, 1864-09-12
WHAT 4 CATHOLIC PAPER SAYS
m 1cN1ASTEE&sS ON THE QH(CaGU
FLATEOHM AND NO MINHES.

LIE C1thouc Ftetsa0r's Journal, OF tho 9th
Inst, thus discourses on the Chicago plat,
form and candidates. The Frs<n,as.'s Journal,
edited by Abba McMaste1s, is the most in1u.
entlal Catholic paper published In New York.
As Mcclellan refuses TO "CoEdlRlly and
stwithout reservation accept the Platform o1
"principles, poor as it is''-it declares II
advance that it will not support him. Ecrt
Is the article:
Beegars must not ba Ghoosers. We arc re
duced, as peoples, to q beggarly condition
and may, therefore. take beggarly platform
1t is no: even .thalF loaf;" but better tht
heel Of a sour loaf, of dirty table, than ab
eolute starvation. We had no right to ex.
ton, composed Of the order Of politician
;1a, n Ress q - s1ess sssSss #e are pre
pared TO put up with the action Of the Con.
vention, In stgard to the programme O.
"prInciples What VIC cannot accent, il
| not practical, but mere dead rubbish ct 9
| ruined past.
Ae TO the noEinees, the proper time tr
speak vii. be when We have their acceptance
! Of their nominations. 1le candidate for
| Vice.rIesidept, George Il. Pendletou, of
comzueId hin to The support Of Democrats.
| He stands, un his record, &aHs yepyuche. That
| he accepted the nomination Is IN argument
for answering Democrats, that they can,
a1s0, acceit and support the nominations
As to thu principal Doo,instioa-thato Of Cen
e1al George B. Mcclellan for Presiden-it is
one that we desired might not be mado. We
We could to tie Substitution Of the n.me Of
Hcratio Seq
We thought State pride and ether cons1d-
cratlonE might lead tho New York dcleca-
ticn 10 90 tor Horatio Seymour. though it
wou}d net for uny other candidate. That
wac cur motive, AID 1t vas at ones, aud
h'aittly, accepted BY the op,onents OF the
unanimous ,or Horatio Seymour. It was
too late. The friends Of Mcclellan had been
organized, and, as always, organization,
carried the day over mere numbers. Cor.
Seymour, as President Of the Convention,
won the hearts OF the majority Of the dele
gates, but they had been pledged to AcCleI-
Ian as the winning candidate
We pass In silence over the secrets Of the
workings Of the leading men at Chicago.
1ts work for the present Is done McClel-
Ian is nomIDRted Ifhe cordially, and with
out reservation, accepts the platform Of pr5n-
eip1ts-poor as it Is, on which he has been
nominated, We must as Democrats, or rather
as citizens seeking the best interests OF our
several States, give him what support We
can. Such was the advice md results Of de-
Lucrative councils sitting In Chicago during
the Convention, Of those who have opposed
this war In oil its phases and III MI Its instru-
ments.
Let no niEtake be made as to facts. Nc
Clellan's nomination fell on the West like q
cold equinoctial storm On the eve Of bis
nomination, when it became certain that he
Honld be the candidate, u.o!sands Of 1Fester7a
men left Chicago in disgnA. They have yet to
be re.assured, or no political manipulation
will sccure their: support or that OF the null
titude they represent. There was no intelli-
CERT observer at Chicago who did not see
and know that the crowds there assent bled
were deteynined on peact and no more fighting
4rita Southern States The peace candidate il
the only oke that can win IN the coming con
test --..--.,
Under which banner, then? Are you for
peace. or for "wsr for the UnIon'-or going
to he'll TO gain heaven! We demand the
blunt zrsNer of an honorable soldier, and
we expect It. On that hinges the action ot
two hundrfd Thousand enrolled yoter5-sVd
ut Chicago, bnt not delivered, By spurious
nn1itical leaders.