142.-EX-GOVERNOR HORATIO SEYMOUR

Since the days of Daniel D. Tompkins, no civil functionary of a state has rendered the Federal Government such extensive, efficient, and important services as Horatio Seymour. He proved himself a wise, honest and firm magistrate. He maintained the honor of his State, and protected her citizens in their rights, and went to the rescue of Pennsylvania when the rebel armies were sweeping over that State, and were at the door of her capital. He saved the Lincoln Administration in its hour of peril. Had Lee passed north of the Susquehanna, which Governor Seymour by his prompt and energetic action prevented, the city of Washington, and Maryland and Delaware would have been within his grasp. These and other wise and useful acts, and his elevated character, have placed him in nomination for the Presidency, and the people are invited by his friends to give him their votes for that office. That they may the better understand his claims to their confidence, we give a brief sketch of his life.

Governor Seymour was born in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, in 1811, and is now fifty-seven years of age. He belongs to a remarkably healthy and long-lived race, many of whom lived until ninety, and some until ninety-five. He is above medium height, and very erect, and moves with an elastic step. His physical powers are sound and firm, and he is capable of great physical and mental endurance. He is at that age when the mental faculties are most mature. His father, Henry Seymour, a native of Middlebury, Vermont, at an early day settled as a merchant in Onondaga County, and then removed to Utica. He married a daughter of Col. Forman, of Onondaga County, who was distinguished as the first to propose the Erie Canal. After being for for some time in the Legislature, he was elected, in 1818, Canal Commissioner, and served until his death in 1833. Horatio Seymour, his son, received a liberal and thorough education. Selecting the law as a profession, he devoted himself with great assiduity and energy to its study. When admitted, he commenced practice in Utica. The death of his father soon after, devolved upon him the management and settlement of a large estate, which occupied