The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-20

absorption of the public mind by senseless
unreasoning fanaicism. The agitation of the
social, moral aud legislative evils upon the
people of the free States than 1t has upon the
institutions OF those against whom ~ has
been exciied. The wisdom of Franklin stamped
upon the first coin issued by our Government
he wise motto, Mind your business Tue vio-
lation of this homely prOverb VIII ch lies at the
foundation of the doctrines of local rights, has
thus far proved more burJful 10 the meddIers in
theafiairs of others than TO those against whom
this pragmaiic action Is directed.
We are advised by the Conservative Stltes
of Virginia and Kentucky that. tffltce Is tp be
used, IL must he exeried against the united
south. H. would be an act of folly and mad
ness, in entering upon this contest to UNDER
rate our opponents. aud thus subject ourselves
10 the Disgrace of defeat in an inglOrious war
fare Let us also see If successful coercion by
the North is less revolutionary than successful
secession by the South. Shall we prevent revo
luton by being foremost in overtnrowng the
principles of our Government, and all that
makes IL valuable To our people. and dsttn.
guishes it among the nations of the earth ?"
is it denied that Seymour said this? Who
impugns our assertion that he did
~. We have charged that, at that same
Convention, James S. Thayer (then and now
q leading and intimate oompatriOt of Ssymour)
followed and seconded him in these words:-
III We cannot, we can az least, in an auJhurt-
tative way aud practical manner, arrive at
the basis of peaceahle separation Ceuswed
cheers; we can aC least by discussion euliShteu
settle, ana concentrate the public sen 4 iiueuL IN
the state of New York upon This ouestt IN and
save IL from that fearful current that circuit
ously, but certainly, sweeps madly on, tn rough
The marrow gorge of the enforcement of the
lChee's.) Against this, under all circumstances,
in every place ana form, we musJ nov and at
all times oppose reSOiute and unflteriug re
sistapce The public mind viii bear the avowai
and let us make it-that If a revolution OF force
Is 10 begin, IL shall be inaugurated at home
(Cheers.) And If the incoming Administration
shan attempt to carry out the line of policy that
has been ioreshadowed, We announce That, when
The hand OF Black Rapubhcanism turus To
bloodTed, and seeks from the fragment of the
Constitution to construct scatfOluing Tor
cOerciou-snother name for execution-We will
reverse the order of the French Revolution and
save the blood of the people by making tnoSe
who would tnaugurate IL reigu of terror the first
victims of a national guillotlne." Enthusiastic
applause.) D.. ..
And that Horatio Seymour in no manner
protested against nor openly dissented from
this manifestation of sympathy with the Re-
bells, though another Democrat (the Hon.
George W. Clnton) promptly and emphati-
cally rebuked it's this denied
V. We have charged that Horatio Seymour,
being on visit to this city soon after the
Confederate Constitution was promulgated at
Montgomery, declared to Judge Charles II.
Ruggles that he had carefully read that in
strument-that he deemed it decidedly pre-
fersble to the Federal Constitution framed for
us by Washington, Franklin, Madison, Hamil-
ton, Pinckney, Rufus King, Gerry, etc.-and
that he deemed it advisable that our State
just framed at Montgomery, and so obviate
civil war by joining the Southern Contede-
racy.-Has this been denied When
Where?
vi. We have charged that Horatio Sey-
mour, in his speeches, messages, ETC., through
out the war for the Union, continually repre-
sented the Rebels as in the right, the Unionists
as in the wrong, not with regard to secession
and disunion, but as to all that preceded and
produced these. His continual assumption
was substantially this:-"The South has been
greatly provoked, wronged, abused; but dis
union is not the proper remedy for her
wrongs" According to his habitual logic,
the Rebels were fundamentally, substantially
right, and only technically, incidentally
wrong. They were like plaintiff who has a
perfectly good cause of action, but has sued in
the wrong Court. Does any one deny this |?
Will any one deny that it was calculated to
dampen the enthusiasm and chill the ardor
of those required to brave perils and make
sacrifices for the national cause .i ...
VII. We have charged that when, in 1868,
Lees army was advancing triumphant into
Pennsylvania, and the fate of the Union
seemed to hang by a thread Governor Sey-
mour prepared and brought to this city an
elaborate Fourth of July address which studi-
ously and persstently held up to reprobation
President Lincoln and his Cabinet as the chief
assailants and most formidable enemies of our
rights and liberties, tainted them with their
reverses and disappointments, and nowise in
tmated that the Rebel Governments and
armies were our chief national peril. In the
course of this harange, he said
"a few years ago we stood before this commu-
nifty to warn them of the dangers OF sectional
STRIFE; but our fears were laughed az. Al q later
day, when the clouds of war overhung our
country, we implored those in authority to
con- promise that difficulty; for we had been
told by that great orator and statesman Burke,
nav a 81 hat
might not have been prevented by oompro-
mise opportunely and graciously made. (Great
applause) Our prayers We're unheeded and,
when the contest was opened, we invoked those
who had The conduct OF affairs not TO underrate
the power of the adversary-not to underrate
the courage and resources and endurance of our
own sister States. This warning was treated as
sympathy with treason. You nave the results
of these unheeded warnings, and unheeded
prayers; they have stained our soil
into thousands OF homes; and to-day they
have brought our country 10 the very
verge of destruction. Olce more l come before
you, to otfer an earnest prayer, and beg you to
at this time torn by one of the boodest wars
that has ever rsvaged the face OF the eatJb; but,
how is it there? You ind the community
divided into political parties, strongly arrayed.
end using with regard To each others terms OF
reproach and defiance. II is said by those who
support more particularly the Administration
that we. who differ honestly, patriotically sin
cerely, from them with regard to the line OF
duty, are men of reasonable purposes and ene-
mics TO our couAtTy. Clear, hear0 On the
ESptr o6f upan tbis % ss 6ose
10 their rights and liberties. They
look upon their opponents as men who would
do them wrong in regard TO their most sacred
franchises. 1 need not call your attention TO
the tone of the press or to the tone of public
parties are eXasperaied AMI stand in defiant
attitudes 10 each other. A lew years ago we
were told that sectional strife. wsged in words
but you have seen the sad and bloody results.