, 1864-10-11
1HHEt UC&. + 1654.
To the Hon John 4. Gt1s~old, Member oi Il
ted ~

Tnor, Oct 4, 1864.
TO the Hon John i. G1is~old, Member Of tho
United states Congress:
DEAR SIR: You have my thanks for copy
Of ,he New York IForId Of ths 14th nItimo,
ccI thintng IN unt1utIful article relating t.
myself. have no time to notice il At thu
lresent moment, but may do SO at l. future
day. Meauwh,le, you will please accept the
follow ine remerks:
It's more thaA four years elnce a Demo-
subsequently ut Baltimore, to nomtnars can
d,dhtee for President sud Vice President Of
the United States The prominent leaders
Of this Convention from the South {so:caled
Dtmocrate) were the political Disciples Of
Jobn G: Calhoun. As declared by Rhett, Of
entertained by thsnl to eeparata the Southern
St.tca from the Union. Tn.ir idea was to
make cotton king, which, sin a few years,r
said Rhett,. would rule the world' Foil
60 IN styera1 previous attempts to accom-
piith their object they determined asa
AID run two Candidates for President, that
The Republicans might elect their candidate,
Abraham Lincoln, whom they had denounced
as ian Abolisioniat-" In this they succeed
cd. The faction Of tue Southern Ssa:es
nominated the then Vice. President Mr..
Suites nj minated Senator Douz zlas The re-
suit vas the election OF Abraham Lincoln to
the Presidency. In the following December,
the State Of South Carolina, sast,oing the
election OF Mr. Lincoln as juatilab!e cause
tor the act, seeded from the Union, and
this without the slightest effort On the pxrt
of the President, james Buchanan. to pre-.
:ye1It II.
THUS commenced this nefarlous Rebellion.
encouraged and assisted By majority OF
the Democratic Cabiuet OF President Buchau-
IN. John B. Floyd, his Secretary Of War,
oefaulter 3or 4 large amount IN his 0 IN State,
(Vitginia,) robbed the Northern States OF
ANS aud ammunition, and trsnsferred them
to the Southern States, at the came time
ordering the greater part Of the army to
the must distant frontier posts. Thorn pson,
bis Secretary Of the. Interior, robbsd tho
Treasury, as reported, OF eight hundred
Lis Secretary Of the Navy, to prevent 1ntsr:,
}t1eDce with the rebel ports, ordered the
United States chips OF war to Europe aud
other distant regions Cobb, his Secretary
Gf The Treasury, violated bis oath Of of1ic:
aId joined the rebels, after nearly bankrupt.
Ing the Tieasury and running the. na.lonal
trend aud confidential adviser, and no less
guilt, In his encouragement OF the south in
tLtir rebellious scheme than the Psesi enr.
OF euch men called Democrats-vith the
exception Of Gen. Cass. Secretary Of State,
and Joseph Holt, Postmaster Genera1-was
President, James Buchanan. AGr, Buchanan
vas himself, the devoted friend Of ex.Vlce
President John G. Calhoun, who In consc.
qusnce Of quarrel With Prcsident jackson
and bis Secretary OF State, Martin Van Buren,
abandoned bis purity, and was the bitter enc
ifer, and after he defeated the NOM
Jnatton Of M.rtln Van Buten Is Minister
st the Court Of st. james. resigned bis Vice
Presidency and returned to South CarolIon,
where he WIS ectIved with open arms. Taen
aspirations ior the Presidency, that the tact
Vas no longer to be concealed that hence
fcrth the Southern States, J Fetai;.ed IN the
Union, would be only heWeIs Of wood aud
drawers Of water for the North. To thls he
scheme Of forming grand slave Confeder.
acy that was to make cotton king and g. rule
thu WCr1d." Not long after, military schools
were established In the Southern States,
secret associations formed, and finally the
Knights Of the Golden Circle organized to
carry INTO execution the great plaa Of the
Democratic consplrators Of the Southern
Stats. References Is hero made to III. Cal
6oun in order to slow the origin OF eeces-
sion, and establish the tact Of the determine
ton Of the Southern Democracy to separate
the Southern from the Northern States, da
ting back more than thirty years ago, aud
also to show that the election Of Mr.. Lincoln
to the Presidency Was not the cause but the
prtteSf fir accomplishing their long-medita-
ted desigrs.
To aid in consummatirg the reasonable
ecbeme, we had in five States such D.mo-
cratic representative lenders as buchanan of
PennEy lvanis; Pierce Of New liam pshire; Cush-
tieut; The Woods OF New York; Vallan-
dtgbam and Pendleton OF Ohio; Bright and
VOORHEES, Of Indiana; GWin OF California,
sEd Lane Of Ozreon, all prominent Demo.
crats and sy1ppathizers With the South. Dur
irg the rebellion we have seen these same
men. with many other Democratic leaders OF
Tie North, tayoring the rebels, aud making
partisan warfare upon the Government OF the
United Statte. The ssmpatnizers aud work
| ezs for secession at the North have dona all
in their power to prevent the patriots OF the
free States t1om prosecuting the war for the
preservation Of the Union, by discourasin.
enliktmerte and encouraging desertlons.
1t was these so.called Democrats Of the
North ~ho co-operated with those Of tue
6oulb, the steadtast friends Of JEFF. Davis,
hut the enemies Of their country, who, un-
der The 19me Of ps@9sras ed and
! ers we're counseled and adristd By Thomp-
son, Saunders, Holcomb mud Clay, i'll rebels.
hsy,ng their headquarters In Canada-the
| coI1dential friends and agents of the traitor
| JcI DaVis. Trey presented platform,
which was unanimously adopted By the Con-
! yen1iou, for the guidance OF its candidate for
! the Presidency. Msjor-G General Mcclellan,
! who, having previously approved the plat
| torn, accepted the nomination. The &C.
! ceptance OF the nomination from the Con-
! Vention whose platform Was approved, If
not dictated, by tne rebe'e, traitors Ia ytry
syuil General Mcclellan no more in
bis race for the Presidency under the
cognon.en of ts Democrat" 'thao the ap-
pendsge to mis- name Of 4tNapoleon'' aided
him IN his peninsnlar campaign. In the lat
Ter case me- ths b. compliment, Il each it may
with the love Of glory or distinction, If his
officers are to be believed, as to induce him
to place himse1f under fire to watch tue ope-
rations OF his different corps dueing the many
battles in which they were engaged. With
the. unlimited confidence Of the Presideut
usources at their DISPOSAL With TIA splendid
army" Of one hundred aed twenty Thousand
strong, Increased to one hundred and fifty
eight tho1sand as reported BY the Adtatant
Gtns1a oS u Of @ the aay he goal was Tithin tn
how to grasp it. BE possessed "the sword
Of Scanderbeg, but could not Weld it." Hc
ptither compreber deu the value OF time, nor
the advantage OF prompt acton and celeritY
ct movement His encamping in the eswanps
Of the river War wick, aud the mud iu front
OF yorktown, for a moath besieging the
place, permitting rs febel garrison to be In
creaee ed from nine thousand to over Que hun
dred thousand mtn. as he represented {the
rebels eay oulg seventy thousand), and thea al-
lowing them to escape from Yorktown nnoh-
serye0, vas no lees fatal to him as con-
manGer than the result was disastrous to his
army-at the came lime 1t disappointed and
depressed the hopes Of every patriot
throughout the Union. VITA advantages
that few Generals ever possessed, he eignally
failed
General Mcclellan expects to bs President
under nomination from the Convention
whose leaders sympathize with the Southern
rebels, and Ehose platform was dictated BY
fr1e; os say he repudiated the platform In his
letter of acceptance. Can any one donbt, 1t
the 1eace ers In electlog HIN, no matter wuat
be may hare said ID that Litter, that he Will