The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-03

A0tSeE I0l0ETeO I'd, out II was OF no use. And
again the interference of the President was
needed. He said / implore this conven.
ton not to do this wrong. The democrat
- gentleman, IS we'll - democrat. II
40 10 allowed to say what he has to say in
the brieiest possible time, when it is said
there will be some one to reply to It in q
better way than merely by interruption.
Mr.. Harris, for the last time, resumed
I wish not to allude to any Interruptions
cannot take advantage of your own wrong.
! have been interrupted frequently-you
interrupted me-shall now 60 ON with it?
The speaker here read the balance of the
letter. He then said: Where In the name
OF God, can any one say that there would
be anything to justify the interference OF
the military power in our State? Let US
coin; this man was guilty of it himself
What have you got in him to induce you to
vote for him? You have to make these
arguments on the stump. What are you
to say In his favor As a military man he
has been defeated everywhere. [Applause,
earnest aud irouical. The battles of the
seven days near Richmond, was not q sue
cess-it was a retreat. [Groans and
cheers.] Antietam was not a success
Hisses.l Aud here is what you have to
consider, land it is abominable,) what have
you to say in defence Of him! How will
you meet these things3 You say he was
ordered to do these thugs. George b. Nc
Ciellan ought to have said, 'sSir, I have
got yonr order, and you can take it back,
world" / recollect the story of . great
man In the time of Louis 18th. This mon
arch hated the great Condo, and he applied
to marshal to procure man to assassi-
nate him. The marshal replied, sSire, We
have many great and gallant soldiers in
our army. but we cannot find one single
assassin Could not Abraham Lincoln
State rightsf tGreat uproar.] You have
90 home 70 Maryiands Cries Of ..show
up all the tyrants," ''go right away
cheers and jeers.) De you ask us to 60
home to Maryland and come forward and
fight for Mcclellan, who has destroyed our
libertiesf Do you ask me to &c home and
ture in prison? Do you ask me to 90 home
and request them TO support George b.
Mcclellan ] will not do It. (cheersL No,
I never will do it. [Great applause, amidst
which the gentleman concluded his fre-
brand speech.
And below we give the defence Of Nc
Clellan made by Gen. Geo. w. Morgan-a
defence which seems to have been as little
pleasing to his audience ~ the denuncia-
tions OF Harris. Most Of the assembly
concurred in all Harris said, but did not
admire his telling Of it when had become
necessary for them to make use Of him.
Morgan . defence Is made ON loyal grounds.
He justifies McClellan's acts, charges that
the Marylanders were in conspiracy with
the rebel General to promote an invasion OF
- nd hat H1,o - ~SS-hA
His defence Of Mcclellan 10 defence Of
the Administration and all it has DONE
It proves the whole platform adopted de-
liberate lie. It ID not wonderful that such
q defence did not please his hearers. 1t
was as much out of place as Morgan was
himself in that assemblage.
Gen. Geo. w. Morgan said:
am former c0mrade in arms of Geo.
b. Mcclellan, and cannot remain quiet
on this occasion without replying to the
charges which have been made against him
by the distinguished gentleman from Ma
ryland. Most deeply do regret that such
an assault upon his democracy could come
from 2 man who claims to be democrat;
and, Sirs, much mOrD was ! astOnished,
nor could have heen much more aston
tshed, at the manner in which the charge
was made, when lind that it was in this
willful, misrepresenting manner. d0not
mean to say that the gentleman has inten-
tionally told that which was false, but do
mean to say that the facts, as he stated
them, are untrue, as know and believe.
what are the facts? The gentleman says
that George Mcclellan arrested the Mary.
land Legislature. He tells us SO from q
paper which he held in his hand-the Trib-
une. feel it my duty to reply to these
false charges.
The facts are these. The Maryland Leg
islature was In session at Annapolis, and
the rebel army at Winchester. There was a
conspiracy on foot between johnson and
some of those people for the invasion Of
Maryland. ["lt is not So" and tremen-
dous shouting, with repeated calls to him
to set down. He proceeded: There was
conspiracy between those gentlemen of the
Maryland Legislature, they had commune
cation with Johnson, and these gentlemen
were to have seceded-the gentleman
knows the meaning Of that term very well.
They were to have seeded, the Legislature
was TO have been withdrawn to the town Of
Frederick, and there to have passed an or
dinance of secession johnson would have
entered Maryland with an overwhelming
force. and certain gentleLlen-the gentle
man can perhaps tell best who they were
would have aroused the people in arms
against the sovereignty of the United
States. Mcclellan was in command at the
time the promise was made, and had he
acted otherwise than he did, be would have
been guilty OF treason himself.
A gentleman in the audience has just
said that these are not facts. I will cite to
him two distinguished witnesses. ! will
bring cClellan himself, and know well
that the worthy gentleman from Maryland
does not know Mcclellan or he would not
call him a tyrant. Why, sirs, If there be
man on the face of the earth who is not
tyrant, that man is George B. Mcclellan.
II there be lover of liberty; If there be
one man who more than another has COM
bined the gentleness of a woman with the
courage Of a lion, that man is Mcclellan:
Now. sir, another witness. These facts l
know myself: they were represented to me
at the time they occurred. have them IN
black and white from Mcclellan himself.
Moreover, two nights ago Gen. Burns. OF
the United States army, was in the city and
spent the evening with me. This Mary
land matter was spoken of. He told me
that Mcclellan issued the order for the pur-
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