Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-09-07

The gentleman ana nlmseI mad been the
most intimate fri-ndsS but in view Of the
absolute necessity ~ re,erving the moi
ale of the Convention. he felt bound TO-
raise The point OF order which ha had.
He now move ! ti1t hr be- allowed 10 pro
coed in ordel.
81 denersf HotsM Il dhB. as a fellow
soldier of Mcclellan could not remain
silent when the uam- and fame of that
General was so shAmefutiy impuenedSl
The charges were antrue. The Lagisla.
WIS IN aession Al Annapolis Geuer
al Joe johnson. of the rebel army, was
at Annapolis A conspiracy was formed,
and c~ertsins members of the Legislature
were the conspiraiors. They. Intended
that the State should secede. and am ordi-
nance of secession was formed. Maryland
was tn be. invaded and veIwhelmed by
the enemy, and taken out of the Union.
What did General Mcclellan do? He
simply took the best precaution in his
power 10 thwart the reasonable scheme.
and had he not 20 done, he would nave
been guilty of the vilest treason. The
man who says General Mcclellan is a
tyrant dors not know him. A thorough
soldier. with the gentleness of a woman
and the courage Of. a lion, no drawer.
more amiable, and kind and generous
hearted gentleman exists on the face Of
the earth. and 10 greater libel was ever
uttered when such a man Is called a trait.
or. Applause
Mr.. Eaton. OF Connecticut passed a
high eulogy upon Thos. H Seymour, but
added that his name was used here with
out his wish. and without the request Of
the Connecticut delegates. Mr.. Harris
of Maryland explained that what he
said was that he could go before the peo
pie of Maryland asking them TO vote for
Mcclellan. he did not say that ne would
not vote for him. He held himself bound
for the candidate of the convention.
The name of Governor Powell was with
drawn. r, .-.r- ia.
Mr. Wickliffe Withdrew the name of
Franklin Pierce.
Mr.. Jones. of Maryland, regretted
that the gentleman vino took the stand
of defence assumed the ground that be
was justified because of collision between
members of the Legislature and any reb-
el General. Had he put IL upon the
ground that he intended to say that Nc
Ciellan acted upon creditable evidence.
he might nave. remained silent, but he
could not permit the Legislature to re-
main under such a stigma.
MI. Morgan explained, that he intend
ed to say that Mcclellan acted upon Test
imony regarded as credilable. -,sss
Mr.. Jones said that so far as ever hav-
ing been pronounced By the victims Of
that action are utter ~fslsehoOds. Tine
Legislature had no powert to pass an ordi-
nance of secession Those arrested de
handed an imuleiiaIe llial. even hy
drum-head Court martial. But instead
Of giving them thst which the law guar
rantees to he poorest. they were told
they could have their liberty by giving
their parole. Some. worn ont by fatigue
and imprisonment, did finally give their
parole, but others preferred to stay in
prison rsther thai to submit To the hu-
initiating test that was required of them.
They suffered long. and yet to this day
they know not their accusers; still he
believed that Mcclellan was toe. much of.
a gentleman and "A Christian to net as he
did except upon what he deemed credit
able evidence. Il
Mr.. Holman. of New Jersey. moved
that debates on candidates be closed,
and moved the previous question.
Mr.. Mcneil, of Illinois, on behalf of a
portion of the Illinois delegation, and as
he believed, of n majority of the dele
gates of the great Northwest. would
nominate Horatio Seymour. [Prolonged
cheering.
The President-The motion is out of
order. ir nsaa l-
Motions to adjourn were now made,
but declared out of order. ~
SPEECH OF Mr.. LONG,, OF OHIO,
Mr.. Long. of Ohio, took the stand in
opposition to Mcclellan. He said that
Lincoln had been guilty of interfering
with freedom of speech, freedom of cleo I
tions. and with arbitrary arrests; and in
your resolutions you have srraigned him
before the people of the country for these
%tyrannies and usurpations. And yet you
propose TO nominate a man for the sup
port of the Democracy-a man who has
gone even farther than Lincoln has gone
in the preparation of similar t~yrannical
measures upon sacred privileges and
rights of the people. Mcclellan is guilty
of the arrest of the Legislature of a SOW
ereign State. He has suspended the writ
of hsbeas corpus, and helped the odious
Emancipation Proclamation of Lincoln, a
willing instrument of q corrupt and ty-
rannical Administration, aiding, while
possessing military power, all its efforts
to strip American freemen of their dear
est liberties. Will you so far stultify
yourselves as to make him the standard
bearer of Democracy: With all his heart,
he hoped not. He had never done 9TH
erwise, and as between Lincoln and Free
mont. snd any man calling himself even
half a Democrat, he would have q choice,
and would be found voting with his
But he begged the Convention
not 10 nominate Mcclellan. Almost any
other man who claims to be a Democrat
would satisfy them-would satisfy the
Northwest. Weak as is your platform in
many respects, we will stand by it and do
all in our power to maintain it, but in
Gods name don't add to its weakness by
such a man in nomination.
Carrigan, of Pennsylvania, followed in
answer to Harris, and quoted from Nc
letters to Burnside, to HalIeck
and to Buell., when these Generals were
under him, TO show that he invariably
them that the only object of
the present war was to preserve the integ- ;
of the Union and the majesty of the :
avs, and that he invariably cautioned :
hem to strictly guard against any in \
upon the rights of property :
md person. [Great applause =
The two last speakers were constantly :
Interrupted by motions to adjourn. 4
Objections to an adjournment were
aised in all quarters, but as it was rapid
y growing dark, and gas not having been
Introduced into the Wigmam. the oppo- "
tents of an adjournment, who were evil s
Iently the strongest. had to concede the
and the Convention adjourned un- v
il 10 o'clock to morrow.
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