, 1864-10-27

mcpORMICKsS SPEECH.
Cyrus Mccormick, Coppefhead can ndidate
for Congress OF this district, read an I'D
dress to the Invinclble Club, which met in
the ball in Uhlich's block on Tuesday even
Ing, defining his position on the great issue
before the country. The address," which
is inserted in the rebel organ, has one merit
unlike McClellsn's letter Of acceptance, it
faces the music and endorses the Chicago
disunion peace peace platform openly and
equare}y. Mccormick declares in as good
English as he can command, that be ID q
straight out Vs1!andighamer; that like Pen.
dlefon, II elected to Congress, he will not
vote man or dollar to carry on the war.
he pronounces for unconditional peace, 40
immediate cessation of hostilities. He goes
,as iar as Fernando Wood, George Pendleton
or q. l.. Va11and1gham. He declares that In
his opinion the war is an inter failure. and
that the rebellion can never be subdued. and
furthermore, that it ought not to be.
That our readers may see what bis position
Is. We make the following extracts from bis
"adoress to the voters Of the First Congress
slona1 District":
4aA o61uH OUGHT hot TO BE RESTORED.
II learn that an considered a eecessinntst or
rebel eympathizer. while the Rep4ub,,cau uress
p ass A asksd ne DIRECT qnesi@, having squlatfns
r 1% aaat oitsetton VEL in answer to he qnesnon:
III say tt tnat 1ae Union eeer could o. restord' ''
ted n The 1nterrogatcty! added: "Ou the sub.
}ogaun9. conhscntirg and exterminatang terms Of
President Lincoln" and now repeat that, and
at1l more; that the Union ought not 10 Be re1torxdm -
sToP TIE wAR-Pnoct.AIN Az ARM1sr1ck.
"0n MT return to this country iu July last, ATTIC.
IN absence OF two years, I made known my views
upon this question through the public press, and
nI course vi no reference to I1Y position as
candidate tor public office, then defining nv po-
! VIZ 1ea5 paragraph from that letter:
What, then, Is the COURSE best calculated nou,
.a 70 saf tne county, North and Sonth-rbe Union.
Tith au the interests Of Ill the people, ftom tie
4 1 10 me nlI rom Maine to ca!ltofnia, THIS
Il lne efe1t Question still to be antwered: and III
my conscience be11eTe It can only be answered
ehes ehhosta! uau5-os as nearly 70 rs the terribly
soanea m et9te q things Ti perm,sas it was an
menced. viz: Stop ne to1r-proc7qin On a,1n1stI.t
cal oonpeHttos, md consder tes1as o. Of = neaes" '
There is no mistaHng the meaning Of that
language. Stop the war, withdraw our
armies from the South, raise the blockade
surrender back to the rebels the Mfssiesfnnf
h1FeF from Cairo to the Gu1f, abandon Ken
1ncky' Iennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mis-.
sonf', West Virginia, Maryland and Della
ware, and New MEXICO, Arizona and tbs In-
o1an Territory Are the voters OF Cook
county prepared to advocate this couraes
1et this ie what an aru1fstlce fmp1ies, This
Is what the rebel writers, with one accord.
demand. And after an armlstice. then Whit
Why, rebel Independence and dissolution
o1 toe Union, which would follow an ar rcais-
tice "a fu1ely as night follows the going
down Of the sun.
Mccormick says after =" stopping the war;
and "proclaimi1g an armistice," then aca1l
convention" Does he know what.he fs
talking abonts What sort Of a conventions
TO have any validity or legality It must be
called according to the forms prescribed bv
the Constitution, which requires, f1rst, that
both branches OF Congress, By tusthirsz.
oose, sta1 submit proposition to the States:
SECOND, the proposition must be ratified by
the Leeislatures fthreef fouylss Of az tie Szat<x,
which will requlre twenty ty-eight; Tint is, ali !!
the Northern and eight Of the Southern
States
Suppose, after an a1m!stice is made, aud
eur armies and fleets are Withdrawn from the
south, that the rebels conclude not to send |
delegates to eaid convention, nor to be bound |
y tts action. What is Mr. Mccormick 60
ne to do about it What course will the
'eace party then purzuee VIII they re.
lew tie var and prosecute 1t
Ill the rebellion Is snbdued:
Mccormick in his address says that the
ebels can never ibe put down By force Of
rms, and ought not to be. Will they be ca.
Ier to conquer after an asmistice Of one OF
NO years, when they hare sold their cotton,
lid IN their supplies, purchased feet and
'e1fected their military preparations!
Mr. Mccormick Is delighted with the dis
Inion peace platform Of his party. &c Gays:
ttBut the epltit Of the Chicago Democratic Con-
entton nGa'y met TIE @ @afe7Eesultieg ia the adop-
1eReetions humhly made IN the letter from which
have Just read"
This is sufficiently explicit. We are glad
hat Mr. Mccormick has made the issue so |
quarely. The reeult Of the election Will
how just how many voters there are in Cook
ounty who ere willing to stop the war and
i've up beat, and acknowledge that the reb-
1s have whipped us and to agree that the I
Jnlon shall be dissolved.
UNION mRN co TO WORK,
The political campaign has now developed
Eself sufficiently to enable rs to predict the
lection Of Abraham lincoln beyond the
hacew Of doubt. Wetssltate not to pub.
[sh this fnct, as We know that the copyIc-
lon Ct Its truth will not 1u11 single Union
otter into fa1se or fancied security, but vii,
My impel him to redouble his energies In
10 geod cause We aestrt what must be
1e rtsuft II ULion men do their dutY-not
hat must result In spite of their neglect.