Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-01-10
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
HORATIO SEYMOUR.

UTICA, New York, Dec. 80, 1873
Passing from Boston to Buffalo, en-
route west, it occurred to me to stop
over at this place and pay my respects
to the next president of the United
States, and 1 have done 20. On i'll
curry 1 learned that Gov. Seymour's
place was several miles out from the
city, and l went across the street
from the hotel to order a cutter, stat
ing to the proprietor of the livery
waiting for the horse to be harness
ed, a tall gentleman, probably fifty
five years old of striking appearance,
came in aud called for a cutter also.
care you going over to the COVER
nor's ?" asked the liveryman. S'Yes,"
responded the gentleman. "Well,'
said the proprietor, "here is a gem
tleman who has just ordered a cutter
to 60 over there and it is now ready
perhaps you and he IAN go togetli-
err" and inquiring my name he III
troduced me to Mr.. j. f. Seymour, n
brother to the governor, IL as L al
terward learned the father OF Hor-
alto, Jr., the present state engineer
and the only democrat elected on the
state ticket last November. l gladly
svsiled nyself of the opportunity
thus presented of breaking the ice,
A it were, and securing through the
brother an introduction to q dis
tiueuiehed public man l had never
seen, but whom as q democrat [ had
learned to admire and respect.
We had q brisk ride across the coun-
try to Deerf1eld, being compelled be-
fore reaching the governors resi-
dence to pull down his fences and
take to the open fields to avoid the
snow drifts in the road. 1 found Mr..
Seymour a most pleasant and agrees
BILE gentleman, and before reaching
the governors we had naturally be-
come pretty we'll acquainted-that is,
for q short acquaintance. Learning |
was q newspaper man, he adjured me
not talk to the governor about his be-
ing a presidential candidate, s'for,'
said he. che receives SO many letters
aud has SO many visitors on this sub
ject that it annoys him. Ofcourse he
will be glad to see you as a western
democrat, and he fully appreciates
the kind expressions that have come
to him from democrats everywhere
but he thinks the movement TO maxi
him a candidate is, to say the least,
inopportuue. He don't like to talk
about it," L kept my counsel, how.
ever, and made no promises OH this
score.
The governors unpretentious resi-.
Deuce is situated on d high ridge over.
looking the city of Utica, and til.
lovely valley "where the MuhawH
~Anflry uliHoc an Ste ota.. r,l...
course to the sea-" Within it is com.
Portable and homelike, and show vs. on
all sides the character Of its owner
its most distinctive features being
the library and such accumulation.
of objects as a public man of Cover
nor Seymour's experience would ma.
turally collect. And besides these
was shown a great variety Of inter.
esting relics, deeds and title papers d
century old, and an ancient clock
which stood i'll the house which Bur.
goyne surrendered TO Gen. Schuyler
and which has not yet stopped
STILL" but ticks away at a lively rate
l was received very cordially by
the governor, and was presented to
his wife. a lively, gray-halred matrou
that would do honor as mistress OF
the White House. Looking at the
erect, manly figure of Mr.. Seymour
with the clear, healthful face, full
bright aud piercing eye,no one would
take him to be q man of three cor
years aud ten-which he nearly is
He is remarkably well preserved with
no organic or specific arrangement
and is still full of vigorous manhood
aud shows no outward signs of phys,
icsl failing. AS L compared hi:
splendid physique and his manly
noble bearing with the appearance o
Nj. Tilden, whom l saw on the streets
of Now York, one day last week-iu
was like contrasting angel to u satyI
"a representative. American to a,
Egyptian mummy. And [ could no,
help thinking, as l drew this COIN
psrison, that if the vigorous ant
manly democrats of the west coulc
only see these two men as [ have
seen them-Or rather if they could
only Q the manner Of man Samue
j. filden is physically, they woult
cease to wonder why he is not to-da,
acting as president after they nai
elected him to the office, and wouIt
como to the same conclusion | did
that a great party that takes all oil,
granny for a leader ought to be de