Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-09-28

While Mcclellan has the interest Of the
Union only at heart, Mr.. Lincoln has the IA
natical object Of freeing negroes tor his in
spiratioh. Between .'my plan, as General
: Grant has conducted it, and one by General
Mcclellan, there could not have been the
same sdccgss that has already attended otiF
arms, for ire lost more men fighting the
science of Mcclellan on the Peninsula than
we have in repelling tie furious but iIl=cUns
ducted assaults of Gen. Grant.
Thus, WHETHER WE LOOK At THIS NolINA-
rIoN IN THE LIGHT or PEACE OR WAR, WE PRE-
FsR LINCOLN TO MCCLELLAN. We can make
better terms of an anti-slavery fanatic than
with an earnest Unionist. We can gain more
military success in war conducted or " tiny
plan tliaf one Of Feal soldier Ike 3TcClell-
an, and sooner destroy the RESOURCES and
strength Of cur enemy where they are man
anaged and manipulated by the light fingered
gentry Of Atessrs. Chase Fcssehden, than wheh
husbanded and skilliully controlled by such
a tnan as Guthrie. Our best hope IS frumthe
Honest fanatics Of the Tinted States. men
who believe in tlieir hearts that slavery is
/ the " sum of nll Tillainies,7 and who really
aid sineeFeiy y believe it to be their duty to
separate theft county nSm this " relit olbar=
barisln. Sach men, Sthen they find that
their people are tired of the war, will end il
by apeace that sacrifices territory to freedom,
and will let the South go" provided She
Carries slavgry with her. These men believe
no less that the just powers Of government
are derived from the consent Of the governed,
than "that all men are created free and
equal" The two postulates are Of like i'm
portance to an Abolitionist.
Both the Aboltionist and the Democrat is
our enemy=the Une, becaHse WE have slafeSi
The other because We are diSuuionists. Nor
does their enmity differ in degree they both
hate us most intensely. The Chicago plat
form Is that "peacg may be restored ON the
basis of the Federal Union OF the StaJes =
that is reconstruction OF the Union as it was
with slavery protected by Nominal laws,
but #arred upon by real sentiment, agra
tated and eihbittered by the war. The re-
constructed Union Of the Chicago platform
would be The Certain dgstruBtioh-fif<t. o!
slavery, ahd hext OF shareholders. with Lin
coin and the Baltimore platform, we Of the
Conlslerate States know where we are-out
side of the pale Of mercy, devoted to ruin and
destruction, with no hope save in the justice
and protection Of God, and the courage and
manliness ofour soldiers and people. With
swords and muskets and cann5n we fight
Lincoln, and the past affords no reasons Of
apprehension d of the fiidre: But in the re-
constructed Union Of the Chicago platform,
we would be deprived of our weapons with
out being reconciled TO our foes
There is no question that between the two
men Gen. Mcclellan enjoys far more Of the
respect oi the people Of these States than Linz
coin, and the Democratic party lar more o.
our confidence than the Repuelicln. and that
il reconstruction were possible it would be
more probable under Cen Mcclellan atid the
Democracy than under Lincoln and the Re |
pubIioans, The Northwest inspires one, and !
New England the otliet; bnt Is lUng as New |
England imposes the dJgfas Of her tiviliza-
tion, and the tenets of her lanatic-ht upon the |
mind and people of the Northwest, there may
be peace and separations but there nsver can
be union and hafthehy, If the Northwesl
desires the restoration Of the Union, let IL
peaple shake off the bondage Of View Eng
land, and show to the world that new era
Of toleralioh and ftdteFnai kindness has risen /
in the place offanaucal Puritahism and selfish
oStracisln.