The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-30

FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 80. 1883.
oOvERNOR sEYMOURS SPEECH Al
INDIAHAPOLIB.

0OvERNOB sEYMOURS SPEECH Ar
HDIAHAPOLIs.
INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 2e-Gov. Seymour reached
this city at P. NJ. by special train from Chicago
He was met at Lsfay cite by q committee of the
prominent Democrats Of the State Along the
route crowds were gathered at the stations, who
greeted him with enthusiastic cheers. At several
points be made short speeches. On his arrival at
tnis city large crowd had gathered at the depot
snd the party were escorted IN carriages to the
psImer House. After supper the White Boys in
Blue, with torches, escorted the governor and
party through the principal streets to the rink,
where Governor Seymour, having been introduced
py the president Of the meeting, spoke as follows
MY COUNTRY. f
My FeVo,c Ctizens-I left my State In no SELF
seeking spirit, but with disposition to discuss
before the people Of the country, the great issues
OF this campaign: LEFT home, I trust, patriotic
man. filed with the love Of my country, and ami
mated with q wish to serve this people. But my
patriotism has been quickened, and nv love Of
country has grown upon me, as In the course
Of my journey its magni6cence and its vast extent
has burst upon my mind. When have met else
pie, more than ever l have felt the
magnitude and sacredness of the duty
which should be performed by all men who
hold or who seek official position When this
day was borne across your broad prairies, when
| saw the magnifcence Of your natural sdvan.
tages when felt howsmuch Almighty God had
done for the people in our great territories, its
rivers. felt that human passions, human infirmi.
ties should not In any degree impair the blessings
which we as people should enjoy. could not
but go back in thought to the better days of the
republic, to the spirit which animated our fathers
when they founded our institutions, and l could
not but mourn over the party passions that to-day
are TO such degree arraying one portion of
the American people against another, and pro-
ducing those animosities, those wicked charges,
nd nd hos al inns
tons which, In our partywarfare, We are wont to
indulge In with regard to each other. May the
spirit which animated our soldiers when they went
forth to battle for Union, and the spirit which
animated them as they lay bleeding upon the
battlefield, looking upon and loving the nations
flag as they were suffering and dying, animate Us
es we are now entering upon duties as sacred as
those in which they were engaged. Applause
stand land b before you tonight desiring to say
try. / have studied its affairs, and l have no
word or sentiment or arguments to advance to-
night that are not my sentiments, and the words
| put forth before ! became candidate for pub
lie office. ! should dstrust myself IL these con-
victions had been formed under the influence of a
personal or selfish interest For years have felt
that the policy of those now in power has endan-
gered the safety Of the republic, the interest of
the people and the happiness of rs all. To my
mind it Is full Of inequalities, and whatever is un.
equal is generally unjust, as will try to show to-
night. Not here. for am told that must speak
to o larger concourse than this the thousands
who are shut out from coming into this building
on account of the immense numbers that crowd
in here. am told that the committee have made
arrangements that my main argument shall be ut
tered in another place, and then shall show that
we who are stigmatized as unfair men are seeking
nothing but what is right nothing bat what Is
equal; nothing but what IL just Before leave
these assembled thousands that / meet for the
frst time and in all human probability for the last
time, / wish to utter few words, that trust, II
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those who differ from me, will, at least, lead them
to look upon me in kindlier light than before.
when look upon this vast assemblsge where
see before me the intelligence, the power and
the beauty of this community, do want you
pardon the sefshness, If it isl want you to look
upon me as man that loves his country and q
man that would sacrifice his all for its welfare.
(Applause.)
NY Republican friends, you may be mistaken in
your estimate of us. We may be wrong in our
argument and views, but we are not untrue TO our
country. If the vast organization known as the
Democratic party was not loyal-did not love of
glorious Union Of ours On the otherhand, i am
ready to say that IL did not know and feel that
the great Republican party was made up Of truly
honest men acting upon their convictions harsh
as they may have been toward me; If did not
feel that they desired the good of their country l.
too, should despair Of this republic. (Cheers.)
Then let rs lay aside passion and prejudice let
Us be impressed with the social duties we are now
to assumes let rs discharge the duties of Ameri-
can citizens IN this canvass with an earnest desire
to save onr country, uphold the Constitution and
save that Union for which we have sacrificed so
much. Cannot We sacrifice our passions for pa
triotism when so many have sacrificed their lives
from patriotic motives! Cannot we forget party
animosites ourselves, and, In the period which
shall pass before the election, calmly review the
situation and see whether are or are not on the
safe road and see if danger is standing before
Il L IN NIT oh A
may perchsnce disarm the animosity of our politi-
cal conflict, and my desire to be thought well of
by this vast audience prompts me again to say
that, however mistaken in my views may be-
am an earnest man in my convictions. (The presi-
dent Of the meeting here held whispered con-
versation with the speaker.)
THE ISSUES OF THE DAY.
/ am told that am allowed little time to speak
with regard TO the great issues of the day. said
that complained Of the inequality of the policy
of the party in power which in my judgment was
working out great injustice in this country.
Let me take up but one Of the aspects Of the
question. When our government was formed we
made it representative government; we said to
the people through those they chose to speak for
them that they should have their fair share of pc.
litical power, but we modified this In one respect
They formed the Senate Of the United States, and
said that we should be represented in that upon
terms of perfect equality. i believe, without
impunging motives, that If the policy which has
mdIkeu the course vi tue party III power Tor the
past four years be continued 1t will bring the re-
public into great peril. How is il, / ask, when /
60 over this country find the advantages Of
government unequaly distributed; its financial
policy bearing heavily upon the people, and | find
a class Of men complaining Of it. / think in the
history of our country, States that were the home
of Washington, of Jefferson, Of Marion, of Sump-
ter and of Lee, why can't we, my Republican
friends, we on both sides who did not fight in the
battles of our country, and never met the dangers
Of the contest, why cannot we rise to the same
spirit Of msgnsnimity that filed the breasts Of our
soldiers when after the battle was DONE
smarting with wounds, and mourning the loss of
comrades they sought upon the bloody feld-the
man who had fought against them, as well as the
man who had fought with them-forgettiug all
human infrmities, as he saw his fellow-man
stretched before him writhing in agony, remem.
bering that there was connected with him all the
sacred ties Of home, forgetting all the past, and
seeking him out and cherishing him as brother.
loud cheers.) The South lies desolated at our
feet-poor, unable to carry on with success her
pursuits. The black and white men alike are in.
terested in having helping hand stretched out to
them to lift them up once more, to make them in
heart and head members Of this glorious Union,
and restore as we may the Union Of the past. Go
to the battle fields of the South. God has already
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