Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-09-15

greatly excited the Peace Democracy of The United
States and 1t Is evident that hs will be Fepudisted by
them.
OPINION or TaE NEW YoIK WOBLD
| Gee. B. Mcclellan Was nominated upon a platform
that promises immediate cessation OF hosthdes and
/ a Convention of all the States, Does he stand uoon
that platform today He Goes nor. He has renowned
the platform in his letter accepting the nomination.
Il is II the bride groom should accept the brides pro
perty tut not her ptrs0I. bend like that Il null
and void The peace party will not consent TO have
their principle betrayed and then do homage to the
betrayer. Tney demand all that 10 nominated in the
bond Gen Mcclellan hAV ng rejected the propos;-
ton for cessation OF hostihtles and Convention Of
all the States declined the Chicago nomination and
| stands before the people self nominated on a
platform OF his own creation The Democracy
| must seek candidate who will stand upon
be platform, for they cannot consistently support
one no ia in collision with the Convention that Ter
dered HIN the nomination. II the platform accords not
it'll the Lominees oonvo ions of right q due re-
spect Tor the opinions OF the assembaRe that unani
mooy adot 1t requires that ne should give hack
Il The convention the Standard Of the Democracy The
Democratic National Convention ID not dissolved IL ia
ready to convene hs Gall OF the Executive Commit
i tee. and II General Mcclellan Cannot abids by the
resolutions enunCiated lot the Convention reSssemble
and either remodel ,er platform suit their nominee
IT nominate candidate mas will suit the platform.
,Hr IDrroR CT TIE REooRD on M'oLELLAS's Lrr,,v
METROPOLITAN RECORD oTrIor
Ne" York, sept Q, 1854.
To The Editor of the N. Y. Mems
SIR; The undersigned tIkes advantage of tbis ,b.
earliest opportunity has had since reading ana,oI
McClsllan extraordinary letter Of to,eplapcs IN s,a,a
that he has been compelled by stros ssnse of duy "a
Journalist and in accordance With his prinojpea AZ
Peace Democrat 10 WithdTRW'tie support promised in
the ast number OF The Metropolitan Record N ,bs
nominee OF the Chicago Convention fer Plesident-
II do IN fha hail. 81.
Clellsn would accept tue platform UPON which be vss
Nominated, and il was given on thsE condition al no
i In his opinion, this so-called Democratic oandi
/ date has placed himself in q position of drect
astaponism with the principles OF the American Oon.
stitution by declaring his intention to continua tLa
present infamous upon sovereign sses and which
has BEEN so prolific IN evil In the course he bas
thought proper adopt he celses strictly shaking
TO be- candidate, as the candidate and the platform
have hitherto b,ea regarded ss inseparab.e Genera
Mcclellan cannot say that ne was gnorsnt of the char
.ttsr of the platform before be was Nominated "a II
,Das ddoptea the day bcfrs the nomination ,oas mai. =
IL he could not sad upon that platform why did he
not inform his friends in Chicago by telegraph of that
iact in time prevent the Peace delegates from benp
mled. Gan it be possible that this delay WAS simply
settled purpose to entrap themP DID he and bis dyi
ses suppose that By waiting several days after the co
yenion adjourned they would put cut of the power
Of the Peace men 10 corrccs their mistake and thus
prevent them from placing another candidate before
the publicS
Gen Mcclellan says; ~ am happy to know that when
the nominal was made the record OF my public lie
was kept in vieW" but he certainly cannot be quo
rant of the fact that the 'record" of his "publc life"
was the great obItacle TO his nomination in the minds
of the Peace democracy and that it only upon the
a suranee that be was in favor of the immediate ces-
saton OF hostiltes that they withdrew their otieo-
tons to him a candidate Il was their wish that
his "rscoId" should be KEEP. out Of vie v, and they
be ieved that he himself not DESTROYS OF giving
it more extended publicity than it had already
i obtained; but they never supposed that he would
rs'er TO it as matter of prds or satsfaotion.-
Are to understand by this ill-timed reference
Il to his "record" that he regards his arrest of
i the Maryland Legislature ss q Just Hible act
and that, IL elected, he will continue the sys-
tenn of arbitrary arrests ioaugurated by Abral am
Lincoln, ard so willingly carried into execution BIZ
himst This record" tells that be is the enemy of
habsds corpus, and 1t also informs in regard 10
an ther very uDplea ent Alphabetically unpleasant
to the indusul o.as'es-tha. the first to urge
and press upon the President that most despoc OF all
despotc of the present AID rinstrltiop the
odous couscripton. As be intmAt his intention to
carry the war, the public should understand what
that means; that it means renewed conscriptpu that
men shall be forced by the strong of military power
from their homes TO wage war of sutiugatios agans
pie who aim right which We ourselves should
be the last TO rec ga-the right OF ef-goverrment.
JCHS MULLALY,
Editor of the Metropolitan Record
WHAT TIE TRIBUNE THINKS OF MOUNTAINS Ros1rIoH.
Putting the morality Of the procedure out of
sight we feel confident that Gsn McClea has render
ed his less desperate by his lie tor Of accept
arce. Had be taken bis stand urequiyocay on Il Q
Chicago platform, he was beaten at tie start. The fate
of 7. Il. s ymour, Of Woodward, of Valaud dig ham,
and of 30 many otherS, gave mule but eloquent arm
ing TO all who entered upon tnst path NJ MN can
give instance wherein Democratic candidate star d.
ing what Is called the peace" platform, did not
nalnu ElyIa htla ~
Instances Ell around US of Democrats who owe their
success TO professions of dsvod)n to the National
cause Here, for example, are Mtsds. 0iell, Win
field, Nelson, GfisWold, Herman ard 6alson-
six at least If the seventeen Democrats now repre-
senting tbII State in Oongrsss-Who all elected
substantially on the basis Of 10 McOlslans letter. and
would all have been beaten hat of the Chicago plat.
form. Aod 80 with twenty or hi,tJ Others. Ho:atio
Sey mour bsaten cand date for Co. vernon of our
State until In he Brooklyn speech, he pledged himsel
TO the unl olditoual ma ntenauce Of the Union.
Ali atempts to or bully General Mcclellan n,o
change Of his attitude before the public must fail for
obvious reasons Nothing that lie can hereafte cay
will induce the VAlandgham faction to put faith IN
hin and 1sy cannot bolt him, however nuch they
may desire and threaten to co 90. Tney are caadi-
ds,es for Congress, Governors, Is, So in
nearly every STATE, and boiling hiIa viii put them
Ives out OF the csnVase few Of them will retuss
to vote for President, but these will barely a
even local result, AID any tf,rt to ct
up tb'd candidate must prove futile 1t IL too Jsts
Ether moo or MoOel an must be our next
Pesideni and It is hardly probable that single cleo
Iors vote Gould hencei rsh be obtained for any one
else- Now, the thousands Democrats who would
hsve ben sliensted bJ Gsu M,Oel ms adherence to
the Chicago platform world have voted for LiRooln.
each couo Ing two against tie Chicago ticker, while
those no will now bolt will either Withho or throw
away their votes counting but easb. We shall be
Disappointed to-1ay's result In Name, as compared
with that fast Tuesdays election in Vermont. does
not show that Gen McOelans letter has Improved his
prospects, bis party viii of course be beaten in
N 'ine, hui We think not so badly as they we're last
year; whereas in VermOn they were beaten decided
worse han last yea. We judge that be cannot a
elecssd, u6ess the bells sHcul win two or tbr q
stunning vic'ores; but running bis letter IS plat
form, ne viii poll good vote in nearly every Sts9,
and probably carry five or six.