The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-09
1.-THE EVENING EXPRESS ON THE
NEW YORK SwINDLE.''

The editorial in the ReprnLIcAs on the Itb
instant has excited the Ire OF the Ereninq Er.
pr,u of this city. the editor of which saws he
wa, in attendance upon the New York fourth
of July Convention, and "sat near the Presi-
dent" Seymour "on the platform and
watched the proceedings with peculiar In
terest" and "heard his every decision" In
w" Va Vs.. $, W "
good witness TO prove all OF importance that
we asserted 10 the article to which he takes
o,,.n,ion. uo di.nn,.. On, ,nI,.,..,..,
eAeePon' u'pus out u",npor.'n'
statements, shrinRs from some important
facts, but sustains, by his own testimony, all
that we really cared to prove:
-,
!. That the Democratic Convention which
assembled in New York on the Ith Of July
I.., oxn.c,o, ~, % Douo.,.,s y, ,tros.as
'"' W." w ~ S0"s''-
VatNesi" anu Solulets shu Sallors,' 10 nom
inste good man, whose war record was I'M
exceptionable.
2. That twas generally Understood By thous-
snus oil men throughout the country repre-.
senuns me poil'icai classes mentioned above
most Oh whom were IN new fork during the
slttins OF the convention, mat reasonable
euort should be made 10 nominate Mr.. Chase,
ana mat MI seymour was not only pledged
nor TO be candidate against anybody but to
see TO II PeriondHy that Mr. Chase was fairly
Drought before that Convention
,. That Vsllsndigham, who could not get
elected q delegate by the people Of his dis
trict, struggled himself into the Convention
after his arrival in New York, and by his plot
tings and caueusses outside Of the Conyen-
tion, secured the nomination ofSeymour by the
Ohio delegation, and by his (yallandigham's)
speech in the Convention produced the panic
which resulted In the unanimous nomination
OF Seymour by that body.
I. That Horatio Seymour, the protested
t'hrIsti.n with n aolemn nledge of bopor p.
il,.I q. - $3.50 -. 80 s v 800,
t"ei'u a. H'bh Hea'en ma He "Ou'u not ue
candidate himself, but would nominate
Salmon p. Chase and support him, deliber.
ately witnessed And consented to thai tNr
80" a'.y ie, SUI W '"'' .nr'
Chases) ignomlhlous ueteat aud pocketed the
nomination himself
Now, let the wi,ne.. testify. To prove orr
hrstproPosition, he says!
u,yo uo.,, 10 h., Co,ro,,,o, H..
80 80 W IA I'm en.'on Iol '"e Ue,'
man VINO eould haTmeHlSe our pdHy" mean
ing ~ sou, ."o ,.m .sn ~ VI. ea'' Ioi
,na, -. a. ~ w..
~ 60" a." - ~ "noni
80 80. So ..s. ~ -. 80 -,
Heu "''n Wv 'e''tioN " "nNse' '"e Ues'
-aa,..,I,'a ainuoa,,, -. nInH,., ~ a. ~
tn.,,o y, $500. ~. "nH 'Io
:" 81, 80. .,nnJ.nt -, NJ
xamho. ~, - " AO" ~ wv
says
~ was wen Known that ne was ayerse 70
,sho nat other tcas ercrvSodJ Enep. il wa. an
neunced in the convention on the morning OF
the homin ,, ' ~. HGperh% ssymoGr had cdr
Ssp Yo~t Tor Gorsrnor TSa,e mai As soop as Il
should be found that MIR. Hendricks could no,
be nominated, We were on the platform when
3everna, Ses1onr m and ,n. noininson o,
moment to be surrounded By several of The
leaders OF the New York Democracy, whose
tsa . we eouIa sSe u neaHSssry, and near
All thought he should accept, but "a d he ,roult
not. We know the Tact thai no delegates IL
INA. eo 1h Ws,e more Surpriseu mar
Al the result reached, ard this viii he ADMIT
teddy every man present"
We thank the witness for thl, niece n, tes
timopy. seymour "preferr.d apoth.r, y IN,
49,. ur,.,,h, H. Lno,n,,i, .'..
tr.T, oh,sine1 Tho yo,e or ~. ro,v vi, Az,
egstion for chase ana 40 comnIeteIv and soi
snnniv was he pledged IN him that .ccora'O,
IN mi. witness, when "All thouyht', Seymou