The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-16

think now that any fears which some of
our friend may have entertained in re-
gard to this eminent man already nomina,
ted are without any foundation. viii
tell you why. We have had Presidents
of the United States before this who COM
mauded the whole army and navy, and
were victorious c. nerals. Did they do US
any BARN? Did Andrew Jackson en-
slave his country? Loud and enthusiasts
tic cheering.1 Did he employ armies to
silence the clamors of few tactionists in
South Carolina? Not at all How many
men did he send to tue Bastile Not one.
lie was military man, with military in
stncts as strong as General Mcclellan,
and with this difference that Jackson
came in upon his popularity, and McCIcl-
Ian comes III as a man believed by the
Democratic party to be fttest for this par
ticular emergency.
Mcclellan has been suggested by the
perileus condition of the country for rea
sons, all of which have been given to the
people; but it makes no difference whether
they have been given to the people or not
there is secret instinct in the breast of
every Democrat which at night, when he
is alone and passes his eye over the dark
ened aspect Of this country, will lead
him to feel and see a reason to have
some person of McClellan's stripe near at
hand. Applause,] Do you understand
it? The army, this great citizen army,
does not belong to any one man i'll this
country. 1t belongs to the people; it is
under the patronage and protection of the
people, and the army will know what we
want very we'll. They know that we don't
intend to say to them, "Gn on, you brutes,
into the field !; no matter how many thou
sands of you are slaug Uttered to-day, | will
draw a drag net through the country, and
haul up as many more to be slaughtered
tomorrow" Loud cheers.1 Nothing
Of that kind. We don't want cold-blood.
joker at Washington who, while the Dis
trct of Colum ba is infested with hospit-
ais, and the atmosphere burdened by the
groans and signs of our mangled country
men, when he can spare minute from
Joe Miller's Jest Book, looks out upon
the acres of hospitals and inquiries,
"What houses are those p We want a
man who can entertain proper apprecia-
ton of their sufferings-a man who
knows what a soldier means when he
points to missing arm and says: "This
arm was lost at such battle;" or raising
a mutilated hand, says: "This hand was
fractured at such battle-this limb was
broken at such battle, where fought at
your order in defense of the government
of my country, as you told me-" When
a soldier comes to Geo. b. Mcclellan he
will not be answered in ribald joke.
The soldiers all understand this thing.
They know what the Democratic party
means; that SO long as the army exists
under Democratic rule, the brave children
of the country who have enrolled them
selves under its banners will be regarded
and cared for, their pensions paid, their
families provided for, because there will
be some humanity as we'll as blood in this
business. There will be no call upon
half million of young men to go and be
cut to pieces under any pretence, hashed
worse than animals, worse than the Roman
gladiators, and then come back to b., put
off with a jest. [Cheers, They will all
know, every one of them, that General
Mcclellan is no joker, and will know,
every one of them, when they are told to
fight, that it will be for something that is
constitutional and Legitimate, and when
they are told the fighting is ended, they
will be willing to say, "Well, General,
Mr.. President, l expect you are about
right" Willingly and cheerfuly they
will acquiesce i'll the decision of the ma
ton, as exhibited in the person of the
President. The army will throw up
their caps in spite of subordinates, be.
cause the election of Gen. Mcclellan will
reconnect them with a gentleman. Hith-
crto orders have been issued and plans
devised to cut off the army from the PEG.
pie, and to separate them aud array them
against each other, aud that has been the
great danger Of the last four years. This
vote will reconnect the army with the PEG.
pie, and give the civil the paramount au-
thority over the military of the country.
Loud cheers
H.. d.