Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-22
LfTCHFIELD, CONN.,. THURSDAY, SEP. g, 1884.
FOR PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, of Illinois.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT, ANDREW JOHNSON, of Tennessee
Tsse Political Situation.

The Political Situation.
 The Chicago Convention pronouu ced the war to be failure; but the fall of Atlanta, and the unirersn cry of detestation which met their declaration from the people, both in and out of the army. convinced the opposition that they had made fatal mistake. To remedy this evil. and to sustain hiswavering lines, General Mcclellan sends in his reserve, m the shape of letter of acceptance. This letter is written with the aalroitncss of a politician. rather than with the frankness of soldier; while it con- tains this contest n T could not look in the face of my gallant comrades of the army and navy, who have survived so many bloody bat ties, and tell them that their lab6rs and the sa. crifce of so many of our slain and wounded brethren had been in vain," i. e. endorse the secondsresolution of my platform,-and while the proposition for an armistice contained in the same resolution is postponed till "it is clear that our present adversares are ready. for peace upon the basis Of the Union," General Mcclellan still has the assurance to sav in closing his letter: '" Believing that the views here expressed are those of the Convention and the people you represent, I. accept the nomination.
 One most noticeable feature of this produc- tion, is its reteration of the statement that the Onion must be preserved at al. hazards. Rive times Is this statement made in direct terms and, indirectly, at least as many. nore,. We are not aware that Generals Grant ar Sbernon n nave ever in words made such delaration. Ii IS unnecessary that they should, and these use. less repetitions certainly indicate an uneasy consciousness on the part of Gen. Nc Clellap that this is point in his position that needs elaborate fortifcation.
 The Chicago resolution denouneipg arBitra- fy arrests and all attempts to hinder those who deny their allegiance to our go vernment from voting at our elections, met with no respose indeed, it is difficult to conceive what General Mcolellan' with his record could, respond.
 The only important objection he makes tn the action of the present Admin istration ;s thelr interference with slavery How far tb;s even is consistent with his proposition to the President, from Harrison's Landing. to free ny means Of the war power, all the slaves in the border states, We do not propose to discuss. Here however lies the great point at issue ha- tween Lincoln and Mcclellan. Is it most ad vantageous, at the present time, to keep in onr service the 100000 negroes now emn,ov.a ,nere'n' one way or another, adding such able 0ooied men as we can hereafter get under our control as MT. Lincoln proposes to do /: or u'soandlng this force, to supply their places "''h northern whites, as proposed by the de- mocracy, hoping that Mr. Jefferson Davis v;n thereby be moved to renounce his Confadar..n .n and adhere 10 the Union, or that the n.eon,. within his lines will revolt, overthrow b;s Po~er' and rejoin the Union and the demo cratic partys We think the question in the ngnt Of admitted facts answers itself Tn. .''cnmond Government has DO intention If ,n. knowledging their revolution to be q fa;lms They agree with the Convention r.tho, ., the nominee, and expect the war to lead to no sucn results As regards the people of the oouth' with every able. bodied fhau in their .,. mes, whence is the force to come that i. ,o overthrow the Davis government from within 'un'ess the armies themselves revolt; and with sucn oncers as Jefferson Davis has placed over tnem' is this possible? Moreover the nartv or Gen. Mcclellan is pledged against . d..s ana how is the army to be filled up? May not ms followers repeat the question lately asked oy the N. '. Ne~s: " Is it any sweeter to be Born from home to die dogs death in A V;r. g'n'a swamp, without shroud or sbrift at the bidding of Gen. Mcclellan, than it is at that Q, Mir. LiHcoln ?"
 We believe i'a! Con. Mcclellan, if elected intends to fight; his vanity constantly famed by democratic adulalion. aud his previous fail. ures, will insure lis appear ance at the lica,, oi the army. Huw l'e ;s to ho supported in MI, h a'i attempt is n.s cry Jniun men, the real war party, have no confidence that he is the e'''"'anaef |" accomplish any thing-Demo. .'"'" ha'e no Confidence in the ah;litu of o,, oo'na'uer to accomplish any thing. The result cah not fa:! to be an admin;str..;o, ,;,,, 'ae 'ase SIX 'h"hii's ot James Buchanan, with ali the evils c ".r and mo:.e of inc aav.n.,.., at peace i,os Gen Mcclellan m;obt do ,,r, "o'se. After weak attempt at war. he nigh, ''"c'e'e disgraceful psace Such is the con ciusion to which the leaders of his party mean to bring him. They have never believed it right or possible to conquer six millions of southern abolition-hating democrats. The uprising o the nation on the fall of Sumter silenced but did not convince them; at every period of dis aster since they have tempted the people with propositions of peace, while after each great success they become mildly warlike. Are we to believe that when MT. w. w, Eaton voted TOT Mcclellan instead of T. H. Seymour al Chicago, he preferred war to peace or tba, the men who elected in 1862 such Legislature, as we have seen in New Jersey, Illinois. Ohio. and Pennsylvania and who in lse2 ,,,s !.