Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-08-14
POLITIC AL.
Horatio Seymour


mour has been the deadIies,. most i'm
placablc enemy. throughout. of the ideas
which trinmphed IN the abolition OF slavery 1
and discontinue ol The rebellion. lie was
an open advocate and champion OF tha;
bill whereby slavery sbamelessly repudiaied
a solemn compact whereof she bad reaped I
the full advantage, and strose to wrest
from free labor vast egion which she had
quitclamod for a valuable consideration in
hand For the victims in Kansas OF border
rufhan arson, outrage aud murder. lac had
never a word Ct cheer and sympathy.
lie was for Buchanan against Fremont
when this State gave The Pathfinder a
plurality Of So 900. He was for anybody
against Lincoln in 1860. when New York
gave the latter clean majority OF 30. 900
Mr.. Lincoln being elected. he insisted thai
the Republicans should give up their
cardinal principle of No Extension Slave
Territory, or be held accountable for the
rebellion that The Shareholders would other.
wise initiate He attended The Twaddle
Hall Convention in ALBANY. Jan. 81. 1881 Il
aud iberc-becansc the Republicans in
Congress kept quiet and did no, ask pardon
OF the Slave Power for having elected a
Presiden,--assailed them abusively. He
thus declared agains, the coercion Of The
Sou.h.
We are nivised,by the conservative States
Of Virginia and Kentucky tnai, IL lorce is
TO be us'd. il must Ice exer;ed agains, the
united South. IL would be an act of Jolly
an'l madness, in entering upon tbi. contest.
to underrate our opponents, and ihns sub
ject ourselves to the d:sgr,ce Of defeat in
inglorious warfare. lie; us also see IL sue
cessiul coercion by the North is less revo-
dictionary than successful secession ~ the
South. Shall We prevent revolution bv be-
ing foremost IN overtbrowing the principles
of our government. and all hat makes il
valuable 10 our people, aud distinguishes
1t among the nations OF tbs earth;"
Gov. Seymour proceeded to demonsiI ate.
after his fashion. that the South was 50
strong, so earnest, so united, that she could
never be put down, and that VIC had no
question TO decide but this:
"Shall We compromise amer var? or coa,.
promise lritdOut war"
which, you see, WASH The real question at
all. at all
\ few weeks LATER Mr. Seymour. meet
ing Judge Charles IL Rugg,cs, asked him
Judge. have YOU rcah the Confederate
[Monigomer, Constitution? -
have; and Il As better G,aH 0urs (lhe Fed
craD. Then why not, = he continued. lob
waite all difficulty. by simply adapfiag that
lConiedoratcl Cous;ifu'ion;--thatI j. TO
say, by giving up the Uaiou. joinin. the
southern Uonlcderacy aud thus making
every State Slave State. aud ali our terri
Tory Slave territory, cvermorc Such i.
the man. and such The ideas which have di-
Tecied has political course Naturally be
kept on railing more and more Gercely a.
President Lincoln was constraiucd to strike
directly at Slavery. the core aud main
spring Of the Rebellion. each blow nj the
hideous institution" cyoking has decided,
vigorous protest When at length Grants
long pau.e before Nicksburg. and Hook.
ers failure at Chancelicrsyii!e, had been
followed 10y Lees determined advance into
pennsylvania. tho hopes OF the Copperheads
seemed on the very brink OF realization,
Horaiio Seymour, then Governor OF the
State, came hitler 10 deliver 10 bi. cronies
Fourth Of Jolly Grafton. wherein be cxult
ed over tleir Frightening prospects thus
openly
when ] accepte this invitation TO speak
with oihers-at this meeting. Nc were
promised the downfall OF NicksbHr,,. the
opening Of tie Mississippi. the probable
capture Of rhe Confederate capitol. and lie
exhaustion OF the rebellion By common con
sent all parties had fixed upon tie j Y when
the results oil toe campaign should be known.
TO mark out iLat line oi policy which ibey
telt that our country should pursue. Bur
IN Tie moment Of expected victory there
came the midnight cry Tor help from Penn.
sylvanIa 70 save It's despoiled fields from
The invading toe and almost within sight
OF this great commercial metropolis ibo
ships Of Your merchants wcre burned to the
waters edge
Had hc bu, read the Tribune Of that
morning. instead Of trusting TO the World
aud The Herald, be would have learned Tia Z
Gen. Lee had been defeated al Gct,, .burr
the day before and was now 10 iuIl retreat F..
while few days brought ti5ines that Gen.
Grant was marching into Nicssburg at that
moment and that Fembellon and bis ~ b.
900 men bad surrendered aud were prison.
ers Of war Gardner surrendered Port
Hudson TO Banks on receiving news of the
fail Of Nicksburs Bn; Seymour--,bus