The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-09-10
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We have received the following
note from Dayton, Ohio:
"The Cincinnati Gommepe ial has. a rez
port Of the speech of HoniD. NooEhees
at Tefre Haute, Indiana, in which he
'ssys , Of of M NJ SRSS SfA%Ss 5sssq as Ss
f6f 1t received the personal thanks of
Abraham Lincoln and Edwin M. STAN
ton. This recorded fact is the solemn
KEY to his wKoTe coi{duct during the
war; How true the ebcSe isEwM yos
please inform A REPUBLICAN ?''
Mr.. Seymour was exactly as loyal
and faithful A. Unioni1 man as Mr..
Voorhees,. They were. 1hoth what
was significantly ealIedd Copper
heads and aanothing IS more anus:
EmEthan the attempt E Of those who
denounced Hthet war,5as ;fratricidal
and ,iufam Gus to- PRO vel thatl eir
candidate, Mr.; Seymour, supported
it. The, facts arc becoming Very
familiar, but it is useful to, cohsidei
nhe EN-. iti@ rFs.s IL 4 dn7sH Haa n2y,pN
Mr. Seymour was, always @9an .apol,
ogist for, slavery and a defender 81
the poiicy,Gof n the lislav eholders.-ee
When they seeded because of the
result OF : tile election of 1860, in
|wiIich they took part, AIR. Seymour
assailed thelparty which had elected
Mr.. Lincoln as responsible. because
n. had not Yielded to the threats sol
Observation-Disclosures. and pei mitted theil
policy to prevail. And he stated liz
the form aof a question that F-suc.
cessful coercion by the North is iie
less reyelntie nary than secession BY
the South. .'s1diThishMasfa a repetition
TOT Buchanan's doctrine, supplied By
jeremiah Back, thatsa the Govern
ment could not rightfuIly 1ssscaereG
a State. 81 MIR SeynaDhr's whole I'M
fiuenee5swas directed to. secure a com
promise With rebels; but the loya
epeppleo insisted that the nrebe ellioI
should be bessuppressed atevery cost
and when the rebels began. the wal
they did not shrink. = 7''a - - t..'.i :,
On, The 2Sth Of October, 1861 Mr.
lSeymourmade.a speech which wa'
a virtual Justification Of the rebelfio1
and condemnationS of the Govern
nent,. and in which, he said that til,
Union should be sacrificed rathe.
than slaysfy Ipy yseptemher, 1852
latory proclamationfef emancipation
There were signs of a reaction o
public septimentea gainst-the war
and recalHna lHswo rdss Of the yea
before, and the fact that he had nev
er spoken one word of encourage
ment to the soldiers or of sympath,
with the Government, the Demo
cratic party nominated Mr.. Seymou
for Gexernora TAtleast seyenty-6y'
thousand voters were. absent Gon
the. State in the field, of whom {
vast majority were opposed to him
But notwithstan ding this advantage
his party managers were afraid o
trusting hun upon aPlatforms sef On
conditional submission to rebellion
and Judge Stryker and other per
/ tsqaded him to make a speech a
Brooklyn, which was the sanekint
Of a war speech that Richard O'Gor
man made in the great Uniof Squar
meeting after the firing upon Stump
ter. x&Gcs q
Mr.. Seymour was elected Govern
or. by the vote & Of tilex tifp dfE ey
York, over General Wadsworth
who = hid 3 hfasritl pf ths Yetes 6
the rest Of the State. It was th
hope and expectation of, his. part
that he would embarrass the nation
al authorities by his official action
and his zappointment. of John a 4
Green, one Of the most notoriou
Copperheads, tosa higiT military pc
I sition in the State, greatly encour
aged the peace faction: = But tn
work that was logical and jssA
expected Of Mr.. Seymour was moth
ing less than counter-revolutior
His message in January, 1868, show
/ ed the willing spirit, but the 'fes
was weak.s4 Unsteady s'of recalling tn
New Yorkn regiments, Or takin
Esome decisive step of, open hostility
fGovernor Seymour chose the safe
tpath ef destroying confidence in tn
fGovernment, and thereby paralyzin
the national arm.
! The dark, summer Of 1863 foun
Lee marching into Pennsylvani:
On the 18th Of June, Secretary Star
ton asked aid of Governor Seymou
"te repel this invasion" of the State
of Pennsylvania and Maryland .G,Eh
Governor sent the troops. On th
27th- of June,;; Secretary Stanto
thanked him for his s.energY, acti,
ity,~aads patriotism,' 'sand Presfde1
Lincoln also, thanked him. Th
latter further told him, through M
fThurlow Weed, that if he would us
all his power to crush the rebellion
grateful people=wouldgmake hi,
President. Mr.: Weed, in recordin
this fact, adds:<1I gave the 1hessae
of an enlightened, ,andspatriotie Pre-,
ident to q metaphysically muddle
Governor, whose secession and Coz
perhead proclivities and assoel.
i tions brought deserved reproac
and destruction upon himself an
party The simple truth is, yths
when the demand of the Cover
! mentfortroDps waAmade upenhin
: Governor Seymour was suddenl
compelled oeitherfto begin the coul
ter-reyolution by refusal, or to sen
the regiments: But, as the Soldier
Were not tof fiayadesthe South" b,
to defend is SSate ffom inVasion,
found an excuse for; avoiding q r
sponsibility which -he. did not ~da,
to assume. That his action belle
his words and wishes, and disay
pointed the ardent men of his se eow
: party,7is indisputablei;l and that Il
{ expressionsFof the Secretary of W,