Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-09-05
from The New York World. Sept. lst.l
The Union Candidates.

The National Democratic Convention has
done its work, and done it well. 1t has
nominated the ablest and most popular tick
ct ever presented for the suffrages of the
American people. Both candidates are in
the early prime of vigorous manhood; both
are men of such decided power that they
made their mark as soon as they were call
ed to act in a public capacity; both are by
instincts and education, gentlemen; neither
is old enough to have become incrusted
with prejudices which unfit him for playing
useful part in new circumstances, or to
have surrounded himself with set of par
ty hacks who will prevent his discerning
merit or ability out of their own circle.
The nomination of General GEORGE B.
MCCLELLAN for PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES is sure augury OF triumph
in the election, and success in restoring the
Union. The personal qualifications which
General Mcclellan brings to the arduous
task for which he has been selected are of
very high order. A mind equally cOmpre-
hensive and vigorous; a robust, decisive
will; soldiers sense of honor; infieX-
| ible integrity; far reaching sagacity
great occasion, has never been at
| fault; generous warmth of disposition which
wins hosts of friends; purity Of private
character which even the envenomed breath
of SANDER has been compelled to respect;
love of country and reverence for the Con-
| stitution which were never exceeded in the
earlier days of the republic; and native
elevation of character which cannot descend
to crooked ways and scorns demagogic arts
this is the assemblage of traits which in
Gen. Mcclellan make up one of the most
efficient and best-balanced characters ever
called to act on public stage. His extra
ordinary combination of solid with pOpu-
lar qualities, of military capacity with civil
aptitudes, of the generosity of early with
the wisdom of later manhood, of fitness for
the highest office with availability as a can
didate, qualities him as pre-eminently for
| his allotted part in this crisis as the charac-
ter of Washington qualified him for the
great part for which he was destined in
achieving our independence, and will give
to ''The Savior of the Union" place in our
history second only to that Of ''The Father
of his Country"
"Thou didst begin the QUARREL" said an
ancient sage, "but am the reconciliation"
The election of Abraham Lincoln was a
trumpet of sedition and civil war; that of
George b. Mcclellan will be the herald of
reunion and peace. The people understand
made yesterday will be hailed throughout
the loyal States with q spontaneous fervor
of hopeful enthusiasm such as never before
| greeted the announcement of presidential
candidate. General McClellan's election
will be welcomed by outporings of popular
gratitude and demonstrations of public re-
| ioicing, which will be the precursor anu
exemplar of those that will soon follow to
celebrate the return of peace. Peace will
then be at hand, for the simple reason that,
after his Inauguration, the character of the
war will have SO changed that the Southern
people will no longer have sufficient mo-
tive to stand out. They will then see that
submission to the Union does not involve
the overthrow of their institutions, the de-
struction of their property, industrial
disorganization, social chaos, negro
equality, and the nameless horrors
of servile war. They now feel
that they are fighting, not only as
every invaded people are said to fight, pro
arts ct focis, but that, owing to the peculiar
organization of their society, no other pe0-
pie ever had as much at stake either in the
saictity OF their homes or the preservation
of their property. The property of other
i invaded peoples can only be destroyed
theirs can be converted into instruments ol
wholesale arson, rape, and murder, making
mems most terrible foes those of their own
households. It Is by appealN resting or
have been able to stimulate the southern
people to stretch Of sacrifice and endur.
ance such as the world has seldom witness
ed. These appeals have been Irresistible
because the danger was felt to be real.r Or
the election of General McC Clellan, the over
strained energies Of tile South will relax
with relief from impending danger ther
;. will supervene a general lassitude an,
prostration; and peace party will sprin,
up, as If by magic, In every part Of th
South. In their strong yearnings for peace
the door will be easily opened for recon
struction on terms consistent with the hon
or of the government.
The nomination of Hon. GEORGE
!, dENDLET0N for VICE PRESIDENT OF Tn
4 UNITED STATES, Is deserved recognitio
Q Of the merit, patriotism, and fidelity of q
: able and q rising statesman. Though nj
Q quite forty years Of age, there are few me
Q in public life in this country who ha,
+ given better proofs Of political sagacity al
y