Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-29
COLUMBUS, OHIO, THURSDAY. MORNING.
Major- General Henry D. Szoc3m on .Gou.
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i AS to the course Of Gov. Seymour
during the war I know of no class
whose opportunities of forming an accu-
rate Judgment were more favorable than
1.-THE soldiers. AS New, York Volunteers,
you were under his charge until you left
the State, and while in the field most of
your officers were commissioned by him.
he commissioned over 6,O0O) officers
during his term Of serve-a duty as i'm
| portant as it was delicate Of the man.
nsr in which the duty was performed, !,
who can form a better Judgment than
yourselves2l In all his dealings with
theimmense number of volunteers sent
from this State, neither political nor per-
sonal influence could ever induce him to
hazard ths lives of our men, or in any
manner weaken their efficiency. These
facts are a sufficient answer to all the
charges . of this nature ever brought
against Governor Seymour 10 h5,iai 5-,iai
No; :, there lis one charge to
which his honorable and patriot
iep course towards you will not be
received as a sufficient reply; one
crime for which the zeal with which he
hastened forward thousands of troops to
the aid of Pennsylvania when she was
invaded, and contributions freely made
by him for the befeAt Of our sick, and
disabled soldiers, will not atone. This
charge has constituted theme for edi-
tors and orators. .s1a a ';di s9a
1t has appeared on banners in all
Radical professions. In speaking te a
mob in New Y ork he commenced his ad-
dress with the words, "My friends,"-
Governor Seymour first gained the at
tention of the excited men, and then
pointed out to them the consequences
that must follow their unlawful acts
we know the effect of this course. We
know that Republican Mayor, and
4 nearly the entire press of the city, i'm
mediately after the close of the riot,
spoke of his course in the strongest
terms of commendation. ..gsI ~
Mayor Opdyke, in reference thereto,
| said: a@i59R tfil ae..a i-1' no slE.'
"Governor Seymour to the end stood
firm-everything that was possible for
him to do was done, to aid in the sup
preston of the riots. At .-A
"His conduct during those riots met
my entire approval e.ra "a .ss -
Colonel H. s. Lansing on Governor
Seymour's Suppression o. tie Nea0
York Draft Riots. c.asa rzrsa. re
AT New Dorp Barracks, Staten
Island, 1 had about $50 men, belonging
to dozen different organizations On
Monday, the day of the riots, came to
New York, and first heard on my arrival
of the action of the rioters. Major-Ge len
eral John e Wool, United States Army,
commanding this District, received from
Major General Sandford, d,commanding the
First Division, New York State Ma
tional Guard, requestthat he, General
Wool, would order the men on Staten
Island to report for defence of the city.
General Wool returned the communica-
ton to General Sandford, with the en-
dorsement that "he could not order these
men, as they were under the control of
Governor Seymour. but Immediately
under the command of Colonel III. S.
Lansing" General Sanford sent the
com munication to me with a request that
would order the men over. Having
had the honor of serving on Governor
Seymour's staff in 1923, and know
ing him from boyhood, knew, if pres
ent, he would at once order these men
to New York, and acting accordingly, l
had the satisfaction of receiving from
him personally, the nert day, full ap-
proyal and commendation of my action.
reported to General Sandford for or
ders, with six companies, each 100
strong-60O men. IL ' .5, 2 r-..
There was not an officer in this COM
mand holding United States commits
sion, and it was this force that did the
street fighting, aided by the cavalry,
who afterwards arrived from Riker's
Island, under command of General, then
acting Colonel Thaddeus P. Mott, and
which command, with one or two excep-
tions, was like that from Staten Island,
holding only Governor Seymour's war
rant. -. ..-.,f.+.....r -,o -.. --.-ss-l,, -...1-
Colonel o 'Brien, killed; Colonel Jar
dine, wounded, and Colonel Winslow
(since dead, who rendered good service,
were none of them at the time in the
service of the United States. Thus.
you see, that the last thread that sup
ports the infamous charge that Govern
or Seymour sympathized with the riot
ers is broken, for he and his officers and
men alone saved the city, and put an
end to the riots. Yours,
II. S. LANSING.
New YORK, August "a, 1868.
Governor Seymour evidently stopped
the New York draft riots, and through
his whole course supported both Presi-
dent Lincoln and Mayor 0pdyke, both
political opponents, in order to save New
York city on the one hand, and the
Union on the other.
Is not Governor Seymour's honor and
loyalty vindicateda and will you not give
"honor to whom honor is due 70 and will
you not vote for him who once saved the
country to save it again from intestine
strife-from equal, nay, greater evils
to save it perchance from utter ruin,
chaos, from annihilation itself2
Where stand the Generals Of the Army?
The above question is asked by the
albany Argus, and is answered as fol-
| lows: To read the columns of the
Radical papers. or to listen to their vitu-
perative orators, we would think that
no one was loyal except the supporters
of Grant and Colfax-and that every
one who rallied to the banner of Sey-
mour and Blair was traitor and rebel.
Yet look at the record of the War De-