Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-04
Seymour and ArnoId-A Striking
Parallel.


The striking parallel between the DO
Bitions occupied by the traitors Of the
| Revolution and the Copperheads of to-
/ day, is wildly illustrated in the close
resemblance Of the appeal Of Benedict
! Arnold to the disaffected of his time
( and the Milwaukee speech OF HOrHt'o
/ seymour made in 1864. After ArncLd's
/ treason became known, and he hGd
| 1ully gone over to the British lie issued
| a proclamation to the citizens and sole
dlers Of the United States, % in which he
! thus attacked the action Of our govern
ment:
''You are promised liberty by the
leaders Of your affairs but is there nu
Individual in the enjoyment Of it. saw
ing your oppressofs Who among you
dares to speak or write against the fvr-
amy which has robbed you Of your
property, imprisons your sons, drags
you to the field Of battle, and la daily
deluging your country with blood
Your country once was happy and
had the proffered peace been en- 6roced,
the last two years Of misery had been
spent In peace snd plenty, and repa1r=
ing the desOlatiOn Of the quarrel that
would have set the interests of Great
Britain and America in their true light,
and cemented their friedshipB.
wish to lead a chosen band Of Amer
leans in bhe attainment Of peace. liber-
ty and SAFETY the hrst objects in taking
the field.
What is America but land OF wild
oWs, orphans and beggarsR But what
need Of argument to such as feel Inc
tinitely more misery than tongue can
atecttonate welcome TO all who are diM-
posed to join me in measures necessary
to close the scene Of our afdicti0ng,
which must increase until we are 8atiB-
hed with the Hberality Of the mother
country, which still offers us protection
Il HHfs-r IN
as we think dt to impose upon ontselFe8s
Oct. 20, 1870 BENEDtCr ARNOLD
This letter might htand very wen ca
a modern, Democratic platform How
closely it corresponds with Horatio sevs
mour's Views, may be seen by cOmpar-
ing the following extracts, the first from
Arnolds letter, the second from H0rae
ito Seymour'a Milwaukee speech
Benedict Arnold Horatfo Seymour.
mere makes eig b tin Milwaukee, like
Potnea against the wise tuslug his own
Continental Con lwords) makes tha
gress, and Wash-Ifollowiuv poiufst
iugtOn, the CONF UTke 0.ae5rr,
mander-ln-Cn1eft IOf speech and of the
l. IEab freedom press has been de-
of speech and OF thelnied usV
press has been taxi @ cit is vour
en- away. Ipropertv. the prom
2. That propertylerty Of Northarn
has been appropri-I taxpayers, which
3. That illegal 5. "M Men have
m p r i son "a ntsI been torn from their
have been made. families and looked
4. That odiousIup in prison, and
cOnscriptions haveI women also"
been imposed. 4. "Aen are told
5. That peace, that they must
which might haveIleav their homes
been had, was re- and devote them
fused. selves to war"
6. That the first 5. "The policy o
objects in takingIbhe Administration
the field have been has placed hind
abandoned. RANGES I'm the way Of
z. That the coun- the Union"
try has been del 9. "The Admin
uged with blood listration has enter
and made a land ofed upon a settled
widows n or-lpolicy, dangerous
phans. TO the welfare Of the
8. That it is nee country
essay to join him z. "In Coda
in order to close name, are there no
these af1ictions and means by which we
to prosperity, can save the lives OF
hush d g "a d
lbrOthers3"
8. "We nomina-
ted Mcclellan, that
we might restore
pr rOBp perity and
lpeace TO the people"