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CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1864.
VOL. 11.-N0. 9,
By S. J. bow.
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THE'TEACS" ATO BEBELS.
TLe Intimate Connection Existing Between
Them Acknowledged.
Letter from Charlcc"n-What , one i of ' our
Suffering: Soldiers m a Eeoel fuson
thinks of the Chicago Platform-Extracts
from the Charleston Met-,
cury" and "Conner.-'
We rec ieved the following letter from
Lieut. L. B. Carlilk. of the L45th Penn'a
VoU. a son of John' Carlile, Esq., of
Troutviile.CIearSeld county, and who is now
n prisoner iu Charleston, among the number
ti those exposed to the lire of our batteries
on Morris Island. Lieut. Carlile has
been in the army, almost from the com
mencement, of the war, and a braver sol
dier or more worthy and reliable young vian
ia not to be found any where. The letter
was written in pencil, on a small scrap of pa
per, and the articles from the Charleston
papers, look as if they were printed on a
'very inferior article of wrapping paper.
Military Prison,
Charleston, S. (,'., Sept. 14, 1S04. j
Friend Row -.Through the kindness ci
Maj. Harry White who has just been ex
changed, I am enabled to forward you two
ar
ides from "our" Chaileston papers,
pr are editorial.-;, and if not already pub-
1 1
li-.ed by you, may serve as positive proof
to your readers of the close alliance between
those whose semi-barbarism and inhumanity
1 am daily realizing, and live men who are
Quaiiy the enemies of our country at tl e
North. The prisoner here, uotwith-tand
i-- his horrible condition. sends to his friends
a: home (discarding with disgust and con
tempt the Chicago r "solutions) as a wat.-h-v.-ordforthe
right stand firmly by ''Hon
est Abe,' that we may have none hnt true
"Americans on Guard!" Then you may
rot assured all will be well. Proclaim by
your November Election that you will hold
no narlev with traitors in arms and then their
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t dimmerimr hone will have died away.
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iioae who would be fit subjects for a moth
ers kind projection, and others whose limbs
are tottering from age, are now compulsori
ly guarding us prisoners, while their V ar
Pepa t iient has just made a demand for
that portion of the conscripts who were de
tailed as overseers for the negroes and to fill
the. work-shops.
Some of the officers of Sherman's Army
have just been exchanged, and fortunately
Maj. Harry Whit their long cherished
victim is anions the number. If he suc
ceeds in getting through, I hope this will
e -rape the rebel surveillance, and that you
will get the newspaper articles enclosed.
Please tell my friends that I am well.
Yours truly, L. I. Carlii.k,
Lieut. 145th, Perm' a Vol.
From tie Charleston Mercury, Fept. 5, ls(U J
"Iha Sesolutions of the Democratic Party
at Chicago Peace or War."
"The resolution, just passed by the Dem
ocratic party at Chicago, on the subject of
peace, is quite as explicit as should have
1 ecu expected. It declares that "after four
"years failure to restore the Union by the
' experiment of war, ju.-tiee, humanity, lib
" cry and the public w.dlare demand that
" iumediateefforts should be made lorn ces
" -.if ion of hostilities, with a view to the
" ultimate Convention of all the States, or
" 'other peaceable meant, to the end that, at
"the earliest practicable moment, peace
" may be restored on the basis of the Fed
"eral Union of the States."
1. First, ''immediate (forts should be
made," &c. This is a blow at LINCOLN'S
Administration. The existing Government
at Washington, only, can make the ""imme
d'uiU efforts' ' insisted on. The Democratic
pHrty,rWw7 not in wirrvcannotmake them.
2 "Or other peaceable means." Lincoln
?Vejuld not only make "immediate efforts"
fer a cessation of "hostilities, with a view to
' tin-. nlt;irit f Vnvintion nf r.ll f heStates."
I
it should use other means "to the end that
at the earliest possible moment peace may
be restored on the basis of the Federal
union of the States."
Here is all the committal or the Iem-
: party. it is committed to a peace
; anil against the experiment or war to
re the Union; but beyond this all is
ii--itin It lnv- L-iwii for President
N' oLN a certain" course ; and it may be
imi-li..
that that course wul pursuea ty
th
i. .-tiouia they ontani power. uh:
infprrpiitial: and when
b'.
n iiini: power, it will be easy to say that
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Hue lor it practicability wim-u Xiincoin
-alJ n..t embrace, is .assed by. -;'
:- do the ne.rt best thing- ENFORCE THE
I'OTli-YT.i Will.'ir TUFA" ARE COMMITTEI,
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N TiiiU Oir IT IXYOLVES THE INEIEN-
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VE "V THE CONFKDKRATE STATES.
Add to these considerations thecare-
ifiv ext .ise l viis of th war to the people
die United States-"the Constitution hss
disregardO'i m every part ; puDiiciio
jrty and private rights alike trodden down;
and the material prosperity of the covm
" try c--cntia!Iy impaired the usurpation
('.of extraordinary power not granted by the
'A,ititution, the subversion of civil law
'" military arrests ; the imprisonment, tri
:J ami sentence of American citizens in
States where civil law exists in full force ;
tiie suppression of ireedoni of speeeh and
,', the press ; the unusual test oath and in
'""farenoe with and denial of the people
"to bear arms," and the inference appears
to i to be irrcsixtable, THAT THE ELECTION
OEGk.N. M'ClELLAN UPON SUCH A DECLA
RATION OF WRONGS AND PLATFORM, MUST
LEA1 TO PEACE AND OUR INDEPENDENCE
with one essential condition however, that
for the next two nionhts vc hold our own
and prevnt military successes ly rmrfocs.
If we do this, there is every probability that
McCr ELLAN will bo elected. The draft of
5U0.OIX) men, which Lincoln demands to car
ry on the war, must essentially aid McCl-EL-i.an's
election. This is a practical evil,
which will stir up women as well as men, a
gainstthe war. In drawing our conclusions,
however, let ns never forget, that there is
one All-mighty band, which controls all, an. I
may turn to nought, the widest human an
ticipations. .
From tlio Charleston Courier, Fcpt. 7, ISO-l.
The Pall of Atlanta.
The enemy has at last succeeded in accom
plihing an "important object of oneof his
campaiens. Another city has fallen into
bis liand-s. ami a large, powerf ul, resolute ar
my under a general of some measure of skill
aiid endowed with uncommon energy and de
termination, holds a strong position in the
heart of a wealthy and prosperous State,
and menaces several vital points in our Con
federacy. Such an event is a calamity.
Had our loss in mn, Stores and ammunition
been far lighter, the time of it occurrence
makes that re verse no less than n celainity.
All of i:s lekckivethk intimate con
nection EXISTING IiETWEF.N THE ARMIES OF
THE CoXFKDERACY AND THF! PEACE MEN OF
the United States. Thef constitute tiro
imwencc forces that are teaching together for
the procurement of peace. The party whose
noiitinothjii and platform we. are consider
ing, are altogether dependent for nieces on
the courage and resedntion of our jightnig
men. Jf their .ircnentlship, sagacity, valor
and vi.7ilam.-e are unable to obtain victories,
and to arrest the progress of the invadiuc
forces, t: (; existincr Administration will
lauli to scorn all the. efforts of the opposi
tion, ami in spite of the mot powerful com
binations, will continm; ro hold the jdac.-s
they occupy. Our. success in ha ttle in
sures the success of McClellan. Our
failure will i.nevitaulv lead to his
DEFEAT. It is the victories that hate crown
ed oil i' armies since the war began, that hare
gieen existence, strength and harmony to
that organi-.'itivn, which has arrayed itself
with firm defiant front aarainst the de-pot
and his minions. It is our lone unbroken
series of splonded sucecses that has embol
dened the few men of sense and honesty in
Yankoedom to raise their voices in denun
ciation of the unconstitutionl, base, foolish
measures adopted ami enforced by their
Government, and they have gathered a
round the banners of "their exceptional men
so large a number, as that they have good
bone of being able to make head against
the oppressor and tyrant.
This heavy reverse occurs at the infancy
of that organization. It has not been but
started in its career. It has not had time to
mature its plans, and to develop and aug
ment its actual strength. We are aware
that that party, no matter how numerous,
harmonious and power! ul. engages in -the
contest with the party in power, under many
and grave disadvantages. Even if the cam
paigns under Grant ami Sherman come to
grief before the end of the present month,
it is extremely doubtful whether Lincoln.
with th'1 treasury at his command, baeke-d
by the army, supported by the thousands
who are growing rich by the war and who
are deriving their maintenance from em
ployments of various sorts in his service,
will" defeat his rivtd, and replace himself in
the Presidential Chair. If it is highly prob
able he will bo able to retain the power he
now wields, even in eae we are. altogether
victorious, there-is no ground for the hope
that the opposition will succeed if our ar
mies are visited with defeat.
Contemplating the fall of Atlanta from
this point of view we are obliged to consid
er it a disaster of great magnitude.
What patriot can read the above extracts,
and uot feel his blood boiling with indigna
tion tingling to his very linger ends? Who
can longer doubt the complicity of Northern
Copperheads with Southern ltebels? Do
you think the above are mere electioneering
documents, got up for the occasion ? Come
to our office and examine the originals. Come
and read the letter of the gallant young of
ficerinspect the articles be has sent con
vince yourself of jheir genuinness, and then
answer, before God. will you vote for 3ic
Clfcllan and thus secure '"the independence
of the Confederate States?" Will you lon
ger act with an organization 1 'dependent for
suecrss on the ciuragnand resolution ' of reb
els in arms against your giwemnient W ill
you belong to a party vbose "e.clstcncs,
strength, and harmony"1 depend on victo
ries gained over your fathers, brothers and
friends fighting the battles of the country?
That numbers of honest men will vote
for McClclIail we do not doubt. "Would to
God, they Could be brought to realize the
fearful consequences his success would bring
upon the country ! Would that their eyes
could be opened to the overwhelming evi
dence that the object of 'Northern Copper
heads and Southern llebels is identical. If
they could only bring themselves to reason
npon the subject, their delusion would soon
cease. Tlvy would speedily discover the
"intimate connection" which the Courier
declares exists between them. They would
understand how llebel "success in battle
insures the' success of McClelian," and Reb
el ''failure will inevitably lead to his defeat."
And they would cast off with loathing and
scorn the h artiest of a par ty whose prospects
brighten with disaster to our arms, and dar
ken with the victories that perch upon our
banners a party that vampire-like, feeds on
the blood of our soldiers, and prospers on
the agony and tears of the widow and the
fatherless.
GREAT TRUTHS !
Before Georgia seceeded, Hon. A. II,
Stephens said, in her Convention.
"What right has the North assailed?
What justice has been denied? And what
claim, founded injustice and right, has been
withheld? (.Jan either of you to day name
one single act of wrong, deliberately and pur
posely ilone by the Government at Wash
ington, of which the South has a right to
complain? I challenge the answer."
From Hon. S. A. Douglas' last speech
at Chicago, April 11, ISfil :
'The conspiracy is now- known. Annies
have been raised. " War is levied to accom
plish it. There is only 'two sides to the
question. Every man must be for the Uni
ted States, t against it. There, can be no
neutrals in this war only patriots or trai
tors. J eft. Davis' last words ro the Union
Peace men, Jaques andGilmore, lSf4:-
"We are not fighting for Slavery. We
arc uhtm;-i : for Independence, and that, or
extermination, we will. have. . . . We se
ceeded to rid ourselves of the rule of the
majority. . . . Say to Mr. Lincoln from me,
that I hall af, anytime be pleased to re
ceive pitpo.-ls for peace on the basis of our
Independence. It will be useless to ap
proach me with any other."
The above extracts should be read by ev
ery Democrat, of "Peacv' proclivities, and
then an-wer for himself the following ques
tions: Has the SotJtli had a just reason to
take up arms against the United States
Government? And arc the llebels willing
to lay down their arms and submit to the
Constitution and Laws of our couutry, ct
not ?
THE RESULTS OF THE WAR,
The war involves two classes of euects,
the temporary and the permanent. Debt
will be effaced by the prosperity of peace.
Desolated fields will again teem with ".buu
dance. Hamlets and towns laid in ashes
will be rebuilt. Lusiness interrupted or di
verted will return to and flow with increased
tide in its natural eh innals. The mourners
for the .-lain wiii . -loop with the slain. The
ranks of those enfeebled or maimed in war
wii! be filled and indetinatciy multiplied
with sound and strung men. The current of
li fo, wealth and improvement vvi il move on
ward as full and as majestic as if "the great
rebellion" had not even rippled its surface,
iiut the political and moral results of this
struggle wiii never pass away. The infamy
of the rebel leaders will be ineffaceable. The
examples of patriotism and virtuous hero
ism will be a deathless heritage, growing
richer and holier, and bearing fresh harvests
of noble lives and deeds while the earth en
dures. A grander halo will invest our free
( onimy's liag forever. The most far reach
ing and etieiie( tit results tire not immedi
ate and physical, accrue when their cause is
comparatively forgotten, taking the shape
of other causes, silent and spiritual, that
produce infinite and evidently varied bless
ing. The cost, toil, wounds, sickness, death
bereavement and desolation of the war will
become p;'st evils. Its warnings, its teaching.-,
its glorious memories, its guaranty of
American nationality, its re-enthronement
of the peaceful ballot box, its destruction of
the last rreat foe of liberty among us, its
impetus to the spirit of democracy in other
lands, and its protecting shield over an ever
aspiring civilization, will be eternal.
Baptist Loyalty.
At. the annual .meeting, held at Middle
town, of the Miami Association, comprising
the Ii.i)ti.-t churches of Cincinnati and vi
cinity, were passed the following patriotic
resolutions. The congregation rose en, masse
and sung :
"My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of Liberty,
Of thee I sing."
llesolved, That with the pronounced trea
son of the South, or with the more subtile
and cowardly treason of the North, we have
nothing to do; except only to fight them
both, and that it is our christian duty to up
hold our Government with every possible
energy." .
Jicscdrrd, That we give all gratitude and
honor to our brave brothers in the field.
liesolred, That we hail with thanksgiv
ing to the God of Battles our recent victo
ries and that we earnestly beseech Ilim to
go forth with our armies until the rebellion
is utterly broken.
Ji' solved, That while we desire and pray
for peace, we wish peace which shall fulfil
the scripture conditions of one, "First pure,
then peaceable." That we can never com
promise with slavery, for compromise with
crime is crime.
Rev. Mr. Delano stated that similar reso
lutions had been passed in fourteen associa
tions which he had recently attended.
MlDDLETOWN, Om; ePfc- -'
Thirteen battle-flags mostly belonging t?
Indiana regiments, were recently recaptured
from a rebel messenger who was taking
them from the west side of the Mississippi
eastward. A very important mail was ta
ken'at the same time. It contained, among
other documents, a complete account of the
stength of the rebel forces west of the river,
and a letter from the Governor of Louisiana
recommending Jeff. Davis to authorize the
arming of negroes.
A STARTLING DEVELOPMENT.
For some time past certain leading copper
head newspapers have been industriously
raising a clamor against the government for
refusing to obtain the release of our prison
ers in the rebel States, alleging that this re
fusal was caused by. the fact that they were
known to be for McClellan and Pendleton.
They claimed that sixty thousand soldiers
who would vote for McClellan were thus de
tained in the south as prisoners through the
act of the National government, although
they knew from rebel statements that there
were not thirty thousand of our soldiers al
together held as prisoners. The mysteri
ous persistence in this charge, coupled with
the sudden efforts of the rebels to release on
parole or effect the exchange of a portion of
our unfortunate soldiers held by them as
prisoners, has led to an inquiry into the mat
ter, and as the first fruit of the investiga
tion we present our readers witlr the sub
joined affidavit :
'"Montgomery County, ss.
"Personally appeared before me, a Jus
tice of t he Peace in and for said county,
Franklin Schwenk, of Upper Providence
township, Montgomery county, and State of
Pennsyvania, a private of Company H, 13th
regiment Pennsylvania cavalry, who on his
solemn oath deposeth and says, that on the
9th day of March, lSG'l, he was takwu pris
oner near Bristo Station, Virginia, and con
veyed to Belie Isle Prison, and from thence
to General Hospital No. 21, in Richmond,
that on the la-t dav of August, 1804. the
Director of said Hospital waited on him and
proposed to parole him and to permit him
to return home if he would promise to vote
for George B. .McClellan at, the approaching
election ; that he,the saidFriMtklintfchwenk,
in order to escape from starvation and rebel
atrocity, did make said promise, and therefore
was paroled. Tin; said Franklin Schwenk
further says, urfder his solemn oath, that ail
prisoners of said Hospital who frankly and
positively said that they would vote for Abra
ham Lincoln were not paroled, but retained
in said Hospital. "Franklin Schwenk,
"Witness present: Dr. Warren Royer,
Samuel Ponnypacker.
"Sworn and subscribed to before me this
1 nth, day of October, 1K64.
"Henry W. Kratz, Justice of the Peace."
Here we have indisputable proof that by
some secret means these copperhead friends
of McClellmi at the north must have man
aged to communicate with the rebel com
manders and authorities at the south this
charge about the imprisoned Union soldiers
being held there' because our Administration
knew them to be in favor of McClellan. To
prevent these votes from being lost to their
friend Little Mac, the rebel authorities ap
pear to have sent agents among them offer
ing freedom to all who would promise to vote
for McClellan. It appetrrs that many pris
oners, in order to escape death by starva
tion, did make that promise and were re
leased, among them being tire fsan who
makes this sworn statement. It further ap
pears that the men were not asked who they
were for, but were merely offered1 freedom
on condition that they should vote for Mc
Clellan. It also appears that many Repub
licans among the prisoners frankly said that
they were for Lincoln for President, and
they were not released. These men prefer
red death by starvation rather than a sacri
fice of their principles. These statements
do not rest, upon hearsay testimony. They
are made by a soldier under oath, who was
one of the prisoners, and personally saw and
heard all he speaks of. They exhibit the
intense anxiety of the rebels for the election
of McClellan. They also show the intimate
relations which exist between the rebels
iu aruis and the northern copperheads. This
charge against the national government a
bout the detention of the prisoners has
scarcely appeared in print here before we find
the rebel authorities applying the matter
practically by offering freedom to all prison
ers who would promise to vote for McClellan.
We have iu this affair a fresh proof of the
immense exertions now being made to cheat
the Union men at the approaching election,
and secure the election of a copperhead
President by any means, however nefarious.
The men who have managed this traitorous
arrangement with the rebels, whereby they
keep in rebel prisons all our soldiers at the
south who will not vote for a copperhead
President, are base enough to attempt any
scheme. They are mere rebel janizaries,
devoid of national pride, patriotism, or high
principles of honor. Look out for them,
Union men. The conspiracy is worse, far
worse, than you have been supposing. We
have now the proof that they are in collu
sion with the enemy, and we ask all who
have friends in rebel prisons to bear in mind
that this testimony shows them to be held
there through copperhead influences.because
of their refusal to pledge their votes for a
copperhead President.
Hon George II. Pendeton, while a
member of Congress, voted against the reso
lution of thanks to General McClellan for
his promise of a vietory in Virginia. Mr.
Peudleton, doubtless knew McClellan so well
that he understood that bis promise, would
not be realized.
The Clerk of the Georgia House of Repre
sentatives Within our Lines.
Joseph Camp, late editor of the Atlanta
Confederacy and the Georgia Times, and
the present Clerk of the House of Repre:
scntatives of Georgia, has arrived in Nash
ville, having been compelled to leave the
south in consequence of the publication of
an article advocating the restoration of the
Union. Mr. Camp gives an interesting
statement of the effairs in the south, which
appears in the Nashville Union of the 6th.
He says, "that a universal despondency ex
ists throughout the south ; at least three
fourths of the people believing that, as there
is no hope for the success of the Confedera
cy, the sooner the' return to the Union the
better, as each day of hostility increases the
difficulties which surround the making of
peace. But it is impossible, at present for
this sentin.ent to become demonstrative.
Jeff. Davis, lie says, is the greatest tyrant
living ; and :wherever Lis power extends
there is neither freedom of speech nor free
dom of person ; and before a return to the
Union is possible, the rebel army must bo
dispersed. He regards Hood's force 110 lon
ger formidable, in a military point of view ;
is small in numbers, aud is greatly demor
alized ; but it is yet sufficiently strong to
intimidate unarmed people, especially as
the male portion of these people consists of
only decrepid old men, or young boys eve
ry one capable of bearing arms having been
sent to the army by the conscripting officers.
Break the army of Lee, he thinks, and that
of Hood will disperse, and there are no oth
er worthy to be called a military organiza
tion east of the Mississippi river.
Mr. Camp states that the rebel leaders say
that if McClellan is beaten they have no
hope ; that there is not sufficient vitality in
the Confederacy to keep it alive. They,
therefore, will look to eventual submission
in case of the re-election of Mr. Lincoln;
and since the fa" of Atlanta they regard that
certain ; and they are, therefore, very anx
ious about the terms on which they would
be allowed to resume their citizenship.
He adds that Governor Brown is for a re
construction of the Union ; he knows this,
having recently conversed with him on the
subject. It was because the Governor look
ed upon the cause of the Confederacy as
hopeless that he had recalled the militia.
They had been summoned to the field for
home defense ; but when Atlanta was cap
tured the key was unlocked, ami Georgia
was at the mercy of Sherman ; and there
fore they could avail nothing, and the Gov
ernor believed that they would be more val
uable as farmers than soldiers.
An Instance of Copperhead Heroism.
A shameful outrage was perpetrated up
on the family of Mr. George Geiger, at Ma
hanoy city, Lancaster county, on Tuesday
evening, October 11th. Mr. Geicer is a
Democrat, but had been active at the polls
during the day, in favor of Colonel Cake.
For this, the copperheads determined to
have revenge ; and accordingly a-gang of a
bout fifty of them went to his house, and
not finding him at home, they took the
crutches from his son, a badly wounded sol
dier, and beat him shamefully with them.
His aged mother attempted to intercede for
him, when they set upon her, and beat her
also. They then went to a shed, and beat a
cow almost to death. Comment upon this
cowardly outrage is unnecessary fifty full
grown copperheads making a charge upon
an-old vonren, a crippled son, and a cow!
but if these are the kind of chaps who are
going to make our streets run with blood,
when President Lincoln is re-elected, why
we chin-' t think there is much cause for a
hriTO. Two brothers, the ringleaders of the
ganff, were arrested and bound over for
trial : one of them is a member of the Bor
ough Council.
How Old Abe took his Nomination.
Mr. Lincoln was at Springfield while the
Convention was in session, at Chicago, that
nominated him the first time. He had been
in the telegraph office during the casting of
the first and second ballots, but then left,
and went over to the office of the State Jour
nal, where he was sitting conversing with
friends while the third ballot was being ta-
Jcen. ' In a few moments came across the
wires the announcement, ot the result. Ihe
Superintendent of the Telegraph Company,
who was present, wrote on a scrap of paper,
"Mr. Lincoln: You are nominated on the
third ballot," and a boy ran with the mes
sage to Mr. Lincoln. He looked at it in si
lence amid the shouts of those around him,
then rising and putting it in his pocket he
said quietly: "There's a little woman down
at our house would like to hear this I'll go
down aud tell her. ' '
A Horrible Expression..
Alexander Starne, is the Copperhead
candidate for Treasurer of Illinois, and,
true to his party and its principles, made
this remark at a Democrati c mass meeting
at Winchester on the 5th instant :
"Fire hundred thousand of our soldier
gone from the battlefield to hell, in order to free
the nigger!".
Tr.e Winchester Democrat says : "What
renders the expression still more revolting
and heinous was the fact that it was addres
sed to the fathers and mothers, the brothers
and sisters, the widows and orphans of many
of those gallant and glorious men who have
offered up their lives cheerful and willing
sacrifices upon the alter of their beloved
country!"
In Providence, Rhode Island, la week,
some laborers who were digging a cellar turn
ed up a jjiece of gold bar about three inches
in length, weighing five and one half ounces,
and three or fo'ir gold coins of a denomina
tion of about twenty dollars each, two of
which bore the date of 1698 and 1797;
There were also two or three silver coins.
THE REBELS IS FAVOR OF THE CHI
CAGO NOMINEE.
If McClellan's election would secure th
Union, why is it that he is supported by all
the disunionists in the country ? Why are
Harris, Long, Frank Hughes, and a host of
other men who have advocated the right
of secession, anxious to make Lim Presi
dent? Why ii he the candidate of men
who have not only justified secession, but
have urged that Pennsylvania should nnit
with 1 he Southern Confederacy? Why is
Pendleton, openly in favor of letting the
Southern-States leave the Union peaceably,
his fellow-candidate on the Presidential
ticket? Lastly, if McClellan is for the U
nioD, why are the rebels his friends ?
They are his friends Precisely as he wiu
praised by the rebel press when in command
of our armies, as the greatest of all our sol
diers, he is now extolled by it as the wisest of
out statesmen. The cheers with which the
rebel army at Richmond welcomed thenewa
of his nomination have been re-echoed in
every Southern city. If the suffering South
ern Uniouists desired his election, then hit
friends might make capital out of his popu
larity in the South. But these are not the
men who long for his elevation to power ;
the rebel army and the rebel leaders are hii
friends, and the more intense their hatred
of the Union the more earnest their desire
that McClellan shall be President.
There is not a fiercer rebel, not a more
furious enemy to the North, than Henry S.
Foote, of Tennessee, ex-Senator of the Uni
ted States. He was the man who wished to
hang John P. Hale as high as Hainan. He
is now a member of the rebel Congress, ani
recently published in the Richmond Whig
an address "to the free and independent cit
izens of the Confederate States," which,
ought to reveal to every freeman of the
North that the safety of the Union demand
that McClellan shall be defeated. Mr. Foote
earnestly appeals to his fellow rebels to hold
out until McClellan is elected on tlte Chicago
platform, and predicts that then the war will
be abandoned, and the rebel G over men t reo
ognized. lie founds this prediction on the
declared principles of the Chicago party,
and his knowledge of the men who control
McClellan. It is thus that he explains the
disgraceful surrender of the Jacksonian max
im not the Union ought to be preserved
but the Union must aud SHALL be preserv
ed, which the Chicago Convention deliber
ately made :
"I hold it" sas's Mr. Foote, "to be mos8
certain, whatever opinion may be uttered in
certain quarters to the contrary; that the
plitform U in distinct and irreconcilable op
position to the further prosecution of the war
for any purpose whatever; the second res
olution said platform is of unmislkabU
import, and how any mai of discerning mind
can entertain a different view of the matter,
I am at a loss to conceive. The resolution
referred to, in the most emphatic manner,
denounces the 'ej-pcrinient of war as a means
of restoring the Union ; declares that 'justice,
humanity, liberty, and the public welfare
demand that immediate efforts be made for
a cessation of hostilities ;' that though the
most earnest desire is expressed for the res
toration of the Union by peaceable means,
there is not the least hint of intended
restraint of any kind whatever,"
' Again, speaking of the proposed Conven
tion of States, he says ;
"Surely this ought not at all to alarm us ;
no coercive instrumentalities are to be resorted
to to compel us to a renion ; there is plainly no'
reason to be offended with the members of
the Convention, because condemning this at
rocious war, and sympathizing with us in
our grievances under its operation' andjxzjVr
ed at being, a. even they must suppose, sep
arated from us FOREVER by that very war,
they yet deplore that separation, and are sin
cerely desirousof getting into friendly and
advantageous association with us once more."
Nor must itbe over-looked in this remark
able address that he utters no word of con
demnation of McClellan, but cannot find lan
guage too strong to speak hi3 detestation of
the Government. The men who are at the
head of the nation, the brave generals of our
armies, are denounced IJ? him as murderers,
who will be brought to punishment when
McClellan is elected and the Confederacy
recognized :
" McClellan and Pendleton are elected,
outraged arid indignant public sentiment
will demand the arraignment, trial, and de
served punishment of the enormous traitort
and murderers who are responsible before
God and man for all the abominable crimes
and mischiefs v;hich Otis unpardonable war
has produced, and they wiu, most naturally,
aim to evade the menaced punishment."
Much more might be quoted, but this is
more than enough to show that upon McClel
lan's election the-hopes of the rebellion are
founded. The Northern man who can now
vote tor the'eandidate' of rebels, either 111
ignorance or folly seeks to accomplish a deed,
which the world could never forgive. Pretu
At a McClellan meeting in Cincinnati one
of the banners represented McClellan and
Jeff. Davis shaking bands "exhausting all
the art of statesmanship. "
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