Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-21

From the Richmond Enquirer, sept II
Having prudently placed ourselves In TIM
category Of those who expect nothing at the
hands OF Yankee politicians, we have beee
blessed In meeting with no disappointment In
the letter Of Gen. Mcclellan, accepting the
Democratic nomination for the Presidency.
We can imagine how such letter was written,
upon consultation with the peace men, the
war men, and those who seek spoils upon any
basis.
We can fancy how these amendments upon
the text came In, by letter or by conference,
and the original must have been much blurred
with eTasures and interlineationB. Possibly
our disasters at Atlanta and Mobile may have
involved q recast Of the whole communication;
| for, with Q prospect Of success, OF course the
whole Yankee people will be clamorous for
| vigorous prosecution Of the war. 30 our
friends Of the peace party seem TO have only
got q sentence here and there into the accept
ance--
When Mcclellan, under the pressure OF the
spoilers and his own anxiety for oficc, had
written, The re.establlshment OF the Union
in all Its integrity Is, and must continue to be,
an indispensable condition in any settlement y
the peace men secured the adoption OF phrase,
which Is either tautology or nothing "Tbe
| Union Is the one condition OF peace. We ask
| no more. When any one State is willing 70
return to the Union, II should be recsiYcd at
once, with full guaranty OF all LIS original
rights"
The letter contains the usual professions OF
devotion to Constitution Its writer has as
sisted to violate, OF economy In the expendi-
lures OF the Government, which his partisans
do not intend he shall keep, and an appeal to
the Supreme Being, who Is invoked by every
J hypocrite, who, entertaining himself no respect
for Divine influences, thinks there may be, per
hsps, some fools who do. Seward closes hil
rpeech OF blood and ruin by q similar appeal u
| Being Infinitely good and merciful. The let
ter of Mac then signifies little, except that th,
present sentiment OF the North Is for war. II,
has "hung his windmill into the pop,aari
aura" and will so trim Its sails as 10 grind hi
own grist.
with all this we have nothing to do. Th
sooner the public mind Is disabused Of all vail
: expectations the better. We repeat, that is tn
, returns from the precincts Of Atlanta and Rich
mond which will decide this Presidential cam
: paign Of the Yankees BE who sends barre
: OF dour to the army, or she who knits pair o
u cocks for q soldier, does more for the caus,
than a whole batch OF Canadian diplomatists
backed by the entire Quaker settlement al
Chicago.
One by one our deluslons have vanished, ani
left us none the worse or weaker. For montht
we were looking across the water for recogni
tion, like SO many famished colonists for
corn. ship. When we found two trining obsta
, cles in the way-hrst, that foreign power
could not, and next, that they would not al
9 us-we descended from our signal station b.
: the seaside, from which we used TO see tn
wonderful mirage Of steam fleets coming t
o raise the blockade, and began TO plough an
reap on our own account.
!, The next interruption 10 our labors was th
! voluntary diplomacy Of Messrs. Sanders, Ho
!, combe & Co. This excited hopes among som
u Of our people, who have been disabused agai
= by the United sentiment Of the North In fave
a OF q prosecution OF the war. It Is better "
u should be undecelyed, and we tender OF
. thanks to those counsellors Of Gen. McClella
, = who have pat words OF coercion into b
!. mouth. Better this than the deception whic
y must have followed professions Of peace upo
= !, his part which the law and treaty making d.
: partments OF his Government would ney,
u ratifV,