the plot failed, the city became quiet, and the military and other vultures who had expected good pickings, went their way. Governor Seymour and the Democracy remained unharmed, although General Butler afterwards came there, called citizens before him, and showed his pistols. The Federal Administration was, in the end, forced to correct the unjust distribution of quotas, and the enrollments, and make the deductions for the past which the Governor claimed. The importance of this correction is proved by the action of the New York Legislature which, on the 15th of April, 1864, unanimously passed the following resolution :

Resolved, That the thanks of this House be, and are hereby tendered to his Excellency, Governor Seymour, for calling the attention of the General Government at Washington to the errors in the apportionment of the quota of this State, under the enrollment act of March 3, 1863, and for his prompt and efficient efforts in procuring a correction of the same."

This was a triumph of which any man might be proud. He had saved the Federal Army when in peril, and had protected his own constituents from attempted injustice, and had received the proper acknowledgments from Washington and Albany.

The year 1864 presented new phases in political matters. The Republicans nominated a "Union ticket," Mr. Lincoln representing the Republican, and Andrew Johnson the Democratic portion of it. Although urged to consent to a nomination for President, he preferred the soldiers' real friend, the gallant and persecuted McClellan, for that place. He, however, yielded to the solicitation of his friends, and accepted a nomination for Governor to run against Mr. Fenton. The contest was a most exciting one, in which the whole power of the Federal Government, including the Army, and not a few of the Navy, was brought to bear against the Democratic candidates. The army of officials, and other subordinates at Washington, were sent home, at Government expense, to vote the Republican ticket, and the power to remove commissioned military officers commissioned by a State, was claimed and exercised by way of terrifying Democrats. Arrests and trials lent their assistance, and the State agents, employed by Governor Seymour to assist soldiers in asserting their rights, and in nursing the

sick and wounded, were made special victims. The arrest, imprisonment and trial of North, Cohn, and Jones, will forever remain a foul blot upon the history of the then National Administration. Lincoln and Fenton received certificates of election, but the question of who was, in fact, really elected, will ever be an open one, but not one of doubt among Democrats.

On leaving office, on the first day of January, 1865, Governor Seymour retired, and now resides on his farm in Deerfield, near Utica, where he cares for his stock and dairy, dispensing a generous hospitality to all who extend their visits to him. He has not sought to be withdrawn from his inviting rural retreat. He several times declined to become a candidate for the Presidency. It was only when differences of opinion had manifested themselves in the Convention in New York, and a unanimous nomination by acclamation was tendered him, that he consented to forego his own wishes and accepted. He is before the people to be elected or rejected upon his merits. Every indication is in favor of his

success.

From his entrance into active life, he has been a Democrat of the Jefferson and Jackson school. The principles put forth and acted upon by them have been the guide of his life upon all occasions. Their application to the varying questions of the day has enabled him to move forward upon the straight line of principle and reach just results. He has made unceasing war upon the abuses of Government, now so numerous and huge as to nearly overwhelm the people, and valiantly fought for the rights and privileges of the citizen. He is opposed to the present, as he was to the past, Congressional despotism. He believes that the favors of the Government should be dispensed, like the dews of Heaven, equally upon all, and that the burthens, necessarily resulting from its proper management, should be borne by all upon the principle of honest equality. He has strongly urged the lopping off Government abuses, and resorting to rigid economy, avoiding every unnecessary expenditure, limiting the Federal Government to its legitimate business, thus enabling us to diminish, and eventually to do away with the crushing taxation now upon us. This would restore our crippled National credit, and revive and bring into

every day use for all the gold currency fought for by Benton, and secured us by Jackson. He is for doing away with our depreciated paper currency which wrongs the soldier, the pensioner, the widow and orphan, out of nearly one-half belonging to them, and nearly doubles the expenses of government and individuals. He gave his hearty assent to the Crittenden resolutions, which declared the object of the war to be the restoration of the Union, and when that was accomplished the war should end. He is for restoring the the Constitution and laws throughout the whole of the Union. He is for ending the reign of hate, and for wiping out swindling negro bureaus, and disbanding the armies that are now crushing out the the white people of the South at the expense of the North for political effect. He denounced secession and rebellion, and now denounces keeping the South out of the Union by force of arms, and by laws more unendurable than arms themselves. The three years since the war actually ended have been years of revolting scenes and indescribable horrors at the South.

His views of public matters can be found in his clear and logical speeches, now wide-spread over the Union. These are open, frank and to the point. In June last, at the Cooper Institute in New York, and shortly before the nominating Convention met, he forcibly described existing evils, and pointed out the rightful remedies. In his address at the opening of the convention, he again pointed out the oppressions under which the people are sinking, denounced their authors, and pointing to the star of hope, told us how best to seek and secure relief. These views were before the convention, and must have met the approbation of all its members.

If elected president, he will be such in fact, as well as in name. He will not be the mere authenticator of other men's dictation. He will draw about him the ablest, best and most experienced men in the nation to aid him. All offices under his control will be placed in honest, competent and suitable hands. Being a learned lawyer, an accomplished business man and a profound statesman, as well as a conscientious and honest man, we may expect an administration that will revive the hopes and secure the prosperity and happiness of the people, and command respect abroad. When he was not a candidate, we truly described him, months since,