Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-09-08
Daniel s. Dickinson on Seymour.


delivered at the great ratification
held at the Cooper Institute
in the city of New York, Oct. s, 1862.
As Mr.. Dickinson was a lifelong dem
ocrat, and in a position to be perfect
y posted on Mr.. Seymour's record,
the picture he draws may be especial
ly refreshing just now to those Con
servative soldiers" who, at their con-
vention at New York, committed
themselves so unreservedly to the sup
port of the democratic nominee for
the Presidency:
When the most atrocious conspir-
aCy which oNeI desecraJeG earVn, fOunu
development in ali assault upon our
national flag at Sumpter, and in efforts
to massacre a haIf-starved garrison,
placed there in a time Of profound
peace according to uniform usage, for
no other offense than asserting the
supremacy of their country's constitu-
ton, and giving to the breeze, as en-
blematiCal thereof, the glorious stars
and stripes of our fatLers-when the
brave volunteers who were hurrying
to the defense Of our nations capital
to save it from mob rule, and REBEL
ion, and confagration, were bleeding
by CraitOrOus hauds-when strong
men trembled, when women wept, and
children instinctiveIy clung closer to
the maternal bosom-when all com
municatiOn between the loyal states
and the capital was cut off by rebell-
iouS forces-when the president elect
OF the United States had then recent
Iy reached the seat of government,
where duty called him, by a circuitous
and an unusual route, and in disguise.
to escape the dagger OF the assassin,
and when our land was filled with ex-
citement and CONSERVATION and alarm
-wheu "Shrieked the timid and stood
still the brave" and the confding
masses looked about to see who were
the men Tor the crisis, among the cltI-
zens of the Empire State, who had
borne part in public affairs, and
were naturally looked up to as exem-
pIars in such a crisis. he Horatio Sey
mour) hied himself away upon the
doubie-quick in the opposite direction
and for nearly half a year hid himself
among the lakes and rivers and ro
mantle woodlands and inland town:
Of Wj5c ID. and his tongue was a:
silent On the subject Of denouncins
the rebellion as those Of the murder
ed volunteers. whose GHOSTS walked
unrevenged amongst US" There WI
and ws+,.,ol and mo;tod onI tunao,
and twisted rntiI outnmn wbon
small knot If dofnnof dof.oto3 al
porata and dosn;cohla noIitio;on. rb,
Ibad for voars bn,g n,or tho snhs;,t
Ienca dan,rtmnnt If tho donoooro i
marty nf thi. state camo 70 b;s roIio
| bv nn.ari.r+baf fold Thar horrowo,
without leave the bonorad naoa NJ
democracy nndor which to nornatrot
their covert treason as the hvnocrit
ssstoIe the livery Of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil in"
Their disgraceful and disIoyal rec
ord stands out as the doings of me
too stolid in political depravitv to b
gifted with ordinary instincts and to-
regardless of the popular will to b
mindful Of shame; and the defeat the
/. experienced at the hands of the peopl
should serve as a warning to trimmer
and traitors and parricides and II
CRATES through all future time. Tbi
movement drew the secIuded on
from his bidino Mace and hn cam
forth with all tba conrago of him wb,
in con0;.t with his wi(e hainr drive
under tn. he'd and while romainin
thns ensconced declared that wbotbo
she consented or not bo wonId loo
ont thronob . knotboIo in tho cIo,
=, boards, 50 lone As he had the sniri
Of q mani He entered ON tho noliI
ical canvass and on the 28tb Of Oct
1861 q few davs before tho eloctio
made q snnocb tha hnrdon of wbio
was an apo}ogy for the rebellion, an
3 condnmnation Of tho administratio
for havino meted ont tbe rinor or mo,
! tial law f. .,,.. /. arms AGAINST III
goverrw,u, Thouob aboundino wit
- Aiusv disonisas and sonbistical GENE,
:, alities. it contained one point worth
+ not orIv of notice. but Of the severns
apprehension. and here it is: "If
/. is true that slavery must be abolishe
! to save this Union. then the peopl
< of the South should be allowed t