Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-09-24

4 Soldier on SeymOtsr-SpeeCh
Of Gen. W0OdfOrd. it

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condition spoke with intense energy and
fire. We regret that our limits exclude
the whole speech. We make some ex-
! tracts:
\ II wish I could
Justly close these words Wit Il reference
to Iioralio Seymour. But fidelity alike 10
history and 10 my olJ,ssqI spI aJes IN the ar
my, living and dead, Compel that / should
speak of one passage in his history. On
the Fourth or July, 1868, when Governor
of the State, he stood at the academy of
music, in New York, and in a most elabo-
rate address apol9giscd alike for slavery,
the South, and The rebellion. Tie had no
word of cheer for the patient man who
was bearing the nations souow (cheers)
ia the Capitol at Washington. nj lie had
no word of encouragement for our gal
liant soldiers, who that very hour were
graphing with Lee in. life and death
struggle among the hills ii Pennsylvania
Cheers and cries of You're right } noll.-
ing but icy sneers, but cold calculations
and lily concealed sympathy for treason,
! Thank God, at that same hour Meade gave
the lie To his eloquent sopbistry rs he
hurled Lee back in terrible defeat from
Cemetery Hill and Round top at Ccttys-
burg, and Grants cannon made strange
echo to the coward.y but concealed appeals
Tor compromise and surrender n, Nicks
burg. fell and Pcmberton' hos, cast down
their flags IN defeat. ~ '-'t D. ~ i'''
~ few short days passed, and on July
18th ofihe same year the terrible draft ri
o,s broke out in New York City. charge
that these riots were the n1tural results OF
his specclgs. his teachings and his public
official acts. And then when the storm
gathered he addressed those maddcned,
/ bruislized rioters rs his friends" and be-
sought their patience by the plea that he
had sent his Adjutant General 10 Wasll-
ington To beg that the draft might bc s,is-
! pended. Laughter. misses and cheers.
When the iidinss of these riots and oI
Seymour's conduct and speech reached me
with my regiment, | was toiling along y
dusty road in Mary land in pursuit of the
rctrrailng rebels. Falnling under the ter
riblc heal. seme falling and even dying by
the wayside. our men were still pressing
ON. ra t
! ''Thc loya, arms had been victorious at
Gcttysqnry, and we had heard the glad
news from Nicksburg.
We were weary, bui still we could see
the end aud the victory drawing nigh. As
thunder from clear sky fell the ti,iings Of
this coward,y uprising at our homes against
| the government and our flag. Strung men
wcpt with shame and rage. Firm lips
closed ina fierccr wralh rs they whispered
The news down the Tanks. and muskcts
were grippcd with vengeful feeling such
Us We had not known before in sllirmish or
in battle. Could We lave fled then into
, broadway there would have been bloody
reckoning. and short work would have been
m.de with his Excrllcncy's especial
friends. 80 2 81
\ sudden movement was here visible
thronghoui the whole audience. An in
SAINT afterwards AN electrical cheer burst
from cvely part,H the building: many Of
The people s,oo,l up aud hni:dkerclrcfs and
hats were waved al the speaker iy many
listeners. aD. rE- ~
I'VE had lcf home 10 fight your battles
and We fcii tliatyou were boond TO tax
yourselves. ii need be to the last dollar Ia
pension our widows, To succor our wound
cl and feed our little ones. We were
there just as much for your sakcs as. our
own, and VIC felt that when our ranks 20,
thin We had right To reinforce nenis; and
that you were bound in honor. to send us
your yonnymen, even if your Old men and
young w.men had io work your factory
and I'LL Your fields. Weywerc terribly in
earnest. We were fighting rebels. We
meant 10 stand up To our work and
We very solcmnly intended that you sho'd
stand rquarcly up la yours. GChecrs. l.
How reverenilv we thanked God, when
the good Lincoln and the lion hearted
Stanton said the drafts should be enforced
And how we chccrcd The soldiers sent
from our midst TO enf,rcc the law and
TO upiold the honor Of onI i,xg against the
mob.
..You can now understand how we SOL
diers feel towards his Exccllcncy. Iloralio
Seymour. Inihe hour of our sorrow and
weariness he had no encouragement for
us. Now in our triumph. when the flag
streams out on every btceze and all our
land is one again, We have no need for
thee. Iioratio Sey yino0r. let Southern rcb-
els shout thy praise; let the burners of pr
plian asyluhis, and the dcsertcr. and the
skrlker from the draft, iwine laurels. for
'lfr brow; we will stand by The old flag.
while we follow the great Captain of our
arnlics--eur own brave General Ulosscs S.
Grant
~ the battle of lookout mount al n. as,
following the line OF fire, our surgeons
climbed up tue. hiiiy steep, they met four
soldiers coming down and carrying in
blanket a shapelcss mass. Laying their
burden icuderly down, they asked the do c
tor 10 look at their wounded color serjeant-
Ills shoulder and arm had been torn or by
a she'll
| The surgeon kneit. and putting the hair
back from the manly brow. asked, '.my
brave fellow, where were you hit?"---
Ills eye Enclosed for amomcnf, as he very
family answered.; ''Almost at ihc top No
no, my good man, whereabouts are yon
wouuded:" Again HE dying eye opened,
again his pale lips moved, aud he whisper
ed: Il was almost at the Top. So, bearing
the nag when the shell struck me. One
moment more and should have been clear