Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-09-11
IIoratio Seymour and the Chase Move

Wepublishei the other day the interesting
statement Of Col william Brown, of Nicholas
vile, Ky. saying thar il ST before the meeting of
the National Democrat Convention at Tam
many Hall, platform gas drawn up BY those
! progressive Democrats no desired the nominal
nation of Chief Jus dee Chase. This platform
contained an explicit Mi, nation of the prinri-
pie Of universal sItfragc 70 2 negroes as well as
white men, Ii was submit, TO tine Chief Jus
| tee, who approved it, and WI willing to accept
the nomination for the Pre.id, ncy upon il. 1t
was also submitted to Gov. Sc, mour. lie ap-
proved It likewise, and desired that the Chief
Justice should be the candidate on chat platform.
COL Brown is vel kno'sn poll tI,.ian Of Ken
lucky and the HorH ha' ing call 81 IN question
the accuracy II his infor nation, he has publish
Ell an additional letter, reafiirming h. previous
statement ana reterrir 2 any one who nlay doubt
hiS hno"letse Of ii facts in quest ion to the
don John j. Cisco and Col John D. ian Buren
Of New York, to en- J. ;. Whitney # Boston,
the Hon Alexou} er Long Of Cincinnati, and til
Hon Hamilton Smith Of Cauuelton-a names
that requires No endorsement. lie adds
''' Z is ia the power Of these gentlemen 20 YER
ny every state ment in my speech concernill Il Mr.
eymour. | also refer The Uorld 10 an article
signed K and which appeared in Tie UeSt
ant South day before yesterday. r.. (Nr.
Reed is a better Democrat and "a better NEWS
paper writer than the editor Of THe Uorl9. and
his long connection with The Cincinnati En-
quirT secured for that paper much Of It's circu-
lation and influence. He sustaius every position
taken by me-goes even further, and SAYS things
which my sympathy for Mr. Seymour S luis or
tunes forbade me TO utter ! knew that. after
all was over, Mr.. Seymour cried fer hours like
a newly-weaned baby but it appears to me
really uukinl and cruel that this shameful. dis
graceful weakness Of the poor man should have
been made public. As to the tatement of The
u Orh that | have maligued Mr.. Seymour. / |
denounce It as an infamous lie There is not "a |
Democratic editor or speaker in Kentucky Of my |
acquaintance who would say such a thing Of |
me
He says further that he has been in his pos
session the copy Of the platform submitted to
the Chief Justice by the proi-ressionists Of the
Democratic party, which was seen, read, and |
approved by Hortio seymour andwhich accepts |
aegro suffrage. Mr. Seymour approved and |
urged Mr.. Chase's nominate, ID On this platform.
As Col Brown is able to prove. The Colonel
closes
- As a weeper regard NJ Seymour as fully |
the equal Of Job Trotter; ae a man Of moral |
courage he rivals Bob Acr' =, bu / do think that
the attempt Of a few desznin z politicians in |
whose hands he has always cen a suppliant /
tool, to foist him upon The Am srican people as
IN any sense "A statesman. y Il rranlest farce
ever attempted in this country When our IA /
ton so far for sets is pre, its admiration Of the
true coura,e tie martial q Dry and warlike |
spirit Of dr raoc. snd the me mory Of the dear
heroes rsbo lied on the field Of battle to make Us
what We are, as to elect such men as Horatio /
seymour. President, then | 81 all expect 20 see
the ear les meet in convention and elect buz-
''lrd as their king"
.lr. Seymour evidently was knowing enough
10 see what was the true policy for the country
and for his party in order to success; but when
he found that the Copperhead wing was too
strong for its adoption in the Convention, he
abandoned its support, too weak backed to stand
up for what he believed to be the true ground
on both the suffrage and the financial questions;
which shows that he is one of the worst kind
of politicians, who clearly seeing the right, de
lberately pursue the wrong, hypocrite and
deceiyer