Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15
Mcclellan is Nominated
From the ChIcogo Times, Sept. lst. |

words that yesterday at the Amphtheatre
awoke chorus in twenty thousand tbroats
whose mighty volume thundcrcd away over
Lake Michigan, and shook among the streets
of Chicago like an earthquake. 1t was a
mighty shout, which did not die here, but
whose roar spread outward till its reverbcr-
ations were beaten back by the Atlantic and
the Pacific. The grand chorus of 10y that
swellcd out through the wooden walls of the
Amphitheatrc was caught up and re-echoed
in every city and hamlet from San Francisco
to Bangor. 1t was a shout of deiverance-
the outspoken joy of an enslaved nation,
who, after many years Of bloodshed and OPP
preston, welcomed the earnest Of their re-
demption 1t was such sound ofiubiation
as went up from the cnslaved Israeltcs
when the Red Sea opened its waters and
showed them, through its crystalline walls,
freedom, happiness, and manhood just be-
fore them.
Never was joy SO outspoken, so wide
spread, so heartfelt as that which yesterday
greeted the nomination of the nations fa-
voiitc. Changing bells, roaring cannons
ance such a welcome as men give only
to things which stir the fountains Of
Joy to their utmost depths. Why all this
laundering welcomo-why this tornado Of
sound that burst in one moment all over the
length and breadth Of this great nation?
Because. it carried the assurance of a
country redeemed from the grasp Of those
who are rushing it at headlong speed to-
wards the abyss of ruin. 1t was because,
when the swift hghtnings clicked the an
nouncement that Mcclellan is nominated, -
men suddenly saw the great black war
clouds which have so long rested upon this
land roll away, leaving beyond the blue skies
and the glorious sunlight Of PEACE! 1t
was an uttcrancc that in one moment turned
the eyes of the nation from the contempla.
ton of vast graveyard, which has en-.
gulphed the youth, strength, and manhood
of this afflicted people, and bade them look
little way ahead, where there are no more
graves, no more death or desolation. a
A nation stood pelted by storms which, fol
weary repetition Of periods of forty day!
and nights, had envcloped them with dark
ness. The waters had steadily risen around
them, bearing away in its embraces homes
friends, possessions, everything. Only here
and there were few hill tops left, and upol
these the despairing remnants Of one,
mighty nation were gathered, awaiting il
stolid silence the inevitable waters which
sweled about them higher and higher
L mere WIS SOullu VI ,ug -lncl lllCu JllSl
bowed heads, and the storm was passing
away, the heavens were clear, blue, tender
smiling, and in the eastern sky. lo tn
storms have gone forever! Why should tn
people not shout when they saw the deliver
ance?
McClc is nominated! There is tallis
man in the sound-an iconociastic oXorcisu
that dashes to pieces the cruel Meloch VIII
has dcvoured so many Of our friends an
brothers. 1t is the first ringing blows, Of tn
hammer, breaking the chains in which
nation has been bound for four long yea
by the myrmidons of detestable fanaticisn
Alas, that the sound which wakes the li'
ing with joy, cannot quicken the deaC
Alas, for our sons and brothers, that the.
too, cannot hear this anthem OF deiveranc
Alas that the mighty voice which peale
over this nation yesterday cannot, like Gal
riel's trump, bid the ineXorabc grave ylcl
up its precious contents, and give back
our arms and firesides those slain in tn
, cruel, wicked contest But it cannot an
therefore is our joy mingled with sorrow
like the minor chords III the grand AmbrC
sian hymn Of Joy, Ic Dcum LdUd00IuS.
There is reason for great happiness, fl
= men believe that war, and oppression, an
sorrow, and suffering have fled away whe
they hear the announcement that M
CLELLAN is NOMINATED!
Although young. Gen. Mcclellan Ii
| has been so eventful that it includes Ii
more than falls to the experience of ordinal
people during an existence prolonged to IL
utmost limits allotted to men. A youth
years, but veteran in experience, his Il
;, affords ample materials for a volume; henc
in the sketch which we now present, muc
/, is omitted of interest, while those pon
given are necessarily shorn Of everythir
save the bare mention of their existence.
GEORGE BRINToN MCCLELLAN was bon
in Philadelphia in 1926, and is therefor
now about 80 years Of age. His father W;
?. an eminent physician and surgeon in tn
city, and for many years occupied char
one of the Prolessorships Of the JetlersC
Medical Institute The elevated postio
!, attained and so long held by DIR. McClella
is, were other evidence wanting, suihcie
guarantee of the great ability OF him wi
was the sire of the present democratic ca
didate for the highest office in the gift OF Il
United States. That the son inherited ;
- the high intellectual characteristics Of Il
father is evident from the great succe
which has thus far attended his numero
Titanic and comprehensive efforts
: OF the early life of the present Genell
we know nothing save that he attended t
= some time the University of Pennsylvani
and at the remarkably premature age Of
years he entered West Point. -Four yea
after, he graduated second i'll his class, a
, in July of the same year lS46) he enter
the army as Brevet I'd Lieutenant of i
gineers. His application and ability are
dcated by the high position he obtained
his class and the early period Of his gradu
tion-being then only twenty years Of age
Soon after this he was ordered to MeXlC
', taking service at first aslieutenant ofsappC
and Miners and Pontonlers. He was
Gen. Worth's division at Vera Cruz, a
for his gallantry was mentioned with III
:. favor in the official reports. At Cerro G'
T. do and the City of Mexico he was attach
to Gen. Twiggs' division and received 81
cial mention for gallant behavior; at Co
treras and Cherubusco his conspicuous G
lantry won him the brevet of lst Lieutenal
and at Molino del Rey he was offered, b
declined, the brevet of Captain. A. little
&C. ter he was rendered the same position
gallant and mertorious conduct at "
- pultepec and accepts it, taking command
the company in which he had hithel
served. As will be seen by this briefreca
tulation, his services in the Mexican v
were so conspicuously gallantin every actl
. of prominence during that war as to secl
for him either the compliment Of tayora
&c, official mention, or the more substantial {
* of promotion. Thus early did he deve
ful the germs of that great military gen
.es which has made him to-day one of the Il
Of commanders the age.
IN After peace was concluded with Mex