The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-09-08
Senator Wiley mud Governor sey-
mour.

mour.
Senator WILEY in his speech aI
Washington Hall on Saturday evening
according to thu report of it in the In
islligencer, stated that the Democratic
party has chos for its standard bearer
a man who denounced the war against
the rebelliom rs unconstitutional.
Senator WILEY knew better, but kis
audience did not and the plausible hy
pocrisy of the old emisecessionist still
induces many 10 give credit to his asser
tions. We propose to show our readers
how much Truth there is in this particu
lar assertion.
lIURATIo SEYMOUR was elected Gov
rrnor of the State of New York in No
vember, lo62, over General JAMES s.
WApSwoRTH, the candidate of the Rad.
icals. In a speech made in Brooklyn
during the canvass, Mr.. SEYMOUR de
fined his position as follows:
IL mean To be most explicit and out
spoken in all have to say. l shrink
from no question. / seek to grapple
with every proposition involved in our
present. position. If the people of this
State see tit TO place me i'll the Execu-
tive chair, | wish TO 60 there with Il
full understanding on their part of all
my views and purposes.
| recognize the fact that at this
moment the destinies of our country
hang poised upon the conflict in the
battlefield. | recognize the fact that
whether we wosld have war or not, it
exists in all its vast proportions in our
land: and ! recognize the fact that 1T
Is NOW THE DUTY OF EVERY MAN
WHO LOVES HIS COUNTRY-OF
EVERY TRUE MAN WHO WOULD
STAND BY IT'S INSTITUTIONS-TO
THROW THE WHOLE MEASURE OF
HIS INFLUENCE, AND ALL THE
WEIGHT OF HIS POWER, ON THE
BATTLE-FIELD, ON THE SIDE OF
THE FLAG OF OUR UNION.
ave are not euly in favor of thorough
war policy, but we propose to bring
this war to a speedy and successful con-
cusiUn The rebels
have not co8tehted themselves with the
ballot, but have chosen the bayOnet and
bullet to settle the question. Then,
with tue bayonet and bullet we must
meet them. We did not want this war;
but the men of the South made the
sword the arbiter of their doctrines, and
50 far as the present is concerned, the
sword mast be the arbiter. And by it,
with our own strong arms, IRE will
strike vigorous blows for the life Of our
cOuntry-for its Constitution and its
flag.
IL wish that my voice could be heard
throughout every Southern State. i
would say to them-Mistake not the
Conservative triunphs in the North.
Listen not to the teachings of those
who tell you, that We are not true to
the Cnion-true to the Constitution.
We tell you and the whole
world, that this Union shall not be sew
ered-Ne. Never that this great Con-
seryative Party will rear mp the shat
tered columns Of the Union. We will
raise it higher up still nearer heaven
than it was before; and from its lofty
top and growing greatness, there shall
ever wave our Nations Flag. with every
star and every stripe that have been
placed there in the wonderful progress
of our country. ! care not what Other
men say; | say, for the Conservative
people of this country and for myself
! will never consent to division OF
this Union, and the breaking up of this
great alliance made under Gods guild
ance. No, never! as long as / have g
voice to raise, or n hand to fight, fol
this our glorious country"
1t will be said, that this is but sin
gle speech. To show our readers, then
that Governor SEYMOUR occupied The
same position throughout, We pub
lish the following extracts from 8
speech delivered by JOHN VAN BUREN
in New York city ON the 22d of Febru
ary 1868, q few months after the elec
tion was over.
"The people of ten or eleven Statel
have chosen to violate the Constitution
of the United States; and this is to b,
met in the only way such violation
can be met, that is, by the armed fore,
of the Government. And every citiZel
of the Uuited States is bound to sustain
the. Government in putting down th'
rebellion. / supported
Governor Seymour, who, upon that oc
casion and upon every occasion through
out the State, declared, over and owe
again, that he was In favor Of the Wig
orous prosecution of the war-that b,
was opposed to disunion or recogni
tioH Of the Confederate Government
and that, while he had voice to rails,
or an arm to strike-so long as his lifi
was spared-he never would assent to .
dismemberment of the United States
Mr.. VAN BUREN also stated in thi
speech that Governor SEYMOUR an,
himself travelled the State over, deelar
ing that they were for o vigorous prose
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