Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-11-03
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November 9Th, 1864,
The Democratic Party,
Disease Party on the Brain

and / sincerely believe that Mcclellan will not
get one electoral vote cane here and was
surprised to find that you had distinction in
your vote-a soldiers vote and '.home vote"
That idea is fatal to success. Who started
the idea? Are the soldier nobodies that
they should not be included i, the home vote?
When you sent your dispatches over the
country why didn't you sag I'VE have given
$4,000 or 10000 against Mcclellan 2"
believe this distinction is nothing but mat
ter Of betting among YOU Imen. But you
have no right to bet when the country may
be dying.
You must be in earnest. have never seen
such position as that occupied by the Demo-
cratic party to-day Once tho Democratic
party had principles If there was war in
Hungary, the party decided Which side they
were on. If there vas a war anywhere over
world, the Democratic party had opinions !;
but for once they don't know, when there is a
great rebellion in ourown country, which side
they are on would like to know where
Mcclellan is, and where the Democratic party
is Mcclellan is nothing but political
trickster. His letter is neither war nor
peace. tits neither white nor black. 1t is
neither male nor female. 1t is political
eunuch, and there is nothing more of it.
don't know, what these men meant, but |
went TO them, and they promised me that if
Indiana, Ohio and Pennsy lvania went against
them they would withdraw Mcclellan for Dix
| knew the loyal people would have gone for
loyal man, and that Mr. Lincoln himself
would have gone for him, in order to save
the country. Mr.. Ward (Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee of Penn
sylvania) telcgraphel that the Democrats had
carried PENNSYLVANIA by thirty thousand ma
jority. afterwards went to hIr Ward and
told him to call the pennsylvania delegation
together, in order to have the convention re-
assemble What can | do! says he |
said {" Call the Convention He said " it is
too later-thcre is 10 time" Then said - II
~" oou Wv IL VIII 5'dtiIp tnc 'tdtc ui
Pennsylvania against you" Ward told me
to 90 to some one else, and also that they
were going to have meeting at Harrisburg
| went 10. Drexel, and he sent me to Mr..
Childs, the publisher, but they could not
move. They were afraid of the Rothschilds !.
There is no individuality among any of these
men. They simply snccze when Belmont
takes pinch of snuff. | went to New York
and saw Belmont He said "Wc have got
Pennsylvania | have got letters from all
parts of the State And yet | could see far
enough in the future to know that he could
not carry Pennsylvania by $4,000 shot,
don't believe it.
Mr.. Train drew an amusing caricaturc of
the two candidates, represented by trains of
cars-the Lincoln train carrying everything
while the two-ho-sd team of Mcclellan is left
at Jersey.
think there ought to be large minority
in the country 1t is our safety. Now there
don't seem TO be a minority in TIE Unou ]
think Mcclellan should be satisfied with In.
diana, Pennsylvania and Ohio but lie seems
determined to carry Els friends With him.
He is like the Irishman who was asked to
buy trunk "And what for" "To put
your clothes in, B." said the storekecper. "What
and go naked p 1 recommend Mr.. McClel.
Ian to buy trunk.
Mr.. Train desired to say few words or
the sufject of State rights or State sovereignty
Of all things this doctrine as laid down b,
the leaders of whit has assumed the name o
Democratic party. is the mpst absurd In.
dividuas make families, families make up the
towns, towns make up the counties, counte.
make States, and States make up the Union
and the Union has a flag, enc, q contract called
Constitution, which delegated their Stat,
sovereignty and rights to that Constitution
and that flag. No State has right to coir
money no State has right to pass laws. t.
levy taxes on imports no state has right tc
do anything that is not consistent with tn,
great Constitution of the country that docu
ment is the supreme law of the land. NJ
State has under that Constitution any right t.
alter that Constitution except by conventio,
of two-thirds of the people: and yet the soutl
when Fort Sumter was fred upon, dispense,
with that letter formally. Yet there are mel
in the North who are blind enough to follow
the lead of August Belmont, the agent O
Rothschild, and say they were right.
The speaker now alluded to the doctrine O
free trade as formerly advocated by the peopl
of the south, and by them fasteued on to til
Democratic party. England is for free trad
only when it suits her own interest
The Democrats have been fooled most Is
scntially fooled, in the present ccu,est; the,
are now the mere shadow of England VIII,
are the leaders Of the Democratic party The,
would sell the :iatiou to get the public Offices
Now let US look at this Democratic party i,
another aspect. There are but two parties i,
this country. One cheers loudly when sferi
dan gains victory The other party doe
not cheer, but every victory gained Dy ou
gallant soldiers or sailors seuds rang througl
their bosoms. Now he did not believe in tina
party.
There are two partiss-one that rejoice
when our army captures forty three pieces q
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