The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-08-06
ablished 1926
MOVING UPON The EyEMY's
WORKS.
From,the New York Tribsne,l
Gov, ScymOur's LOYALTY.

The World is very willing TO
occupy our columns with citations
intended TO prove Gov. Seymour's
fidelity TO his country during her
late fearful trial, bat carefully
avoids any citation Or considers
ton Of the proofs we offer Of his
disleyalty We dcnurto such long
range CONTROVERSY, and insist on a
moro decisive method. Let US sec
how the World will relish and
receive q close grappIo--as follows.
|. We charge that IIeralio
Seymour, at the Tweddle Hall
Convention of Jan. 81, 1861, Iuri
ously issailed the Republicans in
Congress for proposing 10 resist
secession aud disunion By force,
saying:
"La rs see If successful coercion
by The North is less rerotuti0ndrg
than successful secession By the
South"
Does the World admit or deny
this?
Ii. We charge that James S.
Thayer-thcn and now promi.
nent and Jealous SeymouriLe-fol.
lowed him with these memorable
words:
III we caDnct, we can at fcpst. in
an authoritative way and a prac
llcal. manner, arrive at the basis
of peaceablc separation Irenewed
cheersJ; we can at least b. discus.
sion enlighten, settle and concen,
tratc the public sentiment in lhc
State of New York upon this qucs
ton, and save il from that fearful
current that cireuitously, but Ger.
tainly, sweeps madly on, through
the narrow gorge of "thc enforce
mcnt Of the laws TO the shorcIess
ocean Of civil war. TCheers. I
Against this, under all circum
stances, in every place. aud form,
we must now and at all times cD.
pose q rcsolute and unlaltering re
sistancc. Tho public mind will
bear the avowal, and let US make
it-that if q revolution of force is
to begin, it shall be iaaugurated at
home. Cheers. And II tho in.
coming Administration shall at.
tempt TO carry out the line of policy
that has been foreshadowed, we
announce that, when tho hand of
Black Republicanism turns 10
blood,red, and seeks from the
fragment Of the Constitution 10
construct a scatfolding for coer-
cion--another name for execu.
tion--we will reverse the order of
the French resolution, and save
the blood OF the people by making
those who would inausurato a
reign oil terror the first victims of a
national gnillOtine." Enthusias.
tic applause
We charge that Reuben II. Wal
worth, (anothcr Of Seymour's
friends, . followed in these terms:
I" ait would be as brutal, in my
opinion, to send men to butcher our
brothers of the Southern States us
it would be TO massacre them in
the Northern States. We are told,
however, that it is our duty TO, and
we must, enforce the laws. But
why?--and what laws are to be
enforced? There were laws that
were to be enforced in the time OF
the American Revolution, and lhe
British Parliament and Lord North
sent armies here TO enforce them.
but what did Washington say
in regard TO the enforcement OF
those laws2 That mau--honored
ut home and abroad moro than any
other man on earth ever was hon
ored--dId he 60 for enforcing the
laws? Ne, he went TO resist laws
that were oppressive against free
people, and against the injustice OF
which they rebellcd. [Loud
cheers.
"Did Lord Chatham go for en-.
forcing the laws? No; he gIoried
in his defense of the liberties of
America. He made that memor.
able declaration in the British
Parliament, III | was an American
citizen instead Of being rs | am, an
Englishman, l never would submit
to such laws-neyer, never, nevcrl"
[ Prolonged applause
III. Wo charge that while
George W. Clinton-also a Demo
crat-,omphaticaIly condemned and
robuked these disloyaI fulminations
Horatio Seymour did not. He
uttered no word which implied
dissent from the doctrines OF Thay.
er and Walwortb, or intimated
that they had gone further than
his lead would warrant. In fact,
theirs were simply bolder itcrations
of his more guarded but equally
significant suggestion, What says
The World?
". We charge that Gov. Scy-
mour, a few weeks after that Con.
vention, being in our city and
meeting here Judge Charles a.
Ruggles, asked him, "Judgc, have
you read the Confederate Constit-
ution? 4 4 | have; and it is
preferable to the Federal Constitu-
tion., Now, why not avoid all
trouble by ourselves adopting the
Confederate Constitution" that is,
by supcrscding the Federal by the
Confederate Government, kicking
out Lincoln, and making Davis
our President. What says the
World to this?
V. We charge that, when the
Republicans, then majority Of at
least Fifty Thousand, proposed to
ignore party altogether in tho elec e.
ton OF 1861, aud unto the whole
people of cur State on a ticket