The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-09-21

Oue1le II. lOl3OuE COuhCl6Qce now " euApAhsS
that same element to achieve through
power of the whole land that which you
determined they should not achieve by
four years of fragrant war.
Who IN this assembly supposed the NeT
York Convention which met onthe fourth
of July last, in the name of the Democra-
cy of the United States, would present 10
the people who acknowledged fealty 10
that party, as candidates for the two hlgh-
est Offices in the ACKNOWLEDGING
Seymour and Francis 7. Blair WAS not
the entire country-at least the Democratic
norton of it-startled when the wires lash
ed the news that those men had been pre-
scented to the people OF this country ior
their suffrages for the highest offices in
The pift of the nation. Are they Demo
Gratis of the Conservative element? Were
they Union Democrats2 Did they as
Democrats aid the Government in sup
pressing the rebellion and maintaining
the Union?
Who is Horatio Seymour? The man
that presided over the Chicago Conven.
ton in 1864; which Convention adopted
for its platform that the war was failure,
and demanded cessation of hostilities.
What aid and comfort did he give to the
Union cause, and what loyal heart beat
in sympathy with his during that entire
conflict We are told, know,-and /
do not intend to misrepresent or with
hold anything that is calculated to enable
you to come to fair and honest conclu-
sion-I shall state nothing but what be-
lieye to be facts-and shall withhold
nothing calculated to mitigate these
facts-Re are told that Mr.. Lin
coin complimented Gov. Seymour for
sending 900 men to Gettysburg, and
that Mr.. Stanton also complimented him.
and that therefore Mr.. Seymour was a
loyal man. was looking over the Gin
cinnati Commercial the other day, and
came across speech OF Gov. Tod! oil
Ohio, wherein this compliment IS well &C,
counted for. The Governor said he haa
been sending troops to the President oil
along from the beginning of the war, and
had sent 10000 from his own State to
Gettysburg at the time Seymour sent To-
900, that GOV. Morton, of Indiana, had
been sending his thousands and said he,
"Mr. President, why is it Seymour has
sent you but IL, 300, Morton and have
sent YOU 10000, and yet you compliment
Seymour and don't compliment us 2"
stWhy,n says the President, "Tod, the
fact is never thanked Mrs. Lincoln for n
cup of tea in my life.n 1t was because
even that assistance from Gov. Seymour
was unexpected, and it was in the hope
that some little loyalty might be infused
into this official of New York that this
compliment was paid. But where did he
send forces2 To the army to prevent the
invasion of his own State. For you
must remember that the defense of Get
tysburg was the defense of New York
and Seymour being. Governor of the 10y
al State of New York, could do nothing
less than keep New York free from the
tread of hostile invading army. Where
in all the States loyal to the flag did the
President of the United States feel it
necessary to keep Major General of the
army with troops enough at his COM
mand to prevent anything the Governor
of the State might attempt, hostile to tho
interests of the country, but in New Gork?
/ II was to New York that General Dix
was sent by the President of the United
States, there to remain in that loyal State
to take care of Governor Seymour and
his friends. [Cheers. 1t was Governor
| Seymour that melted a riot in the city of
New York in resistance to the draft TO
fill your armies,-and it was to Governor
| Seymour that General Dix said: 81 beg
to inform you that have troops enough
at my command to take care not only of
the rioters, but of you" LCheers.I Ii
LuGEt Is WlLulu bOuuu VI my NO4GO OlAC
who was in the Southern army, or in
i Dixie, at that time, think he will bear
me witness in saying it was expected in
the South that Governor Seymour would
aid the Southern armies by welding the
power of his office, as Governor of the
great State Of New York, in opposition to
tho draft.
Now, my fellow.citizens, if these be
facts-and if they are not they are easily
contradicted-is Governor Seymour such
q man as n Union man can vote for? Is
there any obligation resting upona Union
Il Democrat to falsify his record during the
war, and to throw suspicion on the sin
cerity of his devotion to his country
flag by now, at the bidding Of a party
controlled by an element which he repu-
dated in 1860, sustaining their ticket.
I shall designate these two wings of
| the Democracy, the rebel wing, and the
| Union wing, by calling them the Douglas
Democracy and the Breckenridge Dem
ocracy, Is it not plain that the Douglas
Democrats we're defeated in the Conven-
ton at New York? Is it not patent that
this unexpected nomination was made
from somo cause, and what cause other
than &he one / now assign-that Hhe con-
troll of that body passed from Union
hands-from the Douglas Democrats
into the hands of the rebel or Brecken-
ridge Democrats. Forty; seven ballots, /
believe, were had in that Convention.
For days and days they were engaged in
bnllotiDg; and we have the authority OF
Mr.. Yallandigham for saying thntif it had
i not been for a. sudden adjournment, in
one hour more Chief Justice Chase would
have been the nominee of that conYen-
ton. We have statement said to be
made upon the authority of Alexander
Long, a man whose sincerity l think no
rebel will doubt, for his sympathy for
them and their cause was fully proven
during the war by his conduct as
n member of the House of Rep
resentatives from the city of Gin
4 cinnati-we have his authority for saying
that Mr.. Seymour had in his pocket &pre-
pared speech ready toSsecond the nom.
ination of Mr.. Chase. We have the
declaration of Mr.. Seymour again and
again during the sittings of that Con.
\ yention, that he .conld not in honor &C.
cept Of the nomination. Now, do not
pretend to say aught against Mr.. Seymour.
| So far as j know he IS gentleman of
\ culture, and gentleman of decided abil-
4 ity but he certainly stands before the
country in most unenviable position,
not only as the friend of the enemies of
the country during the war which has
| closed, but also as one who was under an
1 obligation to another not to be candidate.
| And yet at the bidding of the controlling
element of that Convention, which |
again say was the rebel element, he nc
4 cepts the nomination. And yet Demo.
! Nrots who love vOnr country. md WIN ara