The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-26

tDe honorable position WHICH he Will be called
upon to fill, and the action of the committee
must be perfectly satisfactory to every Repub
iean in the district and throughout the State.
------ $3.50 - .'t-'
7'NF e"h seymaus's Sentence. q.s
The letter of Gen. JOHN A. DIX which we
published on Thursday, sounds anew the
death knell of Gov Seymour's prospects for
the Presidency. Had it not been foregone
40 conclusion by the viii of the American peo-
Pile, this crushing letter would have closed the
i question beyond a peradventure. Gen. Dix
'di knows Horatio Seymour's- public life as well
i-a as any man in the country. He is a native
'n. of the State of New York. He has filled i'm
AAlportant positions in the state and nation.
His public life has brought him continually in
'l' contact with Mr.. Seymour. They were both
ie members of the Democratic party, In the
darkest hours of the rebellion Gen. Dix's pc
3sfE sitlon was such that the acts of Seynour as
d Governor of New York, were daily passing in
review before him. He knoaos him daorouqhly;
and knowing him he writes the letter which
r. may be counted closing the argument
T7 on the side of the country with such ami
. hilating force to cause whatever attempt
ct refutation is made by the other side to
oE1 fall lifeless to the ground. .aiqn.F
o This letter is private one. Its publication
was not advised by Gen. Dix. So much the
better. 1t is written with less reserve on ev-
cry point, which gives it the charm of frank
ness and confidence in its faithfulness, that
, prepared funeral Grafton ON the Governor
might have failed fully to possess. I.
Gen. Dix comes to this burial service with a
!" mind well posted for the work. He saws he
10 has known Mr.. Seymour more than quarter
of a century. This knowledge is fatal to the
4 Democratic cand date. One need to have
known him less than half the time to have
discovered his lamentabe deficiencies. From
such a jury, one that has tried the cause so
patiently, how terribly falls this sentence upon
the ear of the arraigned-"He has not single
qualification for the successful execution of the
high official trust to phich he has been nominal
ed" and his election at this juncture would
be one of the greatest calamties that could be-
fal the countryl" lr b8q ...sf -...t3,I 81 -a
General Dix writes patriot, who looking
from his standpoint abroad, as of his coun-
try's ministers, and believing that country in
danger from the elevation to power of a man of
inffrmity OF purpose and Anmity to her best
interests, cannot refrain from expressing 10 his
friends bis estimate of this dangerous man.
He does not mince his words. They are clear,
unmistakable, and sound like an echo of that
ordor of his which electrified the nation in the
early days of the rebellion, eff any man at
tempts to haul down the American flag shoot
him on the spot" In the position thus indi-
dictated he stood firmly through all the con-
test, and loyal Democrats everywhere were
strengthened by his patriotic course. Now
that another crisis is upon us, no less threaten
no in ifs
clear. With keen incisveness he sunders ev-
cry claim which Seymour pretends to have
on the Conservative element of the country, |
and assigns him to his place among those |
whose success means ruin to the nation. That |
his letter is bombshell in the Democratic |
camp is evident from the manner in which the |
p;pers of that party receive it, - The New |
York World has an article full of snarliDg |
abuse, showing the bitterness of spirit with |
which it sees its idol thus keenly dissected |
And no wonder. How one candidate sinks as
the other rises under this castigating para
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Independently of all these considerations l |
should be greatly surprised if the people OF |
the United States were to elect as their Chief |
Magistrate a man who making at the /
Academy of Music, on the 4th of July, 1863 a |
speech deficient in the characteristics of an |
elevated love of country at the very hour
General Grant was carrying the victorious /
arms of the Union into Vicksburg, and when
thousands OF our fallen countrymen were |
pouring out their blood on the plains of Get |
tysburg in defence of their homes and the gov
ernmeht which Mr.. Seymour was doing all in |
Il his power to embarrass and dscredit.
This letter will have good effect upon the
citizens of the State of New York, who have
not established their position with either par
ty. The unsettled will he confrlned-the
doubling will doubt no longer. Thousands of
votes for Gen. Grant will be won by it, 1t is
the greatest document for good that has been |
issued in that State since the campaign COM
menoed coming from one OF her own sons, and |
' one who has the confidence of his fellow citi-
sens to remarkable degree. But few doubt
now how New York will CO. The Democratic |
papers VIII grind their teeth at the letter.
itney Will imagine all sorts of mercenary mo-
yves as Its origin; they will assert that not a
, vote VIII be changed by it-and yet behind all |
'h't Will be that fearful looking for of jude-
ment 10 come upon their candidate on the |
third of November ..
IL VIII ne a righteous retributon. Mr. Sew
mour merits a most signal defeat, as a warn
ing 10 all politicians of his stamp in the future |
Z ne mas not been true to his country. He was |
dangerous man in dangerous times He has
not been honest with his party elias honor
ned to british beasts?" When in the New
YORK convention he assured his copfdants |
Tnat under no circumstances would he he their |
candi late. he was playing them on the end of
MS line, as an angler plays his fish before land
ing hlm He imposed upon those party lead
ers completely. He was as dishonest to them |
as ne was to his country. The loyal people of |
the land should thank Gen. Dix most heartily
lot ms timely letter. He has searched this
pseudo patriot, and laid him bare and culver II
ing before the world @ 7s9i-
How keenIy must come home this exnosure
70 Mr. Seymour himself. He pretended TO |
Anuen snat the punishment of nomination. |
wa. more than he conla bear. He threw him
sell upon his friends breast, and bathed in
tears refused to be comforted, when the appal-
ing news OF his nomination reached him. |
Then broke forth that fearful wall of despair.
which has become historical, -"Tilden tbis 10 |
terribleP' =" s Eioa- {
There is one more turn to the screw in wait.
ing for Horatio. The machinery is in motion |
In every State we hear "the click of ham, |
mers closing rivets up" The ponderous en-
sine is gathering momentum; its motive BOW
CT ~ ACCOMPLISHING in every State: the dav an
pfoaches when its immense force win he mt
=, no'ion. In that hour will all the dislovaI
elements IN this country, which have ra,,;ad
around tins head centre, be ground to nowder
their hopes, aspirations copsn;rao;a, ..
tered, never 10 be Reunited and the oreat
high PRIEST of them all-with an nnot;o,, -
shown IN the days of his coantry's severast o.
ony--wil exclaim with the hopeless bitterness
OF rebellious spirit-''Truly, truly, TiIdep.
THIS is tefrbe!l" .H ..
PENDLEroN TO THE REBELs-The Hous-
ton lle1as) Times publishes the following
characteristic letter from Caoroa TT DoaJIo