Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-11
Seymour's Nomination-Some Sc
cret History from Democratic Au-
thority. PITY me HarVey-Pity
Me"

Mr.. Henry Reed, until recently the
! leading editor of the Cincinnati Enquir-
er, has published in the Cincinnati
West and South, Democratic, most
| interesting account of the Chase move
ment in the New York Convention and
of the thimble-rigging by which Mr..
| Seymour's nomination was secured
| As Mr.. Reed was present at the Con-
vention and had an inside view of all
its workings, his testimony is unim-
peachable. He says:
"The question, so far as Mr.. Seymour
stands affected, is this: Was he dis
| honest, or merely weak? Was his con-
duct the result of treachery or imbecil-
ity2 That Mr.. Seymour was either
weak or dishonest, that his conduct
owed its origin either to treachery or
| imbecility, is a thing so palpable as to
forbid denial. His act was that Of a
kRave orsof fool; and that knave or
fool-yhichever it may have been-of
no common magnitude. 1t IS not conn
plimentary to Mr.. Seymour, when his
apologists can only maintain his integ-
rity at the expense of his understand
ing, and his understanding at the eX-
pense of his integrity. It is not for
tuuate for party to be committed to a
candidate in respect to whose character
there is a question which can only be
answered by an impeachment of either
mis- intellectual or his moral fitness for
the place to which it seeks his eleva-
ton"
In another place Mr.. Reed makes the
following statement which is fully COR
roborated by Mr.. Long and others.
''In a conversation with prominent
New York politician, Governor Sey-
mour said: That under no circum-
stances whatever would he consent to
become a candidate-said he was
weighed down with family griefs and
domestic troubles-that in a few weeks
he expected to see his brother consign-
ed to Il Iunatic asylum, and that the
condition of his own health would not
permit of his becoming candidate
said HE co ULD NOT GET ELECT
ED and even if he could he would be
utterly useless in the White House
his hands would be tied by the Sen
aLe-he would be unable to secure even
the confirmation of a Cabinet of his
choice and to hold the same relation
before the country to the Senate, what
ever might be the complexion of the
House that was sustained by Johnson
and be perplexed, worried and abused
in the same manner, would put him IN
his grave in less than year from the
time he assumed such position
while said he, with Mr.. Chase It would
be entirely difftrent-his election would
divide the Senate, and the Conserva-
tive Repu blicans who would identify
themselves with his administration uni
LctL WIN tue D6tlpCIdbs3 WoulA EtNG a
majority, while he said he firmly be-
lfeved The nomination of the Chief J US
tice by the Convention would dis
integrate the Republican party, Sc
cure his election beyond doubt, and
give US a majority of the Forty-drst
Congress.;'
BEFORE HIS NOHINA T'TON
MR.. SEYMOUR SAID HE
Gu ULD NOTBE ELECTED If
NO NINA TED lRuE here is an
other passage from Reeds history of
the Seymour nomination. He says:
"rilden, 1t seems, was the first to look
after the Governor in the confusion
that followed the nomination, and
found him ip tho ante-room adjoining
the stage sufIused in tears, and imme-
diately beat retreat from the scene of
his achievements, and as he led the
Governor down the stairway, with the
tears yet in his eyes, he met his old
friend Peter Harvey, of Boston, one
Of the Vice Presidents of the Conven-