Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-14

In the death Of Hon. Horatio sey-
mour our country lost statesman OF
the very highest type. An English
man. once, when cited TO the excel
lent qualities Of General Washington,
John Hancock and other celebrities
Of revolutionary times, TO establish
the proposition that republics pro-
duce the highest standard OF excel
lence in human character, replied
that all those great men we're born
and reared under monarchicai form
Of government, and that under any
other influences they would have been
men OF less merit. Horatio Seymour
was born and passed his life In the
republic. No better or purer citizen
or patriot ever lived In any era or
country than he. In the halcyon
days Of old, when the golden age oil
Pericles shed brightest lnstre upon
the name Of Greece, even then Hora-
ito Seymour, had he lived, would
have gained a place among the I'M
mortals. Aad no knight who ever
fought ON storied field for God, king
and country, ever bore truer, manlier
heart than his.
Mr.. Seymour was one OF the rev
Americans who actively particr
pated for nearly half cen
tury In the politics of the eoun-
try, during its most exciting epochs'
Of whom none spoke but to praise
The most envenomed partisan malice
turned aside and iainting died, when
In the presence OF this model man
and true American. No Islander ever
dared to hint even in whisper word
against his name and fame. Governor
Seymour was einphatically man Of
such spotless purity OF character, and
grand qualities Of mind and heart
that generations coming after may
well point 70 him as shining exam
ple Of the greatness and worth OF the
sons Of the Republic, and take cour-
aoe and counsel from his command
ing virtues. j.,
During the most excited period oil
the war, Mr.. Seymour, known as a
lifelong. consistent and unflinching
Democrat. was elected Governor oil
New York, by over ten thousand ma
iority: and he 30 thoroughly, con-
scientiously and periodically dis
charged the duties OF "war Govern
orr in those heroic times, in the EN-
pire State Of the Union, that Presl-
dent Lincoln wrote him an autograph
letter warmly thanking him for his
preat services. And when the fren-
lied riots in New York in 1868, car
ried dismay, destruction and death
TO the metropolis, when the very hor-
rors Of hell seemed broken loose upon
earth, his hand, and his alone, stay
cd the appalling tide of murder, arson
and rapine, and restored peace and
quiet to the distracted city. 1t is
probable that no other man ON the
planet could have put an end to that
mob and riot. And 1t is noteworthy
that President Lincoln, by adopting
tho ideas Of Mr.. Seymour, whom he
consulted in regard to the methods
OF enforcing the draft, avoided there
after and thereby recurrence OF all
such troubles.
In 1868, when Mr.. Seymour was
nominated for President, he was the
enthusiastic advocate and supporter
Of Mr.. Salmon p. Chase for that posi-
ton, and only consented to accept
the nomination when Mr.. Chase alb
solutely refused TO be a candidate
and his party demanded the benefit
Of the strength Of his great name, al
though he never could hope for sue
cess. Even then, at the very close
Of the great war, against the great
Captain, Grant, flushed with the wine
Of victory, Mr.. Seymour carried the
Empire State by his customary ma
jority, such was the esteem in which
he was held by those amongst whom
he had been born and had lived all
his life.