The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-09-10

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'AY MORNING SEPTEMB
9I..lIgN Die Yi5fG. ldi y.l -. /;
the 9th. of June, 1flOn tthe I4M of
July, whsn, the event fof the great
battle b 9fofUwhieha tbs New I orkd
troops hadshaan summoned, vas yet
upknown--when it was the instinct
OF everyloyal and generous heart to
cheer public confidence, ), and encoug
hage the soldiers in the, field, Gov
ernor Seymour came TO tle, city Of
New York to, make a. speech,.o Not
j only was ztte, moment as critical rs
] any during the sWar from the, actual
T hilftaryi situatione but BECAUSE the
draft had been found Indispensable.
('This was ftheTapeasure Of the Coy:
ernnents which excited. the most se-
frious aud threatening hostility that
4 was. manifested during the war. -
4 SAe,ldithe draft be forcibly resisted,
;3there aeemed to be no escape, o from m
| universal eonYulsion., ,rToY uaT r.
I The city of New York was, full Of
the. bitter enemies of the Govern
ment and its measures. Most OF, the
1iorganiz zed militia had been sent away
! by The Governor upon, the; treqqisi7
! tion of. the. national ,authorities,-- -
There were but q few United States
! troops at the, posts NEAR the city,
| Now York was virtually without, a
military force in any extremity ;.and
fof this fact, and of, the. feeling and
.fEcharacter Of 81 vast part Of theSpop-
! ulation, Governor Seymour was es: s:
4 peciauy aware. Il Deep gloon, among
4 the loyal eager and angry hate
among the, disloyal, was the dispo7
lsitione of the public mind, This was was
! theetime and this the place of the j e
! Goyerner,sj speech. Imagine what
4 a man would have. said to whom the
/ leause and the country were dear.
u PRemenabery what thorougAly loyal
T fcitizens. every ghere,in the country
I felt. that day His, words. wonld
have been Inspirations Of hope, and
faith u and lofty 4cllleer. ~; Imagine CINE
4 what GovernorYJ ohm A. Andrew, OF
! Massachusetts, would have sale, in
such an hour. and under such cir:
4cumstances. All good men, whose
Hearts and prayers were With Grant
and his & men Fat sVicksburg, with
Meade, and his men at Getty sburg
would have felt,s as they listened
that what ever the, issue of the battle
: Ewhile SUCH leaders as Andrew re
) mained, the cause was aunconquer
able. J; fzf.t:u g..
Governor Seymour's speech was
taunt and sneer.,a, As, if to make
Eabject repentance for sending the
: IEsoidiers, he begun in a strain of bit
ter derision.3 We were promised
Victories. forfto day, said he, and in
tstead of them comes the midnigh
cry of help from Pennsylvania. HI
proceeded to paint the situation al
: hopefessly as heIcould, and alludins
to the draft, warned the Government
that the lbloody doctrine of public
necessity could be proclaimed by :
!, mob as, well as ,byla Government .--
! The mob heard and applauded- I
|. knew, that the soldiers, were absent
, and that the police were few. how
5 sbrave.4f.I 1t was sure. Of the Sc
: cret sympathy of the Governor, ane
it made ready, Having sowno thu
seed on the 4th of July, the Gov
ernor, on the 11th, went out of th'
State into. New J Jersey, and on th'
18th the mob rose. On the ,14th th'
Governor returned and addressed
' the rioters dripping with innocen
: kblood, saying to them, ftLet me as
fEsure you that I am your friend )
and adding, that, f.sas a test of m.
y friendship, he had sent to Wash
ington s'to, have this draft suspended
/, and stopped On Thursday nigh
z the militia and United State, troop
5 began to arrive, and the riots wer
suppressed. On the Sd of Angus
the Governor. wrote to the Presi
dent urging the suspension of th
Y draft, saying, threateningly, as if t.
: suggest another mob, s'the temper o
: the people to-day you can readil.!
: learn 10. r. -as.. -. .s--- .--. -.
Horatio Seymour bitterly de
e nounced the: war; 1palliated. the re
3 bellion; denied the right of the Gov
: ernment to 4s'coerce States, dis
r couraged enlistments-; -pronounce'
e for slavery rath er than union; snee1
g ed at the promised victories; in
: stigated riots; threateningly urge
q the suspension of the draft; pre-
!. sided over the Chicago Convention
/ that called the war a failure, and dc
r manded the submission of the Gov
8 ernment, and by his whole conduc
e so satisfied the rebels and Copper
e heads that they prayed for his sue
n cess when again a candidate TO
'-4Governor in 1864, and they hav
TT made him their candidate for Presi
e dent in 1861 On, the other hand
:. when Lee invaded Pennsylvania j
e 1868, and the national authoritie
!, asked aid to repel him, Governo
n Seymour sent the. State regiment
G and was thanked. Whether this i
e saving the, army at Gettysburg, an
I Fis the l''solemn, key to his conduc
q during the war, our correspondent
, may now deeide.' Whether it is tn
l. story of a loyal American citizen tn
b country: has long ago decided.
It General Sickles, in -respose to a sci
l. enade some evening since, at Sara
T., foga said ssThe only state of peac
y worth. securing was that conditio
l. under which the humblest Unio
i soldier could build his cabin. i
s South Carolina and float the ol
it starry flag from It's roof tree, an
q wear himself his old blue coat, whe
b he went out to his tolls, and yet n