The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-10
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body which is supposed TO represent the wis
dom Of the Democratic party. 1t was gene
rally feared by the Republicans that one of
two wise courses would be adopted at Tam
many. Either some mau alive to the issues
of the day, and who could draw some
strength outside Of the party would be nomi
mated; such for instance as Chase or Hancock,
or else that some new man, whose very OBJ
scurity would be his best protection, and
against whom nothing could be said, because
nothing could be known, would be their
ohoice-such for instance as Asa Packer,
or reserved Pierce or Polk.
But the Democracy did neither
of the apticira ated actions. 1t took up two
men whose records are we'll known, and who
are, with the exception of Vallandigham or his
like, the most vulnerable Of any of the candi-
dates proposed. MIR. Horatio Seymour is an
old and willy politician. His course through
out the entire Convention proved that. With
sonsumynate address he declined the honor,
presided over the Convention, by personal
urbanity made many friends, by preconcerted
signals had thousands of advocates cheering
for him at the moment he was proposed. The
action was deeply laid, and by the suddennes5
with which it was sprung, prevented sober
thought, and against the sober judgment of
many of the delegates gave the nomination to
Mr.. Seymour. His record is one which will not
need investigation to prove him one of the
bitterest enemies of the nation in all
her hours of peril He opposed the draft, he
opposed the war in every stage. He pro-
claimed it failure, and all of us can still re-
member when We trembled for fear that he
would succeed in securing his re. election, and
Woodward and Seymour be the duo to ruin
the nation. That anxiety has hardly yet died
away, and we are now called on to vote for
him for the Presidency of. the United States.
We are asked to reward the man who would
thus have coldly suffered our Government to
perish. We are to put at its head the man who
would not have raised hand to save it. But
still more than this, we can almost detect a
completely, certainly sympathy between the
leaders of the New York riots in 1868 and
Horatio Seymour. 1t may be that it was a
coincidence, but on the site where the riots
took place on the 18th of July, Mr.. Seymour
on the fourth, or just nine days before that
bloody, murderous mob took the law in its
own hands, and said
You claim for yourselves. and thai
respects himself will have for himself -
freedom OF speech-ihe right TO exercise
M Gsn SS S dsay
US these things? Are you not exposing your
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this, that the bloody and reasonable and reUOLU
HOndTy doctrine Of pubic necessity can be pro
IL uOpgruIlPnkD
And within week almost, on the very ground
on which that speech was delivered, mob
did take "bloedy, reasonable, and revolu-
tionary" action, and did commit foul murder
by the wholesale. Who was responsible for
that? Cannot We trace the suggestion to Mr..
SEYMOUR Were not such words as he
uttered, words of suggestion if not encourage
mentP We shudder when we think of the
fearful responsibility which rests on his
shoulders. We will not advert to his views on
finance now. Suffice it to say that while he
declares himself in favor of paying the debt in
gold, he accepts nomination on a platform
which favors the payment in greenbacks. For
which will the policy of his administration be
directed Surely in so vital point there
should be no contradiction.
If the nominee for President is weak, he is
yet strong when compared with the Vice
President selected. Mr. Frank P. Blair is
probably the worse friend a political party
could have. He does more damage to any
cause than any other six public men. He is
headstrong, impetuous, and without that we'll
balanced mind so essential to the President Of
the Senate of the United States.
What better proof could be afforded than his
letter to the Convention, and which, by his
selection, was naturally declared to be the
sentiments of that body Let us see what this
statesman SAYS
"There Is but one way TO restore the Govern
ment and the Constitution, and that is for the
President elect TO declare these acts null aud
void, compel the army To undo its uSurpatlons
at the South, disperse the carpetbag state Gov
ernments, and allow the white people TO reor-
ganlze their own governments, ana elect Sena-
tors and Representatives The House of Repre-
sehtatives Will contain majority of ID D3mOcrats
from the North, and they Will admit the Repre-
senIatlVes elected by The white people of the
South, ana with the cooperation of the Prest
dent IL Will not be difficult 10 compel the Senate
70 submit once more TO the obligations of the
real and only question which we should allow
to control us: shall we submit to the usurpa.
tions by which the Government has been over
thrown, or shall we exert ourselves for its full
and complete restoration? IL is idle to talk OF
bonds, greenhacks, gold, the public faith and
the public credit. We must restore the
Constitution before we can restore the finances
viii execute the Will OF the people by trampliu ug
into dust the usur pations of Congress known as
the Reconstruction acts.n
Right, Mr. Blair We accept the issue. We