The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-05

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= AUTHORS OF THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.
Another thing worthy Of note Is, that
these Chicago rebels are the same fellows
that nominated James Buchanan, who said
Of himself that he was no longer James
thing he stood upon. lCheers.1 They were
the same men that had been the tools and
slaves Of the Southern wing Of the Demo-
cratic party, and you can therefore see why
it is that these men did not say anything
about the traitors at theSouth intheir plat
form. How could they say anything about
their brethren? It Is true they say they
are for the Union, s'in the future as in the
past" Nobody doubts it. In the past,
through their Democratic Secretary Of the
Treasury, they stole the public money
through their Secretary Of War they stole
the national arms and munitions Of war.
and put them in the hands Of rebel con-
spiratOrs; through their Secretary Of the
Navy, they stole our ships Of war, putting
them out Of our reach when most needed.
And ever since the rebellion broke out they
have bsen voting against men and money
10 preserve the Union from falling into the
hands of traitors. Tremendous cheers. |
You know the record Of Pendleton, Pugh,
Cox and all the rest ofthem, and you know
whether they are more deserving your con-
6dence than JET. Davis Or his satellites.
WHAT TO EXPECT OF MCCLELLAN.
Il may be said that Mcclellan, notwith-
standing his platform, and ndnotwithstanding
the men who nominated him, isa war man,
and that he would carry on the war, II
elected President, even better than Lin
coin. Now I think / know good deal
about this man. have been member Of
and it has been our duty to inquire into
the capacity Of our Generals. have seen
Mcclellan day after day, where We had to
measure and guage him with the greatest
exactness, and honestly believe him to
be one of the smallest ard rneanest men
that ever agreed 10 be the tool ofa corrupt
party. In raking and scraping through
the Convention could NOT have found a fit.
ter tool to do the bidding OF the party than
George 3. Mcclellan. They will be able to
mould him and knead him into exactly the
shape they want him. ~
Iknow another thing. know that when
the war broke out Mcclellan said, in your
own city, that the South was in the right
into the military service actuated by this
conviction, and this is an index to all his
failures, where he has invariably played
into the hands of the rebels at the critical
moment when victory might have crowned
our arms And this is the man you are
Invited TO support for the Presidency. !
would advise you TO do no such thing.
IN . time like this, when the nation seems
to be swinging between life and death, You
cannot afford to trifle with your ballot. A
ballot sometimes is equal to a bullet. In
this Government Of ours each voter has his
duty to perform. The Government il q
partnership ii which each man Is to act for
the firm. No man can any more play with
his ballot now than he can trifle with gum
powder or steam, for his salvation pOiiti-
cally depends upon his vote. II there are
any who aspire to be leaders row, on the
other side Of the question, let them rerHem-
Der the fate Of those who opposed the lib
.erty Of 1920. No man who shall be found
to have held dallfance with treason and sla-
very will be found strong enough to live
down the reproach that will attach to such
q reputation. When this war is over, and
the country shall have resumed the course
Of peace. and Freedom shall proceed to
gather up her jewels, she will not search
Tor them among those who have sought to
betray the country. No, God is just; and
for those who have been true to liberty and
have fought this conspiracy against the
rights of man, will be reserved the hOliest
shrines in the temple Of Freedom for all
time to come.
Henry g. Stebbins has resigned his
r1oro In Cnn0reSe AZ representative Of the