Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-07-31
NO. 19
Daniel s. Dickinson on Horatio sey-
m0uF.

UhU1GA D 01eE4u&O4 On AOTHBlO N0ye
mour.
The following is an extract from
the speech Of Daniel s. Dickinson, de-
liTered at the great ratification meet
ing held at the Cooper Institute, 10 the
city of New York, October 8, 1852
As Mr.. Dickinson was a life long
Democrat, and in a position to be psr-
fectly posted on Mr.. Seymour record.
the picture he draws may be especially
refreshing just now to those "COnserv-
atiVe soldiers who, at their late Con-
vention in New York, committed
themselves so unTeservedlY 20 the
suppOrt of the Democratic nominee for /
the Presidency
when the most atrOcious oonspifa- I
cy which ever deseorated earth found
development in an assault upon our
National flag at Sumter, and 10 efforts
to massacre a half-starVed garrison, /
placed there IN time of profound 1
according to uniform usage, for nOpeaO8, 4
other offense than asserting the supre- /
macy of their eountry's Constitution, /
and giving to the breeze as emblema- /
tieal thereof, the glorious Stars and /
Stripes of their fathers--WheH The /
brave volunteers who were hurrying Il
10 the defense of our nations capital TO \
save it from mob rule and rebellion, /
and oonhagration, we're bleeding By
traitorous hands-When strong men /
trembled, when women Wept, and chill |
dren instinctively clung closer TO the l
maternal bOsOm-When all commune
cation between the loyal States and
the capital was cut off by rebelious f. I.
ces-when the President elect oF Sc
United States had then &C., r Vne e
reached the seat of Secently
where duty called him a., oYeInIae W.. n ms
81 ~ as.a,,e II. Sbe a. 4de, and in disguise
~ - S51fS 49,, ~. Sr egeF Of the assassin,
a!tS,-orf ~ y I1n = e land was &lled With ex-
olSSIIAo" 1.1,'' , eAd eonsternatioh and alarm
-. n "sArfeked the tihaid and stood
I'd the brave, and the confdiDg
masses looked about TO see who were
the men for tse crisis, among the citi-
Eens Of the Empire State, who had
borne part in public affairs, and we're
naturally looked up to as examplars ia
such crisis, he (HOratiO SEYMOUR
hied himself away upon the double
quick in the opposite direction laugh
teri, and for nearly half a year hid
himself among the lakes and rivers
and romantic woodlands and inland
towns of Wisconsin,; and his tongue
was as silent on the subject of de. /
nOuneing the rebellion as those of the
murdered volunteers, whose GHOSTS
walked unrevenged amOnst us. > ESen-
sation. There we may suppose he I
basked and balanced, and watched and /
waited, and turned and twisted laugh /
ter, until autumn, when a snail knot
Of defunot, defeated, desperate, and de- |
spicable politicians, who had for years /
hung upon the subsistence department /
of the Democrats party in this State, /
came to his relief by entering the field. /
Laughter They borrowed without l
leave the h0nored name of Democracy, /
under which to perpetrate their Coz
vert treason, as the hypocrite
sG5tole the livery Of the court Of heaven
To serve the devil in"
Their disgraeeful and disloyaI record |
stands out as the dOings of men too
stolid In political depravity TO be gif-I
ted with ordinary instincts, aud too re-
gardless Of the popular will to bel
of shame; and the defeat they
experienced at the hands of the peo-
Pile, should serve aB 4 Farhing to trim
mers and traitors ana barrieides and in
crates, through all future time.
This movement drew the secluded |
one from hls hiding place, and he /,
came forth with al! the courage Of ]
him who, In a conflict with his wife,
being driven under the bed, while re-
thus ensconced, declared that
whether she consented or not, be
would look out through a knOt-hOle4
ia the clap boards so long as he had
The spirit of a man Great and re-
Deated laughter and applause. He
sntered the political Canvass and on
he 18th Of October, 1861, a few days
before the election, made q speech, lt
he burden of which was an apology
or the rebellion. and a condemnation
# the Administration for having
neted out the rigor of martial law to
hose In arms against the Government. l
Though abounding with himsy dis !
,uises and sophistical generalities, it
one point worthy of not / {
My notice, but of the severest repre-
lension, and here it iss
IF it is true that slavery must be
.bOlished to save this Union, then the /
,eople of the South should be allowed !
0 Withdraw themselves from the Gov {
rnment which cannot give them the i
guaranteed BY its terms" '
Whatl Place this glorious Union i
his heritage of human hope-this
sylum for the worlds weary pilgrim
his refuge for the oppressed Of earth 8
eneath the black and bloated and 2
loody, the corrupt and .O0rruptinR, 9
ne stultifed and stuItifying institu- q
ion Of slaverv2 No Sooner than =
ee this Union severed, let not only :
he institution perish whenever and 3
1herever found, but let the habita-
ions that have known it perish with 8
/, and be known no more Forever
and long continued ap-
llause. That's 90. /" "ThatiB the
ak Three cheers. And yet this {
etuFning fugitive from patriotism t
roelaims asshis creed, in effect if not 9
D terms, that If either slavery or the {
Union must be destroyed, ii should be Z
he Union. And the name of this
lan is HoRATIo SEYMOUR. [Sen-
atiOu.1 SOD y