The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-08-21
MORNING, AUGUST 21. 1863.
4 War Demsers. o. H.r...s sey~.sr.

War Demserss on Hsrsas Seymour.
: The late Hon. Daniel g. Dickenson, Of
New York, we'll known as lifelong Dem.
ocrat and prominent in his party. was
,rie patriot and took eminently loyal
ground at the breaking out Of tho REBEL.
ion. He knew Horn,io Seymour well, and
in speech delivered at the Cooper lnstitu.
lion, Oct, 8. 1852, depicted him in vivid
colors, and the picture he drew may be O..
pecially refreshing just now to those @Con.
servstive Soldiers" who, at their last Con.
ven,ion in New York, committed them.
selves SO unrcservedly to tho support Of tho
Dem ocratic nominee for tho Presidency.
Said Mr.. Dickinson
When the most atrocious conspiracy
which ever desecatcd eanh found devel-
opment In 40 assault upon our national flag
at Sumter and In massacre Of half starved
garrison, placed there in time ofprofound
peace, according 10 uniform usage, Tor no
other offense than asserting the supremacy
Of their colintry's Constitution, and giving
to the breeze, as emblematicul thereof the
glorious Stars and Stripes oftheir fathers
when the brave volunteers who were hur.
rying to the defence Of our nations capital,
70 save Il from mob rule, and rebellion and
confsgrstion, were bleeding by traitorous
hands; when strong men trembled, when
women went. and children instinciiyely
clung closer to the maternal bosom; when
all communication between the loyal States
and the capital was cut off by rebellious
forces; when the President elect OF the Uni.
ted States had then recently reached the
seat Of government, where duty called him,
by a circuil0us and an unsual rout, and ~
disguise, to escape the dagger Of the assas.
sin, and when our land was filed with cx.
element. CONSERVATION and alarm when
'shrieked the timid and stood still the brave
and the confiding masses looked about to
SEQ who were the inen for the crisis, among
the citizens Of the Empire State, who had
borne part In public affairs, and were
naturally looked up to rs cxempIars In such
a crisis he (Horatio Seymour) hicd himself
away upon The double-quick in the oppo-
site direction (laugiterl, and for nearly a
half year hid himself among the lakes and
rivers and romantic woodlands and inland
towns of Wisconsin; and his tongue was as
silent on the subject ofdenotncing tho re-
beIlion rs those OF the murdered voiun.
teers, whose ghosts walked unrcycnged
among u.s. (Sensation) There we mny
suppose he basked and balanced and witch.
ed and wuiied, turned and twisted (langh.
ter) until autumn, when smnll knot OF DC.
funci, defeated, desperate and despicab'e
politicians, who had for years hung upon
The substance departn ent oftbe Democrat.
ic party in this State, came to his relief by
entering the field. (Laughter) They
borrowed without lenve the honored name
Of Democracy, under which to perleirate
their covet treason, a. the hypocrito
Stole the livery of the Court q Heaven
..f To serve the Devil in.' .....
Their disgraesfhl and disloyal record
stands out rs the doings Of men loo solid In
political depravity to be gifted with ordina.
ry instincts, and TOO regardless OF the popu-
lar will TO he mindful Of shame and the
defeut they experienced at the hands Of the
people should serve 40 warning to trim.
srntes. through all future time.
This movement drew the secluded one
from his hiding place, and he came forth
with all tho couruge Of him who, In a con-
flict with his wife. being driven urder The
bed while remaining thus ensconsed ,declar.
eel whether she consented or not, hc would
look out through knot hole In the clap
boards so long rs he hal The spirit of a
man. (Grest and repeated laughter and
upplarse.> He entered the political can.
vass, and OIL The 18th Of Oct. 1861, few
days before the election, made speech,
the burden Of which was an apology for
the rebellion, and condemnation Of the
administration for having meted out tho
rigor of martial law to those in arms against
The Government. Though abornding with
fmsy dsguises. and sophistical generali.
ties, Il contained one point worthy Of not
only notice, but Of tho seyerest reprehen
sion. aud here il is:
'lfit is true that slavery must he abolish.
ed to rave the Union, then the people Of The
South should be allowed to withdraw them
selves from that Government which, cannot
give them the protection guaranteed by its
terms 1..T .f .u
What! Pluce this glorious Union-this
heritage Of human hope this asylum Of
the worlds weary pilgrim-tllis refuge for
the oppressed ofcarth, in the scale Of being
beneath the hlnck and bloated and bloody
the corrupt and corruping- stullified
and stul,ifying institution Of Slavery No!
Sooner than see this Union severed, let not
only the insulation perish whenever AMI
wherever Il can be found, but let the habi.
tutions tha, have known Il perish with Il,
and be known no moro forever. (Trcmen.
dous and long continued applause. That's
so.' THAT s the talk Three cbsers.) And
yet this returning fugitive from patriotism
proclaims rs his creed, in effect if not In
terms, that if either Slavery or the Union
must be destroyed, il should be the Union.
And the name Of this man 10 Horatio Sey.
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