Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-08-28
Seymour's Single Certificate of Loy-
ality--How it was obtained

The Cincinnati Gazette in a late
issue points out the fact that the Dem
ocraoY have been able to find but one
certificate to Seymour's loyalty, and
tells what it is, and how obtained, as
When the thunder-clap of Governor
Seymour's nomination fell upon the
unapprehensive and unprepared Dem
oeraey, they found themselves sud
denly put to it to find certificates of
his character. In their own. minds he
had been associated with Fallandlg-
ham and the rest of the more extreme
peace Democrats; and they had nc
doubt he was more Odious to the coun-
try at large than to ttTensefves. In
their distress they struck upon let
ter from Secretary Stanton, thanking
Governor Seymour for his efforts to
forward troops. On. this they rest
1t has been paTaded IN all their news
papers, triumphantly reproduced again
and again In their editorials, and con-
stantly counted on as conclusive evi-
denee that their candidate was, after
al, mot actually on the side of the
rebels during the war. Perhaps now
they may care to know how that for
NAL and brief expression of thanks to
Governor Seymour, for doing his duty,
came to be written.
a distinguished General, appointed
from New York, was then at home,
recovering from the effects of wound.
Seymour sought an interview with
him appealed to his former Democrat
ic afiliation: spoke bitterly of the
management-Of the war, and especi-
ally of Mr. Lincoln, and finally, en-
tered upon the plans and hopes for
| stopping it entertained by himself,
Mr. Vallandigham and others. The
/ General, IN some alarm. hastened to
Washington, as soon as his wound Wo d
permit, and told Mr. Lincoln of the
dangerous frame of mind in which
he had found Governor Seymour
asking especially if the President had
In any way neglected or refused to
to notice a letter which Seymour
had addressed him. The Pres
| dent replied that the letter was long
and abusive, and that he ought not to
answer it. Like the General however
he was alarmed at the Governor of the
Empire State holding sdeh language
in the midst Ofrebel invasion, which
/ was already carrying CONSERVATION
through the North He finally deci-
| tded that the Secretary of War should
try to appease the dangerously doubt
full Governor by soft phrases. There
was no other point on which the
Secretary could praise Mr. Seymour;
in fact they were just then beginning to
discover the enormous frauds by
which, as the Provost Marshal. ex-
pressed it, the quotas of New York
were filed, but not the ranks-and so
he thanked him for having forwarded
troops.
A few days afterwards Mr.. Seymour
was addressing the rioters in front of
City Hall, as his friends, deDouncing
the Government for the draft. and
compelling the return of three times as
many troops as he had just been than
ked for sending forward, to put down
the mobs of his friends, who were
burning orphan asylums, hanging
negroes, attacking newspaper offices.
and menacing the entire city.
Such are the facts; and this is the
solitary certificate Of Governor Sey-
mour's fidelity to the Government du-.
ling the war which his friends have
been able toproduce. We wish them
joy of it