The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-08-20
.fro@ The New YorE rH6u0s.i
Gov. SeYmourls Loyalty.

Tie World is very willing 10 oc
cupy our columns with citations in
tended TO prove Gov. Seymour's
Gdelity 70 his country during her
late fearful trial, but carefully avoids
any citation or consideration of the
proofs we offer Of his disloyalty. We
demur to such long-rsngo oontro.
versy, aud insist on moro decisive
method. Let us SEQ how tho World
will relish and receive a close crap
pleas follows: styf
H I. We charge that Horatio Sey.
inour, at the Tweddlc Hall Conyeu.
,tion Of Jan, 81, 1861, furiously
sssailed tho Republicans in Congress
for proposing TO resist secession aud
disuoion by force, saying
/" let US see u snceesSfal coercion by
'hc North is ic" reuoiatioaary than
uorcsy2i secession by The Soaih,"
Nv, 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
Confederate Constitution2 a y *
| have; aud IL is preferable to the
Federal Constitution. Now, why not
AVOID all trouble by ourselves adopt
P bsthe Confederate Constitution -
LIcl,rsNy supersediug tho Federal
psv;s 90, tederate Government,
v, We charge Tim, ana making
publieans, then a majority ". u.
Fifty Thousand, proposed to itN, "
party altogether 10 the election o
1861, aud unite the whole people Of
OUT State on a ticket selected from
both parties, aud standing on tn,
simple platform Of a vigorous prose
cutiOn OF the War for the Union
Horatio Sey mour and his friends re
jected the proifer, insisting on party
ticket and party platform sur
charged with hostility to those OF
whom the Nation had devolyed III,
duty of defending It's existence.
vi. We charge that Horatio Sey.
mour publicly said, soon after III,
issue of Lincoln's 6rsi Proclamation
of Freedom, that, il the Union coul,
ouly be maintained by abolishin.
Slavery, then the Uuion ought to b,
given up.
VII. We charge that Horatio Scy
mour, being elected Governor of ou
State, gave but a cold, reluctant
hesitatiSg, grudging, caviling sup
port to the Federal authorities, ther
struggling to avert the disruption o
the Union, 80 that President Lincolr
was constrained to say to his brother
who was at the White House on busi
ness, " Please remind your brother
the Governor, that il he is ever 10 b,
president Of tho United States ther,
must be aueh a countryleft to prcsid,
DIVER taH .ul'iArit ''Hfa
a pItT We charge that, when /
beca@o necessary TO resort to Draft
ing to replenish the National armies
Gov. Seymour threw his infuenc,
Sgains, 'that resort and. in appeal
'ng to the President to suspend il,
eoforoement, menaeingly said.
" IL Is believed by at least one hal
the people Of the loyal States that IA,
vConseripiion act, which thoy ar,
called upon TO obey because II Is on
the statute-book, is in itself VIC
lation Of the supreme constitutional
law. y y = | do not dwell
upon what believe would bo the
consequences of violent, harsh
policy, before the cons.itutionality OF
tue act is tested You can scan the
future as wen as |. The temper Of
Tie people 10 day you can readiiy
learn f5r' -. s.. s'.s
a. Docs any man on Garth believe
that tho man who thus demanded Of
-the President euspeasioh Of the
Draft liIl its oonstilulionalit " could
be tested in the Courts, really wished
the Rebellion put down Ky the strong
arm 2 A few days before, he had
said TO the rioters assem- bled In oui
City Hall Park = tr-t. r1
" l assure you, my fellow-oitiaens
that am here 10 show you a test Of
my friendship fCheers | wish t.
ipforln you that | have sent my A
Jatant. General 10 Washington tt
confer with the authorities there
aud 10 have lhis Draft suspended
and stopped Nociferous cheers |