The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-09-09
From the New York Tribune, Aug. 3o,h.
.. Mcclellan Nominated.


mas not yet boen consumuated.i the proceed
ings at Chicago leave no room for doubt
that George d Mcclellan vii, TO-DAY be
formally presented to tho people as the
Democratic" candidate OF that .Democ,a.
cy" which consists in tho donral of tho fun
damental proposition of our fathers i'm
mortal Declaration of Iudepcndence---ot
that democracy" which maintains tbs,
tho weak, ignorant and simple are, because
OF their weakness, tho rightful as we'll ss
natural prey Of tho cunning and the strong
I-oi that Democracy" whereof jefferson
Davis has ever hitherto boon, and in prin.
ciple still is, a chief apostie. and whoreoi
Bishop Hopkins f,ly officiatos as tbeoloei.
cal and moral exposition.
Ina single aspect, this nomination ia
gratifying. Hostility to the War for. the
Union, as at once upwarrantcd and need.
less. is tho cardinal impulse of decided
majority of those who are expected to vote
this Fall tho Democratic ticket. That the
unhn has no right to ''coorce a State"
bowevo much that State may endeavor to
coerce tho Union, has been tho first article
OF their creed ever since it became eyideo,
that such coercion Of States might work
tho downfall OF Human Slavery. Yot here
Is their chosen standard. .bcarer fully on
record as volunteer sgont in that coer.
c:on which they denounce as unconstitu-
tional, and which they hold to be con.
demncd by those famous Kentucky and
Virginia Resolves OF 1883, which they
affect to hold in at least equal reverence
With the Ten COMMANDMENTS. And Nc.
C'eIlan has not only boon volunteer agent
Of Federal coercion;" he is distinctly on
record as recommending Federal conscrip.
ton in aid of it's prosecution, and as having
ordered the arrest of tho Maryland Leeis-
lature 10 preclude thoir attempting or pre-
tending to take their State out of the Union
To an earnest and honest believer in ''State
Sovereignty the support of Mcclellan
for President must be bitter desc. only to
DO swallowed under inexorable conpulsiop.
II wiH be swallowed. however; for, though
McCleilhn has not ovinced consistent aud
logical adhesion to tho Democratic dogma
of"State RightE," he has mover faltercd in
his devotion to the Slave Powoy; and that
is the real touchstone OF Democratic ortho-
doxy. True. he volunteered for the War;
but he did so to save Slavery from tho Of.
fects of its own suicidal madness, not to
punish 1t for its treason. True, he com.
manded FOR timo tho Union Grand Army;
but no rebel stakeholder ever Justly com.
planned that his cbattle was invited BY this
General to exch nnge the service of treason
for that of bis country; and no outnumbered
Robei forco ever justly complained that its
retreat was buried or seriously annoyed by
Mcclellan or any one under his command.
True, ho made war upon tho Robels; but
he made 1t so gently, so CONSIDERABLY. so
that they babitually praised his
generaIship while it lasted. and regretted Il
when 1t was no more. Tbore were thou.
sands Of Rebels and Rebel sympathizers
then among us, every one of whom was
loud in his praises; and ninety y.nine hun.
dredths of whom will vote--whorev they
can vote at ALTO make him President
He will get a good many votos in this city
and vicinity; but most Of them will be cast
by men who chucklod over all his defeats,
and would now much rather voto directly
for Ice or oven jeff. Davis than for him u
They will voto for Mcclellan. because tha:
10 the nearest practical approach to voting
that the rebellion is right. and that the op.
position to it ought to be put down; but
they would much rather 90 stroight to their
mark. Hypocrisy. says the apothegm, is |
the homage that Vice pays to Virtue; and
The fact that the snti-war party !. Obliged
to ominato for President candidate who /
has War vsrniah upon him, hoping there.
by to catch portion OF the Soldiers vote.
Is forci5le tribute to the loyalty and pat.
riotic intuitions of the American People
He is not Union General enough to hurt
hin with tho Rebele, who will help him all
hey cao In the canvass, even though I. be
necessary for that purpose to make a show
II denouncing aud decrying him; but he Is
General enough to catch number of votes
rom soldiers who served undor him, and
Who liked his easy campaigning and court
er.like ways. and who would abbor the idea
# voting for Valiandigbam or Fernando
Wood. The more intense Copper heads can
all back to him, while the rearguard could
Tot be pricked on to the position of TIL.
seymour or Alexander Long: SO the nom.
nation is, in the obvious sense, a wise one,
md will poll the full party vote. And it
'ilI. after little private whispering and
'odding, be not merely aoqui esced in but
'eartily approved. even by vaIlandigham
imself; for the Slave Power has never had
more docile tool. He was selected by It
o lead one Of the brigades of the army of
libusters wherewith Gen. Quitman was
m the point of invading Cuba, expecting
0 revolutionize il in the interest of Ameri
an Slavery, and he accepted the position.
Ie was the first of our Generals to issue a i,
threatening to crush any insur.
ection OF slaves against their Rebel mas.
ers. The Rebel journals have charged, and I
g have seen no denial on his part, that he {