The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-07-15

Democratic Mass Meeting ut TAm-
1;b t,.4, many Hall.
SPEECHES OF ExIGoyERNoR SEYMOUR
y AND GENERAL BLAIR.
Tainmany Hall, in New York, was
thronged, on Friday evening last,
with persons, to witness the formal
tender of the nominations for Presi-
dent and Yice-President, to Messrs.
Seymour and Blair. The front of
the, wigwam was brilliantly illumi-
mated, and bands of music and firing
Of cannon gave eclat to the occasion.
Mr.. August Belmont called the
meeting to order, and nominated for
presiding officer, SamuelJ Tilden,
who, previous to the arrival of Go
vernon Seymour, addressed the audi
ence upon the issues of the contest.
He said that the Democratic party
were destined to preserve and restore
the great framework of American
Constitutional Government, and to
rebound the Government on the
liberties of the people, and that they
were to restore, in every part of the
Continent. local elf-government to
every integral portion of the Ameri-
can people. He was willing to pre-
dict glorious victory for Democrat
ic principles. under the lead of Sey-
mour and Blair.
The Chairman, after repeated de-
mands to the audience to preserve
order and be seated, secured compa-
rative quiet, when General Morgan,
OF Ohio, said: Governor Seymour,
on behalf of the committee appointed
for that purpose, I have the honor,
sir, to present to you this communi-
cation, {here Governor Morgan hand
ed Mr.. Seymour the letter addressed
to him by the committee, announc-
ing your unanimous nomination as
candidate for the Office of President
of the United States, by the Nation
al Democratic Convention; and. ON
behalf, sir, of the conservative and
Democratic people of the States we
have the honor to represent, we here
pledge their united and cordial
efforts in securing relief to the coun-
try from the thralldom which now
oppresses it, and in placing you, sir,
as the chosen Chief Magistrate of
the nation in the Executive chair.
Governor Seymour responded:
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF
THE COMMITTEE: I thank you for the
courteous terms in which you have
communicated to me the action of
the Democratic National Conven-
ton. l have no words adequate to
Express my gratitude for the good
will and kindness which that body
has shown to me. It's nomination
was unsought and unexpected. It
was my ambition to take an active
part, from which L am now excluded,
in the great struggle going on for
the restoration of good government,
of peace and prosperity to our conn
try. But 1 have been caught up by
the whelming tide that is bearing us
on to great political change, and I
find myself unable to resist it's pres.
sure. You have also given to me a
copy of the resolutions put forth by
the Convention, showing its position
upon all the great questions which
now agitate the country. AS the
presiding officer of that Convention,
| am familiar with their scope and
import, ond as one of it's members, ]
am o party to their terms; they are
in accord with my views, and I stand
upon them in the contest upon which
we are now entering; and I shal
strive to carry them out in future
wherever I may be placed in public
or private life. I congratulate you
and all conservative men who seel