Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-10-14

most IN o'erthrowing the principles OF our
and all thatm hes it valua.
Die 10 our people and distinguishes it
among the nations ofthe earth =
HIS +" FRIENDS THREATEN BLoUDsHED
NORTH
And at the same Convention, James
?. Thaycr, delegste and friend Of
Seymour. followed this speech in the fol.
lowing words;
"rhe public mind will bear the avow
al. aud let US make itlz-that if revolu-
tion of force is to begin, it shall be inaug-
nratcd at home And if the incoming
Administration shall attempt to carry
out the line Of policy that has. been fore
shadowed, we announce that, when the
hand of Black Repuhllcanism turns to
blood red, and seeks from the fragment Of
the Constitution to construct scatfOld
for cosrcion-anotber name for revolution
we will reverse the order of the French
Revolution. and save the blood of the peo.
pie by making those who would inaugur.
ale reign of terror the Gr,t victims of
national gullo,iue !"
SHALL WE COMPROMISE BEFORE OR AFTER
WAR
"This question is simply this:
Shall we have compromise after war,
or compromise without war? Shall We
he sided in this settlement by the loss of
national honor. the destruction Of individ
usl Interests aud the shedding of blood?'
/ Speech at Albany, jan, 1861.
How SHALL THE WAR BE CONDUCTED p
We have been mad enough to muster
armies to occupy their territory But
some have suggested with cduplacent air,
that the South mi hit be easily suhjugated
by blocksdiug their ports with u few
SHIPS Of wlr-[I bid.
AssAILING TIE GOVERNMENT
"What a spectacle do we present, to
d4y Already six States have withdrawn
from this Copfederacy. Revolution has
actually begun, The tern secession di'
vests it of none of its tcrrors, nor do ar
gumeuts to prove secession. inconsistent
!. With our Couseiiati0s stay fns progress o.
mitigate its evil. All virtue. patriotism
and intelligence seem 10 have Fed iron
our nalionsl capital; IL has been wei
likened to conAsgration Of an asylum
for madmen--some look on with idioti
imbecility; some in sule1 silence ant
some scatter the frebrsnds which consume
the fabric uhose them. and briUg upoI
all commoa destruction. ls there on
revolving aspect in this scene which ha
not it's parssclI at the capital of you
country? Do you not sec there the scUse
less imbecili,y. the garrnlous idiocy, tb
maddsncd rage, displayed with regard t
, petty personal passions and party pur
poses, while the glory. the honor. ant
the sufety Of the country, are all forgot
ten? The same pcrvadipg fauaticism hs
brought evikupou all the institutions Q
our land. Our churches are torn asun
der and desecratcd to partisan purposes
The wrongs Of cur local legislation, tn
t growing burdens Of debt and taxation
. the gradual destruction Of the African i
0 the Free States, which IS marked by eac
recurring census, are due TO the ncglee
!. of our own duties. caused by complet
5 absorption of the public mind BY sense
e less. unreasonable fanaticism
/. OPPOSED TO COERCION.
d September |, 1864, Horatio Seymou
a the Democratic candidate for PresideD
made speech at Milwaukee, Wis |
e speech he declared tnat be would NJ
denOunce this Abraham Lincoln's Az
ministration for casual acts Of wrong
0 would not deuoance 1t because its men
bers have erred iu 3sdgment-but | woal
e denounce il because | believe it has el
a tered upon settled course Of policy da
q gerous to the welfare Of the country.
i proposes to put down the rebellion by tv
+ powers-the power Of policy and the po'
or Of the army"
+ The REBEL Spirit IN 1854.
y Seymour was delegate tothe Dem
cratic Rebel Chicago Convention of 1876
and was chosen Chairman; upon takil
d the chair, he said tA
1t The bigo,ry Of fanatics and the
Y. trigucs of placemen have made the bleo'
G pages of the history Of the past thr
re years They will not stop the sheddi
as Of blood even for little time to sec
Christian charity or the wisdom Of stat
Vc manship may not work out q method
if save our country. Nay, moro than th
q. they will not listen to proposal for pc;
IN which does not offer that which this G.
p crnment has no right to ask
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