Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-12
MORNING LEADER.
THE CHIEF ORGAN OF THE
PEACE DEMOCRACY REPU.
DATES MCCLELLAN.
THE NAN YORK NEWS BACKING
WATER.
MoLELLAH MARRIES The BRIDES PsOPETRY5
BUT NOT THE BRIDE.

The New York Nel0s which has been
the leader of the Peace faction is out in
full blast against Mcclellan. After show
ing that it has been consistent advocate
of Peace and oppo=el to the coercion
of astate by force, it says;
1t was therefore with a sat ton that
knew no bounds that We welcomed, in the
platform presented by the Chicago Conven-
tion to the Democracy, the proposition for
an immediate cessation Of hostilities and
| convention Of sll the States. To cease
| fighting and to appeal to reason and
calm discussion of the questions in
dispute; that is precisely the plan
of action that we have advocated from
the commencement of hostilities. 1t is
fair to suppose that the Sovereign States,
solemnly assembled in Convention, would
exercise such judgment and conciliatory
attributes as are due to the spirit of en-
| lightenment and Christianity, and would
use their best endeavors to free our political
system from its imptrfections, that 1t night
accord, so far as possible, with the interests
of all, and be offensive to none. The Chi
cago platform promises with its triumph an
immediate cessation of hostilities, and sd-
voeates plan of reconciliation that every
peace man can conscientiously ind0rse.-
We accepted it, and with it the candidates,
nominated upon the platform.
But he candidates and the platform can
not exist apart. The platform is the soul
the candidate is the body. The one may
change, decay, perish, the other is immu-
table and eternal, for it is principle The
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alive positions, for if the man renounce the
principle, he ceases to be a candidate of the
party that nominated him.
George B. Mcclellan was nominated on
a platform that promises an immediate
cessation of hostilties and convention of
all the States Does he stand upon the
platform to-day? He does not. He has
renowned the platform in his letter accept
ing the nomination, It is as if the bride
groom should accept the brides property,
but not her person. A bond like that is
null and void. The peace party viii not
have their principle betrayed, and then do
homage 10 the betrsyer. They demand all
that is nominated in the bond. General
Mcclellan having rejected the proposition
for cessation OF hostilities and conveu-
tion ofall the States, declined the Chicago
nomination, and stands before the people
self-nominated on platform of his IN
creation. The Democracy must seek
candidate who will stand upon the plat
form, for they cannot consistently support
cne who is in collision with the convention
that rendered him the nomination. If
the platform accords not with the nomi-
nee's convictions of the right, due respect
for the opinions Of the assemblage that
unanimously adopted ii, requires that we
should give back to the Convention the
standard Of ths democracy. The Demo
cratic National Convention is not dissol-
we'd. 1t IS ready to convene at the cali Of
Its Executive Committee, and if General
Mcclellan cannot abide by the resolution
through which the principles of the. party
have been enunciated, let the Convention
resssemble, and eih remodel their plat.
| form TO suit their nominee, or nominate
candidate that viii suit the platform.