Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-10-01
rHE RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, SEPT, "a, 1868,
General Dix i'm Favor Of Grant ana
C0lf0x.

IN New York from General John A. Dix,
the American Minister in France, deeiar-
ing himself most unequivocally in favor OF
Grant and Colfax This is an important
document at this time, as the Democratic
journals of the country have heralded
lar and wide that Gen. Dix was heart and
hand for Seymour and Blair, and this out.
spoken letter will bo a heavy blow and
sad Encouragement TO the Democracy.
The scathing analysis given of Seymours
position, accompanied with the opinion
tina, his election would be "one OF the
greatest calamities that could befall the
country. will carry great influence in
the future progress OF the Presidential
campaign There are thousands in the
Democratic party who will feel the force
vi this powerful and timely letter, from
gentleman of the old Democratic school,
whose opinions have ever had great
weight. and whose loyal heart and con-
due, during the war made for him u place
in tho hearts Of the masses of his country
men The following is the letter Of Gen.
Dix:
PARts, Sept. 4, 1868.
Ng Dr Sr-It was my hope that my
distance from home would have saved me
from all participation in the political ex-
citemcnt prevailing there, but | notice in
one of the newspapers that | am heart
and hand with Mr. Seymour. am not
aware of ANYTHING in the present or the
past which could rightly subject me to
such an imputation. | have been ac-
qu,lnted with Mr.. Seymour more than a
4utrer OF a century. lie is, an amiable
gentleman, OF unexceptionahle private
character and respectable talents but
Nnu know as well rs | that he has not a
single qualification for the successful ex-
cvution of the high official trust to which
hr haas been nominated, and he Is espe-
rialh deficient in that frmncss of pur-
pose which, in critical emergencies, is the
only -tfcgutrl against public disorder
aud calamity. He has been twice, at diff
icrrut times, Governor Of the State OF
New York, and he has IN neither case
had Lhe talent the tactic keep the
Democratic party OF the State together
more than two years,
/ >|0lH r6qdrd hNRertiaa at tbs juar.
tl3s, irl,i, sttaiiHtss IF purpose. d,riSton
uui 81 !ErDHtrp| a., So much Hce{,d. 1S on.
cf h,f grnWt1 cJiaabs, That ao,dd h,f,il
~. r,gHflH
Moreover, lac has been put in nomin1,
tDlu by convention which has openly le
..tr,l thc. purpose of those il represent,
u.lly the greater part Of the public debt
Contracted to preserve the Union, in de-
prrelatel paper Such u measure would
Iu my judgment. be Il palpable violation
ot the public faith, pledged under circum
stances, which should have been binding
un all honorable men.
Mr. seymour has made public specehe'
ia show that il i, our duty to pay tht
deb, in specie. In accepting his nomina
tltu tothr Presidency, he adopts the de
,.rtuon that il ought 10 be paid in pa
par. know nothing 80 humiliating III
thr history Of American politics as thi'
tnr-iversation. 1t was, perhaps, not un'
lit that Mr. seymour after presiding, II
lNtii. over the Chicago Convention. which
declared the war a failure. should preside
,,,,r the convention of 1868, in which q
,,rop5.ition to discrcdt the debt contract
rd to carry on the war was received with
tremendous cheering, and that he shonld
b" the chosen instrument to execute thi'
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