The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-02-18
SEYMOUR DEAD.
The Great Democratic Statesman Passes
Peacefully Away.
End Of u Busy and Well Rounded Career
In Public aud Priyate.-Iirief
sketch Of His
History.

UTICA, NJ Y, February IL 2-Ek GOV
error seymour died at 10 o'clock TO
night at the residence OF lis sister, Mrs
Roscoe COnkling, Ha began 10 fail per
cepubly no o'clock thla afternoon
Shortly NJ f.erwaTd he rallied u little, buI
soon relapsad into total uncOnaciC us
ness. During hia Illness he experienced
little, n any, phy'lcil suffering, and To
day he wa1 wholly without pain, Mrs
seymour, who II very III, aat with her
husband during the afternoon, Most oil
the time the ex Governor rested peace
fully, anl hia condition could only he
distinguished from natural sleep by The
aahpn pillOr OF his c0nntonanGe aud hla
labOre1 breathing, At $3.50 he was aink'
Ing rapidly, hla pulse could scare caly be
counted and the respiration was more
and more dilll'ult He expired without
aelrnggle o. d as peacefully as II falling
asleep.
The beglnnIrg OF Cover or SevmOur'a
physical ailmenls dute from u sanalroke
which befell him la tie summer Of 1875,
while he Wa9 at work on the roads OF hlR
town ~ palhmastrr, an Cillce which h.
was wont 10 say he had asked for, The
lmmei ate cause OF hi death WIS crTe
bral rlfleiOn, the usual prlCe 4 Of death
IN old age. Az yet no arrangements
have been made for tho funeral,
SKETCH on HIS LIFE
HoratlO Seymour WAS born IN Pom
peY, 0nOndaga county, N, Y, May 81,
1910 lle waa but years n aga when
his parents removed u Uuca, His elu
cation was obtained at The academies VI
oxford aud Geneva, N Y, and NJ Part
fdge'a military school, Middlelown, o..
Alter leaving this school no studied law
and was admitted 10 tho bar Ia 1882
when he was onlg II years 0'd, He wa.
appointed Ia 1883 on the military ~ N
of Governor March, and retained hla pO'
aitiOn until 1889
His active political life may be- aald to
date from lSil, when he was elected to
the state assembly, ue always acted
with The Democrat party, aud 10 well
SAL ll1d were his clustltuents with hia
course IN thu legislature tht lhsy re-.
elected him lhrre timts aud IN 1915 he
was chosen speaker. He WAS sun q
member OF the assembly when tho pee
pic Of Ullch elected nm mayor, and he
llled that position one year.
II 1873 hr was Hn pcIiye supporter OF
Lewis Casa for the Presidency aud had
hecome by thls time no conspicuous u
figure Ia the Denncracy OF the state VI
New York that In 1850 hB was nominated
Tor Governor THO rUltpa between hun
self aud the Whig candidate, Washing
ton Hunt wa4 n very sharp one, aud the
parllra were 10 evenly balanced la the
struggle mat Hunt was elected by only
Is plurality VI 262 votes over seymour.
In 1852 tho contest for IN IN % WHa 10
newed by he same can ildAtOs butt this
time Seymour was victorious by a plu.
rality of 22,606
The mO,t Important period In his
political life waa hii second term IN
q vernon Of New York, III 1862 he was
WAS elected owe q neral j ma .. Wads'
worth Oy u ms MY VI 1879 votes. II
was u critical time, ana u Ter his eleC-
tl0n there was great anxiety a. TO his
probable course In relation 10 the waf
against secession, llls inaugural al
dress Of January /, 1868, lett no dOubl a.
10 hla position. "Under no cirtuu'
slAuc's, "he Haid IN that address, "Can The
division OF the union be cOnceied. W.
will put forth every exrrti0n Of power
wa VIII use every policy Of Cancellation;
We Will guarantee them every Iight,
every consideration demanded by the
constitution ana by that fraternal re-
gard which must prevail In u common
country; but wa eau never Voluntarily
con ent 70 the breaking up Of tbs union
OF these States or the destruction OF the
constitution"
AT the ID mOcratlc National C0nven-
ton held In New York city, on July 0 h,
1868, Governor Seymour WIS nominated
for The PRESIDENCY amid the wildcat on
thnalHan, the entire vote OF The COnven
ton, 3l7, being cnst for him, despite his
strong protest against H. Governor Sey
mOur formally accepted the nomination
In u letter Auguyt 4 After the Septem.
her aud October State elections no made
speeches IN Buffalo, DalrOit, Chicago,
Indianapolis, Columbus aud elsewhere
General Grant was elected, having u
popular m i,rlty Of 3000Si In total
vote Of 5,7l6 0S2
Gov rnOr seymour retired from active
politics TO his * eueive and well cult
yated fam IN DfefAeld, near Utica, N
Y, In III, management OF which no took
great delight.
Although retired from active political
life ha preserved u keen Interest In pol
iCal Oif ira and his council was frequent
ly sought by Democratic LEADERS, Hl~
name was mentioned In connection
with the presidential nomination ~
1870 and again In 1880, but hp discour
ag any movement IN hll direction
preierrlng the quiet enjoymonls OF hle
Deerlleld farm 10 70 entering the strife
of nnllllnn