Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-21

SECOND PROCLAMATION OF GOV. SEYMOUR.
"WHRREAs 1t is manifest that combina-
tions for torcibie resistance to the laws of
the State of the New York, and the execu-
tion of civil and criminal process, exist in
the city and county of New York, whereby
the peace and safety of the city and the
lives and property of its Inhabitants are
endangered, and sJ sls A. ~
"WHEREAs, The power of the said city
and county has been exerted, and is not
sufficient to enable the officers of the said
city and county to maintain the laws of
the State and execute the legal process of
its officers; and
"WHEREAs, Application has been made
to me by the sheriff of the city and county
of New York to declare the said city and
county to be in state eotinsurrection; OF now,
therefore,
II, Horatio Seymour, Governor OF the
State of New York, and commander-in-
chief of the forces of the same, do, in its
name and by its authority, issue this proc
lamation in accordance with the statute in
such cases made and provided, and do
hereby declare the city and county of New
York to be in state of insurrection, and
give notice to all persons that the means
provided by the laws of this State for the
maintenance of law and order will be en-
ployed to whatever degree may be neces-
sary, and that all persons who shall, after
the publication of this proclamation, resist
or aid or assist in resisting any force order
ed out by the Governor to quell or suppress
such insurrection will render themselves
liable to the penalties prescribed by law.
"HoRATIo SEYMOUR"
In relation to the Governors address to
the "rioters," about which so much is
sought to be made, the Hon. Mr.. Schuma-
ker, of Kings, in the Legislature of the
State of New York, made the following
statement, which was not, because it could
not be, controverted:
I was there in Broadway at the time, not
connected with the Metropolitan police,
but passing up and down to Sc, to what
crowd in the park and went over there and
saw Gov. Seymour addressing them, and l
tell gentlemen that more orderly gather
ing of people l never saw in the city of
New York in my life at any politi-
cal meeting. l could see no rioters there.
They were evidently terror-stricken
men-men who had wandered down from
different parts of the city to the neighbor-
hood of the city hall for the purpose of see-
ing when this bloodshed and riot was to
be stopped. know something of mems
faces, and to me the faces of those men had
that appearance. They did not look. as the
gentleman here to-day said they did, like
returned soldiers and vagabonds; tney
looked like men who had the anxiety of
fathers and brothers. like frightened citi.
zens who had gone to the City Hall
as the most natural place to find protec-
tion. They heard Gov. Seymour. He ad-
dressed them as "friends." That, it ap-
pears, was great offense. 1t would seem
from what has been said here as If the Gov
ernor should have said: "You cursed scoun-
drels, what are you doing here ?" Because
there had been riot in New York the
Governor was to take it for granted that
the quiet men before him were rioters, on
the principle of the Irishman of Donny-
brook Fair, "wherever you see head hit
it." But Governor Seymour took another
course. He quietly addressed those citizens,
and they quietly went away, and l defy
any gentleman to point out single man of
that crowd who committed any violence
either before that time, at that time, or af-
ter that time.