New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-19


III. We charged that Gov. Seymour, at thf
TweddIc Hall Convention, Feb. !, 1851, thus
bcrated the Republicans for not consenting to
aid i'm the Extension of Slavery:
What spcctacle do we present today Already SIX
states have Withdrawn from this COnederacy keVelu
ton has actually begun. The term secession INVESTS u
of none Of its errors. do arguments 10 prove oeces
nn with our Constitution stay ls progress
or mitigate its evils All virtue, patIoism anu ihlt
gencc seem 10 have fled from orr Natloual Camtol IL
has been well kened To the cOnfagralon OF an asylum
for madmcli-sOmc look with idoilc ahoecny; some
in suen silence: and some scatter le nItahus "hSn
consume the fabric above them ana DIlhg upon All
common destruction. IL there one TeNoning aspect IN
this scene which has not its parh1 at lhe 'dplol Oi
yOur country DO yOu not there me seseless mDe
city the garruOus idOcy the maddened rage displayed
with regard 10 petty personal pasSohs 'iu PdIy Pus
noses while the glory, the honor ana the safety OF
the country are all forgotten nhe s'me peifaulnsS
fanaticism has brought evil upon All e INSTITUTIONS OF
% and Or cburche, are torn asunder and dcsecrated
partisan purposes The wrongs Oh our loCd
the growing burdens OF debt ana taAaloh the grauu
destruction OF the African the Free States, which IL
marked by each recurring census are al due 70 the
soTnou of the hubble mind by "a scusccss. unrcasOnlng
fanaticism. The agitation of the question OF slavery mas
thus far brought greater social iholu anu
evils upon people Of the Free States tha u mas upon
the Institutions Of those against whom " mas Deeh eN
cited The wisdom OF FRANKLIN staH"u upon the ,i ,,
coin issued by our Government the wise motto Mlnh
vonr business" The violation OF TINS homely prOyerD,
which lies the foundation OF me uocIihes OF IVcal
rights has thu, far proved more h1rtfultO the meddlera
in the affair, of Others than to those against whom this
I've are advised by the Conservative states of Viz
gina Kentucky that force Is to be used t must be
eXered against the united south IL would he an act Of
folly and madness. IN entering upon TINS contest 10 m
derrate opponents and thus subject ourselves to the
disgrace of defeat IN an nglolols WaifaIe LII US Aso
SIR IT. SUCCESSFUL COERCION BY TIE NORTH Is LESS
REVOLUTIONARY THAN SUCCESSFUL SECESSION Bf llih
South shall we prevent revolution Dy Delhg lOieuOs,
in OvcrthrOwing the principles Of our Government ana
al that makes It valuable 70 our people and disiln'
guishes IL among the nations Of the earthf'
is it denied that Seymour said thioP Who
impugns our assertion that he did,
Il ,I, ,,8 a. Loo
Convention, James 5. Thayer Ghen and now a
leading and intimate compatriOt of Seymour
followed and seconded him in these words
"If we cannot we at least In an authoritative way
and practical manner arrive at the basis OF peaceaDe
separation renewed Chcersi we can at least by discus
sion cnligten settle. and concentrate the public senti
ment I'm the state OF NewIOrk upon this question, and
from that fearful current that clrcnitously but
certainly, sweeps madly on through the narrow gorge OF
the enforcement 81 the laws 70 me sh9iecs5 OCEAN Oh
civil war. Cheers Against this, under all clrcuIn.
stances every place aud FORM we must now and AZ al
times oppose Icoluic and unlalerng IesstlheS Inc
public mind VIII bear thc ayOwa. and let ms make it
That if revolution Of force is to begin, Il shat be mae
giVGted ~ h01r. Cheers And n the incoming Admin
stratiun shall attempt % carry ont the line OF policy That
has been fore-hadowct, We announce that, when The
hand OF Black RcpuhlcaniSn turns 10 bIoodlcd, ana
seeks from the fragment OF the Constitution to construct
sca1oidinc for Cotrcon-another name for execution,
will reverse the order Of the French Revolution ana
the blood of the people by making those who would
iuauguatc reign Of terror the first victims OF national
cuillUtiDc." Enthusiastic applause
tested against nor openly disScntcd from this
manifestation of sympathy with the Rebels,
though another Democrat (the Hon. George
w. Clinton promptly and cmphatically rebukcd
it's his denied
V. We have charged that IIoratiO Seymour,
being on q visit to this City soon after the
Confederate Constitution was promulgated at
Montgomery declared to Judge Charles Ii.
Ruggles that he had carefully read that instru-
mcnt--that he deemed il decidedly preferable to
the Federal constitution framed for us by Wash
mgton, Franklin, Madison, Hamilton, Pinck-
ney, Rufus King Gerry, &c.-and that he
deemed it advisable that our State should
adopt the Confederate Constitution just framed
at Montgomery, and so obvate civil war by
joining the Southern Confederacy.-IIas tbs
been denied7 WhenG Wheref
VI. We have charged that Horatio Seymour,
in his speeches messages, &c, throughout the
War for the Union, continually represented the
Rebels as in the right, the UnlOnists rs in the
wrong, no. with regard TO Secession and Dis
union, but as to all that preceded and produced
these. His continual assumption was substan-
tally this: "The South has been greatly pro-
evoked, wronged abused but Disunion is
mot the proper remedy for her wrongs.'
According TO his habitual logic, the Rebels
were fundamentally, substantially right, and
ONLY technically, incidentally wrong. They were
like plaintiff who has a perfectly good cause
of action, but has sued in the wrong court
Does any one deny thisi Will any one deny
that it was calculated to dampen the enthu-
siasm and chill the ardor of those required to
Nafi al
cause
VII We have charged that when, in 1863,
Lees army WAS advancing triumphant into
PENNSYLVANIA, and the fate of the Union seemed
TO hang by thread, Gov. Seymour prepared
and brought to this City an elaborate Fourth
of July address which studiously and persist
emily held up to reprobation President Lincoln
and his Cabinet as the chief assalants and
most formidable enemies of our rights and
liberties tainted them with their reyerses and
disappOintments, and nOwise intimated that
the Rebel governments and armies were our
chief National peril. Ia the course of this
harangue, he said:
"a few years ago. we stood before thiscommunty 10
warn them OF the dangers OF sectional strife but
fears were laughed at Az atef nay Wheh tne oouuS
OF war 0yerhung our county we lmpored those IN su
hority TO compromise that difficulty for we had been
told that
yet a revolution that might not have been pre-
vented by a compromise OPPORTUNITY and gractOusly
made. [Great appausel Our prayers were unheeded
And whom the contest vas opened, wa invoked those
who had the conduct Of airsnO TO underate the power
OF the adversary-not TO mderrae the courage and
and endurance, Of our own sister States This
warning was treated as sympathy with treason You
have the results OF these unheeded warnings and
needed prayers they have stained soil with bloodl
they have carried mourning into thousands or homes
and to-day they have brought country TO the very
verge OF destruction Once come before you, 10
offer again an earnest prayer and beg you TO listen to
warning. Our country Is not only ~ this time torn by
OF the DOOdest that has ever raVaged the face
OF the earth; but, IL turn our faces 70 our
own loyal States. how is II therei You find the com
muny divided into political parties, strongly arrayed
and using with regard TO each other terms OF reproach
and defiance IL s said by those who support par
tcnarlY Administration that who differ hon.