Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-21
DANIEL 8. DICKINSON ON HORATIO
SEYMOUR.

The following is an extract from the
speech Of Daniel s. Dickinson, delivered
at the grea, ratification meeting held at
the Cooper Institute, in the city of New
York, October 9th, 1862. As Mr.. Dick
iuson was a lifelong Democrat, and in
a positiouito be perfectly posted on Mr..
Ssymour's record, the picture he draws
may be especially refreshing just now
to those conservative soldiers who,
at their late Convention in New York,
committed themselves so unreservedly
10 the supper. of the Democratic noml-
nee for the Presidency
"When the most atrocious conspiracy
which ever desecrated the earth found
development in an assault upon our ma
tioual flag ut Sumter, and in efforts 10
massacre n half-staryed garrison placed
there 10 a time of profound peace, nc
cording to uniform usage, for no other
ofrense than asserting the supremacy OF
their country's Constitution, and giving
to the breeze as emblematical thereof,
the glorious Stars and Stripes OF their
fathers-when the brave volunteers who
were hurrying to the defense OF our
nations Capital, to save 1t from MOB
rule and rebellion, and contagration,
were bleeding by traitorous hands
when strong men trembled when Wo-
men wept and children instinctiyely
chung closer to the maternal bosom
when all communication between the
loyal States and the Capital was cut oil
by rebellious force-when the President
elect Of the United States had then
reached the seat of Government, where
duty called him, by o circuitous and an
unusual route, and in disguise, 10
escape the danger Of the assassin, and
when our land was filled with excite
ment and CONSERVATION, and alarm
when ''shrieked the timid and stood
still the brave" and the coniding
masses looked about to see who were
the men for the crisis, among the citi-
Gems of the Empire State, who had
borne a part in public affairs, and were
naturally looked up to as exemplnrs in
such II crisis, he (Horatlo SEYMOUR
hied himself away upon the double
quick In the opposite direction, laugh
teri and for nearly half q year hid him
self among the lakes and rivers and 'ro-
mantle woodland towns Of Wisconsin;
and his tongue was as silent on the SUBJ
ject Of dcnouncing the rebellion as
those of the murdered volunteers,
whose ghosts walk u%nrevengcd among
u.s. G%Sensation.1 There we may sup.
pose he basked and and balanced, and
watched and waited, and turned and
twisted [laughterl until fall, when "
small knot Of defunct, defeated, des-
perate and despicable politicians, who
had for years hung upon the snos'st-
ence department Of tho Democratic
party in this State, came to his relief by
entering the field. daughter. They
borrowed without leave the honored
name Of Democracy, under which to
perpetrate their covert treason, ms tho
hypocrite
Stole the livery of the court Of heaven
10 serve the Devil in
"Their d~isgraceful and disloyal record
stands out as the doings of men tco
stolid in political d~eprayity to be giftcd
with ordinary instincts, and too regard.
less Of the popular will to be mindful
of shame; and the defeat that they cX-
perieuced at the hands of the people
should serve rs o warning to trimmers
and traitors, and PARTICLES and in
CRATES, 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 wife, being driven
under the bed, while remaining thus
snsconced, declared that whether she
consented or not, he would look
out through knot-hole in the
| clapboards as long as he had the spirit
of a a [Great and repeated laugh
ter and appluuse.1 He entered the po-
litical canvass, and on the 2sth OF octo-
Der, 1861, q few days before the cleo
ton, made n speech, the burden OF
which was an apology for the rebellion
and n condemnation Of the Admlnistra-
ton for having melted ont the rigor OF
martial law TO those in arms against the
Government. Though Astounding with
Aimsy DISCUSSES and sophistical general.
tiles, it contained n point worthy OF
not only notice, but Of the scycrest rep.
%rehension, and here it is
"'lf it is true that slavery must be
abolished to save this Union, then the
people of the South should be allowed
to withdraw themselves from that Gov
eminent which cannot give to them tho
protection guaranteed by its terms
What | place the glorious Union
this heritage Of human hope-this nsy-
lum for the worlds weary pilgrim-this
refuge for the oppressed of the east-in
the scale of being beneath the black,
bloated md bloody-thc corrupt and
corrupting-the stultiied and stultify-
ing influence of slavery? No {; sooner
than see this Union severed, let not only
the institution perish whenever and
wherever it can be found, but let the
habitntions that have known 1t perish
with it and be known no more forever.
Tremendous and long continued APP
plause. That's so.' That's the talk =
Three cheers.1 And yet this returning
fugitive from patriotism proclaims rs
his creed, 10 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 Sey-
mour." [%Sensation.]