Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-08-07
SEYMOUR.
Daniel 8. Dickinsons Opinion OF
the Democratic Nominee.

the Democratic Nominee.
The late Daniel S. Dickinson knew
Horatio Seymour well. In speoch
Mt the Cooper institute, on October s,
1862, spoke thus concerning him:
When the most atrocious conspira-
cy which ever desecmted earth found
development In an assault upon our
national flag at Sumpter, and In
efforts to massacre half-starved gar
rison, placed there in time of pro-
found peace, according to uniform
usage, for no other offence than assert
ing the supremacy of their country's
constitution, and giving to the breeze,
rs emblematical thereof, the glorious
Stars aud Stripes of their fathers
when the brave volunteers who were
hurrying to the defence of our ma
tion's capital, to save it from mob
rule and rebellion, anu confiagrntion
were bleeding by traitorous hands
| when strong men trcmbled, when
women wept, and children instinc-
lively clung closer to the maternal
| bosom--when all communication be-
tween the loyal States and the capital
was cut OFF hy rebcllious forces
when the Presidentelect of the
United States had then recently
reached the scat of government,
where duty called him, by circuit
Gus and unsual route, and In disguise,
to escape the dagger of the assassion,
and when our land was filled with
excitement, CONSERVATION and alarm
when "shrieked the timid and
stood still the brave,n and the contid.
ing masses looked about to see who
We're the men for the crisis among
the citizens of the Empire State, who
had borne part in public affairs,
and were naturally looked up To as
examples In such IA crisis, he Hora-
ito Seymour) hied himself away up-
ON the double quick I'm the opposite
direction, laughter and for nearly
half year hid himself among tho
lakes, and rivers, and romantic wood.
lands, and inland towns of Wiscon-
sin; aud his tongue was as silent on
the subject of denouncing the rebel
lion us those of the murdered volun-
teers, whose GHOSTS walked unre-
venged amongst US |" fScnsation. !
There we may suppose he basked
aud balanced. and watched and wait
ed, and turned and twisted, laugh
ter until autumn, when a small
knot of defunct, defeated, desperate
and despicable politicians, who had
for years hung upon the subsistence
department of the Democratic party
i'm this State, came To his relief by en-
tering the field. Laughter.l They
borrowed without leave the honored
name of Democracy, under which to
perpetuate their covert treason, as
the hypocrite .... ... ...
| stole the livery of the court OF Heaven
| To serve the devil In" .s...a
Their disgraceful and disloyal re.
cord stands out as the doings of men
too solid in political depravity to .be
gifted with ordin.rry instincts, aud
too regardless of the popular will to
be mindful of shame; and the defeat
they experienced ut the hands of the
people should serve as a warning to
trimmers, and tailors, and paricides,
and ingrates, through all future time.
This movement drew the secluded
one from his hiding place, and he
came forth, with all the courage of
him, who, in n conflict with his wifc,
being driven under the bed, while
remaining thus ensconced, declared,
that whether Sue consented ar not,
he would look out through knot
hole III tho clap-boaros, so long as he
had the spirit of 10 man! fGreat and
repeated laughter aud dapplause.1 He
| entered the political canvass, and on
the 18th of October, 1861, few days
before the election, made speech,
tile burden of which wns an apology
for the rebellion, and a condemnation
of the administration for having
meted out the rigor of martial law to
those in arms against the govern
ment. Though abounding with film
sy disguise and sophistical general
tiles, Ii contained one point worthy
of not only notice, but of the ssverest
| reprchension, and here IL is:
"lf IL Is true that slavery must be
abolished to save this Union, then
neorle of the South shouiaa be allow.
ed to withdraw themselves from that
/ government which can not give
them the protection guaranteed by
! its terms.n ~ -H e#
! What! Place this glorious Union
! this heritage of human hope--thiB
asylum for the worlds pilgrlm-this
refuge for the oppressed of earth, In
the scale of being beneath tile black
and bloated and bloody--the corrupt
aud corrupting--th stultified and
stultifying institution of slavery !!
MOI Sooner than this Union severed,
let not only the institution perish
whenever and wherever 10 can be
found, but let the habltatiops that
have known 1t perish with IL and he
known no more forever. ETremend-
Gus aud long continued applause.
That's so, That's the talk J" Three
cheers ] Aud yet this returning
fugitive from patriotism proclaims
as his creed, I'm effect IL not In terms,
that IL either slavery or the Union
must be destroyed. 1t should be the
Union! And the name of this man
| In Horati0 Seymour, TSensation.