, 1864-11-04
CHICAGO Gribn,1e,
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 1854.
AFTEn THE ELBUK4ONs

the further prosecution Of Ioe war 0eoaT
textbook IN which he could ind tho written
Interpretation Of the peoples vote "oaia DC
The Chicago Platform. Opening that docu-
nent he would read that tae war mas oeea
failure, and that .tmH..o1ate as ateps snonn DC
taken Tor ceesstloo ot nosIns'es. 0a1ang
the four months mat nc enon1o remain In
power be could oot. VI eoaFAs' put Gown the
rebellion; because, u nls iofee were oshefw1se
Epf3clent eae soceese u LIE eDeaoe1ss'c Pnty
would inspire 'eA Oa'Is Aao -o41 atny VIII
such hope aod 1eal a. 'aey uaVe neSef oe'ofe
known They Woula oeAe'e saat on1s one
hundred and twenty Gays were s'aaa1og oe-
tween themselves and Int eacco"pi'snmenl o.
their purposes, and they "outo neht nnoer
The tremendous impulse OF thas ioeA oar
own army. on the other hand would regard
the war virtually ended By surrender to tne
enemy, and wou1d see very 4stle cause for
special exertion in the interim. Under such
circumstances Mr. Lincoln could only hope
tn nasntair. as nearly as possible, the std1us
mo. He could not be 60 false to his oath as
fo tale auy steps OF his own toward cessa
tlon Of hostilisies, which would be merely
+,t,np 4be preliminary steps to dlsrplou..
H. wnnld ms,ptsin hts integrity. and pre-
lie "o.Au 4aal1 I -..Sea - - .a,,s
serve ute stouaa ''34 e"1' e"ADeo' o1' ~ s'AA1
mol 80 "f s
Al Gen. Ae1N4lAno alAusuiaIou .uete
.1 -" tIs~ss~a,o+har ~ Ch,esso convs,+fon
ta - - -. ..o,,,a oo7, q sr;t,, +hs ,,,rtv
A1..[.~- - 1,,- .o,h,.t. snd Al, tta mar ANN.
plauofm IN nls poeke't ana a4t eos WI nun
mary Of The Campaign "oho oe 1otgotIen
1tke 90 much "aaolfg le1 On tae neio Of
battle aite1 Inc sic1of3 u VOL 1ae1e "onla
be sudden return 70 nfss pfanctples-a gen
esA conEultanon u 'oe party co"Psse 10
find ont where theg were Vauaaoigbam
would be On hand 10 e1ponno Inc second re-
solution, which ne drew. Inc nrat fhfu IN
the programme would Dc 10 take steps tol
an immediate cessation OF hoenatles- Iaaf
would be perfectly easy. Inc feoeA wooli
use no.s ~ ot, ts. na.sssItv - ~ ~ "e,sn.;oa,s - s
be spared the necessity oi emsaclpAt
Ing their Slaves. an armustce naF1ne
been declared, me ne1t s1ep "ouia DC
to acknowledge Inc muepenaence OF me
Southern ContederacT. "but, " says some
eimp1e-mtnded War DEMOCRAT, I'VE never
agreed TO do that" No, but 5ou agreed to
omit fighting, AID alter yon have actually
=
takes two to make bargain. JEFF. Davis
and his whole government and army demand
the recognition Of the Confederacy as the pre-
linsnasy step to my negotiations. BS ces-
satiop Of tostilities We ehall have abandoned
our whole vantage ground, demosalized our
own armies, inspired those Of the enemy,
furnished an excuse to foreign governments
tn recognize the CoufederacY, given the
rebels time to breathe ard recuperate, ard in
sbort nc shall have thrown away the whole
contest- which means that We shall have
thrown awav the Union. Hanitities oues
,taxd ,cU saetr~ Be resumed, enxpt a. betven tao
fudpendt,t ,aationa
The loyal soldier In the field may We'll
nsk. What Is the use Of fighting after we
have once offered to compromise with armed
traItores The loyal citizen may well ash,
What is there lett to contend for, when we
hsxc admitted the right Of minority to
reb,l aftcr an election which has not gone
nrccra,re to their tasteg Absolutely moth.
inps We cannot cousent to dissolution Of
the un{on. hut we do know that a dtssolu-
tion o1 The Union cannot be ayerted By hu.
msu agencies after We shall have t7ken thu
fret ttep marked ont in the Chicago plat.
form. Those Who adopted the Chicago plat.
form made ro provision 1or resumption OF
hoetiiities In case the cessation OF hoetthties
should not have tue effect OF restoring the
Union. tndicattng clearly enough that they
had no trtentaon OF Recommending the war
under any circumstances. Ii heCleian be
elected they Win be the dominant faction, and
Others may as wefl whistle against the tenn
pest as to call Tor renewal OF the war When