Show NEW NEWS I 1 L NJ T OF 0 IF njg e john van burens bad break chauncey depew g interesting Inter eiting story of f horatio seymour and the campaign in new york state in 1863 1865 in the year 1865 there aiss to be a very important election in n new york state important partly because it would be to the first to occur after the be cloeo close of the civil war and second be tie cabie it aza thought bat that be the election would have an important bearing upon presidential politics ekich would be at their height two and one halt liall years litter chauncey it bad had been elected se eese tary of abato la in the only popular elective ofilio 1 be he ever held lie ile wai was not a candidate for or re nomination in 1865 and so there camo came a spontaneous demand from all over ho the state for the domination nomination of jen gen francis C curlew as its the successor of mr air depow as secretary of state barlow was a popular hero at hat that time very dra dramatic natle stories wore were told of the he manner la in he aad nod fought qt at antietam Antle tam chancellorsville gettysburg and and the tie skill with which be he had conduct el ed the more important of 0 the gle moves by which general grant changed his bate base izi in the summer of from rom the to the jamb iziver moreover everybody tn in the tate state know that general barlow bad twice been dangerously wounded and as once picked up for dead lie ile bad had mother qualification which appealed to voter voters and that wai was that ho he wai was one ot of tle tl youngest youn geet generals in the whole union army the thu democrats named as their can for attorney general prince john van buien the very brilliant out intellectually somewhat erratic son of martin van buren then the larty loaders leaders ought sought out flor horatio atla seymour ho bad been elected governor of new now york in and who was ung at ready regarded as a most a tandl candidate date of the democracy tor for the presidency in 1668 for it was held hat bat A democrat who bad had been popular brough to carry now york state in the second year of the civil war weir surely had bad ery fiery strong presidential qualifications bald the democratic leaders to GOT gov seymour will you go upon the stump for the democratic state if it you will we are tire sure that we A con can carry the stale state in any way in 0 o which I 1 can serve my party I 1 will do it governor seymour replied and he bega begs i 1 straight straight hF way what was expected to be a hate state Pott wailer jewells Jc well compromise after oot ont days day trial in big cities had aroused opposition of the people one day in the early cummer summer of wi postmaster general bl arshall jewell ushered himself into the office of the postmaster eter of new lork ork city lie ile brought with lim that abundance or of physical vitality the hleb high spirits and the smile to which was aa duo so much of his hi success as a a politician and which wre wone characteristic ot of him mr postmaster be aid said as a he seated himself why I 1 la a it that we don dou t have one dt livery of on sunday nt at least IQ in the larger cities 1 I 1 suppose if la because the post matter general at washington has nevar never directed pout post officers to deliver mall mail by carrier on sunday waa was the repty e vell I 1 believe that I 1 will order it lb b bo be done dones the postmaster general answered 1 I 1 think it Is I 1 us much of 0 a as running railway trains train or horse cars what do you think mr postmaster I 1 athla havo have trouble if you issue lu an order of that kind it will arun counter to the moral conviction it of ell clous people they will oppose you bitterly beci tuan opposition which Is 1 based upon moral principle Is al waya ways persistent and strong the th people who would bo be ittu filed by ft liti sunday odAy delivery do not ca enough about it to a strike for it 1 I 1 hink think you are all staken eald the postmaster I 1 am going to issue ue an in older directing that there theta be one anday banday delivery by carrier from all al cf of the first clain class the postmaster pott nater genera general went lick b to and within a dy or two issued the order it occasioned a great deal deat ot of comment although the 1 M c it t wa was not apparently ae as strong as was expected farar in the sock footing fool fo owing ng the fint first sunday delivery in new now york city by carriar carri tr the postmaster of new now york wac was visited by a committee of which ahe h distinguished philanthropist wll wil clarn EL dodge wa was the spokesman po kecman mr matter aid said mr mir dodge 1 cannot express my amazement regret and astonishment that you should bave issued sued an in order is 1 virtu allf a con command man d to break the lord urd s a au 1 haat avs come to aak ask you the rea ten kofl he reason to very simple sir dodge digs oho cepl 1 I was direct wide widd stumping tum ping tour then all ct of a udden sudden something harped hopped which caused horatio seymour abruptly to abandon the canvass but what it wai was very few persons nave have ever eier known and ono one of the tow low li is sena tor depew depow bea ben the campaign was wa getting under way I 1 was a passenger paste ngor upon a steamboat team boat from albany to new york aid said mr air depew to roe we at a time abers ha 1119 felt fell free to tell the reason why governor seymour had abandoned toe the democratic candidacy 1 found a tel let low passenger pae upon the steamboat team boat in prince john van buren we were old frieada although he was much older than I 1 we talked freely and coot dent denti lally ally aa an men of opposing parties who are friends are accustomed to do I 1 spoke my mind about some republicans chub and some R politics but bad had I 1 known prince john a little belter better I 1 have been careful an as to what I 1 bald said for bo be made a speech oon soon utter after in which be he quoted much that I 1 bad had eald said in the expectation undoubtedly that this would aou t do damage to the republican party 1 I could not deny the accuracy ot of no one first to volunteer gen oseph it hawley found hun hurs dred put their name names on an the enlistment roll rolls at practically the same moment mama it the late joseph it 11 hawley who became governor i f connecticut la in 1880 1886 ift of the national committee in the orel first grant campaign member of the national hauae of representative la in 1372 and united state states i la in 1881 li adding that office until hia his death in 1900 recruited the first company of volunteers for or the civil war rallied in the state of con cou company A of the first connecticut regiment As an ita its captain hawley led the company ho he had recruited through the first bull run fight then be he became a lieutenant colonel took part in the port lloyal royal expedition was present at the siege of and the capture of fort wagner took part la in the elege siege of petersburg wai was made a brig adler general of volunteer volunteers campaign ed with sherman la in the carolina carolinas and nas as munt muttered ered out of service at the end of the struggle ruggle at as an a brevet major general ended sunday mail Deli delivery verv fra d by the postmaster general to do it iti lloro here Is his order air dodge read the order signed by he the postmaster general and turned to he the committee 1 I will attend to this I 1 immediately hn he bald said and departed with hia his companion companions lie ile certainly did attend to it L in tact fact bo be must have got into instant tel communication with jewell tor for before the cloe close of the business day tho the postmaster of new york ami and probably of other large cities affected by the ho order a telegram pro practically e in theno these word the moral sentiment ernt lmont cf of the people la Is against the sunday delivery of letters by carriers if it we insist upon it there will be war bl sween u and the good people of the untied united states we ft ant to arold avoid that therefore I 1 request that you make nr fir iange ments immediately to hedge by establishing is i carrier delivery at a I 1 late hour of saturday night tho following saturday night camor came the late delivery and many persons wondered how it happened that a sun day dil by carrier wm was tried la in the large catl juit just once and that a it late saturday night light delivery which has continued to this day van wa adopt ed the explanation Is now given for the first time it was all the he result of a request tantamount to an order of the postmaster poet maiter general to hedge copyright ull 1111 by IP J edward AH all Reser veil bis his report I 1 bad had aid said the thing things hu tie reported me aa as having aid said out but I 1 could at leat least counter upon prince john and I 1 did it I 1 rote a letter to a tl personal pe friend in which I 1 eald said that prince john bad reported roe me accurately but that he had not told all of our conversation for la in the course of it while we ro were speaking ot of governor seymour and the campaign campal gu be he was making in the state prince john interrupted rne me with seymour Seymo urHo lio ratio Sey seymour why he ie Is a d 1 to 0 just as a I 1 expected my report of 0 what prince john bad had aid said reached horatio seymour seymours ears ito ile wai was naturally very indignant and be he ina med mediately lately wrote to the democratic state committee baying saying that for or rea ions ot of which member members of the commit tee bad had been informed privately he desired to cancel all bis his engagement engagements to speak and to withdraw from the can v As a it waa was of course speedily pee dlly and publicly reported that governor seymour had withdrawn irum trum the canvass can concluded mr sir depew and that an no made it absolutely certain that the republican state ticket would win in and that gen francis C Q barlow would become secretary ecret ary of state 1211 by J edwards all reserved sixteen year years after peace hail had come and just after general hawley bad had been elected united states senator he met bla his old friend the late colonel george bliss of new york during the war colonel bliss had served on th the military staff of new york a great war governor EL D morgan who that he might the better carry out the a of the federal administration vai was made a major general in command of the military district of ot new york blots under governor Oo Co vernor morgans At organs ad ministration more than volun were enlisted in the union army and as a member of major genera morgans staff colonel bliss helped to se to it that the new york volunteers were properly clothed properly perly fed and otherwise properly cared tor for until they were mustered into the service of the united states prom from the day I 1 began to have a part in enlisting volunteers for thil ho war I 1 had a curious desire to know who was the first man to respond to lincoln a first call for colu volunteers V t cars aid raid colonel lilies bliss and knowing that senator clawley had recruited the first volunteer company in the state of con coll I 1 asked if it by chance he was the first man to a the north to respond to call for volunteers after it 11 bad become known lu in washington that fort sumter had been fired upon not until at least ten en years after the be war as over was I 1 able to an ewer the question you have just put to me was general haw leys reply for a it time I 1 pradd myself upon baying gained the distinction of being the first volunteer I 1 kot got up early on the morning that the proclamation was published read it in tie pie paper slipped out of the be house and hurried away to a convenient room and opened a recruiting crul cr ting office putting my name at the head of the enrollment list and so I 1 cime to believe that I 1 was the first man to volunteer it was in the second year of the war that I 1 happened incidentally to mention the incident to gen can alfre 1 11 terry auh abc b bud bed been long acquainted quain ted ad who like bad been before the war a lawyer and a newspaper writer what therefore nai a my surprise when aco the bero hero of port fort fisher told me that be he bad vol irol urte ered in much he same fashion at about the same hour that I 1 was put ins my name at the head of the list of recruits recruit si la in hartford later I 1 learned that a oung dry gooda goods clerk earned chester who lived in the calt erts part of connecticut Connect on s noon aa as he bad had read lincoln s proda procla matlon mation and be he bad had got up farly carly too tm to go about his business went a t of hia his tore store and opened up a recruiting office upon an upturned box before moot most of tho the town was sitting do don n to breakfast so from time to time I 1 learned of this or that man who bad put his hi names much after ray my fail blon an 0 o roll toll bright and early on th tm morning of the cay day ot of the appearance pe arance of the proclamation this thine thing na as done all over the north as my information mide plain act ara so 10 at 1 I jut I 1 made up my anil and thi Is my conviction today ahat hat there her wan t any one brt first volunteer ther were hundred hundreds of then alt all over the north at practically the saws moment copyright 1911 jy K 3 AU all rights ed 1 I 1 |