Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-08-29
Daniel S. Dickfnson's Opinion OF the DEM
Ocratic Nominee.

Ocratic Nominee.
The late Daniel Dickinson knew Horatio Sey-
mour we'll In a speech at the Cooper institute
October s, 1862, he spoke thus concerning him ::
When the most atrocious conspiracy which
ever desecrated earth found development in the
assault upon our nations flag at Sumter, and in
efforts to massacre half starved garrison,
placed there in time of profound peace accord
ing to uniform usage, for no other ofense than
asserting the supremacy of their country con-
stitution, and giving to the breeze, as emblem
atical thereof, the glorious stars and stripes of
their fathers-when the brave volunteers who
were hurrying to the defense of our nations cap
ital, to save it from mob rule and rebellion, and
conflagration, were bleeding by tratorous hands
when strong men trembled, when women wept
and children instinctively chung closer to the
maternal bosom-when all communication be-
tween the loyal States and the capital was cut
off by rebellious forces - when the President
elect of the United States had then recently
reached the seat of government, where duty
called him, by circutous and unusual route,
and in disguise, to escape the dagger of the
assassin, and when our land was filled with
alarm-when shrieked the timid and stood
still the brave,' and the confdng masses looked
about to who were the men for the crisis
among the citizens of the Empire State, who had
borne part in public affairs and were naturally
Il s,
[Horatlo Seymour hed himself away upon the
double-quick in the opposite direction daughter
and for nearly half year hid himself among the
lakes and rivers, and romantic woodlands, and
inland towns of Wisconsin and his tongue was
MS silent on the subject of denouncng the rebel
lion as those of the murdered volunteers, whose
ghosts walked unrevenged amongst u.s." [Sen-
sation. There, we may suppose he Oasked, and
balanced, and watched, and waited, and turned
and twisted [laughter], until autumn, when a
small knot of defdnct, defeated, desperate and
despicable politicians, who had for years hung
upon the subsistence department Of the Demo-
cratic party in this State, came to his relief by
entering the field Laughter They borrowed
without leave the honored name of Democracy,
under which to perpetuate their covert treason,
rs the hypocrite
Stole the livery of the court of heaven
Tc serve the devil in
Their disgraceful and dsloyal record stands
out as the doings of men too solid in political
depravity to be gifted with ordinary instincts,
and too regardless of the popular will TO be
mindful of shame and the defeat they expert
enced at the hands of the people should serve as
a warning to trimmers, and traitors, and parri-
cdes, 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 a conflict with his wife,
being driven under the bed while remaining
cuSCOuCeu, ueCldTeu, ludI Wuclut- Sue COH-
scented or not he would look out through knot
hole in the clapboards so long he had the
spirit of man Great laughter and applause
lie entered the political canvass, and on the 28th
of October, 1861, few days before the election,
made speech, the burden of which was an
apology for the rebellion, and a condemnation
of the administration for having meted out the
rigor of martial law to those in arm against the
Government Though Astounding with timsey
DISCUSSES and sophistical generalities, 1t con-
tanned one point worthy of not only notice, but
of the seyerest apprehension, and here 1t Is
eff it that slavery be abolished to save the
union then the people of the South should pe ao"eo
withdraw themselves from that government winch cannot
give them the protection guaranteed by its terms
What Place this glorious Union, this hert-
age of human hope this asylum for the world s
pilgrim, this refuge for the oppressed OF earth,
in the scale of being beneath the black and
bloated and bloody-the corrupt and corrupting
- the stultfed and stulifying institution of
slavery No Sooner than this Union severed,
let not only the institution perish whenever and
wherever it be found, but let the habitations
that have known it perish with it and be known
no more forever. Applause, with 8 That's so y
"That's the talk p Three cheers.l And yet
this returning fugitive from patriotism proclaims
as his creed, in effect if not in terms, that if
either slavery the Union must be destroyed, it
should be the Union And the name of this
man is Horatio Seymour. [Sensaton.