Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-05-06
MCCLELLAN CAMPAIGN CLUB!
SPEECHES AND RESOLUTIONS,

A MACS meeting Of tho Manhattan Associa
tion Of Sh VI ard, vas held in New York, or
the 2lst nix, for the purpose Of organizing
McCisilln Campaign Club. Tie hall was
draped with American flags, and at tho back
Of the platform wcrD scspcnued the two iol'
lowing notices fro.n McCellan's report
at should not Ls war locking to the sub
iugatioH OF the people Of any State on any
event" Neither coniscation of property,
political executors Of persons, terrltorla!
organizations Of States, nor forciblc abolition
Of slavery, should be contemplated for mo-
mcnt."
Mr. u. B. Cox, President occupied the
Chair. i liss of Fic> Presidents and Secre-
taries was read and adopted.
In the course Of his remarks, Mr.. Creamer
said:
Mr.. Seward said that Mr.. Lincoln ought to
be sept il cfice because he bad mover been
tar flrc+,A.lt Qf> the ,:heL, En:tc Sssate.a hgt
the speaker Ee;:eqcu that il. the prescu.
pulley is pursued he never would be tho Pre-
sidcr. OF he whole couatTy, though he occu-
pied the White House o hundred years.
Thsie corfisca,ion, emancipation ard misccg-
enat'.n theories arc enough TO drive the COUP
try mad. The theory o cur government is to
cOpciiiate the different interests Of the differ
Gnt sections, ord it caLn6t be united by the
mere use the OF bayo'et and sword. The PEG
pie Of tho Spu:h will never allow themselves to
be suliugated. This government must be
conducted on the principle laid down in the
Conftitution-the principles Of Washington,
Madison aud Jefferson, under which it has
been great and prosperous-if it would suc-
cecd.
MIR. John IT. Stats wGs next introduced
amid applause. lie said that for three long
years the people had suffered from tile usur-
pationseand itnbecility of this administration
ana the timo had come when it was proper
and right that IN expression should 90 forth
in favor Of g more just. honest, and Wig rrous
conduct of national atflirs. There arc some
who say that it ia useless to attempt any oppo
sition 10 q party possessing all the patronage
and al, the military force of tho government
to enable i. to carry out its ends. But to be
successful wc mus; telIeye that suocess is pos
s!bo. There aro many cheering signs Of sue
cess in tho future But even if complete tri
unlph did not crown their eftrts, they would
still hayo tho satisfaction Of knowing that
they would cheek tho administration in
many usurpations which it would otherwise
have committed. The Democratic party could
congratulate itself that its intucnco had main
t.inci until tho present time, free speech, a
free press, end Il Tree ballot, and these could
not be Efested from US except over the blood
and bodies Of the American people. There
are Just g.Uurds W be presented before the
Coun r. why this administration should not
bo continued in power. 1t has been false to
the principles Of Democratic liberty. Mr.. Se-
ward aaid 10 l. rd Lyons: Sir, can touch
the handle of a bell on my right hand, and
order the arrest Of citizen Of Ohio;
| can touch the handle Of bell on my left
and order the arrest of citizen Of Now York,
aud no power on earth except Abraham Lin
coin can release hin. Can the Queen Of
Errlal,l do AZ much 2" 70 constitution, no
las no State constitution, no legislative enact
mcn,, no Wr;S Of hateaS corpus: no power un-
der heaven can release rueh O prisoner but
the power Of Abraham Lincoln! In answer
20 any charge Of di-loyalty sgainst Mcclellan,
ni1 words and his actions might be quoted
In his letter TO the President, he said, "Our
cause lIust never be abandoned. Il is tue
cause of free government all over the world"
What was that cause 1t was not the subju-
gatioc cf the Southern States, or the extermi-
nution of the Southern people, or the disfran-
chisemcnt Of the rights of the different States
of the Union. Mcclellan simply endorsed
the principle Of MIR. Lncoln's first proclama-
toh, calling loC seventy fse thousand men for
tho re-soratirn Of the Union and the restora-
ton OF the constitution. There Las never
been a word uttered by Mcclellan looking to-
ward o disruption OF ou. government. MIR.
Staa.a proceeded to show that the Republican
leaders, On the contrary, had repeatedly cx-
pressed their willingness and desire fpr disu>
MON, ana cloaed by quoting from Longfollow
tho lines commencing
"Thou, too. sail on. oh ship Of state;
Sail on, oh Onion, strop; and great"