The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-08-06
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Gov. SeymOur's Loyalty.

Gov. SeymOur'S Loyalty.
Tho World Is very willing to Oc.
oupy our columns with citations In
tended to prove Gov. Seymour's
fidelity to dis country during her
late fearful trial, but carefully avoids
any citation or consideration of the
proofs we offer Of his disloyalty. We
demur to such long-range oontro-
versy, and insist on more decisive
method Let us see how tho World
win relish aud receive a close crap.
Iple--as follows: -
/ We charge that Horatio Soy.
mour, at the Tweddlo Hall Conyeu-
tion Of Jan. 81, 1861, furiously
assailed the Republicans 10 Congress
for proposing to resist secession and
disuuion by force saying
Z" let ms see II successful coercion BY
tho North Is ie" revolutionary than
successful secession by the South"
~. We charge that Gov. Seymour,
few weeks after that Convention,
being in our city and meeting here
Judge Charles II. Ruggles, asked
him, Judge, have you read the
Confederate Consultation? 4 4 4
l have; and II il preferable to the
Federal Constitution Now, why not
avoid all trouble by ourselves adopt.
ing the Confederate Constitution 2f-
that is, by supersediug the Federal
by the Confederate Government,
kicking out Lincoln and making
Davis our President.
V. We charge that, when the Re
publicons, then a majority of at least
Fifty Thousand, proposed to ignore
party altogether in tho election of
1861, and unite the whole people OF
our State on ticket selected from
both parties. aud standing on the
simple platform Of a vigorous prose.
cution Of the War for the Ulion,
IIoratio Sey mour aud his friends re.
jected the proder, Insisting on party
ticket aud q party platform sur
charged with hostility to those on
whom the Nation had devolved the
duty Of defending it's existence,
VI. We charge that Horatio Sey-
mour publicly said. soon after the
issue of Lincoln's frst Proclamation
Of Freedom, that, if the Union could
only be maintained by abolishing
Slavery, then the Union ought to be
given up.
VII. We charge that Horatio Soy.
mour, being elected Governor of our
State, gave but cold, reluctant,
hositatiug, grudging. cayiling sup
port TO tho Federal authorities, then
struggling to avert the disruption Of
the Union, so that President Lincoln
was constrained to say to his brother,
who was at the. White,tipuse on bust
moss, Please remind your brother,
the Governor, that il he is ever to bo
President OF the United States there
must be such a country left to preside
over" ... .s..s. IA,
VIII We charge that, when it
became necessary to rosorl to Draft
ing to replepish The N&lioual armies,
Gov. Seymour threw his influence
against that resort aud, in appeal.
ing to tho President 10 suspend its
enforcement, menaoingly said:
Ii is believed by AZ least ono half
the people Of til" loyal States that the
Conscription act, which they are
called upon to obey because il is on
the statute-book, is in itself vic.
lation of the supreme eonstitu tional
law. do not dwell
upon what believe would be the
consequences Of a violent, harsh
policy, before tho onstitutionality of
the act is tested. You oan scan the
future as well as |, The temper of
tse people to day you ean readily
learn"
Does any man on earth believe
that the man who thus demanded Of
tho President a suspension Of the
Draft Till its oopstitnIiouality could
be tested in the Courts, really wished
the Rebellion put down Ky the strong
arm? A few days before, ho had
said to tho rioters assembled in our
City Hall Park:
~ assure sou, my fellOw-eitiEens,
that am here to show you,a test of
my friendship. TCbesrs.] l wish to
inform you that / havc sent my Ad
jutant'General to Washington to
confer with the authorities there,
aud to have this DRAFT suspended
and stopped" VooitOrous cheers !