The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-09-07

hi't IL a restoration 81
t.le Union, and finally settling down to Wal opcn,
wag ID ior the destruction Of the institutions Of the
South, says:
Terms Of negotiation which embrace "a restora-
ton of peace and the integrity Of whole Union :"
President Lincoln will not listen to, lulless they
embrace the further proposition that the seeded
States shall abandon slaveryl
Hereafter, can this be called " war for the
Union :" Evidently Mr.. Lincoln does not so under
stand IT. lie wishes the Union restored and ht.
wishes the restoration Of peace but lac wishes neither
unless slavery Is abolished.
This Is liS platform tor the canp.igI il fhp
great object for which the war is now Prosecuted
according to the President
For ourselves, We can say We nevei favored !. war
to overthrow the domestic institutions OF sovereign
states, and never shall. We can have no heart in
nor words ol, such war. IL this Is the object Of
the contest, the sooner armies recalled and
.disbandod the bettcr-tor III such IL war we can
neither achieve nor deserve success. war to maiu-
tam the constitutional authority of the Feiep Ooy
ernment iii all the States Is thing but an u,l-
constitutional lawess, abolition crusade which asks
the country to bankrupt ITSELF tax labor and to give
millions OF more lives, that boon OF doubtful value
may he conferred On the negIoeS OF the South il
quite another. The people Of the Southern States
are justified before God and all the world III resist
ing such a crusade, and thGy Will make that resist
tnco successful. There Is no HOPE tor the Union
oause-no prospect Of securing amy return for the
brood and treasure already spent Ill the war but in
taking the management Of the Government out Of
the hands of those who have perverted IA great ma
tional cause to ContemptIble and insane purposes
and giving power to men who will initiate new
policy who will gladly welcome and receive all pro-
positions Tor peace which contemplate a restored
Union, with each State left III the free ana fll
)oyment q all its rights under the Old Constitution
OF our fathers.
No Democrat, no conservative man of the Web
ster, Clay, Bell and Everett school, ever favored the
war for the purpose which President Lincoln how
virtually declares 1t is waged. They could not do
SO without doing violence to their sCnscof right
fH.fI hg. Es lprs1l a1 mot
son5 o their lives. Heretofore there had been War
Democrats, who favored the wlr'ou the CIlttcnden
resolution quoted ut the head Of tins article but
- War Democrats" " who fol- the war ON the
Lincoln, sublugatlon and abolition PLATFORM will be
hard t. tnd, and will prove to be only Republicans
when found, Such should and will vote for Lin
COMA most tit leader, because the most conspicu
Gus IL aposttcy from his Union professions, and the
hfSt official N the land to declare the to be SIM
ply one tor negroes and not white mentor aboli-
toy and not Union. All other Democrats, and tens
OF thousands Uf undecelvcl and patriotic Republi-
cans, will rally under different banner for the
Union and the Constitution.
MCCLELLAN AND HIS FRIENDS
The committee to notify General Mcclellan and
Mr.. Pendeton OF their nominations are to meet i'll
New York on the Sth of September The Herald,
alluilng to the whereabouts OF the General, says
There Iumor current III the city yesterday
that General Mcclellan would drTlye III town iii the
course Of the day, and that hls friends proposed to
serenade hun at his private residence III Fourth
avenue On the strength of this rumor, Mr. Doug
Las Taylor. ot Old Tannnany, and other leading
Democrats, made the most complete arrangements
tor a successful seronaie but notwithstanding the
most active inquiry, the report Of the Generals
nVal could be traced 10 no reliable source On the
contrary, many gentlemen, Of good information
serted that there was reason to suppose that the
General would come to the city III present at least,
not until he had formally accepted the Chicago
nomination by letter. Come when he may, however,
he may be sure OF cordial reception For the
present, he Is staying quietly with his family at
Orange, New jersey.
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The following persons compose the National Dc
m0cratlc Committee Tor the next four years:
Maine, }. \. Lyman, OF Portland; New IIamp-
shire, Josiah MenUt of Concord Vermont, IL. ).
Smith, Uf Milton Ma@sacl usetts, L. o. Prince, of
Boston; Connecticut, William NJ ConyEsc, of Nor
wich, Rhode Island, Gideon Bradford, OF Provi-
d-nce, New York, august Belmont, Of New York
city; New Jersey, N. u. Steele. of -, Pennsyl-
yania, w a, Galbraith, of Erie Delaware John
A Nicholson, OF -; Maryland, Oiin Bowie, OF
tovlngtou; kentucky, James Guthrie, of Louis
vile, and l. Trimble OF Plducah; Ohio, Rufus X.
Ranny, OF Cleveland; Indiana W. L. Nlblaci, of
-; Illinois, Wilbur L Story, OF Chicago;
Michigan, " L. Bancroft, of Port Huron Missouri,
Lewis ". Bogg, of st. Louis Minnesota John III.
Mckinney, Of Chatfied; Wisconsin, George II.
Paul, Of Milwaukee; Iowa, ID. o. French, of Des
Moines; Kansas, Isaac l.. Eaton, Of Leayenworth; /;
Califurnia, fhoI,.v1 HuShos OF san Francisco; Ore
gon, William NJ Melian Of --.
The committee organized by the election of Au-
gust Belmont, Chairman, and +. y. Prince, 5ecre-
tirV.