The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-08-07
Il SEYMOUR MAD! AN HISTORICAL

lity for the Anti Draft Riots in New
York, 10 one of our editorial articles
the other day, we declared our convic.
ton that he should have been hanged
a. an accessory before the fAct-for, as
we held, be could not, as the friends OF
Lord George Gordon had a right to do
a. An excuse for his incendiary speeches
to the No Popery" Rioters in London
in the last century, plead insanity in
mitigation of his conduct toward the
New York Rabble. But some later de.
veiopments which seem to raise seri
Gus doubt of Seymour's sanity suggest
the existence of parallel between the
New York agitator and that unfortun-
ate nobleman. When a maddened,
surging mob threatened the House Of
Parliament to enforce the reception OF
their petition THAT the papists should
be deprived OF all civil and religious
rights Lord Gordon, who was the
fanatical originator of that mons,rous
petition, appeared upon the staircase
and addressed the rabble as follows
Gentlemen, We must be firm. They
talk of delays but We must have no
delays. They talk of taking your peli-
ton into consideration next Tuesday,
but we must have it considered now.
Present appearances look bad for our sue
cess, but we must succeed and will !"
Retiring for q moment while the crowd
echoed his words, be presently returned,
evidently encouraged by the effect Of
his harangue and then addressed the
mob, saying II am afraid that we
have little reason, gentlemen, to hope
for any redress from the Proceedings Of
Parliament. But We must redress our
own grievances, We must meet again,
we must put our trust in Providence,
Being thus melted, the mob went forth
to the preparation of The most revolving
acts of violence that ever sent dismay
and terror through the great city of
London. When the riots were at last
Lord Gordon, though
10 be crazy, was sent to
Newgate as measure of safety. On
the Fourth of July, 1864, Horatio Sey.
mour, then Governor of New York and
known. to be an opponent of the Con-
scriptios Acts of Congress, dashed into
\ fury which neither he nor any other
man could control, the murderous rabble
Of. New York city by such language as
.his:
Do you not create revolution when you
ay that your persons may be rightfuliv
eiEed, your property confscated, your homes
ntereds Are you not exposing yourselves,
'our ODn interests. to as great a peril as that
nth ,ohich yoa threaten ust Remember this:
hat the bloody, and REASONABLE, and rer0lu-
iOnary do ay9ne of public necessity can be
Oc'a1nsed by a Mob as oeH as by q goeern-
vent. (Applause.]
The sreech, of which this is q part,
ras spoken US if addressed to Republic
ans but it was uttered to the seething
nob whose action it was intended to in
luence and whose passions it was meant
o inAAme. A few days subsequent, j
b. victories at Gettysburg and Vicks- -.
urg, which Seymour had declared i'm 2,
ossib!e, were achieved and the mob .
Aving spent its fury upon helpless Or 4,
hans and peaceabls colored men with
ut having done moro for their avowed 4
urpose than merely to interrupt, for .
~ days, tho process Of the draft, i
eymour again appeared before his a
frisnda," telling them that he would c
lin their point for them il they would u
il wait tho action of bis Adjutant G
snseal whom be had sent to Washing
. to have the conscriptioa acts sus- c
AIDED, or, At Least, miigatsd. Ger Il
ely these cases are siagslarly alike. :.