Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-15

MR.. SEYMoUR-THR STORY ABopr IHsAN-
rTY-for some time there have been rumors
afoat to the effect that ,nsanIty Is hereditary in
the family OF Gov. Seymour, hence hiageIuct-,
ance to accept the Democs1nc psmina1ton- 1t
has recently been denied that hny bDDed reIa-
ton Of Mr.. Seymour has ever IN ah@p1ed With
insanity, though Rutger b. Mpler, who narfled
sister of Mr.. Seymour, waslat one time sup-
posed to be thus affiliated. tn New York pa
pers are, however, sgpeating - asssseon With
much pertinacity, and treat 1t as q matter of
common history in that quarter. The New
\ ork Post, in treating upon the matter, Gays;
These facts ought not to be concealed; the
democratic masses theneelves ought to know
exactly what their tkket means-it means
Blair as President. No ordinary motive could
indsses ths kssssas Post 10 touch upon the
sacred fears and private misfortunes of a re-
spectacle cit1Rn; hut when the Armenian
people are asked to make that citizen their
ruler, his private inarmisies become public
dangers, me solemn terrors Of his closet become
The essential facts are, there is reason TO be-
lieve, within the knowledge of the Rrentn1 Post
Ibey are as follows; or. if they vary In the
least from these, the gentlemen con rected with
the World. who are fully informed, will doubt.
less make the correction 30. -.
Mr.. Seymour's near friends have repeatedly
neen assured by him, when, in former years
his name was mentioned for the Presidency,
mat IT was impossible for him 10 entertain the
thought The reason gwen by him, when
reason was demanded, was that his family
were afflicted with an hereditary insanity,
which threatens him also; and which he can
only hope to escape by avoiding excitemsns
and severe labor.
When the recent National Con ysntion was
ABOUT to meet certain members of the New
York delegation were anxious to make ar.
1angements which would secure the nomina-
ton OF MI. Seymour as q compromise candi.
date, after the failure Of Mr.. Pepdleton. The
plan bad made some progress when il was
resolutely stopped by Mr.. Seymour himself
Win candor and self.deniai, which are
highly creditable TO him as q man, he named to
his friends the true reason why ne felt bound
IN honor peremptorily TO decline the nomina-
non: IL Is believed, on good grounds, that Mr.
Sanford T. Church and Mr.. Samuel j. Tflden
were fully informed OF the position of MI. sew
mour, and expressly approved it"
The Pittsburg penny Gasette OF Monday
has the following allusion to the same story:
Mr.. Henry Seymour, the father OF the pres
ent Democratic candidate for President was
for some years Canal Commissioners Of the
State Of New York. About 1895, while hold
ing that office, he committed suicide in the
basement OF his dwelling at Utica-the same
now occupied by his eminent son-by shooting
himself with pistol. Immediately the i'm
accounts were in an unsatisfactory condition:
in plain words, that he was a defauIter. An
examination showed his Official accounts TO be
correct in every particular, and his private
affairs to be altogether prosperous. He fell by
his own hand, victim Of an oyertaxed BRAIN
as many another man did before him and has
since"