The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-15

platforms! Laughter and applause. J.
But II ever a party had cause to curse
them, 1t wss the Democratic party in 1854.
It was for time disturbed because the
Republican Union party nominated its
candidates as early as June; but the re-
suit has shown that it was well though in
way that it was probably not foreseen.
From the 9Th Of June, when Mr.. Lincoln
was nominated, TO the 30th of August,
when Gen. Mcclellan was nominated,
hardly a movement was discoverable
among the people in reference to the Pres
would not have supposed that we were
within az many years Of it as We were
months. 1t looked dreadfully like apathy:
for which, evidently, the Democracy mis-
took It. Their Convention assembled, un-
der the animating conviction that they had
only to put their candidate on the track, no
matter with how much dead weight about
him, and let him win the race to the
White House in walk. installing the
nations quiet waiting for an antagonist to
Mr.. Lincoln for disafiection toward him !;
and judging thence that the people were
ripe for any kind of Democratic candi-
date or platform they took full length of
rope, and hung themselves. [Cheers and
laughter.l Let Ms dissect that platform,
and see what it is not made of, and what
il is made Of.
WHAT II IS NOT MADE OF.
Very few words will suffice TO tell what
it is not made Of; for yon can't end q sim
gle fibre Of patriotism, courage, manliness
or honesty in it. [Cheers.] And it is so
|singularly destitute of common sense, in
utterly ignoring great and vital issues, and
pra'ing about matters which can never be
dignified into issues, and which the coun-
try cares nothing about that it might we'll
pass for the production of an All-foois con-
vention, If it were not that q man can't
very well be both q fool and knave.-
[Great applause.
That will do for what it is not made off,
Now, az briefly as possible. FIR what it is
DEMOCRATIC UNIONlsM.
Il begins by saying" That in the future,
as in the past, we will adhere with I'M
swerving fidelidy to the Union under the
Constitution
I'm the future as in the past" Does that
mean that they have. In the past, lad
hered with answering fidelity t. the I'm
ioni" II it does, then they do not speak
for the Democratic party, or else they do
not intend to adhere to the Union at all /;
for i. was Southern Democrats who at
tempted TO break up the Union, and it was
q Democratic Secretary of War who fur
nished them with the arms of the Union to
assail the Union with; and it was q Demo-
cratic President who looked on, without
the Union. And have we not for nearly
four years been fighting Southern Demo-
Gratis, armed for the Unions destruction
lGreat applause.l -
-FOUR YEARS OF FAILURE"
The traitors platform proceed thus:
THAT this Convention does e. plicitly de-
clare, a. the sense Of the American people,
that after four years of failure to restore
the Union by the experiment of war :
nd I'm Hi
welfare demand that immediate efforts be
made for q cessation of hestilities, with a
! view to an ultimate Convention Of the
States, or other peaceable means, to the
| end that at the earliest practicable moment
peace may be restored on the basis of the
Federal Union Of the States"
| Aud this il what they say about the war
and Petersburg, were even then reverbera-
ting over the land. Not one word of cheer
or Encouragement to our noble soldiers
and sailors! Not one breath Of condem-
nation, or even censuTe, OF their ruthless
slayers! Not one syllable of sort of pur-
pose to vindicate or defend the UniOn!-
Not one thought for their country in its
slavery! Only fe,id, snaky hiss at ';four
years 81 fail ure! Failure! howf when?
where? The rebels had Norfolk, York
town, New Orleans, Port Hudson, Match
ez, Vicksburg, Memphis, Columbus,
Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta: have
they got them now? fExciting and vocif-
erous cheers.l They had Louisiana. Mis-
now? repeated cheen.] They had the
Cumberland, the Tennessee, and the Mis-
sissippi: have they drop Of either now?
! [Cheers and cries Of MOL They bad
open ports in Albemarle and Pxmlic0
Sounds, and ut Charleston, Port Royal.
Savannah, and Mobile: are they open now?
They had Forts Pulaski, Morgan, Gaines,
them now? t"No, no!'l Failure! Call
you it a failure, when the rebellion has
been shrivellsd up like a piece Of burnt
leather, and Sherman, Sheridan, and
Grant have got it in the FIRE, and will hold
it there till it il burnt to ashes? [Enthu-
siastic cheers.l You might as well call 9
streak Of lightning . failure, because il
only knocked down three quarters Of your
house. [Cheers.l Hiss on serpents! this
is your time to hiss; but the lightning OF
the peoples wrath are gathering, and there
will be no failure ia their kissing stroke
| upon you On the Sth Of November. (Greai
cheers.] st
| CESSATION or HosTILITIEs.
| But 'justice. humanity, liberty, and the
public welfare, demand that immediate Of.
forts be made for cessation Of hostilities. .
L SO0AoVS
our Government. That is, the nations
Chief, at the very moment its armies have
the rebellion throttled, and are choking the
ife out Of It, is to beg the rebel chief for q
cessation of hostilities! After forty months
Of war, and in the very hour Of advancing
| victory, we are to sue for an armistice!-
After sacrifices Of money and lives, such al
no other nation ever made, and while thu
nation is yet in full vigor to cope with the
rebellion, we must make ourselves such
dastards as the world never saw, and give
up the graves Of our fallen heroes, to b.
spit upon by Slavery's pirates! No! no
plause, and cries Of "No!'l Wherever'ont
drop of the blood of patriots has stained tht
soil is consecrated ground, not one clod O
which is ever to be yielded back TO the do.
minion of their murderers. [Cheers.] That
IS what pronounce to be 1.-THE sense of the
American people, this day; and it viii
sweep over this land, scattering traitors
and towards like chaf before tornado
tGreat applause.l
ga CONVENTION OF THE erArRs.n
But these immediate efforts for cessa