New-York tribune., 1868-08-07
MP SEyuOURS C1LUMyIES.

This country mas never I'LL uO" "i'"'o''"
the indecent spectacle of a candidate for Its
highest trust assailng the party opposed to
him with every form of acrimonious ana un-
lust reproach and even IstoOping,sby mean
insinuation, to misrepresent and traduce
his ilnstrious competitor. If every voter
could read and would carefully consider
the letters of acceptance OF Grant ana
Seymour respectively it could hardly need far
thcr argument as to their fitness respectively
for President. In all that Grant has ever
written. there is nothing harsh, acrid, abusive
In all that Seymour has written on political
TOPICS there is very little that is not abusive
of his political opponents. The man Is quite
aware that if History shall honor those who
crushed the Rebellion and abolished Slavery,
it must draw very untiatterlng portrait OF
Horatio Seymour He is impelled to libel us
as the only means of justifying himself
An ingenious person who is unfamiliar with
Seymour in the past, on perusing his elaborate
defamation of the Republicans embodied IN his
letter of acceptance, would inevitably conclude
that he had some ne,C ground OF assault upon
the Republicans-that we had recently done
something to provoke this effusion of gall.
But no-seven years and half ago, when he
could accuse us of nothing but electlng the
man of our choice for President, and not get
ting down on our knees 10 ask pardon OF the
Slave Power for having dared to do so he
raved against us, in the Tweddle Hall Con-
ventiOn, as follows:
"What spectacle do we present today Already six
States have withdrawn from this cOnfederncy. Rcvolu
il Of O It's error do arguments TO prove secc,
sion Inconsistent with Constitution stay it, progress
gfa. IL grFIFIS gyfYI
0cnee seem to hare JED rom orr EaiomaI Capai: H6Gs
been iceH hkened 10 eodotio Of an dsyiun yor mad
inr,-gOBe OOk rh idOic tDlbecihy; some iI Suien
silence; and Sodtcr The HrebrGnds chch consume ne
Jabric aboue them, and bring upon all common desTte
not lis parallel at The Cdpal ~ your oounhyf DO You not
see there he Senseiess tpbeeg he 0dr11ou tdioey me
passions and party purposes phe The 0LOry NE honor, and
Inc Safey Of tie country are all J0rgoHenf The same per
tons Of land Our churches are torn asunder aud
decorated to partisan purposes The wrongs OF our local
gradual destruction Of the African In the Free states
which marked by each recurring census are All que 70
sOrptOn OF the public mind by senseeSs, unreasonns
fanaticism" &c, &c.
From the man who could thus vituperate
MS for merely resolving that Slavery should
not be extended, what could you expect when
we had overthrOwn and abolished it 7 If he
hated and lampooned us in 'G1, would he not
naturally execrate and defame us in 1867
In January, 1861, we had merely chosen Abra-
ham Lincoln next President of the United States
We had enacted no law, originated no policy,
and were nowhere in power. Slavery had said
to us, "Agree before you inaugurate your
President to hand over half the Federal
territories to Slavery forever, or the Union
lis no more!" We could not do what was
asked of us without directly, expressly repudi-
ating the main principle ThereOn we had just
been accorded triumph. We were required
to betray those who had trusted us or submit
to a dissolution of the Union. Horatio Sey-
mour seconded the demand of the slave
holders, for whom he had no word Of rebuke,
III these terms:
But the Republicans complain that having a
victory We ask them surrender It's fruits. We do
wish them give up any political advantage We urge
which demanded by the honor and safety OF
Union Can IL be that they less concerned than
we arei Will they admit that they have interests antag
Onistic those OF the whole commonwealth Are they
making sacrifices when they do that which is required by
the common welfare"
We submit that to be hated and maligned
by such n man is enduring honor. We might
have won his plaudits simply by being false.