The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-19
Elelor.eenernl x earneS.

| ms cause az the hittle OF Chunliys hs
| end was embiueTed by the reflection that be
| fell victim TO iuclpaciiy, which rendered
| the Efforts of brave men frutloss. In soycAl
| weil-known letters he wrote home that the cam
| paign was "beinp fought by drlbl5si mat thc
| army was duudcr the control %, imheciuty or
| something worse and that, soldier as ho was, he
| could almost wish he was back agaln 20 ms que5
/ home i'm New Jersey. One OF his letters closes
with the memorable declaration, 81 tell you that
| Mcclellan is burned outl' When, after the VIC
/ tory at Malvern HILL won while General McClel-
Ian was board the gunO lat, the order to retreat
60 Hauison's Landing was received, General
| keauey said :-
a. Philip Kearney ola oficcr. eater my solemn pro-
TEA ne, to follow u, no enemy ana taAe RSaH5nd
And In ul ,ew Of st he retponsbnt. OF sueu dsc.t-
prompted BY cowafuict or reason" ~
General KcaTcy was a stsunch Democrat
Major-CcnernI Mccall.
haior-General George A. Mccall one Of the
heroes Of the Peuinsuldr campaign, aud tue or
gauizer and leader u' tAc ftmDu, PGnusyyauiL
Reserve democratic cand daie Tor Congress two
years ago., declared IN =, cent letter:
~ now believe, as ever have believed, that if
the Union Is worth preserving, IL is worth the
prosecution OF the war TO successful inclusion.
With regard to the conduct Of this war, cgnnl.
say th't have approved, or would now endorse,
ali the measures of the present Administration
but rcgaid d any Administration thai will ener-
getically prosecute the war as preferable TO one
thot is in favor of an arm'sticc uui convoolriOn
OF the StatCs-uu'il the States Wa rebellion have
laid down their arms
Btuior.GonCraI ButIer.
Major General BeDjamin Buter orc Of the
most able BnC distinguished BTCckiuri Igc ID amo-
Gratis az the outbreak of the war, has never al
lowed any doubt as to his patriotic position. In
his latest expression he says -
"Can It be that any uue man, especially any And ew
Jackson Democrat can desire this Hoyerlmeut put into
the hand1 Of the Me5sr7. NaliAd -ham Woods,
soyaour, Pcuglcton, Long, Ila ris, Voorhees,, ana
what ihalr IYt.urm and their candida mean.
The wac Is TO be carried or Il is mo-; ttnot, thCn
aiss Ia,eia, ana d snoh9IaD peace, wMeh w be no
pT N caT an, f boiI I s % w 20 De i3s T. snit.
pledsed to The diatandmeni Of TWO huuarod Thousand
cooied ucn now doing du, soldiers, serving iue
an aperhe Of huudr,d OF millions D6untcs, or by
draii when the Great &ound Of complaint by the oDpo
ma, mole If either The Chicago plafcr or MsCoans
ur5d 10 the. master e. 66t Or s56r On he other ,ihe.
Doe; 9ay one eo.bt # c'9rlei TO her nlsSer, lhoy
such property has any valne, Upon the theo Of the
StatSs irk II S"i n St ne m !sn's tt o.
70 their former masters indeed, the practice in
'su furthcr docs OF General Mcclellan twice over in
tees to the rights OF the south"
Major. General wool.
Major General Wool, an opponent oc the Ad-
ninstration psrty before The war, and veteran
officer, earnest and intelligent as he is sincere
records his testimony as follows; -
The confpirat rs have taken advantage OF this silence
supporters o,6e war and lave not fed to sad 70 tGS
Hh,tH Q,uu o he Re-
within thu lGsi two days, howoye the Ropu6tans Iaye
successes o. Ma Gueral sherman Nohl6g, aught
that can discover, viii save 'he Union an lis Govern
sheridan.
'Itwas not the sword Of Caesar tdat destroyed the
liberty t Rome, bat the dem that inrongcu the
ioum. vi souls dead to their countrys honor and
MnIor-GeneraI Meade.
Major-Genoiai Meade the hero of Gettysburg,
ard the commander Of the Army ofthe Putomac-
aDemocrat in former poitics-restfes as follows
against the Democratic peace platform -
'Dlsmssirc as now elcss % ciscuss all quostl5nsas
10 the Lin Of this war, have daily aud hourly
donccs that exists AMI that II can only be tarmnatod
tic aimed enemies Of the Government"
MnjOr.GenCrnl Burnside.
Mejor. General Burnside, Democrat and a
personal friend of G neral Mcclellan, IS known
MS The author OF the arrest of Yplllndigham, ami
the lC0der in several victorious campaigns. lie
| is openly in favor OF President Lincoln, and Op-
posed 10 the election OF General MCCLELLAN.
would moi be cowardy for us to say that ths Rcb
lion cnnu, be rusnei nnt the noty of he Govern
There DO such ihpR as 10y 1g down Of arms. "
cessation of 3Iit,s uIu The entire authority OF The
Goyument Is Acknowledged BY every citizen of our
ysnfOr-Ceneral Dix.
Major-Gencro John A. Dix, ormarly Soere-
tary Of the Treasury il Bushanan's Aum;nlstia-
| tlon, sGys:-
~ believe that ccs. atlou of hestlitio wor!d lea In
S; States AMI St WIEN sy h nsJ @ add Dc aat Sn
sSo 5ES 10 & ,Ii IN any & PobssM b. o. |Sa e Fe
shah restore lhe Uaioa and he Conattutoi,--iss t. a
steady persistent and mittns p,osecu ion the
Ssat 9apiSgssl 1n9 Gegye Ne he lnd5Hent & m OF gGery
| MaiGE-GenerHl SicEles.
Major General Daniel L. Sickles, who before
| the war was one of the most q olstDguis he'd Demo-
| Gratis OF the Moth, and who lost leg nc Gety5-
| burg edges his faith In these noble words;-
tIrr Al. .1f..t HH,g ggfa
supremacy hrooshont the iand, he Government snoud
se 'TS T6yr o - & 40 gsS n @ rn down. % R"b " op "'
Peace 50 won; ihrouFn he nonle aspTatt'ns ot me
homage oi all Who honor p.tri0t,m and vaior Peace IN
| posed upon Us oy IN ambitious and arrogant e, VINO
but 10 deponolse population, unworthy Of heir cage
.a f nanFird eyoS elS oSr shame enouah man
| Nod Nod TO- r, -ew he struggle
HO'1 ~a5or. c!ererOI Lsgan.
| N,,ior C,rcrol John A. Logan, the gallant
| oorys 1Jcnrynandcr Under Mcpherson and a lead
| ing Douglas DemoCI2. or Illinois, spoke the
views Of all the GeUeyals IN active service in the
| West, when E5 sid -
"lhe g. caits victory of the Eay' NoS.eE man . u,i
Of hope VIII DC to eoieat the war parry at the Incoming
A committee of Mcclellan men wrote t,
r | General Logan, at Atlanta, b Eging him 70 IN
| doIse the Chicago platform, He took his pencil
| and for answer, wrote on the back of his h'
, order, congratuating his troops upon the Unlol
4
e. TO the committee,
n BIaisr-Gen4Tei =. y. Saith.
Q Msj0r-General Andrew jackson Smith, Oh
/ hero of Fort DC Russcy aud Pleasant Hill, an ol
= | Pennsylvania Democrat, made the iolloTin
n | speech at ST. Louis;-
~ "Robes commeuccd fills war, now lot them ask
~ peace! Never let The Nurh say peace bat VIII
~ the South asks Tor pc let be urgcifu W0u
y rather the old 1sb der which / have 0ghd
Il sunk fathOus deep IN the Mississippi than thai suo
40 | give ny and sue peace when Mr.. Lincoln
dy elected, the South said no was an ADoluonst. Wen
III be was am too. But Mr. Llccu erl al gru
IN | have had many ana lc thual an free would lr
NJ three hundred ttousaud negroes, II had them for
IL | good Of my county,
so MalOr.GeneFal SchOGeId.
ihi5 Major General John NJ. SchoGeld, formerly
5a | Democrat, widely praised by the opposite
press during his administration In Missouri, hi
~ earnestly endorsed the nomination Of Abraha
he Lincoln, In speech Ut Freeport, Illinois.
10 sheridan.
Major General Sheridan, also a Democrat II
oC hero Of the Shenandoah has, In addition 20 1
es brilliant victories, expressed his opposition to
M peace party ~ voice sud vote.
nv MEjOr.Gsnegs,i Casey.
at, Major General Casey, a Democrat before t
fg t1ty