Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-07-16
The Democratic Candidates..
rom the New York Tribune.


Horatio Seymour was born in Pompey,
Onondaga, County, N. Y, in 1871, and
is now in the 57th year of his age. He
was Always Democrat. and has never
incurred tire merit or demerit of being
outside the party. In 1850 he was nomi-
mated for Governor against Washington
Hunt, on u platform mainly OF opposi-
ton to the appropriation OF the future
re venues of the State for enlarging the
Erie Canal, which he cOntended was in
violation of the Constitution adopted In
1916. He was defeated, however, by 262
votes, though Mr.. Church, the candidate
for Lieutenant-G on the same
ticket, was elected by u considerable ma
jOrity, the entire vote being-fOr Hunt,
2l4,6l4; Seymour. 2l4,352 In 1852 he
was again nominated by the regular
Democrats against Hunt, Whig, and
the vote being for Seymour, 264, III ;
Hunt, 239, 1886; Tompkins, 1920. On
this vote also Seymour ran about 3,00il
behind Church, the candidate for Lie u
tenant Governor. His principal official
act was his veto of the Maine Prohibitory
Liquor law. In 1854 he was again
nominated and defeated, the vote being
for Seymour 156, 6,495; Ullman know
Nothing), l22,2s2; Clark Maine law,
rl5B,S ,S0i, aud Bronson, 33, $50. This was u
falling off In the Democratic vote OF
nearly 1O0, 900, and the result for the time
consigned Mr., Seymour to private life.
In the dissensions of the Democratic
party made up in u confused way OF the
Slavery question, Canal Questions, and
personal Issues, the Hunkers, or Hard, I"
led by Daniel S. Dickenson, Greene T.,
Bronson, Scheil, and the like, were the
more pro.Slavery; the Barnburners, led
by john Van Buren, were Free Soil, and
the "Softs," with whom Seymour atiil-
lated were opposed to all agitations, and
were for maintaining tho harmony OF
the Democratic party as the first article
of the faith. Mr.. Seymour therefore
stood by the Administrations of Pierce
and Buchanan IN oil their betrayals ol
freedom aud usurpations In behalf ol
Slavery. Though the original position
of the Softs was one Of compromise he'
tween the two extremes of the party, as
the country approached the great strug
gle of 1850, the Nothern States contained
no more trucking devotee of the Slave
power than Heratio Seymour. He ad
vocated the Crttenden Compromise as q
measure OF paci ification, thus vindicatinl
his reputation as trimmer and half-and
half man. He was invited by the com
mlttee OF the Sfcat OuiOu stIudre meet
ing, held upon the fall of Fort Sumter
together with other leading Democratic
John Van. Buren,. Fernando Wood
Archbishop Hughes and the like, TO In
dorse the cause OF the War for the Union
Hughes wrote q vigorous letter recon
mending the maintenance ofNthe Gov
ernment. Even Wood for the time tool
the same stand. But Seymour declines
to cooperate, and deprecated all eff6r
to maintain the Union by force. He ha
asserted that while at Milwaukee b.
aided in paying the axpense OF sending
regiment TO Washington, and that ol
his return he made y speech before tn
New York Legislature, which was so fa
loyal that Gov. Morgan Thought 1t cal
culated to modify the opposition Of tn
Copperhead members of the Legislator
to tiieIwar, and thel efore moveda vote O
thanks. He also allowed his name to b
/ placed by the Adjutant General at tn
head Of County committee for furtherin
enlistments, all of which fhcts prov
rather the desire of the Union MEN ;
win him TO good behavior than any ID