The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-07-16
The UonyeDtion--E;a Candidates.

1hS jOEYeBl1Sl--zsS Candidates.
We were present at the sittings OF The
. National Democratic Convention from It's
inception to its close.
Every State in this broad Union was
fully represented in that Convention, and
we are entirely justified ia sayius that an
equal amount of talent and patriotism
never met in council on ihis csntineus.
It's deliberations, which lasted five. days,
were distinguished for harmony and good
feeling. Nothing occurred during lis pro-
Eacted siJtings Of an unpleasant character,
and the pesult of its proceeding, whether
we regard the platform or the candidates.
is such as to meet the cordial appreciation
OY the Democrats and Conservatives uf the
United States.
The platform adopted by tile Conven>
ton was published by US last week, and
we trust Our readers, Of whatever party,
have given it a careful and candid pegusa'
1t is bold, maaly aud fearless, and cannot
fad to meet the appreciation OF AL think
ing men. We appeal to the records Of
the candidates themselves for their posi-
tions upon the great national questions
which will enter SO largely into the impor-
tant campaign now opened by the seIec-
tion of the candidates of the opposing POI
fticaI parties.
HORATIO SEYMOUR, our nominee fer
President, has, besides holding other posi-
tiens of honor and trust, been twice elect
cd Governor Of New York. During the
rebellion, when the general government
refused troops to defend our State capital,
Seymour sent his New York soldiers to
our relief on the first intima;ion of danger,
and received for his promptness and patri-
Otism the public thanks of President Lin>
cola and Governor Curtin. lie is ac-
knowledged, on all hands, to be The ablcst
Democratic civilian in the United States.
lie is 81 years Of age, and his whole life,
public and private, is without stain or
blemish.
Gen. FRANK z. BLAIR, our candidate
for Vice President, is equally Distinguished
rs an experienced statesman ard an able
fighting General in the Union army. He
was the steadiast personal and political
friend of AIr. Lincoln, but when Republi-
canism became radicalized, some three
years ago, he abandoned the party, and
has since been bathing with the DGmo>
cracy.
Such was the Convention, such the
Platform, and such the candidates. We
cheerfully raise their names to our mast
head, and Shall do battle for them tin No
yember pext, when their triumphant cleo
tiOn will put an end to Radical ruin.
In this connection we feel confident that
she following brief biograpraPhical sketch
es Of the Democratic candidates, as fur
hished in a recent issue Of the New York
" orld, will prove interesting to our readers:
HoRATIo SEYMOUR,
The Democratic candidate for President Of
the United States, was born in Pompey,
Onondaga County, New York, in the year
1911, and is consequently about fifty-seven
years Of age. The family 70 which Mr.. Sey-
mour belongs is descended from Richard
Seymour. who was one of TIE original set
tiers Of Hartford, Connecticut Major Moses
Seymour, the fourth lineal descendant,
served in the Revolutionary War, and sub
sequsntly represented Lie afold in the Legis.
laturs of Connecticut fer seventeen wears.
OF his five sons, Henry Seymour, father of
Horatio, was bsra in 1880. He removed to
Utica, IN this State, served in the State
Legislature with signal abilitT. and was for
many years Canal Commissioner, occupying
= prominent position iR the politics and
legislation of the State. One of his brothers
was distinguished member Of the United
States Senate from Vermont for twelve years.
Hon. Origen S. Seymour, for some time Re
preventative in Congress from the Litchfeld
D strict, Of Connecticut. was the son Of
another brother named OziaS. The maternal
grandfather of Mr. Seymour, Colonel Torman,
served through the Revolutionary War in
the New Jersey line.
Mr. Seymour received liberal and
thorough education in the best institutions
o.. the State. His instincts and preferences
naturally led him to the study of the law,
which he pursued with great vigor aud in
dussry. He was admitted to the Bar when
only a little more than twenty years of age
and al once commenced the practice ef Lie