The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-24
TheIPslftical situation.


clasp hands with the supporters Of thegov-
efnn1eht, to support It to the end. The
Canvass happily is short, and the victory
will soou Be achievsd.n The seven weeks
between 70 day and the presidential cleo
ton are ample for the discussion Of an Ia
sue which means loyalty o. one side and
between the friends and foes Of thecohntry
was drawn 30 clearly ct Chicago, that since
the lst OF September, no intelligent man
could mistake In choosing his course. Mr..
Mcclellan has since written an indirect and
eQuivocAl letters puzzle to his own party,
exciting some to. applause and cthers to
anger. Butall this Is nothing to US, or to
the great body IT the Unionists, who are
beutupon the triumph of principles which
need no .enigmatical glossary and no
eqlivocal interpretation. Our party il for
the preservation or the Union. and TOR Lib
eTty - the only uaeans OfGpreeerving 10:
our adversariee are for the Unlon, and for
Slavery which would. straightway attack
the Union again with are and sword. Our
party ID for crushing the rebe3li0u, till the
surrender: our adversaries are for an i'm
mediate cessation Of hostilities, covering
Gen. Hood from pursuit BY Sherman, and
shie1ding Lee against the sword OF Grant,
Our pASty Gala the 7rsbellion sinful; our
adversaries have no word in ita condeQna-
ton, lest they should condemn themselves
= its allies. The Democratic candidates
tvs position-Nhich, - stated by General
Wool, - this: the election Of Mcclellan 10
1.-THE surrender Of the U6ited States to JEFF.
terson Davis and his government.
The secret Of this dub360s document il
plain. The Chioago platform fell upon the
country like an insult, rouaing loyal men
70 INDIGNATION and opposition. For every
enin9 Of it, Patriotism. q During these ten
days Mr.. McClellan's party sdwindled like
. lessening flock Of migrating swallows.
Despair was written on every Democratic
faOA1 Something must ~ done to arrest
the quick-rot. That something was this
letter. Will it retrieve the desperate for.
tunes Of . desperate partyf Not whit
Mr.. MeClsllans moeti innstrious failure
was always bis strategy. Strategy - poll
Jesuitisnn isaot successful In free countries.
Mr.. MoClellan's change Of base, or flank
movement, ~ il 10 called, u clever, but not
great-ingenious, but not successfnl. "Be-
HeYing, says he, that the views here ex.
pressed' that IL, inahis letter-"nre tie
viesvs u Tie Cbnvssttoni I sccept the nomi-
nation" But the views Of the Chicago
some Democrats eeteemed expedient. and
bysmany fatal. Part Of Mr.. SMcTellan's
letter was written for theaalee Of thosa who
wished this platform explained away. and
tor these he explains it away: and part was
written Y0r the sake Of those who prefer Il
70 remAin,i and 1br these he seems to retain
it, That il, he both accepts the platform,
and rejecta i be neither accepts It, nor re-.
lects it. Not Catholic, nor yet Protestsnt,
be stands Puieyite defining position
made more tunintelligtble BY definition.
FsangtEQ WiaGsNf che Democratic party,
one TOR Peace, AND The othsy for War, he
holds out MS right hand with peace TO the
one, and his lett With war 70 the other, ex-
psctina thus by 10th handsto be lifted into
the Presidency. But the Peace men pub
Ecly refuse hiA fellowshlp-the New York
Daily Neios reppdiating the nomination,
Mr. VallandigfiSn throwing up his cam
paign appointments ira disgust, and Mr..
John Mullaly, editor of the Roman Catho-
lie Metropolitan Record in this city, re.
spending Amen. On the other hand, the
War wing Of the Democratic party-or Of
what once was the Democratic party-is
largely and increasingly on the side Of the
Unionists, carrying the banner of Balti-
more. Meanwhile, Mr.. McCleI.aa,s cla-
qusurs. cheer him In public, and mourn
over him in private. .4e1
Butwe do not count upon the Peace mems
tiisaffection as threatening any serious
division to the Democratic party. We pre-
dict that Fernando Wood wilt accent Chi.
cago, Mcclellan, Inconsistency and all, not