The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-10-13

the South, the SteaoIaSt iIlenuS VI oen
Davis. but the enemies of their country,
who, under the name of Democrat, IN
and managed the Chicago Con,
vention. The leaders were counseled
and advised by Thompson, Sanders, Hol-
comb and Clay, all rebels, having. their
HEADQUARTERS in Canada-the confidential
friends and agents of the traitor JEFF. Da-
WIS.,. They presented platform, which
was unanimously adopted by the Conven-
ton, for the guidance of its candidate for
the Presidency, Major General McClel-
Ian, who, having previously approved the
platform, accepted the nomination. The
acceptance of the nomination from the
Convention whose platform was approved
if not dictated by the rebels, traitors IN
every sense of the term to the Union, VIII
avail General Mcclellan no more In his
race for the Presidency under the cogno-
men of democrat, than the appendage
to his name Of Napoleon aided him IN
his Peninsular campaign. In the latter
case the compliment, if such it may
be called, did not even inspire him so
much with the love Of glory and dlstlnc-
ton, If his officers are to be believed, as
to induce him to place himself under hire
to watch the operations of his different
corps during the many battles in which
they were engaged. With the unlimited
confidence of the President and his Cabi-
net, having the control of all the resour-
ces at their disposal, with "a splendid ar
nv of one hundred and twenty thousand
strong, increased to one hundred and fif-
weight thousand, as reported by the Ad
iutant General Of the army, the goal was
within the reach of General Mcclellan,
but he knew not how to grasp it. He
possessed the sword of Scanderbeg, but
could not WELD it. lie neither compre-
hended the value of time nor the advan
tage of prompt action and celebrity Of
movement His encamping in the swamps
of the river Warwick, and the mud in
front of Yorktown, for month besieging
the place, permitting its rebel garrison to
be increased from nine thousand to over
one hundred thousand men, as he repre-
sented, (the rebels say only seventy thou
sandy, and then allowing them to escape
from Yorktown unobserved, was no less
fatal to him as a commander than the re-
suit was disastrous to his army-at the
same time it disappointed and depressed
the hopes of every patriot throughout the
Union. With advantages that few Gen
erals ever possessed, he signally failed.
'Generel Mcclellan expects to be Pres
ident under a nomination from the con-
vention whose leaders sympathize with
the Southern rebels, and whose platform
was dictated by traitors calling themselves
Democrats. His friends say he repudia-
ted the platform in his letter of acccp-
tauce. Can any one doubt, if the leaders
succeed in electing him, no matter what
he may have said in that letter, that he
will be governed by the Chicago plat
formy 1t appears by the New York Dai
ly News, the organ of the peace men,
that the platform was approved by the
General two months before the conYen
tion met at Chicago. The Editor says ::
''Early in July last-we have it upon
the authority of delegate from Indiana
who was selected by the delegation from
his State to act as one of the committee
to inform the candidate of the action Of
the Convcntion-the platform with its
peace planks, almost word for word as a
dopted, was presented to General McClcl-
Ian, and was by him approved, both in
its letter and spirit. Under such cir
cumstances, coming from the source it
does, the truth of the statement cannot
be doubted. The General is bound by
his plighted faith to be governed by the
platform, should he be elected. To vio-
late it, he would exhibit more courage
than most men possess.
"Allow me to ask, is there a Democrat
who voted for Senator Douglas for Presi-
dent, that viii vote for any candidate
who accepts a nomination from Con
vention that sympathizes with the reb-
els, and which was dictated to by South
ern traitors in the formation of its plat
form? | hope there is not one. Al
though Douglas was defeated in his elec-
tion by the Southern Democracy, and a
few Democrats in the North who cooper
atcd with them, he was one of the first
to declare his attachment to the Union,
and his readiness to sacrifice all he pos
sessed, with life itself, if need be, to pro-
tect and defend the Republic in its unity
and integrity.
"Gn conclusion, | will simply remark
that | belong to no party, whether DEM
ocrat, Wing, Republican or any other,
that is not for the preservation of the
Union and the Constitution, without CON-
promises or lines of demarkation, and
which is not in favor of the prosecution
of the war until the rebels lay down their
arms, and are willing to submit to the
laws and the Constitution of the United
States.
"Isespectfully yours,
"JOHN L. WOOL"