Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-19
THE KNOXVILLE WHTG
Knoxville, Tenn, August Is, 1893.
nanlel S. Dickinson on HOratiO Sey-
mOuF.

mOur.
The following is an extract from th'
.,srb of Daniel S Dickinson, delivered AT
n, great ratification meeting held at the
ra7nsr Institution in the city Of New York
o.5ber s. 1862 As Mr. Dickinson was a
long Democrat, and in position to be
rrtecty posted on Mr.. Seymour's record,
s picture he draws may be especially re-
-.sbIDg just now to those % Conservative
a'iisrs. who at their late convention in
New York, committed themselves so unre-
.sredg 10 the support Of the Democratic
nominee for the Presidency:
When the most atrocious conspiracy
-.feh ever desecrated earth found develop
-art In an assault upon our National flag
4, Fort Sumter, and in efforts to massacre
aaIfstarved garrison, placed there IN a
ma OF profound peace, according 90 uni
amusacc for no other purpose than assert
rr tbe supremacy of their country's con
e.iution. and giving 10 the breeze, as en-.
H,matical thereof, the glorious Stars and
stripes Of their fathers-whon the brave
s0.lntocrs who were hurrying to the de-
sn.e Of our nations capital, TO save It from
mob rule and rebellion, and con6egra-
.0n were bleeding by traitorous hands
when strong men trembled, when women
sept AID children instinctively clung closer
20 the maternal bosom--when all commun-
.ltion between the loyal States and the
apItal was cut Of by rebellious forces
when The President elect of the United
States bad then recently reached the seat of
government, where duty called him, by a
orcuitous and unusual route, and in dis
-Iisc. to escape the danger Of the assassin,
and when our land was filed with excite
uent and CONSERVATION and alarm shriek-
I'd the timid and stood still the brave and
Doe coufding masses looked about 20 see
who were the men for tho crisis, among the
citizens Of the Empire State, who had borne
part in public affairs, and were naturally
booked up to as cxemplcrs in such a crisis,
Be Horstio Seymour) hied himself away
upon the double-quick in the direction
|aughterl and for nearly half year hid
himself among the lakes and rivers and ro-
mantle woodlands and inland towns Of
Wisconsin and his tongue was as silent
ou the subject Of denouncing the rebellion
az, those of the murdered volunteers, whose
ghosts walked unrevenged among us. ~
Sensation There we may suppose he
hasl1od and balanced, and watched and
waited, and turned and twisted, laughter,
until autumn, when small lot Of defunct.
dictated desperate and despicable politi-
clans who had for years hung upon the
subsistence department of the Democratic
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 perpet1ate
their covert treason as the hypocrite,
stole the livery Of The Court Of Heaven
To serve the devil in"
Their disgraceful and disloyal record
stands out as the doings Of men too stolid
'n political depravity 10 be grated with or
binary instincts, and too regardless of the
popular viii 10 be mindful Of shame and
me defeat they experienced at the hands of
,he people should serve as a warning to
1mmers and traitors and parricides and
ngrates, through all future time.
This movement drew the secluded one
ron his hiding place, and he came forth
with all the courage Of him who, in a con-
l'ct with his wife, being driven under the
oed while remaining thus ensconced. de-
Jared Jhat whether she consented or not.
be- would look out through a knot-hole
% the clapboards so long as be had the
'pirJ Of man EGreat and repeated
.1lghter and applause He entered the
political canvass, and on the 28th October.
Ie0l, few days before the election. made
speech the burden Of which was an apol-
Sy Tor the rebellion and condemnation
y 'ne administration for having meted out
INC rgor Of martial law 10 those in arms
1salnst the government. Though abound
= with himsy DISCUSSES and sophistical
-enerallues, 1t contained one point worthy
'l not only notice, but Of the severest rem.
rehension, and here it is:
' 1t II Is true that slavery must he ab,l
-hed 10 save the Union, then the peonlo 90
the South should be allowed to witbdroS-
themselves from the government which car.
not give them the protection guaranteed by
Its terms
What Place this glorious Union-this
heritage Of human hope-this asylum for
lne worlds weary pilgrim-this refuge ior
lne oppressed of earth, IN the scale Of be-
lns beneath the black and bloated and
1loody-the corrupt and corrupting-the
7tuluhod and stultitying institution OF sia-
very No! Sooner than see this Union
severed, let not only the institution perish
whenever and wherever it can be found
but let the habitations that have known il
perish with it, and bS known no more for
ever. Tremendous cheers and long con-
uuued applause. f" That's SO. That's
The talk Three cheers Aud yet this
returning fugitive from patriotism pro
claims as his creed, in effect if not in terms
that if either slavery or the Union must be
destroyed. it should be the Union And
the name of this man is Horatio Seymour
Sensation.