The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-23

"A""i S"O Hf"T iV' gssiO AltA0S'
New YoRrs.Sept. 22.-The Holsa-
tia sailed to- day for Mverp0ol.
The steamship ST. LawFent, from
Brest, has arrived, with Gfau'a opera
troupe on board. -
!. General Dix. SAmerican Minister to
France, has sent theSfolloWiug letter
to friend in nsfhis city. Tt was not
written for Publication, bot the gen.
tleman to whom it was addressed has
consented togiEe it to the public:
\ PARIs, September 4, 1868.
My Dear SiFsS y
1t was my hope that my distance
from home cwould have saved me
from all participatI0n in the po-
litical excitement prevailing there,
but l notice in one of the newspa-
pers that / aaAfheart andEhand with
Mr.. Seymour. am not aware of
anything insthe present or the past
which could rghtfully subject me to
such an impufSnon. Il have been ac-
quainted witha Mr.. Seymour for more
than quarteFtof century. He is an
amiable gentleman, of unexceptiona-
BILE private character and respectable
talents, but you know as we'll as l,
that he has not sSugle qualification
for the successful execution of the
high officiaE trust to which he has
been nominated, aud he is especially
deficient in that firmness of purpose
/ which, in critical emergences, is the
| only safeguard against public disorder
and calamity. He has been twice at
different mes Governor of the State
r. VII 81 H. r1skAa~
case had sense orStact to keep the
Democratic party of the State to-
gether more than two years. /
should regard his election at this
juncture, when steadiness of pur-
pose, decision and self control
are so much needed, as one cf the
| greatest calamities that could befall
our country. Moreover, he has been
put in nomination2by a convention
which has openly declared the pur-
pose of these it represents to pay the
greater part of the.public debt, con-
tracted to preserve the union, in de-
preciated paper. = Such a measure
would, in my judgment, be
palpable violation of public
faith, pledged under circumstances
| which should have been binding on
all honorable mea. Seymour has
made public speeches to show that ii
is our duty to pay the debt in specie.
In accepting his domination to the
Presidency, he adopts the declaration
that it ought to be paid in paper.
kn0lo nothing so HunlilIdtiltg IN. the
history of AnlerieaH politics as thi;
declaration. 1t was perhaps not unfit
that Mr.. Seymour. after presiding II
1864 over the Chicago Convention
which declared the war a failure
should preside over the Convention
of 1868, in which proposition to dis.
credit the debt contracted to carry
on the war, was received with ire
mendous cheering, and that he
should be the chosen instrument
to execute this act of national turpi
tude. / do not believe that the wish.
es or opinionS--of-the great body oi
the Democratic party are fairly ex.
pressed in these, proceedings. They
shnHe 10 othinA. jp eopnQp with she
statesmanlike views of policy and the
high sense OF national honor, which
guarded the party when Martin Var
4 buren,, Wm-L--Yancey. Silas- Wrighti
Lewisi}ass, and gSteF heRpA. Douglas
4 -l-were@among@ most Conspicuous
members. | see but one source Oi
fsatetydor the eountrys an der eEisSing
: circumstances, and that n the eiec.
ton of General Grant. On his de
cisiOn of character, gpea.sense, moder;
alton and disihterested patriotism,
believe the South will have a faI
betteryhope of ,Fegaipipg their position
Sin the Unioh TOW hfeR it 3isA eHtined
than under a man whose political
career has been in nothing more con.
spicuously marked than in an uttel
infrmity Of purpose independently loi
all those considerations. / should be
greatly surprised if the people of The
United, States were to elect, as theil
Chief Magistrate, ga man who wa:
making, at the Academy of Music, OE
the 4th of July, 1863, q speech de-
ficient in all the characteristics OF al
elevated love Of country, at the verI
! hour when General Grant was carry-
ing the victorious arms of the UnIoI
f into Vicksburg, and when1thousand:
OF our fallen countrymen were pour
] ing out their blood ON Athe zplRins o
Gettysbnrg, in defense af their homes
: and the GoYeEnment, which Mr.. Sey
/ mopr was doing all In his power Il
8 embarAss ar dikereaikO , ST p
: - am quite. willing that yoI
:, should show this letter TO am
: friends who may take an interest II
my oplnlon IN regard to the cominl
election, and Fans aparti6t3Iarlv IA
sirous of removing the iFuEyrhss q =
4 If It exists, that / am in favor :
y Mr.. Seymouf or the 4repudiation q
e any portion of the public debt.
e i am, sir, very truly yours,
JOHN A, DIX,