Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-09-12

up a single inch Of the country to slavery
OF falter for a single instant in urging the
war to successful issue. TGreat ap.
plause. The great truth stands iuefFace
ably written on the page of our country'E
history, that the Democratic party is the
party of rebellion, treason and slavery, and
no human effort can erase that record
| IApplause. He who does not see it is
wilfully blind-he who will not see it is a
| traitor to his country and to liberty,
[eheers,l and is so for the sake of slavery,
Renewed cheers. r-
Between that party and the loyal men Of
the nation trial of strength is now to be
made, which I believe, before God, is
to decide the fate of this country for all
future time. 1 can see no ray of light
penetrating the thick darkness which is to
settle down upon our land, if treason is to
secure ascendency through the Democratic
party in the coming election 1t matters
NOT that General Mcclellan, their candi-
date, has led the armies of the Rpublic
against the rebellion it matters not that
he has declared that "our cause must
never be abandoned,n and that "the Con-
stitution and the Union must be preserved,
whatever may be the cost in time, treas
ure, or blood" Give him full credit for
sincerity in those declarations, made in
1862, aud yet what do they amount to in
1864, if he suffers himself to become the
candidate of party which avows its af-
fliation with treasonP ECries of "noth.
ing" HdoR't-trust- him. &c. And if
elected by such a party, what would those
declarations bind him to in 1865, when ne
should assume the reigns of government
Would not his party, flushed with triumph,
and confident of the permanenCe Of it's
rule, if once the South could be brought
back with slavery, laugh to scorn his for
mer patriotic words? Would not the ready
answer be-We did not elect you on your
platform of 1862, but upon our platform
of 1864, and you must stand upon that?-
And does any sane man believe he would
not stand upon it7 I"No. No."l And
standing upon that cowatdly and treason.
able platform, can any patriot doubt that
his administration would pull down ruin
upon our country, and blast every hope of
the votaries of Freedom in the whole
earthP
Aud now, my friends, can see but one
choice left US in this great emergency, and
that is, whatever may have been our past
preferences for men, to support that can
didate for the Presidency who has been
nominated by the great Union party ofthe
nation. TGreat cheers. 1 make no con-
named some other person, whom l would
have preferred before Mr.. Lincoln, as the
bearer of the Union standard in this cleo
ton; but the patriots of the country,
through their delegates in convention,
placed it in his hands, and, like a true SOL
dier. zOherever I see the standard, 1 foLLoiU.
TRapturous applause am the devotee
of no man. All that have, all that l am,
is for my country. [Cheers.J Had the
loyal men of the nation, in their collective
capacity, entrusted the leadership of our
cause to Fremont, l would have marched
under his banner without an instants hes
itation; for in his hands it would have
been the nations ensign, committed to him
by the nation, and he should hvae had my
prompt and cheerful support. But as a
Missourian, represented in common with
all the Radicals of Missouri, in the Nation
al Union Convention, by duly appointed
delegates, 1 feel bound in honor to lay
aside all personal objections and prefer
euses. and give the whole strength of my
support to the candidates presented by
that body. TRenewed applause and cheers. ]
| denounce no Union man for differing from
me on this point. Heis not accountable
to me for his action; nor am l to him for
mine. | suppose him to be actuated by
patriotic motives, and 1 know myself to
be. Let others do as their sense of duty
demands; l will obey my sense of duty
and under that lead, as the contest is now
shaped, am for Lincoln, johnson and the
Union, against Mcclellan, Pendleton,
Peace and Disunion; aud may God defen d
the rightI TTremendous, enthusiastic and
long continued cheers. 4..
So much, my friends, in brief, for the
national aspects of the pending contest
Bnt beseech you not to forget that here,
in Missouri, have another battle to light
at the polls, which is even more important
to us, in reference to our State interests
than the the issue of the Presidential elec-
ton, The whole future of Missouri is
bound up in the State election, which is to
be held on the same day as that for Presi-
dent. 1 look forward to that day as the
most momentous which has occurred in
Missouri's history, except the 18th day OF
February, 1861, when her people decided at
the ballot box the vital issue of her adher-
ence to, or secession from, the Union. We
have befsre US, in the election of the men,
bers of a Convention to revise our Consti-
tuition, two tremendous issues-frSt wheth-
er the curse of slavery shall be Immediately
removed from our soil; and second, and
hardly less important, whether hereafter
rebels, traitors, bush whackers, and bandits
shall, in the enjoyment of the elective iran
chise and the offices of the State, stand on
an quality with=her loyal citizens. [Cries
of "Never," Sc On the first of these
great issues, need hardly say to ST
Louis audience, that my voice IS Dot7n to'tt
SLdUery in Missouri, Instantly and .t0reUsr
fEuthusiastic cheers % the second,
saw, disfranchise rebels, traitors, 6lSht0hack
lrS and 6undits and proclaim your uIal
terable purpose that in all coming tim'
Lovalty shall govern Missouri! (Tremend
GUS and prolonged cheering.)
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