The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-10-18

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pressnied : platform ahcA aas gaa
imontl, adopted b. ibc Convent r.
for the gaalsHos II iu candidate far
the PFcisdency. Msj9f Ge era
George Il. eClgiiRn. ulo Aas
pres susly approved tae platform se
ocptsI tie nomination. Tie aet %
asce Of Tie q aAiAu from tite Con
seupos Rhosg platform was approved
Il not dictated by rrbei., Traitors iu
every sense u tie term lo ihe Jm1a,
viii avail General Mcclellan IS mote
Ia bis race faf she Prts 3eucy under
tic cognoneu d ~lenoefat. than 4 e
-appcndagc 20 his name ~ Napoleon
sidel him 10 d. peninsula campaign
III the latter cs.r tho go aspeat. lt
such Il mAy Be- CALLED, dii nor eyeu
inspire him 70 tnurh wiia Tie love 0l
GLORY o. distinction, Il lis officer, are
TO be telieyod, a. 10 induce hum 10.
place himself ubdsr Gee to Wa,ch lle
operations 0f Li. different corps dur
log the many battles 10 Ehch they
we're engaged. With tie unlimited
confidence Of the President and his
Cabinet, having The control o! All lhe
resources al their disposal, with "a
splendid army" q one huudrel and
twenty thousand strong, increased 70
one hundred and G.ty-eight thousand
as reported by .he Adjutant- General
OF tie army, the goal was within the
reach Of General Mcclellan, but be-
knew not how to grasp IL. He pos
sessod "ibe sword Of Scanderberg bur
could no, WELD IL lie neither COM
pretended the value Of time, nor the
advantages Of prompt action and cele-
rily Of movement. His cucamping IN
the swamps of the river Warwick, aud
the mud IN front Of Yorktown, for a
month besieging The pltce, permitting
its rebel garrison to be increased from
nine thousand 10 over one hundred
thousand men, as be represented, Che
rebels say only seventy thousand and
and then allowing them 10 escape from
Yorktown unobscryed, vas 10 less ia.
tai 10 him ns a commander than the
result was disastrous 10 his army-at
the same time il disappointed depress-
ed the hopes Of every patriot through
out the Union. With advantages that
few Generals ever possessed, he failed.
Gen. Mcclellan expects 10 be Pres
ident under a nomination from tie
Convention whose leaders sympathi1e
with the Southern rebels, and whose
platform was dictated by traitors CALI
ing themselves Democrats. His
friends say be repudialed the platform
in his letter Of acceptance Can any
one donbt it the leaders succeed IN
elecling him, 10 matter what he may
have said ia that letter, th9t be will
be governed by the Chicago platform Z
ii appears by the New York Daily
News, the organ Of The peace men,
that the platform ra aPpr0red by the
General hco months before The Can
reation met at Chicago. The editor
says; "Early ia July last-we haze
at upon the authority Of a delegate
from Indiana who wa selected by the
delegation from his State to q G as
zone Of the committee to inform the
candidates OF the action Of the Con
"~yention-the platform with its peace
''planks. almost word for word a.
adopted, was presented to Gen. Nc
"Clellan, and eas by him appeored,
both in us letter and spirit" Under
such circumstances, coming from the
source il does, the truth Of the state
meni cannot b. doubted. The Geaey-
al Is bound By has phghfed firth 10 BE-
governed ~ ne platform, douH he Be
elected. To violate it, be would ex-
hibii more courage than most men
possess.
Allow me 10 ask, Is there a Demo
erai v ho voted for Senator Douglas
or President, that will vote for any
andidate who accepts a nomination
from a Convention bat sJmpalbizes
wiih the rebeh, and which was dictat.
ed to by Southern traitors in the for
nation oi iis platform ! hope there
is not one. Although Douglas va.
defeated il bis election by the South.
,rn Democracy, and afew Democrat.
ia the North who ~cooperaiel with
them, he was one d the dlsl-io de.
clare bis attachment 10 she Union aud
his readiness 10 sacrifice al be pos.
sessed, wi,h lie Itself, if need be, il
protect and defend the Republic "a h
unity aud integrity.
In conclusion, ] viii simply remark
that ! belong 10 40 party, whether
Democrat, Wing, Republican, Or ans
olher, that is not Tor the presertabot
Of the Union and ihc Constitution
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