The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-24
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]. That the Democratic PLATFORM was die
tated by the ultra Peace Democrats.
II. That the Democratic candidate for the
Yice Presidency was nominated at the die
tation of the ultra Peace Democrats.
III. That the Democratic candidate for
the Presidency was nominated solely on
the ground Of his availability, he being
the only Democratic candidate who could
obtain any loyal votes, without which no
man can be elected to the Presidency, no
matter who he is or by whom he is nomi-
mated. Therefore n
". That the Chicago nominations and
platform were bold bad bargain and sale
for the exclusive purpose of securing the
administration Of the Government to the
Democratic party, which, being in power,
would use said power for the carrying out
Of the peace plank of its platform.
tics Of the Democratic party are managed
with exclusive reference to success at the
polls. and consequently to the deception Of
the people, for ss,r.f-s =
VI. If there had been any hope of sue
cess at the polls with an outright, uncon-
ditional peace and disunion policy, the
Chicago Convention would have adopted
that policy, which is proven by the fact,
VII That the spirit Of ell the speeches in
and around the Chicago Convention was
unmistakably for peace with the slave
holders at any price and at the earliest
moment. In the Convention the speeches
were judiciously willy, but out of it all
constraint was thrawn OF, and there was
nothing heard from Democratic orators
during the Democratic Convention but
harangues that were a. noticeable for
their disloyalty az their scurrility that
were ~ urgent for peace with JEFF. Davis
! as they were clamorous for war with Pres
ident Lincoln that were as memorable for
their charges Of usurpation and tyranny
upon the national authorities In Washing
ton, rs for their total ignoring Of the usur-
patton and tyranny In Richmond, which
we are spending billions of money and
hundreds Of thousands of men to put down.
II Is proven beyond all possibility of cavil
or contradiction, then,
VIII. That the Democratic party leaders
are at heart In sympathy with the rebel
lious Shareholders, and will, if they obtain
| control of the United States Government,
prove an ally Of theinsurgent Government;
and. therefore,
| TX. That the loyal and true men who
vote for General Mcclellan will be AZ GER
tainly betrayed into the hands Of the rebel
lious slavehOlders, if he 10 elected, as they
would be if they elected in his stead Gle
mept L. Vallandigham or Benjamin Wood;
x. Party leaders are . power, and the
fparty President has to do their bidding as
much in the adoption of his policy as in the
selection Of his counsel0rs. s And mark it,
l. XII. George b. Mcclellan is eminently
THE man for them, and they know it. His
principal ability 10 pliability, and his lead
ing virtue is amiability, and his fame rests,
l most Of all, upon his ability and DISPOSE
/ ton to change his base. He never made Z
! bridge that he did not hesitate to walk over;
| he never took position that he Gid not fall
back from be never, made q march that
4 had not its counter-march he never got
! into fight where the fight got into him.
In all the ranks of the Democracy there
could not have been found more mallea-
Die and tractable individual than he who
has been selected by the masters in the
4 democratic Ishmael for their wicked and
etrocious purposes. And in saying this we
tlo not forget to reco,leet that the marks OF
;Rthe manipulation are still to be seen amona
W OH the mental and moral apparatus OF
James Buchanan and franklin Pierce
And it ID fact
! XII. That Gen. Mcclellan insists. il sc
many words, upon compromise with
-FOUR present adversaries. the same com.
Z promise by which James Buchanan and
franklin Pierce made the insolent and ar
, rogant slavemongers ssour present adyer.
sarles." Therefore it liz q fact
, MI. That if General Mcclellan iaelect
) 20 PRESIDENT of the United States he Hnl bt
Just such President as James Buchanan
, VAS with Just such Cabinet and jus: suc
uyAsore and just such surroundings 81
: .uoeo which carried down Buchanan anC
SSsI,e0 Gown the country with him. Lee
M:noNaeusn's own opinions of the war and o
IeaSy Oe what they may, he will be com
F Poueu, as all his Democratic predecessor,
were, 20 sruckle with the Soutn for term,