Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-30
SEYMOUR.
HIS APPEARA xCE AT IEDEAg-
APOLzs MONDAY MIG az.
How He Locked and what Ese
said Of the Siiu alton The
Prospect In Indiana.

vile JouraslJ
INDIANAPOLIS, October q, Is8s.-Sey
CaOur has come snd gone snd, 1 sup
pose, an od-hsBd woTa or so about tn
man and his visit, how be looks ant
what be said, and AT about him, MAJ
not be uninterestirg Sc this time.
" Gov nor" said rough cid hoosier
who had gathered with the rest in tbt
JuIon depot % see the Democratic nomi
nee, 'ef ye'd jest s'come . mCntl
sooner, we'd a'puJ Hendricks through.' ,
.. We'll, +" said Seymour good humOrsdiy
eff you'll put the balance Of the ticse
through, Til take care OF Hendricks.'
A gentleman said to him at the Palmer
House, " You are not tco late, Governor
but we would have been delighted q
have had you earliar.n To which Sey,
mouF replied, g. did not intend origin.
ally 20 make any speeches ct all. I dc
50 now 10 le5 the people know that the
party is stiil intact, and that the rumOfeG
change OF frOnt hss no foundation to it,
/ He also sad 70 party of leading 10.
I diana Democrats, d" If l am beaten iH
November it will be Tor want Of that old.
I fashioned gO-ahesd Democratic spirit
and concert OF actisn which could turn
the worst Tspulse into victory. Tue
October elections should encourage every
Democrat. We shall carry New York
and PenDsylE "a November. II the
West will only stand by the ticket it is
safe.h He is perfectly confident and
( self-possessCd. do not doubt that he Is
4 perfectly Sincere.
SeymOCr's manner OF speaking is very
ike his appearance. l. is rather more
msssy than ornate. His arms are long
sn0 Lhick, and he uses them freely: buI
there is little or no effort to be graceful or
+ deciamatOry in bis gestures. He stands
: fl4E and square upon the platform, looks
ms audience full 10 the face, and good,
/ strong, wholesome English comes from
him as il it were jUss a matter Of course.
{ No strai1iDg for effects nor attempts a.
rhetorical display dizfgure the even
. tenor Of his speech. II Is eminently plain
I and simple and homeiy. But be Is pru-
/ dent IA his phrase0lcgy. "Ilock around
ne" said ne, and L see every where sn
unequal system OF legislation; and that
Z which Is Unequsl isn-he was about to
F say MUST, 4" but he paused and quali-
ded it" that which is unequal is geBeT.
ally Uujust.n A greater Contrast could
not be suggested than exists between the
CrstUry OF VOOrhses and Seymour, or
EtheEi5ge and Seym our, or between Sey-
mODr snd any Of the popular Speakers OF
the day. He IS not unlike John G. Breck-
inFiCge in his carriage and tone OF voice,
sUd II appearance he resembles the Z x
( ings. He is quite SO imposing as Mr.
Buchanan. HIS face, however, expresses
d kindness and frsHkness which inspire
regard snd confidence. O,d Buck never
did that.
He came down to Indianapolis on the
four o'clock train from Lafayette, where
the Democratic Executive Committee
met him Monday afternoon. All along
the route crowds gathered at the stations
70 eaten a glimpse Of him. Daring the
day be made half dozen short, telling
taiks, always leaving an idea Behind
bin. When he reached this city he was
made welcome by reception which Wss
never surpassed in the eStste-prOcessiODs
bands Of music, waving piunes and fiags,
bonfires and fireworks ana Iiuminslions.
The weather vas very has. ThOusa Ids
came in from the immediate vicinity,
snd dCZsR or Eore specisitrsiDs brought
10 curious and eager strangers from dis
LaD: points. The rink oyel Il , we'd before
seven O'Clock.
When Seymour made his appearance
he did rot wear the air of z man WbO is
isded or trsvel-HOrG. His voice was q
u1Lie husky when he began, but he soon
succeeded in making him self heard
throughout the place, snd he never lost
a moment nCr missed g point, nor
dropped word from the trsG to the last
Of lI. Ig was an earnest thOughtfui,
able, kind, sld manly speech. Con-
trasted with the vulgarisms and plati-
ludss Of Coifsz, or the stupid reticence
Of Grant, it must have increased every
mteil gent Republican who heard il
with q sense Of shame. It was the speech
Of statesman and q patriot; 10 was Sd
honest appeal TO the good sense and
msgn8nimijy OF the Northern people.
No man could listen to it without 8 feel
ing OF respect for the speaker and his
cause. He spoke. to the purpose. He
eysded nothing. re gave reasons, tee,
for al be said. Colfax, who came sneak
ing along after him In the midnight
train, poked bis head out OF the car
window, and asked en- Irishmsn what
sort Of crowd there was to hear Ssy-
noour. Bedad,n says Pat, "ef ouid
Grant was here, it'd make him beller
ike > steer"
What com meBtsry It is on popular
government that any great body Of
voters could walk deliberately up 10 the
bsllot-bcx and vote for such q man as
Grant ana the peTpetustiOn Of the present
wretched condition Of affairs, as sgainst
such I2Sn as Seymour, aud peace and
law, and 8 fair sud economical admins
trstiOn Ofthe Government! We certainly
need a just and good man at the head
Of sffairs. Grant may be brave man
aud an efficient soldier but he is a weak,
ignorant and loose man. Seymour is
man who, more than any living Ameri-
CAP politician, pJseessSS an equal bal
aBce Uf 20 oWers, mental aud Biofs!. He
is uprigat, high-mindsd, experienced,
conscientious, generous, q gentleman
and Christian, who will grace the Prssi-
dental Office. Grant is simply low fel-
low exalted; having fair impulses. no
doubt, but alter all tool In the hands Of
plotteEs snd the representative OF a den
OF thieves.
Sanford z. Church is travelling with
Mr.. Seymour. he is large man, looks
ike Humphrey Marshall, and speaks
ike Gov. Bramlette. The party num-
beTs also several friends Of less note.
Hendricks was not present. He spoke
at Buffalo last night. Voorhees, was
here, however, and looks uncommon
we'll Kerr, of the New Albany district,
and Niblack, were also on the stan6.
The result Of the reunion is renewed
spirit on the part Of the Democratic
managers. There is Tesolute purpose
of rolling up s majority for Seymour in
November. Several local causes that
existed Ia our State canvass snd maTred
our strength are no y removed. The Jews
are beginning 70 come out actively. The
Catholic vote will be polled solid against
COlfax. Bets are now going even, In
fsot, the clouds are drifting away froHl
the sun.
FRANK BLAIR ON STANTON.
A Photograph From Life OF tEle 1
Late Secretary of war.