The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-08

n
The war wing Of the democratic party
manifests great anxiety to be rid Of the
imputation Of fellowship with such SYM
pathizers with treason az Vallandigham
and the Woods. They say that Fernando
Wood appeared and spoke 1t the great Nc.
Clellan ratification meeting in New York
on the 18th, without invitation and in con.
out his posters announcing himself as one
OF the speakers, and obtruded himself up
on one Of the stands, with his men about
to call for him, and so made his Grafton,
in spite Of the cold shoulder given 10 him
by the managers. This may be true, and
It shows very plainly that the democratic
leaders, even in 80 prO-slavery city rs
New York, understand the drift OF pOp,l.
lar feeling, and feel compelled to adap;
themselves 70 Il. They dare not risk their
chances Of success in November upon the
platform built at Chicago. They see that
the people cannot be made to misunder-
stand that platform. II was constructed
to su!t the copperhead and reasonable
element in the party, and it cannot be in
terpreted by any ingenuity to mean ANY,
thing but asdisgracefnl compromise with
traitors or dishonorable and disunion
peace in the last result. There is no get
ting over this, or around it, or shutting
ones eyes against it. It stands out in let
ters OF blackness and shame before the
crafty partisans who consented to il, and
before the people it was meant to delude
and betray into concessions against which
every manly and patriotic instinct revolts.
Ostensibly Gen. Mcclellan asks for the
votes Of democrats upon his war Platform
war till the rebels submit. We have
been ready 10 accord to him entire honesty
in this. We Go not think he deliberately
proposes 70 himself 70 become the instru-
ment Of the men who made the peace plat
Cnpv NJ h.n< n lob nd
the Woods, Long and Pugh, the Connect
cut Seymours and Eatons, and all the cop
perheads who have from the first de-
bounced the war as infamous and done all
they dared to obstruct it and give moral
and material aid TO the rebels-these men
insist that the election Of Mcclellan is the
acceptance Of their platform a. the fixed
years that whatever may be General Nc
Clellan's personal convictions, in accepting
the nomination he adopted the platform
and cannot hOnOrably repudiate 1t. And
they express entire confidence that, If elect.
ed, be viii be brought under such infiu-
ences, that he will be constrained to pursue
the armistice and peace programme. Now,
means treason and disunion, should al
least hesitate before deciding to give his
vote TO q man in whose future action the
lcOpperheaGs have such unbOnnded conf.
dence. He may betray that confidence
but there is at least possibility, II nots
decided probability, that he will satisfy it
The matter is too momentous in its conse.
quences to admit Of any doubtful action
and the war democrats who want to vote
for Mcclellan have right to demand d
him something more definite than the gen.
eral patriotism Of his letter Of acceptance
As true soldier and honorable man hi
should disavow the statements made in hil
behalf by bis copperhead advocates, and
give the people to know, distinctly and en-
phatically, that he repudiates and loathe.
them and their treasonable' doctrines ant
purposes. Let him do that and he will a
least show that he is too high-minded Il
connive at any duplicity in his behalf, ant
that he had rather be right than be presi
dent. Indeed we have no DOUBT that ever
at this late hour he could improve hi
chances Of an election by planting himsel
boldly upon Union ground and rejecting
tho friendship and support of every sym
pathiser with the rebellion. II he fails K
do this how can any sensible war democra
vote for him?-Spris.Gfc,d Republicans.
|