The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-09-29
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JOHN DANCE,
Capt. Co *" 9Th Iowa Cav.
TIE Democratic Piatfnrm and the Demo.
c.atic Cand .date.


Gen,rl McCielian Shows shrcwdnes-.
He paus d, read the p pcrs aud -wr te
his letter oi acceptance Thai letter Hes
before Us b, .en days pause the Gen
.ral was enabled to coll,c his thoughts
by reading The papers the General W., en-
sbled to procure some thoughts; aud by
his letter OF acceptance the Grncrsl wss
enabled to make those thoughts pubic
The Generals letter .eartiss~ ~us back 10
the 81 h IF August Ten d,y-, nn, the
hal; of tea days, h:d not Fl "a atter
the adoption Of the Chicago p'a'iurnI te
for" il made all the un,hlnk,ng laugh aud
ali the ud'ciuus stievc. Too many cooks
spoil the broth Too many Vsl!a"d =
hammers spoil the ratfosm. Had the
d, clarstion of principles fetched herc
from New York. been adopted, one NOR
tifca'iun. at least, ,hr Democracy would
have been saved, VIZ, literary morI'iica-
tion. As il is, the slovcnIlness uf the
campos'i"n OF the present Democratic
platform is ir excellent keeping with tic
huny'iue dup'ici'y of its component parts
1t is the most thnly concra!.d piece Of
wick"dn-ss in the way Of ap'attorn' thar
even the Democsa'ic party even attempt.
cd Whatever the Chicago plattorlv muy
say, ever, body knows that it mcaus II
dishunorabe prace-peace even AZ the
expense of the national unity. Upon
the one side amo, its conc,c,ors were
the War Democrats, who are really at
heart for the Union, even at the expense
of peace, and upon the other side were
the Peace Democrats, who are at heart Tor
peace, even nt the rzp"n>" o. the Union
Upon botn sides were success-E a,o-
Gratis who are at heart bent on success
even ut the expense of-lleavens. how
strange it i. that men can be found at the
North who will eater Into such Il "bar-
gain and SALE MS this wicked aud a'roc-
ious 1ouJL rniea'1re platform!
Suppc>iny both of these contllctin.
factions If our opponents to have even
the minimum of conscience known t. pol
iticians, we believe that either Of them
would have broken with the other if Vic.
tory looked possible to either Of them
without the aid of the other The duty
! of success, however, ou,we'ghed the duty
/ Of con- cience. aud the result is before til"
world in the da-tardy duplci'y Of the
Democratic platform
And then wha,? AID then came The
test Of this experiment. TIL. D,mocra'.
| ic Convrntinn. after the connection aud
d"p'i"n of its bold experiment. "dj"urn
ed. aud wen, /" the country with il The
country laughed at il Drm,cratlc pr
,i>ans have been kn"wn to laugh At IT,
Tn Peace Dcu'ocr"ts laughed at it. be
eauac they saw the wnrk Of their hands
in it. The War Democrats were amsz"d
At it, becausr they SAW mighty lit G of
the work Of their hands in il. They were
out ri,,cd They were"Sold - To their
dismsy, the whole country construed the
platform just as their peace opponents
c"nstru.d il l,s p"ac" face 'clip'ed its
war face Cunnin. had overrrsch"d il
self. The dnplici'y that has So often an
swered tn" Democratic party rs step
ping stone +" power. proves At this amb,
'ious moment "i its life to be "'s'o"c
ahout its neck
A. We have in,imsted. ten days. or even
five, were enough. in the way # exist
ence to the Democratic p'aifarm. TO turn
it, even in the estimation nf its au'h,rs
from this imaginary stepping stone into
this veritablc mi tl.tone. It's an i'll wind
that blows nobody any good. lis Mt il
disposition thn, does nobody any good
General McClellan's hsbi, Of hesitation
has served him vt last. lie is said r.
"excel in getting ready" and fails most
", ws might add. in not being ready -
But the uppopulsrity Of the Democratic