New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-23

and expected cooperating at this point they nouted
the war at Chicago. and pronounced FOR uncondton@
peace When Ito exhaust the resources OF salesman
ship" and 20 allow 1.-THE spirit OF concation ana COM
promise 10 prevail" Gen Mcclellan virtually asserts
that there should be a cessation OF hostitles ne IN
agreement with the Convention which nominated him.
When, however he proposes, In the alternative OF war;
that the rebeious States shall be restored TO precisely
their former condition in the Union with precisely the
same political representation as when they departed
from it, lie rejects Convention OF States, which.
as the peaeeible means. the Chicago Convention
evidently relied for reconstructng the Union
out of States physically debatcd aud politically shorn
While. therefore Gen. Mcclellan resolves upon Al i'm
possible Union 10 was through war the Convention
resolves upon an impossible Union a. it should be,
through peace That the candidate does not stand
erect upon his platform, though admitting question
whether If elected he would negotiate peace permits
none that II elected he could not effectively prosecute
the war.
The success of the Chicago nomneesw Id therefore,
at the best brt place in power parity divided c~n-
sells OF uncertain policy, and of indecisive action
Clearly such an event would be at the farthest from "a
suppression Of the Rebellion by force OF arms aud with
out compromise"
The Baltimore platform, however Objectionable at
other ponts is unimpcaohabe at this; and willie 1t falls
TO vnlicate personal rights. and the rights Of Free
Speech and the Press it does not fail to refer the reds
Enlistment Of Unconstitutional liberty and the restoration
Of the Union to the arbtraeDt Of arms, In which, and
in which alone, the national safety is TO be found We
stand within view Of rebellion hail
Of country reunited and saved War hfs the curtain
and discoses the prospect War has given ~ ~ Atlanta
and War offers TO US Richmond
hall avoha fha erad IA n
ton Of hostil!tiesr mol As fought at the begin
ming should fight to the end and when Rebellion shall
have laid down its arms may peacefully reconstruct
whatever this war for the Union shall be found TO have
spared Lay down your arms" then as it was at the
commencement so 1t is now all that is demanded BY
10y al Americans Of their rebellious brothers.
would certainly prefer that the American people
could be brought to vote on the several propositions
peculiar TO the Cleveland platform The night of asylum
the one term pocythe direct vote Of tho people for
their national chief magistratesthc Monroe doctrine
the combining exclusively to the representatives OK
the people in Congress the reconstruction OF Staes
and the amendment Of the Federal Constitution 10 pro-
hibit Slavery.-are principles Of primary magnitude
and Importance But before all these 10 our Country.
1t Is mcnaced by Rebellion Loyal armies alone protect
IT, Should those armies retreat. and our protection DO
Withdrawn; should they advance and our safety DO
established, Shall there be peace through the conees'
ons Of politicians. or peace through the action Of war;
That Is the question.
PsaSe and division, or war and the Union. Other
alternative there Is none. And still Of the mind
that once led me to the field with the soldiers Of the Re-
public annot hold position, which, BY dividing,
hazards the success OF all those Who whatever their df
erences at other points agree upon the question Of
first consequence that the restoration Of the Union
not be effected without the uninterrupted continuation
Of tho war.
i. therefore, withdraw my name from the Cleveland
ticket Very truly yours.
JOHN COCHRANE.
Nse.YorI Sept q, 1864.