Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-09-17
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Col. William Brown, of Kentucky, seems
to have produced by that speech of his
which we printed a few days ago, ,and which
the World preferred not to print, but only
to snecr at, very marked unpleasantness
among the western democrats.
One Of these, Henry Reed, of the Gin
cinnati Inquirer, writes, with unconcealed
disgust, OF what he irreverently calls the
Amazing coup de thimblerig," the nomi-
nation, namely, of Mr.. Seymour, and adds:
"The democratic party gains nothing by
the election of Mr.. Seymour but successor
to the discredits and disadvantage of Mr..
johnson, whose necessary Impotence is
such that he can purchase tolerance from
none, and who is despised and abused for
the weakness inseparable from his position,
even by those who approve his views and
have nothing to urge against his character,
The individuals to whom the party and the
country are indebted for state of things
which, in the first place, reduces the chances
OF success to minimum, and, in the sec
ond, makes it worthless in case it should be
attained, are indicated in the memorandum
copied above. That they did it with their
eyes open to all the consequences, party and
political, which must accrue, seems from
facts which cannot be disputed, unquestion-
able. They had the authority of the man
whose consistency, honesty and sense of
honor they found the means to overcome,
to convince them that, doubtful as were the
chances Of success, even success would be
fruitless, ifnot disastrous"
MIR. Alexander Long, of Cincinnati, form
erly member of Congress, and the author
there of a once notorious rebel speech, for
which it was attempted 10 expel him, also
in his rage at the nomination ofSeymour,
makes unpleasant revelations of the intri-
gues in the Convention He asserts that
Seymour owes his nomination mainly to
Vallandigham-and it will occur to every
reader that Yallandigham is shrewd enough
to make no mistake in selecting his man.
Poor MIR. Seymour cuts ridiculous figure
in these revelations. Mr.. Long, an extreme
democrat who describes minutely The whole
scheme for nominating Seymour, writes.
SIN a conversation with a prominent
New York politician, Gov Seymour said
that under no circumstances whatever
could he consent tobecome a. candidate |;
said he was weighed down with family
griefs and domestic troubles; that in
few weeks he expected to see his BROTH
er consigned to lunatic asylum, and that
the condition of his own health was such
as to forbid his becoming candidate; !;
said he could not get elected, and even
II he could he would be utterly powerless
in the White House-his hands would
be tied by the Senate--he would be unable
to secure even the confirmation of Cabinet
OF choice, AID to hold the same relation be-
fore the country to the Senate, whatever
might he the complexion of the House, that
was sustained by johnson, and be perplexed,
worried and abused In the same manner,
would put him in his grave in less than a
year from the time he assumed such posi-
tion. F
Mr.. Long and Colonel Brown concur in
their testimony in regard to Mr.. seymour's
tears. Mr.. Long writes:
''Mr. Yallandigham is entitled to all the
honor that attaches to the nomination of Ho-
ratio Seymour. Mr.. Tilden, it seems was
the first to look after the Governor in the
confusion thatiollowed, and found him in the
ante-room adjoining the stage, sutfused in
tears, and Immediately beat retreat from
the scene of his achievements, and as he led
the Governor down the stairway, with the
tears yet in his eyes, he met his old friend
Peter Harvey of Boston, one of the Vice
Presidents of the Convention, when he seiz-
ed him by the hand, and exclaimed PITY
me, Harvey, pity me-
Brown says.
Il knew that, after all was over, Mr.. Sey-
,,aa, lad l., =
baby; but it appears to me really unkind and
cruel that this shameful. lisrraceful weak
ness OF the poor man should have been made
public"
Mr. Reed writes:
.That Mr.. Seymour was either weak or
dishonest, that his conduct owed its origin
either to treachery or imbecility, is a thing
so palpablc as to forbid denial His act
was that of a knave or of a fool and that
snave or fool--whichever it may have been
of no common magnitude. 1t is not com
plimentary to Mr.. Seymour, when his apol-
ogists can only maintain his integrity at the
expense of his understanding, and his un-
ierstanding at the expense ofhis integrity. II
Is not fortunate for party to be committed
TO candidate in respect to whose character
there is question which can only be an
swered by an impeachment of either his in
tellectual or moral fitness for the place to
which 1t seeks his elevation
Colonel Brown asserts that Mr.. Seymour
was ready to accept a platform which incIud-
ed and approved Of negro suffrage. Mr..
Long adds:
"On Seymours way to the Convention,
and in less than two hours before his nomi-
nation, he read to DIR. Thomas Cottman
Of New York an elabOrately prepared
speech, which he intended to make on Sec
Dnding the nomination of the Chief Justice
On behalf of New York.
Thus we get confused and laughable
picture of poor Mr.. Seymour equally ready
to accept Mr.. Chase and his principles, or
Mr.. Vallandigham and his principles; going
TO the Convention with Chase speech in his
pocket, and running away from the chair
in tears; declaring with a touching earnest
ness, beforehand, that he could not be cleo
ed, that his nomination would defeat the
party, and yet accepting the nomination
upon platform which expressly contradic-
led speech he had made but few nights
before.
Was there ever more pitiful, more ri
1iculous, a more laughable, u more painful
figure, than Mr.. Seymour's, as he is present.
ed to the American people in these Demo-
cratic documents? What kind of ruler
would he make, who is so little master of
himself, so little able TO act upon his own
as Mr.. Seymour has shown
Y. Euening Post.
The Conversions In PhiIsdeIphia.
Col Forney thus writes to the Washing
ton Chronicle -
After Judge Kelley's exhaustive speech on
of Dnmncrats came to him and ttdeclared