New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1864-10-07
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While Mcclellan has the interests
Of the Union only at heart, Mr. Lincoln
has the fsnatical object Of freeing ne
gros for his aspiration. Between s:ny
plan" ~ Gen. Grant has conducted it.
and one by Gen. Mcclellan, there
could not have been the same success
that has already attended our arms,
for We lost more men fighting the SCI
ence of Mcclellan on the Peninsula
than We have in repelling the furious
and i'll conducted assaults Of Gen.
Grant.
Thus, whether we look at the nom
ination in the light ofpeace or war We
prefer Lincoln to Mcclellan. We can
make better terms of peace with an an
tl-slavery fantic than with an earnes,
Unionist. We can gaia more military
success IN q war conducted on s'mv
PLAN than one61f "a real soldier like
Mcclellan, AMI DOouer destroy the re-
sources of our enemy where they are
lneag( I'D manipulated by the light
H. eered gentry of Messrs Chase and
Fessendsn, than when husbanded and
skillfully controlled by such man a.
Guthrie. Our best hope is from the
hsnest fanatics of the United States,
men. who believe in their hearts that
slavery is the ''sum of oil wllein;es,"
and who really and sincerely believe it
to be their duty to separate their coun-
try from this ''rclic Of barbarism."
Such men when they find that their
people are tired Of the war, will end it
by . peace that sacrifices territory to
freedom, and will let the South 60, pre-
vided she carries slavery with her.
These men believe no less that the
Just powers of the government are de-
rived from the consent Of the governed,
than ''that all men are men are crea-
tee free and equel.'' The two postu-
latcs are of like Importance to the .abol-
-
Both the Ab bolitionists and the Dem
ocrats is our enemy-the one, because
werhave slaves, the other, because we
are disuni ,n,sts. Mr. does their en-
nifty differ in degree; they hate us
most intensly: The Chicago platform
is that "peacc may lie restored on the
basis Of the Federal Dhion Of the
States s''-that is: reconstruction Of the
Union as it was-with slavery protect
ed by national laws, but warred upon
l,y q real sentiment, aggravated and
by the war. The. recon
Union Of the Chicago plat
form rrtani would be the certain, destruction
first Of slavery, and the next Of
shareholders. With Lincoln and the
Baltimore platform we ofthe Confeder
ate States know where We are out
side Of the pale Of mercy, devoted to
ruin and destruction, with no hope save
in the justice and protection Of God
and the courage and manliness Of our
soldiers and people. WITH swords
and muskets and canaon We fight Lir-
coin, and the past affords no reason Of
apprehension,'o the future. But III
the reconstructed Union Of the ChicA-
20 platform we would be. deprived of
our weapons without being reconciled
to our foes. ar5a laa s3sara s
There il no question that between
file two men Gen Mcclellan erjoys
tai, more Of the respect Of tho people
Of these States than Lincoln, aal the
Democratic party far more Of our con-
fdence than the, Republicans, AID
that if reconstruction were possible
it would he more probable under Gen.
Nc Clellan md the Democracy than
under Lincoln and the Rsvublicaus
The Northwest inspires one, and New
England the other. but Al long - New
Epgland imposes the dogmas Of het
civilization and the tenets of her farst.
[icasm upon the mind aud people of th<
Northwest there may : be = peace sspd
scpa<ation, hut there never. ear b. m
ION and, . harmony. II the Norshsss
desires tho restorstion ,ofstAsa UneA