Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-10-09
SeymOur's RecOrd-A Fact Brought to
ea Light. , ~8

WHILE the unreconstructed Democrats
and late rebels of the South are appealing
to the war record Of Governor Seymour,
showing him to have been the true friend
of the Confederacy before it became de-
funct, the party in the North are attempt
ing to show the number of troops which
the State placed in the field, under his ad-
ministration, and the loyalty ofhis course,
by the same record. The attempt to blend
such antagonistical views is the most ri
diculous exhibition of the age. The bril-
liancy of his "war record" from the Ger.
Forrest stand point, was such that the
more timid and fearful of the Northern
managers of the party were forced to de.
mand an entire change in the character OF
Southern speeches and editorials, for the
few loyal Democrats who were inclined to
support Seymour and Blair were getting
frightened.
Therecord of Seymour during the war
was black enough to suit the most apostate
of all the rebel clan. 1t is for that reason
that they all support him, from jeff. Davis
downward jeff is out of the country, it
is true but his sympathies and wishes are
with Seymour and Blair They are his
candidates, as they are the candidates of
his former civil and military subordi-
mates. The whole rank and file of them
are believing Justify for the success of the
Democratic ticket and its repudiating plat
form. t1
Clement L. Vallandigham had the honor
of nominating Mr.. Seymour. We have
already stated that Vallandigham owed
Seymour debt of honor which he was
bound to pay. The bitter and malignant
course of this same Vallandigham, who
acted as spy and traitor within our lines,
while our boys were fighting desperately
to preserve the Government, led to his
military arrest by Major General Burnside,
and his being passed through our lines
under military guard, to the bosom of his
friends, the rebels. Horatio Seymour, of
New York, did everything that was pos
sible for him to do, and brought all the
| force of his personal and official influence
to save his brother Democrat, first, from
| having such sentence pronounced against
him, and second, from hf.ying that sem
tence executed after it had been pro-
nounced and approved. l.7a =
This s1nae Hordti0 Seymour had se0erG
interviews aoiM General Burnside, expressly
| for the purpose Of preUenti7ag the erile Of has
friend and felton, Democrat, ValLandighdna.
| If our Democratic friends want our au-
| thority for the statement, and want a de-
scription of the interviews, and showing
of the spirit which actuated this in
tensely loyal q Seymour, we most re-
spectfully refer them to the present Gov
ernor of this State, Ambrose E. Burnside,
and his accomplished Adjutant at the
time, Colonel Lewis Richmond. Gov
ernor Burnside, in a pertinent speech
made before the citizens of Bristol, last
| evening, made the statement frankly, and
it was indorsed by Colonel Richmond, who
was present at one or more of the inter
views between Seymour and his chief, on
this same yallandigham business. Val:
the exiled VAL; the great Apostle of the
Democracy to-day, who was the Northern
star of the rebels during the war, has paid
the debt which he owed to Horatio Sey-
mour. Now, if the Executive power OF
the nation can be made, by some hocuS
pocus, to pass into the hands of Seymour,
this rebel patriot will surely find his
| reward Shall he be a member of the
| Cabinet? The place Of grandma Wells is
too tame for him. The war portfolio
would please him better and Mr.. Stewards