washington to beg that the draft might
be. suspended. When the tidings of these
riots and of Seymour's conduct and
and speeches reached me with my regi-
ment, was toiling along dusty road of
Maryland [applause and Kisses in pursuit
of the retreating rebels Painting under
the terrible heat some falling and even
dying by the wayside, our men were still
pressing on. The loyal arms had been
victorious at Gettysburg, and we had heard
the clad news from Vicksburg We were
weary. but still we could see the victory
drawing nigh. Like thunder from clear
sky fell the tldings of this cowardly upris-
ing at our own home against the Govern
ment and the flag. Strong men wept
with shame and rage. Firm lips closed in
frmer wrath as they whispered the news
down the ranks, and muskets were grip
ped with vengeful feeling such as we
had not known before in sIirmish and
battle. Could we have fled that day into
Broadway there would have been a bloody
reckoning, and short work would have
been made with his Excellency's especial
friends. Applause. we had left home
to fight your battles, and we felt that you
were bound to tax yourselves, if needs be,
to your last dollar to pension our dows.
to succor our wounded, and to feed our
little ones. We were there just as much
for your sakes as for our own, and we felt
that when our ranks grew thin we had a
right to reinforcements; that you ere
bound in honor to send US your young
men and your strong men, even if your
old men and boys had to work your fac
tories and the women had to till the fields
We were terribly in earnest. We were
fighting rebels. We meant to stand
up to our work, and we very solemn
ly intended that youshould stand squarely
up to yours. [Applause.J How rever-
emily we thanked God when the good
Lincoln and the lion hearted Stanton said
. the draft should be enforced. Applause.
And how we cheered the soldiers who were
sent from our midst to enforce the law and
uphold the honor Of our flag against the
Northern mob You can now understand
how we soldiers feel toward his Ezcellency
Horatio Seymour In the hour of our
sorrow and WEAKNESS he had no encourage
no faith in our final victory. Now, in our
triumph. when the flag streams out on
every breeze, and all our land is one again,
we have no need of thee Horatio Seymour
[Applause.l Let Southern rebels shout
thy praise let the burners of the orphan
asylums, and the deserter and the skulker
from the draft Irvine laurel for thy brows !;
we will stand by the old flag, all battle
scared, but glorious in victory, while we
follow the great captain of our armies,
our own Ulysses Grant. Applause. At
the battle of Lookout Mountain, as, follow
ing the line of fire, our surgeons climbed
up the billy steep, they met four soldiers
coming down and carrying in blanket a
shapeless mass. Laying their burden
tenderly down, they asked the doctor to
look at their wounded color Sergeant
His shoulder and forearm had been torn
away by shell. The surgeon knelt, and
putting the hair from his manly brow,
asked, My brave fellow, where were you
hit p His eye uuclosed for moment, as
he family answered, almost at the top
NO, no, my good man, whereabouts are
you wounded? p Again his dying eye
opened, again his pale lips moved, as he
whispered, i was almost at the top, sir,
bearing the flag, when the shell struck me.
One moment more and [ should have been
clear up lie gave one gasp and his
brave spirit was gone forever. And so.
dear friends, is it with US to-day. We
are almost at tie top. In faith and love
we have carried the dear old flag for -four
long years of struggle until now we are
above the clouds, fighting as Joe Hooker
fought up in the clear sunlight of absolute
justice and right. [Applause,] Only
once more close up the ranks Only once
more press up the mountain slope, and
we shall plant our dear old flag clear up
on the mountain top Of final victory fol
liberty and the rights of men. Loud and
continued applause. = s--s
CHICAGO GIRLs--An eastern paper
has this fling at Chicago girls: 1.-THE mai
dens of CHICAGO have learned a trick or