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®hc (Quitman
F. K. FILDFS,--Emtor.
QUITMAN, QEO.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, IHCS.
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yon rnsninEST;
HORATIO SEYMOUR.
<JF NEW YOHK.
run viCE-niEKiiiF.ST :
Fit ANCIS P. BLAIR,
OF MISSOURI.
»TATK ELECTORAL TICRET.
r»K TltK RTATK AT L.IIKIE I
o*v JOHN B. GORDON, of Fullnn.
Hox. JOHN T. OLARKK, of Randolph.
AV.riSfCNATKS !
G*v. W. T. WOFFORD, of barlow.
T. M. NORWOOD, of Chatham.
ron thk DiHTßicrn:
I JOTIN O. NICIIOU.S. of Fierce,
t. Cor.. CHARLBB T. GOODE, of Simitar.
I. It. J. MOSES, of Miocogea.
4. A. O. BACON, of Bibb.
A Ma;. J- II CCMMING. of Richmond.
*. n. It. HULL, <>f Fomvtb.
J. Coi.. JAMES I). WADDELL, ol Cobb.
ai.tkhnati.k.
1 J H. HUNTER, of Brooks.
J WILLIAM (!. FLEMING, of Decatur.
S W. G. TUGGLE, of Troup.
4 Dn. HENRY WIMBERLY, n! Twiggs.
», Gkk. D. M. DvBOSE, of WilkcH.
« GARNETT McMILLAN. of Habersham.
7, Coi.. V. A. OASKILL, of Fulton.
Crowded Out.
Our “Washington Correspondence,”
several editorial articles, an obitrouy,
and oilier items of interest to ttic gener
al reader, are crowded out ,1 this issue
of till! Banner. They will all appear
next week We hope business will jus
tify us, at an early day. in resuming the
original size of the Banner, when we
■will liavo an abundance of room for uny
emergency.
Citizen's Meeting.
The town Commissioners ot Quitman;
entertaining some doubts us to their cx
ecotlvc powers, under our present dis
jointed form of State government, and
desirous only to carry out the expressed
will of the citizens with reference to mu
nicipal aflairs, requested the people to
assemble in town meeting on last Mon
day. The entire matter was laid before
them by the lntendant, who, among oili
er subjects referred to the necessity of
placing the streets in good condition.—
Much discussion followed—some being of
the opinion, that it was the duly of the
present Commissioners to order an elec
tion for their successors-but it was liual
ly decided to be best, under tlio circum
stances, to request the present board to
assess and collect a tax ot two dollars
Irom each citizen of the town, to defray
the expenso of placing the streets in or
der and defer nil other matters until the
Legislature takes action in reference to
municipal elections.
Bankruptcy Court
Frank S. llassi.tink, Esq., Register for
this District, held a Court of Bankruptcy
at Quitman on last Tuesday, and we
learn considerable business was transac
ted. Capt. Sam’l W. Brooks was op
pointed Receiver in the case of Mr. John
!I. Holst, who has been adjudged a bank
rupt on bis own petition. Tlio creditors
could not bare selected a more prudent
and careful Receiver, and he will realize
the last dollar possible from the assets of
the bankrupt.
Tire Political Situation
As an item in the history of the tithes,
we publish in another column, an in sir
tide from the New York ,Journal of Com
were*, of the 4th—a paper aoknowl
edged bv all men to be the “ablest, most
reliable and high-toned” Democratic ex
ponent in the country. Although we do
not fully endorse the positions taken, it
will be admitted a fact, tliat the present
issue is one between the political extrem
ist* of the country. This could have been
avoided if the counsels ot moderate men
had lieen heeded. It is too late now,
however, to change the issue—it must be
“fought out on the present line.” We
publish the article for information, and it
will be read with interest and induce re
flection.
Blasphemous.
The Amerieus Hepublican says that Hfn
rt Kznt McCay, who lias made himself
infamous as a negro worshipper and who
in all probability will receive an appoint
ment'on the Supreme bench of Georgia,
“did proclaim publicly, at Leo County
Gout t, in 1368, that the great Jewish
Lawgiver and Prophet, Moses, did mar
ty a Negro wench; and that Jesus Christ
the Son of (Jon, the Mf.siah, the Maker
•>f Heaven and Earth, the Redeemer of
the world, who was crucified by Pontius
Pilate, was the descendant of a negro,
and consequently had negro blood in
biro!”
A man who is not satisfied with de
basing his own race, lint attempts to
mlly and make infamous tlio name of
the Great Jehovah, has certainly reached
the "lower deep.”
ttT A bill is pending in the Jegishi
lure to prohibit inter marriage between
the white and colored races
Are Georgians, Disfranchised l>
Congress, Enfranchised by Hi
Slain Constitution I
I Several of our cotcmpoiaries arc of tie
i opinion that the new Constitution o
Georgia re ciifiauchistd such citizens a
have been disfranchises by Acts of Con
I gross. Among this number we find the
venerable and cxperic iced Editor of the j
■ South Georgia Timer. He does not as
sert as a fact, however, that the State
1 Constitution nullifies the effects of such
disfranchising Acts of the national Leg-,
isle (me, but lays down the proposition, j
and makes tiic inquiry as to whether lie:
is right.
We answer our eotemporary, that he :
is wrong: the State Constitution dS'S not!
interfere to stay the action of any past
or future Congressional legislation : per
rostra the Constitution itself distinctly;
recognizes all past and future Acts of
Congress as supreme. In fae‘, this docu-1
i incut, proclaimed the Constitution of Goor
| gia set fui tli the heresy that the created
| is greater than the creator.
| The 2nd Section of Article II of the
State Constitution, declares that "every
male person born in the United Slates,
and every male person who lias been
fiaturaliaed, or who lias legally declared
I his intention to become a citizen of the ;
United States, twenty one years old orj
upward, who shall have resided in this;
State six months next preceding the j
J election, * * * shall be deemed an
! elector,” Ac This clause of the Consti
! (ion most certainly would enfranchise all
citizens. But if the leader will refer to
Article XI, Le will find that the Conven
tion clothed Congress with supreme pow
er over the franchise, and distinctly re
cognizes as if foice the disfrarichisings
Acts of Congress. Article XI is as fol
j lows:
| ‘The laws of General operation in force
in this State are :
j T. As tin: Supreme Taw: The ConStitu-
I tion of the United States, the laws of the
| Unitpd States in pursuance thereof and
rail treaties made under the authority of
i the United States.
11. As next in authority thereto : this
Constitution.
So the Times will perceive its error.
The Constitution docs not enfranchise
those disfranchised by Congress ; and
consequently before they will bo entitled
to the privileges of tlio ballot an enabling
Act of Congress is necessary.
Gi»v. Seymour’s GeJter.
To the exclusion of considerable edito
rial matter, prepared for this issue, we
I present Mr. Seymour’s letter formally
| accepting the Democratic nomination for
1 President. Commenting on this mag
i nificeut evidence of statesmanship, the
j Louisville Courier says, that “like every
! speech or State paper that has emanat
jed from the philosophic mind of Horatio
j Seymour, it presents at one view the
I whole political horizon, illuminated by
the calm light of a great and staleman
j like intellect. It presents in a clear and
j striking manner the dangers to which
! the other States expose themselves, by
using force to subject their Southern
sisters to the contr >1 of a usurping and
odious oligarchy of plundering adveiitur
era.
“There is in iliis letter no deceptive
allegation of political principles, no help
j less confession of a want of ideas and
j opinions, no demagogue’s bid for votes,
jby setting up a hypocritical promise to
consult the will of the people ! On the
contrary, Mr. Seymour manifests his lit
j ness for the office of President, by show-
I ing that he nppeciates the labors and
I responsibilities of the position, and uu
j deistands that it imposes obligations and
duties from which no variable and tem
porary majority can absolve the incum
bent Mr. Seymour lays down the great
principle which will guide hint, and bon-;
estly informs the people that no tempest
of popular passion can drive him into a
departure from those landmarks. No
man in his sober senses would demand it
of him. No man who voluntarily offers
to abandon those principles in deference
to the caprices of the hour, is lit to be
entrusted with the destinies of a great
republic. His purpose is to deceive, and
there is danger that he will betray.”
The Election for State Oflicrrs
I The balloting for State House officers,
I on the Cth, resulted in a complete and
j sweeping Radical victory—they electing
i their entiro ticket, from Secretary of
! State down to State Printer. The fol
| lowing is the result :
For Secretary of State—David G. Cot
ting.
For Comptroller—Madison Bell.
For Treasurer—N. L. Ang-ier.
For State Printer—Samuel Bard. ,
——
Can't Labor for Nothin*
If Mr. M. E. Papv, editor of tlio Gaines
ville (Fla.) New Era, persists much lon
ger in copying the editorials of the
Banner, without credit, and palming
them off upon his readers as the emula
tions of his own brain, we will be com
prill'd to render a bill against him for:
| editorial labor. We can’t afford to labor
i for nothing, and therefore, friend Faev j
1 will perceive the necessity of giving us !
credit for his editorial matter, or pay
ns the cash.
Eilitoi'iul Ui-csvltieH.
UfSU The Democratic majority, at flu
He election in Kentucky, will reach one
iindred thousand.
Skz!~ A bill has been introduced in the
ieorgia Legislature, relieving the pen
pie from all tax for a term of four years.
We endorse it.
Alex. 11. Stephens says he .did
not send any resolutions to the New
York Convention nor does lie know the
man who introduced them.
figy Alex. Stephens lias given exp-res
sion to the belief that Georgia will go
Democratic by 20,000 majority.
t®.. A State Convention and Mass-
Meeting of the Republican party of Geor
gia is to-be held at Atlanta, on the 18lli
inst.
j®. The election for State officers, in
the Georgia Assembly, resulted in the
: success of the entire Republican ticket.
Application having been made
by South -rn Governors for military pro
tection, it is understood the government
has decided to interfere in the South on
ly in cases of palpable insurrection.
tag- It is stated that a careful read
ing of Sec. 2d, fourteenth amendment of
the Constitut'd! shows that the people
must vote for Presidential electors, or
I lose representation in Congress.
| I Psay Aii affray occurred at Dallas, Ga.
on Wednesday, which tea tilted in the
| deatli of a merchant and the wounding
ot two other men.
B®. Col. E Ilmlbiit has been appoiti
ted Superintendent of the State Road.
8®- A bill has passed the Legisla
ture exempting one armed and one leg
ged men from taxation.
B®, The Alabama Legislature has
passed a bill authorizing the Legislature
to cast the Electoral vote of tlig State
for President. The Governor vetoed the
bill.
B©~ It is said that Thad. Stevens is
again convalescent. Alas ! alas!
B®r Tlio bouth'Carolina Legislature
lias been in session thirty days, and no
work done.
Beast Butler fell from his car
riage the other day, and, it is a pity he
was not killed.
A bale of new cotton was receiv
ed at Mobile on the I Oth.
The national debt lias increased
thirteen millions of dollars in tlio past
two months.
B®, O.H. Walton of Crawford county
has been appointed by Gov. Bullock,
Superintendent of the Penitentiary.
B®» John Mills has been appointed
assistant Superintendent of the I’eniton
tiury,[nnd Dr. Wills, Physician.
Forney says “the financial policy
of the Democratic party is damnable.”
Well that is true : it is damnable to the
Jacobins; for it is expresed in these
words: “Equal taxation and one curren
cy for all.”
B®- Chief Justice Chase says .• ‘Four
years more of the rule of such men as
are n av dominating Congress will leave
us little of morality and Republicanism
worth preserving.”
The Cleveland Herald says : ‘A
year ago Frank Blair was a Republican,
j Now he is a rebel. What will lie be a
| year hence?” Vice J’resident of the
United States.
B®. Saratoga ladies arc bo obliging
as to furnish reporters the size of their
waists and tlio value of their diamonds.
Staff- A notlier robber’s cave has boeu
found in Illinois where the “bandits” car
ried their victims, robbed and swore!
them to secteey.
B®. In Michigan, recently, thirty five
men went into a harvest field to cut grain
About 10 A. M. not less than sixteen of
them had been suit-stricken, the majority
jof whom died under the exposure. Such
| an instance of wholesale casuality has
i hardly a parallel in-the history of this
country.
C®“ Forty o. fifty men are at work in
a gold mine in Tippah County, Missis
sippi, and it is said make it pay. The
ore is found in a kind ot soapstone which
is pulverized, and then the gold is wash
ed out with a rocker.
B®. The shipments of flour and grain
from Toledo, Ohio, since the Ist of Janu
ary, exceed those for the same time in
1861, 1,415,741 bushels.
IS, The Missouri wheat crop this
year is the largest ever gathered in the
; State.
S®r Mr. Yallaiidinghara is announced
as a candidate for thejdeinocratie norniua j
tion for Congress in the third district of!
Ohio.
Br}>" The Democrats of Kentucky are
likely to run Humphrey Marshal for j
Congress.
B®, There arc 1,355 saloons for the
sale of liquor in, Chicago, 81 hotels and ;
six hundred and lorty boarding houses.
B®, There are 9,000 Hebrews aud six
synagogues in Chicago.
ESa>“ There is a probability that the
Judiciary system for Georgia, will be
different to that prescribed in the Con
stitution. A bill is before the legislature
which adds six additional circuits to
those already established ; and also re- j
quiriug that instead of two sessions as
at present, that four sessions of the Su-,
perior Courts shall be held in each coun-;
ty annually.
The Disturber - Bradley.
On the Bth ipst., tlio Senate I tvesF
rating Committee, in reference to the
1 gibilify of A. Alpeora Bradley (ne
gro), elected Senator from the First Dis ;
Diet, made majority and minority re-1
ports. The former report declares that
Bradley is ineligible to his seat, on the
ground that he was tried and convicted
for seduction, in New York, and sentenc
ed to the Penitentiary. The latter re- j
port declares him eligible. Along dis
cussion ensued, occupying the entire day;
aud at adjom mnent, it was understood;
that the negro should have half an hour
to conclude his defence on Monday. I
After adjournment on Saturday, Brad 1
ley being satisfied that the Senate would |
expel him, in the usual form tendered ,
his resignation to the Governor us Sen ,
utor from the first District—which was
accepted the same day, aud the follow-]
j ing proclamation issued by Gov. Bullcck; i
I Executive Department, Atlanta, Ga., ;
August. Bth, 1 w <>B —Whereas, By reason
of the resignation of A. Alpeora Brad
! h-y, Senator fiom the first district, a va
: cancy exists in the Seriate;
And Whereas, By section 7, article
XI of the co.^attuition OiiiinuriiHot coun
! ties are authorized to perform the dude's
iif Justices of the Inferior Court:
j Now, therefore, I, Rufus B. Bullock, ‘
Governor by virtue of the power vested
j in me by t e second seqtion of article i
! IV, of thj constitution, and by section
1321 ot the Revised Code, do hereby is
sue this my wi it of election to the Ordi
naries of the counties of Chatham, Bryan
and Kffi igliain, composing said District,
direct ing and requiring them to publish
a day for holding an election to fill said
j v n ancy by givimr at least, twenty days’
! notice as required by the law.
Monday, on the assembling of the
Senate, .hat body was notified of the
! resignation of Bradley, and Executive
action in the premises; hut the Senate
| insisted on the right of proceeding to
take action on the reports, and the dis
cussion was not Concluded at the hour
of adjournment on Monday. On Tues
day a vote of the Senate was had, uud it
was decided that as Bradley had resign
ed, nd further action could betaken.
ftay* The negro Bradley, in the State
Senate, on Saturday, notified that body,
that‘his constituents understood the quits
tion, and if lie was turned loose from the
Senate, it would only be to lake a higher
position !” We shouldn’t be surprised if
this announcement created some uneasi
ness among cet tain white aspirants, who
are after the nomination on the Radical
ticket for Representative to Congress.
The Supreme Court ano the Recon
struction Acts.— The Washington eorres
pendent of the New York Times, writes to j
that paper, that “it is ascertained that
during his trip to Richmond, Chief Jus- i
tico Chase remarked that the Re.mbli-I
cans in Congress were needlessly alarm 1
ed over the necessity of passing the bill
to interfere with the jurisdiction of the!
Supreme Court in reconstruction matters, I
as the majority of the Court are favora- i
hie to i hem, and are now, to a decision
sustaining the constitutionality of all!
the Reconstruction Acts.”
BeiY* The Georgia Legislature pro
gresses very slow in the transaction of!
business. In fact, not one solitary act i
of public importance has been attended
to. Any, number of bill have been in-1
] trodiiccd, hut action thereon appeal’s to j
I be rarely thought of. The members,
| however, draw their pay promptly.
| Governor Seymour’s Getter or Ac
ceptance.
. The following is the letter in full ot
! Governor Seymour, accepting the nomi
; nation of the National Democratic Con- ;
; ventiou for President:
Utica, N Y, August 4, 1868.
To General G. IF. Morgan and of her*
Committee, <(•<•., tie.
: Gentlemen: When, in the City of New
i York on the 11th of July, in the pres
ence of a vast multitude, on behalf of
! the National Democratic Convention, you
| tendered to me its unanimous nomina-
tion as its candidate for the office of
President of the United States, 1 stated
| 1 had no words “adequate to express my
j gratitude for the good nil! and kindness
which that body had shown to me. Its
! nomination was unsought and uncxpec •
ted. It was my ambition to take an ac
| tive part, fiom which I am now excluded
! ill the great struggle going on for the
restoration of good government, of peaee
and prosperity to our country. But I
ha\e been caught up by the whelming
! tide which is bearing us on to a great
] poli ical change and I find myself nuable
Ito resist its pressure. Yon have also
’given me a copy of the resolutions put
| forth by the Convention, showing its po
; sition upon all the great questions which
I now agitate the country. As the presid
i ing officer of that Convention, I am fa
! miliar with their scope and import; as
j one of its members, I am a pi.rtv to
their terms. They are in accord with
my views and I stand upon them in the
contest upon which we are now enter
ing and shall strive to carry them out in
future, wherever 1 may be placed, in po- 1
litical or private life.”
1 then stated that I would send you
these woids of acceptance in a letter,’ as
is the customary form. I see no reason
up n reflection to change or quality the
terms of my approval ot the resolutions
of the Convention.
I have delayed the mere formal act of:
communicating to you in writing what I;
thus publicly said, for the purpose of see i
ing what light the action of Congress ;
wi nld throw upon the interests of the i
country. Its actssmce the adjournment:
of tin* Convention sliow an alarm lest a
.hange of political power will give to the |
people what they ought b> have—a clear
■itatemeut of what lias been done with
! the money drawn from them during the
| past eight yens. Thoughtful men feel
I that there Have been wrongs in the
financial management which have been .
kept from the public knowledge. The
Congressional party lias not only ab ed
itself with military power, which is to
bo brought to bear direct ly upon th
elections in many States, hut it also
, holds itself in perpetual session, with
i the avowed purpose of making such
laws it shall see lit, in view of the elee
: tions which will take place within a
j few weeks. It did not therefore adjourn
| lint look a recess, to me t again if its
I partisan ii.t re-ts shall demand its re as
. semhling. Never before in the history
!of our country has Congress thus taken
i.a menacing attitude towards its e'ectors
; Under its influence some of the States
j organized by its agents are purposing
I in deprive the people of the l ight to vote
i for Presidential electi.il e cctnrs and the
! first bold steps are taken to destroy the
; rights of suffrage. It. is noi strange
therefore that thoughlfitl men see in such
; action the proof that there is with those
who'shape the policy of the Republican
j party motives stronger and deeper than
the mere wish to hold political power;
that there is a dread of some exposure
which drives them on to acts so desper
i ate and impolitic.
Many of the ablest leaders and jour
nals of the Republican party have opeu-
I ly deplored the violence of Cungrcssioti
:al action andqits tendency to keep lip
I discord in onr country. The great inter
; i sts of our Union demand peace, older,
; and a return to those industrial pursuits
- without winch we cannot maintain the
faith or honor of onr Govesnment The
minds of business men are perplexed by
uncertainties. The hours of toil of our la
bo. ors are li tig on and by the Costs of liv
ing made by the direct and indirect ex
ations of Government. Our people are
! hurrassed by the heavy and trequent de
mands of The tax gatherer. Without
| distinction of party there is a strong
feeling in favor ot that line of action
which shall restore order ami confidence
i and shall lift off the burden which now
! binder and vox the industry of the coun
try. Yet at this moment those, in. pow
: erdiave thrown into the Senate Chamber
and Congressional Hall new elements of
; discord and violence. Men have boen
; admitted as Representatives of some ol
‘ the Southern States with the declaration
; upon their lips that they cannot live in
] the States they claim to represent with
i out mil taiy protection. These men
are to make laws for the North as well
]as the South. These men, who a few
! days since were seeking as suppliants
: that Congress would give them power
| within their respective States, are tu
| day the masters and controllers of the
j action ol those bodies. Entering them
I with minds tilled w ith passions their first,
, demands have been that Congress shall
: look upon the Slates from which they
i come as in conditions of civil war; that
; the majority ot’their populations, ernlirae
ling their intelligence, shall la; treated as
public enemies; that military forces shall
lie kept up at the cost of the people of
| the North, and that there shall bo no
I peace aim order at the South save that
: which is made by arbitrary power.—
Every intelligent man knows that these
j men owe their seats in Congress to the
| disorder in the Sriith; every man knows
j that they not only owe their present
positions to disorder, but that ove*y mo
! live springing from the love of pmver,
[or gain of a des re for vengeance,
I prompts them to keep the South in an-
I iircliy. White that exists, they are imle
- pendent of the wills or wishes of their
I fellow citizens. While confusion reigns,
they are the dispensers of the profits
and the honors which grow out of the
| government of mere force. These men
jure now placed in positions vvherj they
cannot urge their views of policy but
j where they can force them. When oth
j ers shall be admitted in this manner from
I the remaining Southern States, although
! they will have in truth rio constituents,
they will have more power in the Senate
than a majority of the people of this Uti
in living in nine of the great States. In
vain tin- wisest members of the Republi
can party protested against the policy
j that led to this result While the chiefs
!of the late rebellion have submitted to
the results t f ti e war and are now qnie -
ly engaged in useful,pursuits for the sup
! port of themselves and their families,
and are trying by the force-of tliffir, ex
j ample to lead back the people of the
. South to the order ami industry, not on-
ly essential to their well being, but to
the greatness and prosperity of our com
; mon country, we see that those who,
without ability or influence have been
thrown by the agitationsof civil convul
j sion into positions of boner and profit,
’ are striving to keepalive the passions
to which they owe their elevation. And
i they ctamoronsly insist that they are
i the only friends of our Union —-i Union
that can only have a sure foundation
in fraternal regard and a common desire
to promote the peace, the order and the
happiness of all sections of our land,
j Events in Congress since theadjourn
j raent of the Convention have vastly iu
: creased the importnice of a political vic
i tory by those who are seeking to bring
j back economy, simplicity and justice in
the administration of our national af
fairs. Many Republicans have hereto
fore clung to their party who have re
gretted the extremes of violence to which
it has run. They have cherished a faith
that while the action of their pulit cal
friends has been mistaken their m dives
have been good. They must now see
that the Republican pai ty is in that con
dition that it cannot carry out a wise
and peaceful policy, whatever its motives
may be. It is a misfortune not only to a
: country, but to a governing party itsell
when its action is unchecked by anv
form of opposition. It has been the mis
fortune not only to a country but to a
governiug party itself when its act-ivn is
unchecked by any form of opposition.—
It has been the misfortune of the Repnb
j bean party that the events of the past few
years have given it so much power that
; it has been able to shackle the Execu- ]
tive, to trammel the Judiciary, and to
carry out the views of the.most unwise
and violent of its members. When this
state of things ox sts in any party, it
has ever been found that the sober judg
ments of its abfpst leaders do not control.
There is hardly an able man who lie’p
ed to build up tbc Republican organiza
tion who lias not within the [last three
years, warned its against it excesses who
has not bi-en borne and ovn and forced to
give up his convictions ot what the in
terests of the country called fin ;or, if too
patriotic to do this who has been driven
Irmn Its ranks. If this has been the
case heretofore, vvliat will be its action
now with ties new infusion if men who
without a decent respect for the views ot
those who had just given them (heir po
sitions, begin their legislative career
with calls for arms with detnonds that
their States shall be regarded as in a
condition of civil war ami with a declaim
lion that they ere ready and an.xio s to
degrade the President of the United
.Stales whenever they can persuade or
, force (.'-ingress to bring forward new ar
- tides of impeachment.
The Republic ill party, as well as we,
are inter* sted in putting some'ctteck upon
this violence. It must lie clear to every
thinking man that a division of politi
cal power tends to check the violence of
party action and to assure the peace a id
good order of society The election of a
Democratic Executive, and a uiaj u ity of
Democratic members to the House of
! Representatives would not*£ive to that
party organization the power to make
sudden or violent changes, but it would
serve to check these extreme measures
which I avo been deplored by tlw best
i men of both political organizations. Tin
i result would moat certainly lead to that
! peaceful restoration of the Union and re
establishment of the fraternal relation
ship which the country desires. I am
sure that the beat men of the Rcpitbli -
- can party deplore as deeply as I do tliu
spirit ot violence shown by those recent
ly admitted to seats in Uongress from the
South. The condition ol civil war which
they contemplate must be abhorrent to
j every right thinking man.
1 have no mere personal wishes which
ini stead my judgment in regard to ths
I pending election. No*mini who has
j weighed and measured the duties of the
j office, of .President to the United States
j can fail to be impressed with the cares
and toils of him who is to meet his de
maiids. It is not uiereiv to float with
popular currents without a policy or a
purpose. On the Contrary white onr
Constitution gives just weight to tint
public will its distinguishing feature it
that it seeks to protect the right of mi
norities. Its greatest glory is that it
puts restraints upon power. It gives
foies 1 and form to those maxims and pria
eiples of civil liberty for which the mar
tyrs of fp i dom have struggled through
ages. It declares the right of the peo
ple “to be secure in their persons, hous
es and papers against mifL-asonablo
searches and seizures. That Congress
I shall make no law respecting an t-sta!s
1 lislimenl of religion or the free exerciss
thereof, or abridging the freedom of
i speech or of the press, or the right of ti-s
i people to petition for redress of griev
ances. it secures the rigid of a speedy
and public trial by an impartial Jury.’
No man can rightfully enter upon ths
duties of the Presidential office, unless
he is not only willing to carry out tlio
wishes of the people expressed in a non
j stilutional way, but is also prepared to
stand up for the rights of minorities
lie must be ready to uphold the. true ex
erciseot religion, lie must deuoiint-u
measures which Wouldjwrong personal or
home rights, or the religious conscience
.of the humblest citizen of the land. 110
must maintain, with out distinction of
! creed or nationality, all the privileges of
American citizenship.
The experience of eveity public man
who lias been faithful to his trust, teach
es trim that no one can do the elutiei of
■he office of Presiddnt, unless he is ready
not only to. undergo the fa sehonds and
abuse of the bad, but to suffer from tlio
censure of the good, who are misled by
prejudices and misrepresentations.—
There are no attractions in such position
which deceive my judgment, when 1 say
that a great change is going on in Hit*
public mind. The mass of the R-publio
’■ an party are rn ore thoughtful, temperat*
and just than they were during the ex
i citements which attended the progress
and close of the civil war. As the ener
gy of the Democratic party springs from
their devotion to their cause, and not to
1 their candidates, I may with propriety
speak of the fact that never in t e polit
. ical history of our country has the action
of any like b idv been bailed with such
universal and widespread enthusiasm a*
that which las been shown in relation to
the position of the National Democratic
Convention. With this the candidates
had nothing to do. Had any othe-s of
! those named been Selected, this spirit
would have been, perhaps, more mark
el, The zeal and energy of theconse.-
' vative masses spring front a desire to
make a change of p ditical policy, and
from the confidence that they can carry
; out their purpose.
In this faith they are strengthened by
the co-operation of tlio great body of those
who served in the Union army and navy
during the war. Having given nearly
sixteen thousand commissions to tin;
officers of that army, I know their views
and wishes. They demand the Union
| for which they fought. The largest
meeting of these gallant soldiers which
ever assembled was held in New York,
and endorsed the action of the National
(Convention. In words, instinct with
meaning, they called upon the Govern
ment to stop in its p ilicy of hate, discord
and disunion, and terms of fervid elo
qneriec they demanded the restoration of
the lights aud liberties of the American
people.
IV ben there is such accord between
those who proved themselvs brave ami
self-sacrificing in the war, and those
who are thoughtful aud patriotic in
council, I cannot doubt wo shall gain a
political triumph which -will restore our
Union, bring back peace and prosperity
!to onr land, and will give us ouce more
the blessings of a wise, economical aud
honest government.
I am, gentlemen, truly yours, Ac.,
Horatio Seymour.