The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-24

iettsr Of any kind, containing 8 single
earnest word in favor of putting the
rebellion down by fighting the war
!, through to the end. Co thecontrary,
he atlthe outset supported Buchanen
in permitting the rebellion to get a
foothold. He afterwards said the
Confederate was a better Constitution
Il than the Federal, ard asked, why
not make the exchange -that is,
why not tear down the temple of our
/ fathers and erect on the ruins th-A
substitute of traitors? As politician,
at every stage of the struggle, he was
on the side of the South and in 1864
was conspicuous among those who
denounced the war as failure and
demaHded peace, even at the cost Of
the Union. He instigated the mob as
a flank movement in favor of Lee,
who was, then invading Pennsylvania.
| he croaked and sneered and predict
ed failure on the very day Grant was
receiving the surrender of NIcksourg,
and Meade was engaged in that mem
| oroble life and death struggle at Get
/ tysburg. From first 10 last HOrGtaO
/ ,Se7y7lO1,y. eo7uestlv desired the success
of The Jeff. DaUis C0nfederGcy; and TO.
dav he is no less devoted to the rebel
leaders and their cause. For this
reason he was made the Democratic
candidate by Convention where, as
/ Wade Hampton declares, the South
had but to make known its wishes to
have them gratitied.
But it was not as a politician solely
or chiefly that Horatio Seymour acted,
and proved himself in perfect sym
pathy with the rebels. 4 s q profe SoT
Of the Chrfsti1n Religion and an ac-
tiUe participant an an important Tesg-
ious body, he sholoed hinlse f at heart
q h'aitor-ifor he l0ho as a protesting
Christtan refuses to pray for his coun
try can be no patriot and should not be
trusted. That Seymour did thus re-
fuse we will shOw.D aGT
The Triennial Episcopal Conven-
ton. 10 1862 was held in Trinity
Church. New York City The eighth
day Of October was set apart for ser
vices specially appropriate for the |
gloomy condition of the country. 1t |
was a period of deep distress and per
vading anxiety; when Christian patri-
OTIS ali over the land looked to God |
for strength and succor. Patriotic |
resolutions had been moved in the !
Convention by Murray Hoffman. DR.. |
Vinton, and others, which Dr. Good |
win supported in a speech Of rare elo- |
quence and uncommon earnestness. |
When the question was about to be |
taken on the resolution of Judge Car. |
penter, of New Jersey, calling on the |
Bishop for a form of prayer an relation |
TO The y acick6d rebellion nOao prevail |
ing az the idnd, FOR TIE SAFETY OF
OUR COUNTRY AND THE SUCCESS OF |
OUR ARMIES. HORATIOe SEY-
MOUR TOOK THE FLOOR IN |
OPPOSITION To- IT'S ADOP-
ZION sse1q ei5 ni bats
1t was then that the cold. polished |
traitor exposed himself He was OPP
posed to asking Gods blessing on the |
loyal cause He desired not Divine |
interposition against the rebels. He |
was with them, and what prayers he |
had to offer would be for their sue
cess. He said he tcaS opposed to |
pronouRcing an opinion against oar |
Southern brethereR. The measure |
seemed 10 him like The Pope's bull |
against The comet He begged them to |
pduse bcfore cOndenlntng the 0bssat, |
coRdeDnjRg thousands and hundreds of |
thousands of brethren, not a man of |
aoIsoDs l0as there 10 speak for himself" |
Had Horatio Seymour openly |
joined Toombs, or Wade Hampton, or
Forrest, or, like them, accepted a |
Generals commission from JEFF. Da-
Wis in the Confederate service, he |
would not have manifested his oppo-
sitior to the Federal cause more alb
solutely than in making this speech.
! That which one desires not to have
! blessed by Heaven has nothing but
was opposed to offering prayers for
| the success of our armies and inVok-
| ing the favor of Heaven on our
distressed country. Shall he, in 1868,
as the candidate of great party for
/ the highest honor, receive the support
of true and loyal men?-PiHsburg
| (oa1 pIercj1I