New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-07-20

AS the supporters of eX-GOv. Seymour tor
our next President see fit to claim for him a
loyal, hearty support of the Union throughout
its struggle for existence against the deadly
assaults of slavehOding treason, we propose a
somewhat careful examination OF the point
We will begin by quoting verbatim the main
evidence whereOn they rest their case
"Just before the battle Of Gettysburg. July, 1909 the
officer of Coy SeymOurs sta who had been cnarge9 oy
him with experimenting the movements OF the rev iU
troops whom Gov. Seymour threw forward Win SUN
eyampcd rapdty and energy TO resist the invasion OF
PENNSYLVANIA by Lee called to say farewell 10 lresoeme
fecty well who that officer was by both hands PTesi
dent Lincoln said TO him. wish you 10 u ~. ~
you cannot possibly hse words TOO warm 10 cov d f
Gov Seymour my thankfuiness for ms pLoupt anu ~
ciont help given to the Government In TINS cr1s Inns
language tie President thrice repeated. accompanying u
with fervcnt pressure Of the hands ana utteIhB IL ec
| time with Increased earncstncss aud fecIng. i,
President Lincoln is now his grave. The men VINO
faUned up0n him in his lifetime for place and power Dut
cst nonUment TO his memory. join with TIL TIIB-
USE m propagating lies about the Executive of the En-
"hen "i'0'0' was ""'''0 World 18TH
TIet us here turn aside just long enough to
smash this personal calumny. On the 18th OF
July, 1868, (the first day of the Draft Riots in our
City, the Editor of THE tribune was visited III
his Office about midday by devoted friend, VINO
urged and entreated him to accompany the sald
friend to his home, a few miles distant. Ihat
friend assured him that he kRew that the lie
of said Editor was to be taken forthwith--that
it had been plotted and settled that he should
be an early and certain victim of the Tuthan
mob then bowling about THE TRIBUNE office
and melting each other to the assault which
they actually made at dusk that night, when
they smashed the windows furniture, &c, and
4, buii Inf
routed and expelled by the police. Riot,
arson, and pillage, were then rife in diff
ferent sections of our City, of which the Rebel
mob appeared to have Undisputed possession.
The Editor (who writes this) informed his
friend that nothing would induce him to leave
the City-that he was where he had right to
be. and where he should remain That friend,
after exhausting remOnstrance and entreaty,
left him to his fate not expecting to see him
again. Adult p. NJ. of that day, the Editor
having finished his work at the Oftice-wcnt
over to Windust's eating house for his dinner,
passing through the bowling mob for nearly
the entire distance, and recognized by several
of them Two friends accompanied him, but
not at his invitation or suggestion. Neither OF
the three was armed. At Windusts, dinner
was ordered and eaten, exactly as on other
days. but i'll the largest room i'll the house,
without shadow of cOncealment or hiding OF
any kind. Dinner finished the Editor took a
carriage and drove to his lodging, where he re-
sumed writing for THE TRIBUNE, and continued
it through the evening, sending down his copy
to the office, and being visited thence by
friends who informed him of the mob's assault
aud the narrow escape of the building and
contents from destruction. Remaining all night
at his lodging, he returned next morning TO the
office (nOw being amed) saw from window
the mob bowling in its front hastily repair to
the City Hall Park, there to listen TO a harangue
from Horatio Seymour, and remained there
nearly to the close of the day CTuesday), when
he was finally induced to leave by the repre-
sentation of the good and true soldier who
commanded it as a fortress that he would prefer
that the mob should not be provided with the
extra inducement for assault which the known
presence of Mr. Greeley in the building would
afford. He returned to the Office the next
morning though the first hackman to whom he
applied refused to let him enter his carriage
and he was in the Office nearly throughout
each day of that memorable week up
to Friday evening, when he Gas usuaD took
the Harlem cars for his home at Chappaqua,
where he spent the Saturday, as he has done
nearly every Saturday, save in Winter for the
last fifteen years And whoever asserts that he,
at any time that week, "was hiding under Win
"dust's table, is a branded liar and villain, as
Mr.. Windust, Mr.. William A. Hall, and other
surviving and most credible witnesses, will
gladly attest.]
Leaving his friends" let us now return to
ex-Gov. Seymour:
The World adds the following certificate
(mark the date from Secretary Stanton:
WAR DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON, June 81, 1853.
DEAR sE cannot forbear expressing 70 you The deep
have given the Government In the present emergency
ay be- gperted ersohay and oeay to aeRno%
edge without afrogatng any personal claims on my part
in such service or TO any service whatever. a.,
shall be happy 10 be always esteemed y0nr friend
His Excellency Horatio Seymour.
Whether such certificate is creditable to
ex-Gov. Seymour, we leave others to decide.
We only say that if that gallant and truly
loyal patriot, JAMES S. WADswoRTn, had been
chosen Governor in 1862 nobody would have
dreamed of thanking him for doing his simple
duty to his country, nor of giving him a certiii-
cate of good behavior. He never needed the
article
In June 1868, Gen. Lee evading, 10y flank
march, the Army of the Potomac, which con
fronted and stood ready to fight him on the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Maryland and Penn
sylvania. The mOyement-as Lees official re-
port virtually cOnfesses-was not defensible on
Military, nor on other than Political grounds.
The Rebels hoped to win victory on Northern
soil, and thereby to stimulate their Northern
friends to declare openly in their favor, and
thus by paralyzing the Union Government end
the contest in triumph. The President, justly