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The Daily Dispatch: November 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Leaf from Horatio Seymour
A Leaf from Horatio Seymour's record.
The following extract is taken from a speech made by this gentleman in 1861.
It was reproduced during the late canvass by the New York Tribune, to show that Seymour meant to make peace with the rebels:
"The condition of our affairs forces upon us the alternative of compromise or civil war. Let us contemplate the latter alternative.
We are advised by the conservative States of Virginia and Kentucky, that if force is to be used it must be excited against the united South.
It would be an act of folly and madness, in entering upon this contest, to underrate our opponents, and thus subject ourselves to the disgrace of defeat in an inglorious warfare.
Let us also see if successful Secession by the North is less revolutionary than successful Secession by the South.
Shall we prevent revolution by being foremost in overthrowing the principles of our Government, and all that makes it valuable to our people, and distinguishes it among the nati