New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-30

10 IN power" In the discharge OF this duty the Re-
s,rnction laws. or these the principal ones are 70
abolish Slavery enforce civil rights and for the pro
TO guarantee the National debt and to prohibit payment
Of The Rebel debt The t1yil Rights bill was required TO
protect unon men ana citizens of the Northern sta.es IN
lenc" and constitutes Of the important fea-
lures Of the reconstruction acts for 10 you owe what
ever Of safety protection he found In the Rebel
States for your person property and Is one OF
the most obnoxious ~ the reconstruction acts TO those
who share I'm the sentiments Of Hampton, Forrest ana
their confederate savehohling associates without that
labor aud capital would be without market protec-
,lon on the Mississippi Ryer and Its lower tb,
under foot would be tho restoration OF Slavery
South IT, IN the comprehensive language Of Wade Hamp.
ton, NIL tile reconstruction laws uncon- iiutOnal,
repudiaied and the Rebel debt assumed. seymours
declaration Of Chicago that the war was failure, would
exist no longer than pleased Hampton Forrest and their
confcdcIM,er The Rebel would he victorious tn
dust, An the money that has been rxpended.al the
blood that has been poured out from tro hearts wonld
all generations Of men in all time We can be saved
this shameful and ignominious catastrophe only
days ago the people Of four great States
declared their Judgment upon this question In favor OF
and since that Virginia has Joined the number
by thousnnds Foresecng their doom Seymour has been
making moumfu progress through the Western States,
appealing win all tho arts of praetced sophstry to the
people 10 withhold their votes from Grant aud support
him The burden Of his chant has been the sane ut all
pnGpal points, ncsompSned by variations TO suit tune
OF the and sometimes the plant OF tho turtledove
and Pittsburgh. he followed the plan marked his
celebrated note 10 Of his adherents advising him 70
coniine NIL political discussions chiefly To the financial
argument and taxation to say nothing about the war
aud wherever he has been taxes aud finance have
the Republican party with many financial mistakes.
suppose the charges all to be true, what argument do
they afford against Grant or In favor OF SEYMOUR II de-
vercd his speeches 10 have been prepared for
the STATE elections when Congressman were to have
been chosen. they might have had some perneney 70
the aud may yet have In New York But Grant
has had little to do with the financial mistakes OF the
Republican party as he had with the earthquakes IN
South America. fthOse mistakes were made during the
war; Grant ut the head Of the army In front OF tho
foe. II they have been made since the war, he was
neither member Of Congress nor It's adviser IL he be
Lo confines hinself 10 his own legitimate business,
leaving 10 others their appropriate work and
b Ropv %h Sv ,t nf Te, ha, shs
banking capital OF the country is unequay distributed
theSo points have been 80 fully answered and exposed ny
Gov Morton TO leave no occasion for further felDark
Gov Morton has shown that the distribution OF bank
capital not subject to political control, but governed
by laws OF finance aud the necessities of the Governments
seymour a. that the discrimination made by Congress
against Injuries aud In favor OF Labor and OF necessares
by Gov Seymour would bear heavily upon labor and do
nestle PRODUCTS and neces-arIes or NE lie shows tlat
Of false inference and untrue statements OF facts more
over i BE- asked whence comes this complaint OF the
I
OF capt. diets who refused to avail temiSes OF the op
poruny Of sharing at the Time Of d,trbuiion because
they would thus have rendered aid To the GOyerninent In
the day OF III extremity Gov seymour eoniesses lnLt
hes bimtcf by his owu veto excluded tlOo0DOo o bank
capital from investment M The National Banks and this
bapIomri At the very time the distribution wOui nave
aided tie government la paying troops ana obtaining
supple for the army. second any words nave Dech
expended by Gov Seymour telling. what every man
knows that the taNes are heavy but who occasl0ned
tho tarest Nal Gems Hampton, Forrest, and thcr
Confederate associates by war eolnprl1d t ne
Geyerninrnt to cHpend money i TOT It's
ask 10 place Gov. Seymour In control OF tho National
Treasury I~t every man bear In mind the day he votes
increased tho price Of everything that In consuned-the
sugar that swccens bis coffee the garments that cothe
the roof that sheters him. and ali that lie needs for hts
enjoyment snu his wants-and let him be-
S''g the Sand. Of Si% who /. the representative
OF the E.bcIs who hav. hm and h,s
Third, of the weakness Of the bank argument aud
tax argument Gov Seymour sometimes resorts 10 IN
other point attack when may DO termed the
gAnee argument He Inournfuy complains that the war
carried with ecnuonical principles, and that
to" much money was expondrd In putting down the Re
belun. This argument - curious coming from the
representative OF MaiorGen. Hampton aud Major-Gen
Forrest There ~ no doubt that they aud a the other
Rebel generals fc aud still feel that the expenditure Of
money FOR The pay OF unon soldiers Tor clothing feeding
and sulporting tue union army ana transporting ana
rqupping IT, was extravaganza bat the loyal people OF the
United states assumed that burden at the time OF the
expenditure. They lad their treasury NJ the ieot OF
Abraham Lincoln. thy required him To spend tho Last
dollar 20 call for the ist man, n needed, To put down
the Rebellion Delegations Of States, OF districts, OF
cities and towns called on him and required him 10
spend strength and wealth Of tho nation and some
times upbrldrd him with too great parSimony IN using
the they had placed az his disposal. When the
West poured forth It's hundreds Of thousands OF
when the nation sent for rs millions or soldiers
little thought that the Rebel Generals then lighting
IN the fed aud saugtor1Dg their people would through
their representatives, bo trayoTsing States to tako
au account 81 stocks aud tho wal expenses. An.
other Part OF tho extravaganza argument Is pitful
lnsnuaton that large number of transports Wero
purchased by the QnaItermasterr Department, and
that somebody should look after the salo and dspo
Transports When the ended the quartermasters
Der than ever possessed by any other nation But
this occasoned by the magnitude Of tho war II ex
tended from tho Atlantic 10 tho Pacific ocean, aud from
the Great Lakes Of the North tho Gulf OF Mexico.
Every vessel waspureha-ed or chartered by proper OH
been counted for aud duly reported IN tho annual and
special made from time to time to Congress Mr.
reports to acquire all tho information that Wade
Hampton. or Forrest. or Preston, or any rep
Fourth another lament is the oiceholders IL appears
from Gov. seymours speeches that In his thirst Tor
has bee studying the book aud he found that In the
United States there are GoOco oceholders but he fas
Government ct tho present time But no matter
what 'no nR Gem Gp %Gro s DISPOSITION fS
has been manifested Oh many occasions In
civil aud military administration which he has been
called upon exercise. Judging by his past acts ana
known disposition there not In tho United states any
mo would he more 20 % sf ar
luubu Mr. Seymour ran on his usual TRACK ana addressed
observations to the farmers OF the sclota valley
OF nj ture quito rs curious and afording far sample
OF the peculiar stye OF address adopted by the pres
DENTAL pilgrim IA his progress Mr. Seymour says TO the
Ohio farmer when turn to tho commercial articles OF
the today that the price OF your pro-
dncts goes down see 10 stated that the pork and the
corn raised by your labor Is not bearing the price you
had a right 90 expect" Now before Cen Grant can be
held for price OF pork and corn Gov 6ey
mour should have explained how much moro the farmer
would get II he was elected President than II Grant was
but he Is silent upon this absruso and delicate
question He Is unwilling TO commit himself. relying
upon fact Of his sympathy rather than run the risk OK
proIni,ng higher prices. Before the farmer votes
Tor the representative OF Gems. Hampton aud Forrest
lie should know what market they will afford The peo
pic OF Pttsburg aud Allegheny County have had somo
experience this subject In tho seizure OF