The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-21

left him TO his fate. not expecting to SEA him
again. About p. NJ. of that day, the editor
having 6uished his work at the ofica--went
over 20 Windusts eating house for his dinner,
passing through the bowling mob for nearly
the entire distance, and recognized by several
of them. Two friends accompanied him, bvt
not at his invitation or suggestion. Neither of
the three was armed. AT Windust's, dinner
was ordered and eaten, exactly as on other
days, but in the largest room in the house,
without shadow of concealment or hiding of
any kind. Diuner flushed, the editor took a
carriage aud drove to his lodging, where he re-
sumed writing for the Tribune, aud continued
it through the evening, sending down his COPY
to the Office, and being visited thence by
friends who informed him of the mob's assault
and the narrow escape Of the building and
contents from destruction. Remaining all night
at his lodging, he returned nsxt morning to
the Office (Dow being armed), saw from a
window the mob bowling in its front hastily
repair to the City Hall Park there to listen to
a harangue from Horatio Seymour, and re-
mained there nearly to the close of the day
(Tues1ay), when he was finally induced to
leave by the representations of the good and
true soldier who commanded it as a fortress
that he would prefer that the mob
should not be provided with the extra induce
ment for assault which the known presence
of Mr.. Greeley in the building would
afford. He returned to the office the next
morning, though the first hackman to whom
he applied refused to let him enter his car
riage; and he was in the Office nearly through
ont each day Of that memorable week up to
Friday evening, when he Gas usuaD took the
Harlem cars for his home at Chappadua
where he spent the Saturday, as he had
done nearly every Saturday, save in winter
for the last fifteen years. And whoever
asserts that he, at any time that week, "was
hiding under Windust's table" is a branded
liar, and villain, as Mr.. Windust, Mr.. Will
liam A. Hall, and other surviving and most
credible witnesses will gladly attest
Leaving his ''friends," " let Us now return
to ex. Governor Seymour
The World adds the following certificate
(mark the date) from Secretary Stanton
"WAR DEPARTMENT,
"WASHINGToN, Jun g u, 1868 (
Dear SRI cannot torbear expressing to
you The deep obligation feel for The proml
and candid support you have given the G ~
eminent in The present emergency. The
energy, activity ,and patriotism, you have ex.
officially 10 acknowledge, Without arrog ating
any person al claims on my part in such service,
or to any serv ce wnate yer.
II shall be happy TO be always esteemed your
| friend EDWIN NJ. STANTON
"H is Excellency Horstlo Sey mour."
Whether such certificate is credtable to
| ex Governor Seymour, we leave others to de-
eide. We only say that if that gallant and
| truly loyal patriot, James S. Wadsworth, had
| been chosen Governor i'll 1862 nobody would
have dreamed OF thanking him for doing his
| simple duty to his country, nor of giving him
certificate of good behavior He never
| needed the article.
In June, 1868, General Lee evading, by a
| flank march, the Army of the Potomac which
confronted and stood ready to fight him on the
| Rapp shannock-invadtd Maryland and Penn
| sylvania. The mOvement-as Lees official
report virtually confesses-was not defensible
on military, nor on other than political
grounds. The Rebels hoped to win victory
on Northern soil, and thereby to stimulate
their Northern friends to declare openly in
their favor, and thus, by parslyzing the Union
Government, end the contest in triumph.
| The President, Justly alarmed and apprehen-
sive, called urgently on the Governors OF the
Northern States for militia. Governor Sey-
mour promptly responded by sending all the
uniformed and disciplined militia of our city,
| with at least one regiment organized for the
occasion. The President and his War Secre-
tary thanked him for so doing. And, if the
forces thus sent were so managed that they
did not get within gunshot of an enemy, and
nOwse contributed to the glorious result of
the Gettysburg struggle, the fault was not
Governor Seymour's nor their own.
Now, then, having given Governor Seymour
full credit for sending away our organized
militia, let us see what was done in its absence
by himself and his 'friends."
The lst of July, 1868, was one of the darkest
days of our Union. Grant stood before the
still defiant intrenchments of Vcksburg.
Banks was likewise Obstructed by the earth
works of Port Hudson. Each of these Gene
rails, in the midst of hostile region, was then
probably confronted by foes on either side
nearly If not quite as numerous as his own
effective force. Our national resources and
credit were at low-water mark. Milroy
had just been smashed at Winchester.
We were making no headway in Tennessee,
in North nor in South Carolina. Hooker
had been beaten by bad generalship at
Charlottesville and forced to recross the
RappahannOck. His vanqushed army, just
provided with a new and untried commander,
had countered Lees dashing advance, and was
covering Washington and Baltimore while fol-
lowing the invader into Pennsylvania. Such
were the circumstances of unprecedented gloom
and peril under which Horatie Seymour, then
Governor of our State, prepared and brought
to this citya carefully written Grafton wherein
he nowhere recognizes the Rebel Government
and armies as public and formidable enemies,
whose confidently expected and speedy tri.
umph involved our national downfall and ruin
but, from beginning to end arragned Presi
dent Lincoln and his Administration as the
great maleactors OF the age-the chief sources
of national evil and peril. Here is part o.
his carefully studied and most enVenomed
assault on them
| "A few years ago we stood before this com
| munity TO warn them OF the dangers OF sectiona
| stnte; DuJ our fears were laug ned at. Al
| later day, when the clouds OF war overhunE
| our county, we implOred those in authority tC
compromise that difficulty; for we nad beer
| tolu by that great orator and statesman, Burke
might not have been prevented by "A cOmpro
mise OppOrLuneiy and graclOusly made (Grea