Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-07-24

that will long be remembered with graft.
tude by the Democrcy of the East, when
they como togethertgsin, in some future
National Convention,
The news will sesd thrill Of Joy from
one end Of tho Republic to the other
The Empire State GEES into the campaign
with 80, 900 mejorith.--and with Seymour
TO lead, we feel noting Is risked in pre-
dieting that she viii come out Of it with
double that for theelectoral ticket that
has his name az .te head, "The Chase
movement" :" cs = Us We hpge been hear
ing 90 much, sufna on 10 have beea ali
moonshinc-or as the boys say call bosh. "
There could have been nothing in it,
nothing but moohshine--from the begin,
ming.
Nevertheless, we trust the kilograms to
some of the morning journals, that Chase
indorses the platform, is correct. We shall
be happy to have the help Of tho Chief
Justice, and all who think us no does, not
only to mako the platform success, bui
to place Horatio Seymour in the White
House.
THE CINCINNATI WEST AND SOUTH.
Horatio Seymour is the very antipode.
Of Pendleton, and Of the Pendleton doe
trine. lie is the man who has most ably
and assiduously spoken and written against
the greenback dodge, and he never was
any believer in State Rights. Governor
Of New York, ho had the power, and be
made the pledge TO test the draft in hi.
State courts, aud if it were sustained, tc
revise the enrolment so as to give the
New Yorkers the same chance as the
Yankees. lie did neither. lie suceum.
bed to Lincoln. He allowed the great
issue TO degenerate into detestatabls
anarchy Of races between lrishmen and
negroes, which for three days gave up the
great metropolis to a murderous mob, aud
exthguished u thousand lives. Fifty
thousand State militia and volunteers
would have done his bidding, but he pre-
ierred writing letters to Lincoln and Civ
ing Butlor the armed possession Of New
York. La 1864, at Chicago, he helped
nominate Gen. Mcclellan for whom he
made speeches, and he had Mr.. Longs
motion TO add the 1st Kentucky to the
platform stranglcd. He Is not a mar
who has either the body, or the mind ol
the character, to rally the Democratic
masses even of New York City and State
Ia these evil days. The burden of hi
speeches is that We must augment the
public credit, and By all means raise tn,
value or stccabacks topa,, aus thcs, win
cent per cent pay the public creditor. lie
will consent TO tax contrary to the act o
Congress; but not to scale nor repudiat,
the debt. Indeed, in every way with lht
emphasis of Indignation, ho ailirms th'
sacred obligation to pay the debt dolla
FOR dollar; and resists either partial or to
tai reputation. There IL no real differ
cnee in regard TO this mighty matter be
tween lloratio Seymour and Genera
Grant. They are both in favor Of taxinl
tho farmers and business Of the producing
States, down TO tho bare subsistence TO
the citizens, in order to keep on. payiny
the interest, aud ultimately the who'll
specie face Of the bonds.
We think that the time has como Il
speak Of our own distress. We have dwell
long aud heartily on the odous abomi
nations called Reconstruction by Aud,
johnson aud a Congress representing th
war States, pmetisod upon the South
1 be South has been slain, but if we nc
quiescc in the Seymour policy We shall b
slain, and neither West nor South cal
assist the other Hero is now before tn
people Of our great Interior the near pros
poets Of destruction. Under Seymour o
under Grant, no matter which, we are &
bc ground as ripe corn is ground, betwcel
the upper and neither milestone. TIL,
issue ought 10 bc made at once. Th,
Mississippi Valley Movement should b
set on foot. We have no interest il
these capitalists aud cenlraizationst'
ID is The sword aud purse under Gran
and Colfax; IL is the purse and sword un-
der Seymour and Blair. Oppression
could not take a more palpablc shape:
is not longer ondurablo. We ought 1
raise the cry Of Liberty and the Consitu
ton. We should speak out like mel
against despotlsm at the South aud agains
robbery Mt the West. We should regar
the men who dare to stand in favor of on
seryitudo TO the Fast and North, whethe
Democrats or Republicans, as the commo
enemy. We should do something at one
worthy Of our high lineage, aud of on
desperate condition. We are ia favor q
the Interior policy, and Of making the di
rect issue Of nonpayment with the bond
holder. We are in favor Of the mos
prompt and public announcement Of ou
most extreme State Sovereignty opinions
incLrding the remedies as we'll as til
rights Of States. We are decidedly fc
Coz operating in this perilous aud momeu
tous crisis, with all true Democrats i
every part of the Union. Finally, we NJ
ROW as we have ever been, for fndin,
without any long delay representatiy
man from the ranks Of the people, an
placing our glorious standard in his han,
IL has come to an issue of life aud deatl
of liberty and slavery and instead of ac
quicscing Ia u fraudulent platform, an
perishing as Democracy between polit
clans nearly identical, and both inimica
we call on the good, the wise aud brave ,
unite with us in one universal Westor
and Southern revolt against the premeditI
ted and deliberate sacrifice Of every sol
this side OF the mountains.
In another article the West and Soui
says:
II VIC had fought in committee lik
heroes for Western city as the place, "
should have had Mr.. Pendleton for ii
candidate and no worse platform
When we agreed to take him TO Ne
York by giving mp really everything III
committee could dispose Of, aud accePte