Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-10-28

July, 1867, Will be of interest at til,
present time.
"Whcn I accepted this invitation tc
speak with others at this me ting, W
were piomis al the downfall of Njcks
burgh, the opening OF the Mississ ppi
the probable capture of I ic Confederate
capital. and the exhaust on of the rebel
lion. by common consent all paItie
had fixed upon this diy when the &c
suits OF the campaign should be know
to mark out that line of policy whici
they felt our county should pursue.
Bat in the moment of cXre cted victor
came the midnight cry for helm IRON
Pennsylvania 10 save its despOiled fiel
from the invading foe ;ani almo with
in sight of tn great commercial me
trol oils the ships of Your me~cAant
were burned to the waters ed re-"
After exciting the passions Of his az
e.ence by appeals to their feelings. Ii
used tho memorable worls which min,
days afterwards were rcco ,cted anC
put into practical operation by the infu.
rated ruflians, who for n short time gov
erncd New York. an | nal, it the scene
of mnrdcrous and unprovo'tel o1trages
until quelled by the strong arm Of the
Federal Governm INT.
" Remember this, that the bloody and
reasonable and revolutionary doctrine
Of public necessity CAN DE PRO
CLAIMED BY A MOE as we'll as by
u government" On the 18th of July tc
knew the draft which he had denouncet
rs unconstitutional was to be commenced
and he should have anticipated the an-
PLEA ion of his words by the mob to .
On the 18th the riots commenced.
The tone of Ian yuage of Governor Sey-
mour, in his Fourth of July grafton,
like that of ex-President Pierce, was
cold vacillating, and discouraging, prog
nosticating defeat and ruin in the prose
cntion of this fearful, fruiUcsS, fatal,
civil war" IL speak of this war a.
frutless," said the ex-President; and
after condemning emancipation in the
strongest language, and abiding to his
advice in 1861 not to resort to arms, he
adds: "All that has occurred since then
has strengthened and confirmed my con
victions in this regard. I repeat, then,
my judgment impel5 me to rely upon
MORAL FORCE!!! and not upon any
of the cocrciUe Observation-Disclosures OF mil
itary power"
Horatio Seymour who u.tcrc these
discouragng words, and the man who
is to be blamed more than any other
man for the New York riots, is now
stumping the country to scclrc his clec
ton. He is g swinging around the cir
cle." but he will fail to wipe ont the re-
cord he has made. 1t VIII stick to him
in spite of himself. We must rem m
Der that lloratio Seymour presided
over the ID mocratic Convention in 1874
that nominated Mcclellan and declared
the war failure. Valandingham, Pen
ilcton and that class of m IN controlled
| that Convention. In the New York
Convention of this year, these same
M aided by the unrcp 1ntant rebels o.
the south controlled the proceedings
and nominated seymour in return.
Seymour is dissatia Fl ID with Dlai. and
the Blairs are dissat SIZED with Seymour
and think that Frank should stand at
the head of the ticket. Every State
election SO taf except kentucky in
creases the trouble in the rank of the
Democracy. They begin to see that
those who opposed o. neglected. their
country in time OF It's greatest tr.al, are
to go on, "uo Salt River for all COM
ing tim4. This is h ri lesson to learn.
but let the past direct the future of our
country.