Year: 1868

declaration tnaL Iney dEo ESduy
and anxious to degrade the President
of the United States whenever they can
persuade or force Congress to bring
forward new articles of impeachment.
TheRepubIican party, as we'll as we, ARE
interested in putting some check upon
this violence. 1t must be clear to every
thinking man that disposition OF po-
liticaI power tends to check the violence
of party action and assures peace and
good order to the country. The cleo
ton of a Democratic Executive and a
majority of Democratic members to
the House of Representatives would
not give 10 that party organization the
power to make sudden or violent
changes, but would serve to check
been deplored by the best men OF both
organizations. The result would most
certainly lead to that peaceful restora-
tiOn of the Union and re-establishment
of fraternal relationship which the
country desires. 1 am sure the best
men of the Republican party deplore
as deeply as do the spirit of violence
shown by those recently admitted to
seats in Congress from the South. The
condition OF civil war which they con-
template must be abhorrent to every
right thinking man. 1 have no mere
personal issues which mislead my
Judgment in regard to the pending
election. No man who has weighed
and measured the duties Ofthe office of
President of the United States can fail
to be impressed with the cares and
tolls of him who is to meet its de-
mands. l. is not merely to float with
the popular current, without policy or
u purpose. On the contrary, while our
Constitution gives just weight TO the
public will, its distinguishing feature,
1t seeks 10 protect the rights of minor
TlE=r cYlnFV q that If
restraint upon power. 1t gives force and
form to those maxims and principles of
civil liberty for which the martyrs of
freedom have struggled through ages.
1t declares the right of the people to be
secure in their persons, houses and pa
pers against unreasonable search and
seizures; that Congress shall make no
law respecting the establishment of re-
ligion or the free exercise thereof, or
abridging the freedom OF speech, or of
the press, or the right of the people to
petition for redress OF grievances; IL se-
cuTes the right of a speedy and public
trial by an impartial jury. He thinks
no man can rightfully enter upon the
dnties of the Presidential Office unless
he is not only willing to carry
out the wishes of the people eX-
pressed in Constitutional way, but Is
also prepared to stand up for the rights
OF minOrities. He must be ready TO up
hold the free exercise of religion. He
must denounce the measures which
would wrong personal or home rights,
or the religious conscience OF
the humblest citizens of the land. He
must maintain without distinction of
creed or nationality, all the privileges
of American citizenship. The expert
enco of every public man who has
been faithful to his trust, teaches him
that no one can do the duties of the of
ice of President unless he is ready not
only to undergo the abuse and
falsehoods of the bad but to
suffer from censure of the good
who are misled by prejudice and
MISREPRESENTATION. There are no at
fractions in such positions which de-
ceive my judgment. When 1 say that
a great change is going on in the pubic
mind, the mass of the Republican
party are more thoughtful tempered
and Just than they were during the ex-
element which attended the progress
and close of the civil war. AS the en-
ergy of the Democratic party springs
from its devotion TO their cause, and to
their candidates, 1 may with proprtety
speak of the feet that never In the
political history of our country has the
action OF any like body been hailed
siasm, as that which has beenshown in
relation to the position of the National
Democratic Convention. With this the
candidates had nothing to do. Had
any of the others OF those named been
selected, this spirit would have
been, perhaps, more marked.
The zeal and energy ofthe conservative
masses spring from a desire to make a
change OF policy, and from a thought
that they can carry out their purposes.
In this faith they are strengthened by
the CO operation OF the great body of
those who served In the Union army
and navy during the war. Having
given nearly 5000 commissions to the
officers of that armyI know their views
and wishes. They demand the Union
for which they fought. The largest


meeting of the gallant soldiers ever
assem- bled was held in New York, and
endorsed the action OF the National
Convention in words distinct with
meaning. They called on the Govern
ment to stop its policy of hate, discord
and disunion, and in terms of fervtd
eIoquence demand the restoration of
the rights of the American people.
When there is such accord between
those who proved themselves brave.
self-sacrificing in war, and those who
are thoughtful and patriotic in council,
1 cannot doubt weshall gain a political
triumph which will restore our Union
and bring back peace to our land, and
give US once more the blessings of a
wise, economical and honest Govern
ment.


am, gentlemen, truly yours, &C.,
HoRATIo SEYMOUR.


To Gen. G.. w. MORGAN and others,
COmittee, &c.