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®hc (Quitman F. K. FILDFS,--Emtor. QUITMAN, QEO. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, IHCS. ~ ' 1 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.