The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-07-30
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oil The following is an extract from tn,
speech Of Daniel S. Dickinson, deliv
cred at the great ratification meetin,
held at the Cooper Institute, in tn,
city Of New York, October, 81 1862
AS Mr.. Dickinson was lifelong
Democrat, and il a position to be per
feotly posted on -. Seymour's record
the picture he.draws may be especially
refreshing just now to those "Con
servative soldiers" who at their late
Convention in New York, committed
themselves 50 unreservedly. to the sup
port Of the Democratic nominee for the
Presidency: ''@%] ''2...>. >...I os =.
''@ "When the. most atrocious conspiracy
which ever desecrated earth developed
in an assault upon our national flag al
Sumter, and in efforts to massacre o
halfstarved garrison, placed there in q
time Of profound peace, according {,
uniform usage, for no other offense than
asserting the supremacy Of their
country's Constitution, and giving to
the breeze, as emblematical thereof, the
glorious stars and stripes of their faith.
ers when the brave volunteers who
were hurrying to. the defense Of our
nations capital, to save it from mob
rule and rebellion : and conaagration,
were bleeding BY 'traitorous hands
when strong men trembled, when
women wept, and children instinctively
cluBgY closer to, the maternal bosom
when al communication between the
loyal States and the capital was cut of
by rebllious forces when the President
elect Of the United States had then
recent y reached the seat of Govern
ment. where DUTY called him, by cir
cuitous and an unusual route, and in
disguise. to escape the dagger Of the
and when our laud was filed
with excitement and CONSERVATION and
alarm-when ''shriekedu the timld and
stood still the sbrave,' ana the con-
6ding m asses looked about to see who
we're the men for the crisis, among the
citizens of the Empire State, who had
borne a part in pubic affairs, and were
looked up to as exemplars in
such : crisis, he (Horatio Seymour)
hied himself away upon the double
quick in the opposite direction laugh
Ier, ] and for. nearly half q year hid
himself among the lakes and rivers
and romantic woodlands and inland
towns Of Wisconsin, and his tongue
vas as silent on the subject Of. ..denounc-
ing the rebellion as those of the MUIR
lered volunteers, whose "ghosts walk
I'd unrevenged amongst u.s." [Sensa-
lion. There We may suppose he
basked and balanced, and watched and
waited, and turned and twisted
laughter, until autumn. when a small
knot OF defunct, defeatcd,'' desperate,
and -despicable politicians, who had for
years hung upon the subsistence depart
ment of the Democratic party in this
State came to his relief by entering
The field. L Laushter.] They borrow,
ed without lesve the honcred name Of
Democracy, under which to perpctrate
their covert treason, as the hypocrite' =.
"stole tho livery Of tie court Of Heaven p:
To serve the devil in" g.
"Their disgracefuland disloyalrecord
stands out as the doings Of men too
stolid in political depravity to be gifted
With ordinary instincts, and too regard
less Of the popular will to be mindful
Of shame; and the defeat they expert
enced at the hands Of the people should
serve as a warning to Gtrimmers and
traitors and par1icides and ingrates
through all. future time.
"This movement drew the secluded
one from his hiding place, and he came
forth, with!.llthe courage Of him who,
10 conflict with bis wife, being driven
under the bed, while remaining thus
ensconced, declared, that whether she
consented Or not, he would lock out
q knot t-hole in the clep- boards,
50 long as he had the spirit Of man p!
EGreat and repeated laughter aud ap-
plause. He entered the political can
vasa, and on the 28th of October, 1861,
q few days before the election, made a
speech, the burden Of which was an
apology for the rebellion, and condem-
nation Of the Administration for hav-
ing meted out the rigor of martial law
70 those in arms against the Govern
menr. Though a5ounding with tlimsy
DISCUSSES and sophistical goneralities, it
contained one point worthy Of not only
notice, but Of the severest reprehension,
aud here it is: ! edi
"If true that slavery must be abolish.
!. 4 TO save this Union, then the peop,e
Of the South should be allowed Il
.vithdraw themselves from that. Govern.
ment which can net give them tht
protection guaranteed. BY its terms.''''
HWhat 2sa Place this glorious Union