The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-10-25


rnE caeAG0 PLATFORM ALIAS
nEAuFALA.
I van te ialk awaIe atoIt plat
( fr.asotbe amelim kEoNn and
cursed 5eaal ] sbail NOT econ
forget ~ oe uth which iirst
reed ghe 1calitl ,bH tae Chicago Eea-
,eHi.oa b4. lof feN. aud called j.
! plaHora agAtsr Aly ars, feel
+ ug .ntH udieHatiaa. ltatn tlse
s. ho,e eeutiseut u America there could
hc toun 4 body Of men, o lvsl % pa
lriolism, freedom, trula, aud deceucy,
as 70 send forth d eoacociiop Of tfeI-
son, hypocfasy. and fraud Cheers
Ban my sober second thought made
u,e jubilant ior ag that ihcir drad-
!, TAIL a4d, Ia Use indau. Of ils ef eiiag,
dropped upon themselves, and caugAt
Tie Uh8'g beN8cr he rribe CT
War Democrats, Peace Democrats.
C0pperaes]s, sons 81 Liberty HJra-
|to Sey o4E Fernando Wood, Wall
nudebam, and ID; loud anI cau-
Hnued cheers and am st!ll more
iubfunt u0R in the belief shal 60 the
9Th Of next month the great Union
party Of tile nation win light down on
that deadi,dl, and crush the last breath
out OF the whole Democratic masses
that may then be under IL Great
cheers, aud a cry, Where is George
Z. Pugl r And I sail wIh san
clo PaHza BLESSINGS on the man
/ that first invented - platform, ~
Laughter and applause. But if ey-
cr party had cause to curse them, IL
was the Democratic party ia l66i,--
| Il was for i time disturbed because tile
republican Union party nominated Is
candidates rs garry as June but The
result has shown that it was well;
/ though ia a way that it probably not
ioresren. From the 5lh ofJue, when
4 Mr. Lincoln was nominated, TO the 30th
Of August, when Gen. Mcclellan was
nominated. hardy a movement was
discoyerable among The people ID ref
erence to the Presidential election.--
An uniformed observer would moi
cave supposed that we were within as
many years Of il MS we were months.
1 Ii looked dreadfully Ike apathy, ior
/ which, evidently, the Democracy ms
/ t Ok it. THEN Conventions ssenlls Il,
under the aniinaling conviction that
tley bad only to put their candidate
un lhe track, no matter with how mach
dead Wtiei, about lIm aad let him
am lAc rca t3 the White ilou ID a
/ ssl&. Aisob5g TIE nt.oa quiet
+ WaHipa lgraa aliagoBia, e 4la l..n-
c8tU ir Gi iiivtian t.ssarl uu; J1a
+ Judging lAeuce Had Ihs people were
|rpc to- any kiua .. Democratic cam
j q llle q Platform tlcy took uii
1 lergi!. 81 rope, an4Inns themselves,
j beers aud laughter let Us iia-
cc, dat platform, aud See wAai j. is
no. ma e o., and what il js made u,
WHAT 1T Us Hor MADE or.
Very few word wilI suffice % tell
4 what !, i not made of; for you can'a
/ dnd s. 81 fibre Of patriotism, eoar-
age, mauiuess or honesty IN ill.,
i Cheers And il is 80 -inguIarlY
/ des,iiue Of common sense, in utterly
I ignoring great and vital issues, and
Pr8,.ug about matters which can new
eg Tie diqnitiea into issues, and which
| the country cares uotAng about, thai
4 it might well pass Tor tire production
ot an AIi-!ools convention, Z il were
not that "A man can't very wei be both
a fool aud a knaye. Great appAu 6.
That viii do for what il is nol made
Of, Now, as briefly as posstbe, for
what it is made Of
pEMOcRATIC UNIoNIsN.
Il begins by saying: THAT in the
future as IN The past we will adhere
@iIh answering Gdeliiy to Tire Union
under tie Constitution"
'la Tie future As 10 The past Does
,bat mean thai tey have, ia the pass
adhered with answering fidelity 10
ihe Uuion list does. then tiles IA
NOT prak for tie Democratic party,
81 else they do not intend to adhere
to the Union at all for il was South
ern Democrats WHO attempted TO break
up the Union, aud il was Democrat
ic Secretary Of War who furnished
them with the arms Of the Uuion tl
asaii tie UuiJn with; aad Il was i
Democratic President who locked on.
without moving So much as his LITTLE
ii slr 10 saye the Uaoa. And lave
aea not toe nearly 6uryears been fight.
ing Soatlem Democrats, armed ID,
tlc Iuion le.tmcti.n5 TGrat ap.
pause
"foug YEARS OF rAILuRE.'
The traitors platform proceed. Tins
"Inatil4s Coustntioa does exbl;eit-
.iy decl e, a ,he sense 81 tie Amert
eaa pe3t II, that afe our years 81
hilafe q restore tbe Ionby the ex-
pertinent ot war justice ha.
manIty, ltbefy and iae pabiia welfare
demand llai immediate ttlor's Be mad.
ior cessation ot hostilliies. with d
view 70 au Ultimate Convention 81 tat
States u otlrr peactable means. t
tie end that al tie earliest practicable
moment peace may BE- restored On tbs
basis oi TIE Federal Union y thl
States