The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-17
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Both are EfnguIaRly weak 49, t
Hingfy; and their unIon is most unior-
L tunate for both, the platform and the
candidates being 50 tncongruoos hhA'
each must weaken the other.
The Convention had some gocd nz 1ll
before il. and others which were ABOVE
I modIocritv, Mr.. Chase, simply upon
The ground of his past services 70 tns
country, Is surpassed py Jew iISlnS
Il ststesmep. General Hancock y sol
dier of high and deserved fame. AeSsEs-
HendTicEs and Doolittle have sat 50
49, in The United States Senate, and
1 have there discussed questions OF SC
! o-reat moment TO The whole nation, thai
their names, and TO some extent theii
views, abilities and character, are gen
i orally known. Even Mr.. PendlstonI
| by his extreme disloyalty during tne
I war, by his position As Gen. McCisiI4n :
com panion and subordinate IN ths ma
tIonsI canvass of 1854, and by his Ioud,
| though weak, SpeCulatlons in the an
I OF repudiatinE = debt without seeming
/ TO do go, has become marked man. BE-
4 fore the American people, Hno gave
/ him Eve years ago the smallest elseto-
/ raj vote for Vice President received by
any regular democratic eAhuloaIe Al
I forty years.
Bnt with all these names upon its
list. the Convention has been unable
10 agree upon any Of them, and after a
long and exhausting struggle has taken
up q local politician of some promt-
hence in tie State, bat almost Wholly
unknown in the nstion at large. The
only influence Horatio Seymour mas
Openly had in national politics has
been by occasional speeches, made In
times OF excitement 10 tbPonEs OF his
Democratic associates.
The first Of these that Was generally
read was made in 1853, when me nation
was az the moEt threatening crisis OF
iIs struggle with the rebellion OnT
armies seemed 10 hesitate; our national
councils were in danger of division;
depression ard apprehension were
spreading tbrou Oh ans North; and MT.
Seymour, then Governor of New York,
chose this moment 10 turn upon the
soldiers Of the republic FIRE In the
the COMMANDMENT Chief OF our army
had found in our camp man openly
procfaimfng treason, 0enouncing our
cause, advocating the deserLion fit,
and giving aid and comfort TO the enc.
nv. He ares ed this man, and instead
of banging him Tudely, sent him
through the lines TO his friends. Dir.
Seymour made q long speech in BROOK
lyn on the situation, in which be SAID
not one word of sympathy or encour-
aSement for cur soldIerH in the ned.
One hundred thousand families in this
state had fathers, sons or brothers In
t,efjI OF Iheir lives that day Tor the love
OF their country, and the Governor OF
| New YORK bad not one word OF hope or
consolation for the fearful or the be-
Teaved among them. Not word did
I be say rom vi icG one could conjecture
! that ne desired their triumph or cared
for their cause. His one theme waS the
arrest OF FaIlandlghaD; his one Bppre-
/ tension was lest The traitors rights
| were not respected; his one desire and
| aim 10 stir up prejudice against Mr..
Lincoln, and against the patriot army,
as dangerous 10 our liberties.
| That speech found lis appropriate
reward yesterday, when the same Val
ilandigham, who Was not hanged bui
sent South to his friends in 1863, rose il
the Democratic Convention, and, aftei
its three days OF wild and disorganizec
efforts, boldly assumed the control anC
was accepted as Its leader. He at ono;
dictated 10 them their choice of the mar
who during bis little differences will
the government OF the United States
/ had been bis friend, ally and eloquen
suuporter-Horatio Seymour of New
York.
| Scarcely less notorious than the
1 speech which won for Mr.. Seymour tht
lasting friendship Of Mr.. Eslianuig
ham, was that which he delivered TO thu
mob, from the steps of the City Hall
during the terrible riot week. HIS ex
ordiuTn, in which the Governor of Nov
York addressed the thToug of reckless
men then in open rebellion against al
law and all restraint, band OF muir
dereTs and robbers, as his "Iriends,
has always been remembered as tn
most complete and terrible prostitution
of official dignity and degradation
civil government yet seen in this coun
try. The chief magistrate of the riches
and most populous State in the UnioI
made display of his hostility to tht
nation, and of his entire sympathy will
the advocates of treason and anarchy
and thus gave a shock to the cause o
his country from which, without tht
glorious and sweeping victories which
il Just at this crisis gained, II might moi
have recovered. The career of oul
triumphant army, just after Gettsy'
burg, was stopped, because SO much o.
it WAS needed in New York 10 keeI
down the friends of Governor Seymour
Tho last remarkable effort of Mr.
Seymour upon national questions swai
in speech made at Albany, a few
weeks ago devoted almost entirely tC
the RECITATION of those financial here
sizes which tho Convention has nov
fully adopted in its platform. Mr.. Sey'
mour showed that the bonds could moi
be taxed nor payed in greenbacks. The
Convention declares that they shall be-
taxed; and shall be paid in greenbacks
But when the Convention goes further
and declares, not only that all its doc
trInes and measures shall be directly
the opposite of Mr.. Seymour's, but thai
Mr.. Seymour shall himself be the
standard bearer of these doctrines and
the executor of these measures, who
can wonder that he very earnestly pro-
tests against the nomination? Ia it not
rather wonderful that his extreme.
modest aud very sincere reluctance
should by any means be overcome?
! The object of the Convention is no
secret. 1t hopes by the reputation
| platform to carry the supporters OF
PendletOn; and to gain over. besides
| Mr.. Buffers faction, which is heartily
with The publican party, except that
! it rejects its principles and hates its
candidate. It hopes by nominating a
| man who is pledged TO oppose all its
financial doctrines to retain its strength
among The thinking and the honest
men, whose patriotism and integrity
will not submit to such a national dis
grace and crime as their platform pro-
poses. But such "a scheme is too palPa-
| bly, inconsistent to sncCeed. The house
is divided against itself; the platform
and the candidates are at open war.
How can IA repudiatOr vote for Sey-
nouI? How can an honest and sensi-
Ole PGtriot vote forth New York
platform? Tras.
Iflhis were all, the work of the Con-
vebtion would be a complete failure.
But Mr. Seymour himself showed by
his declarations before that body that
1t is douDly SO. Why did they not listen
10 his startling and significant remark,
that II is impossible for him to be a
candidate without imperiling both the
party and himseltT Ia this true? Was
II uttered in perfect sincerity by man
who knew that he was ON the verge Of