, 1864-07-10
Nt)00gd3eG Gribnnt.


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SUNDAY, july %, ds64@.;
MegLEAkAN .oNi psn ERg9aRATE
An3 f8DE&AL FOR ds or Gov
At the conclusion Of his Vest Point mon
ument Grafton, Gen, Mcclellan thus spoke Of
the weakness aud fatal defects Of the con |
federate form Of government, first adopted -!
By onr Revolutionary: ancestors, and Of the |
Federal Constitution that was subsequently !
formed to remedy the Inherent and ruinous |
crils OF the former.
Soon s!tcr The cloes OF The Revolutionary War, !
grown up Gn1tng thtt reuassE.ble pe1tod VA faii.
Ing to pieces rfona Its own weight. The central
power Wca too weak 1t oon!d only Recommend
Bert, md It potses1sd no raj power to leeisiste,
bccauee it lack I'd the cxeeutlve power to compel
oeedeoce o +. - IT, "a na9ns e e1. s5a
The friends OF human liberty throu.hout the werid
tbat orrs but anotnes added to the long list Of
wsE erideni'y on the hrtnk OF ruin and dissolution
a sss ps5s & a q 1ss. as ssfs st
Krtnt work OF the Rcvootton.
The SESSIONS were long aud often stormy: for
nS he sSofe
amidst the conflict Of sectional intetcsn Of party
ptejudiecs and Of personal ecsnshness, their Wis
fu,iou under which Hc have lived 30 long. Itw1a
not termed IN day. and gas .she rcsas Ct patlent
Ttss9d dnn1 and q IT. toe ,hs passss R.to
Being exseiiy VIII ii desared, but IS bclas the:
best poesIh1e under the circumstance. Il vas &C..
copied ns giving us 4 form Of government under,
g. ea'a H. hss Peps :s
these who formed It, which would no. BE- liable To-
destruction from internal csr.es 80 long AZ the peo
pie preserved tho recollection Of the miser'es AID
e t. pssRs .. &c @
was unenmpled In history, Tie rights and uber.
lies Of its ci!Izens we7e securo at home
cued rom The control ol Lbs .savase |
and The. Ntld beast, and added to the do;
main oi civilization and the Union. TIE srte and !
ed On every SEA, md we lookour places among tho
great nations Of the earth. But under the smooth
sey Ill at e sss
-tine end long. continued good fortune ohterated
The recollection tia. our sun which arose with such
re T. ssT
Deity Rut this land. 20 long the asylum Of the
oppressed ths rstase q eiS! I'd religious liberty,
rihed. and ehsktened by ons sstals, q ~ example
aud encouragement for those who dsstEe the pro.
nuan 81 hsn snd
perform Cur whole duty, and t!a4t unsvsrvfagly
In The beuedeeat God, who led our ancestors
amid dancers more appalling even than those en-
esodns. 81 did rot efios as hefs N vain. nei hss
he supported ut thus far tor n0ueht. II Wa do our
.duty and trust In him. he will not desert u in our
It Is evident that this oration was not end
). ed as Mcclellan intended, It is clear that he
set ont to draw contrast between the con-
fedcrate and Federal forms Of government,
md to picture the disastrous consequence Of
the triumph Of the rebellion; but he stopped
short or e1punged that portion lest he
abou1d give objectionable otfense to his Cop.
perhead friends who believe In State SoTer-
eighty, and sympathize with the rebels In
their efforts to destroy the Federal form OF
government. Mcclellan, therefore contented
himself with pointing out the radleal defects
Of the Coufederacy OF the Revolution and
the infinite superiority of the Federal Con
ss:itntion which absorbed State sovereignty,
and left his readers free to draw their own
conclusions. .
The rebels hare cut loose from the Federal
Union under which they enjoyed 50 many
blessings, and hare organized Confederacy
mot eren as perfect "a that which 80 nearly
sh1pWrecked the course Of our ancestors.
The central idea Of Confederacy Ia Estate
Sovereignty" The right Of secession from
the Union Is one Of the prerogasiyes ofstate
sovereignty. Tbs rebels claim that they pos
sessed Ibis "1ight'' under the Feaernl con-
etitution, and bT ylttue OF which eleven
states we're inside to declare themselves ont
of the Union. and large faction Of the party
to which General Mcclellan belongs, hold
that the Government has no constitutional
right to reclaim them. Mcclellan says truly
t'that before the Federal constitution was
"aaopted' the "American Union was
"evideut1y on the brink Of ruin and
Ndissolutton," mud it was proved by tht
afriends Of human liberty thr oughout ths
"Wor1d that ours WAS but another added te
*'the long list Of tsuitless attempts at self
"goyernnent-" Every word Of this Is histor
ical1y true. Nothing but the consolidation
Of "State Sovereignty" into our :state-th,
Federal Government, saved the work Of th
Revolution-American 1ndepeDdence-fron
irretrievable ruin. The success OF the rebel
lion will re-estahllsh the policy Of State Sos
ereignty, md shivec the Federal Union int
State fragments, leaving our country in
worse condition than Mexico. In th
Northern States We have no great binding
aristocrntic interest like slavery to hold =
together, when the Federal llgament Is Gu
We should be a loose democracy; within enc
State boiling aad seethiug with internal part
fires; without, jealousy and contentious
quarrelling and fighting one With anotht
over trade regulations, hostile tariffs an
passports on rallways and steamboats,. II
strength, power and glory OF the Republ
would be departed. Ia it not perfectly a
founding In the face Of; the horrible fate th
awaits our defeat, that the great party callis
itself the I" Democracy should in this te
rible crisis be found engaged In casting E
kinds ofohstacles in the pathway of II
Government in Its struggle with the mo
ster treason, doing all In Its pow
short Of taklng up arms to help Il
rebels destroy this sacred Union, which
the ark Of our common safety Is the "Def
ocratie party insane? What devil possess
th*ms DO they not See that they are rs deep
interested in the preservation Of the Unit
Is their fellow Republicans; their res?on1
b11lty as equanJ great; and the success OFT
rebellion will be as fatal to their liberti
and future happiness rs those Of the rest
the community.
THE REBEL MANIFESTO,
The rebel - congresHi' fssyn fssnea a ma,