The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-11-02
A Peace Man iD War. a War
MAN i'm Peace!
Can Patriotic Men Endorse Such .
Record?

Horatio Seymour, of Utica, New
York. a local politician of some note,
is the Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent.
Mr.. Seymour was nominated for
that Office by a Convention of rebel
Democrats, which assembled in the
city of New York on the 4th day of
july, 1868. alter he had repeatedly
declared that he would not accept the
position, because it -c,lld be dishon-
orable for him to O. q 81, and would
bring peril unan him Ielf. and his
party.
The Conv lion which nominated
Mr.. Seym' T ha one hundred and
eighty-six Son .ern delegates, one
hundred md 4 of whom were in the
rebel servio and all of whom, both
North and South, either gave active
aid to the rebellion, or warmly sym
pathised with It's authors. Its policy
was shaped, its platform dictated, and
It's candidates designated by rebels,
whose hands were still red with the
blood of murdered Union soldiers.
G.. Il. Vallandigham, a man banish-
ed the country for treason, and who
acted as the spy of the Confederate
OUN6TuuEuE Al dllCE lit TUT buG OlOCh-
ade and reached Canada, was the man
they selected to nominate him to the
Convention. The presentation of Mr..
Seymour's name by such a man to a
Convention composed of such materi-
ais was received with the widest ap-
plause. as it was fit it should be; and
he was accepted as their candidate by
acclamation. Wade Hampton and N.
ID T--.~ II - AJ-sl1 ~ G~,.
and every rebel In the convention,
claimed his nomination as a con-
cession to their demands, and boast
ed that by his election they would
gain all they had lost by the failure
of the rebellion. His record during
the war, and his resistance since to a
restoration of the Southern States to
the Union, except uOon such condi-
tons as the rebels might approve, JUS
titled this confidence in his adapta-
ton to their purposes.
His effort to defeat a dr9f It to fill
our depleated ranks after the terrible
slaughter which had resulted from
McClellan's imbecility, or ~disloyalty,
and his approval of the doctrine that
all the reconstructed State govern
ments must be overthrown, is the
only guaranty the Southern leaders
required of his fidelity to their in
terests.
the following record of this peace
man in war and war man in peace"
will show how we'll they have judged
mis- character, and how safely they
may relay on his efforts 10 retore to
them the Constitution as it was and
the Union as they would have it. As
the Democratic press, becoming
alarmed at the array of evidence
against him, are quoting Mr.. Lin
coins and Mr.. STATIONS certificate Of
good character to prove his loyalty,
we present the other side of the pic
ture:
WHY THEY eoMPLIMENTED SEYMOUR.
Governor Tod, of Ohio, in a recent
speech at Orwell, in that State, thus
satisfactorily explains the matter:
Seymour is an intelligent man. l
know him well. He was Governor at
the same time l was Governor. Mr..
Lincoln called for volunteers. L sent
him only thirty thousand, while Sey-
mour sent fifteen thousand. The
President went round complimenting
Seymour, aud saying nothing about
what l had done. Itook Mr.. Lincoln
to task for this. / said, How is it
you are complimentiDg Seymour for
his fifteen thousand men. and neglect
ing to compliment Morton and me2'
Why, Tod, / never thanked Mrs
Lincoln for a cup Of tea in nv life
The truth was, Morton and L had done
nothing more than what was expecfe6
of us, while Seymour had. He had
never done the like before, and never
did a~fterward."
SEYMOUR FORCED TO SUSTAIN THr
WAR.
Captain Edward Marshal. a brother
of Thomas F., made a speech at a
recent Democratic ratification meet
ing, which is thus sketehed in a Ken-
lucky paper: e5
he was enthusiastic In support Of
Seymour, aud gave his reasons there
for. He said Seymourswas nominated
as a war Democrat for the reason that
no other eouldlWin, but he had .neyer
given any aid or support to the Gov
ernment in the prosecution of the
war when it could be avoided. Tn
1863, when the rebel troops were in
Pennsylvania, and the Government
called on Seymour. who was then
Governor of New York, to furnish
troops to expel them, he answered,
In the same manner, if not in the
same language. as the Governor Of
Kentuekyin 1861, viz. That he would
not send them. He did send them.
however, fer the reason that he was
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