The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-09-09
en- of different views IN the Convcn.


with four dissenting voices.
This precious document means
War, Peace, or anything else the
reader chooses. IN this the dctcsta
bic cowardicc and hypoeracy OF the
Convention was strikingly shown. If
they favored Peace, why did not they
say SO, boldly and above board p
Why did net they resolve for Peace,
rs Long wanted them to, in "une-
guivocal Language" Or if they
were for War why did not they say
itr The platform was constructed
to suit eyerybody--it, like all such
efforts, suits nobody.
Then came the nomination. Sey,
mour of New York, Mcclellan and
Pierce wore announced Mcclellan
was bitterly opposed. Harris, Of
Maryland, in a bitter speech, made
the following home thrusts:
One man nominated here 10 ty.
rant. II was he who first instituted
this policy rights and liberties were
stricken down. This man is G.. b.
Mcclellan. Confusion. Maryland,
which has suffered SO much, opposes
the nomination. His offences shall
be made known. This Convention is
u jury, appointed by the people, to
pass on the merits of the public men,
whose names may he presented for
the support OF the great Democratic
party. Gen. Mcclellan, ] repeat is a
tyrsnt. (Great coniIlsion.) lie stood
here TO indict him.
Mr.. Harris proceeded to say that
Mcclellan was the assassin of State
rights, the usurper of liberties, and
that nominated. he would be beaten
everywhere, as he was at Antietam.--
He added that he could not go homo
and ask the members of that Legis.
lature to vote for such a man. He
would not himself vote for him.
Harris read NcClollan's order of ar
rest against the Maryland Legislature
and proceeded to comment on the
same, but the confusion was so great
that the speaker could not be heard,
except to say, that the charges Of
usurpation and tyranny that can be
brought against Lincoln and Butler,
he can make and substantiate against
Mcclellan. Kisses Cheers
SPEECH OF MR.. LONG OF OHIO.
Mr.. Leng, of Ohio. took the stand
in opposition to Mcclellan He said
that Lincoln had been guilty Of inter.
fcring with freedom Of speech free.
dom of elections, and with arbitrary
arrests; and in your resolutions you
have srraigncd him before the people
of the country for these tyrannie.
and usurpation. And yet you pro-
pose to nominate man for the sup
port of the Democracy-a man who
has gone even further than Lincoln
has gone in the perpctratiOn of simi-
lar tyrannical measures upon sacred
privileges and rights of the people
Mcclellan is guilty of the arrest oI
the Legislature OF sovereign State
He has suspended the writ Of habea:
corpus, and helped the odious Eman
cipation Proclamation of Lincoln
willing instrument of corrupt and
tyrannical Administration, aiding
while possessing military power, al
its efforts to strip American freemen
Of their dearest liberties. Will you
so far stultify yourselves as to make
him the standard bearer of Democ
racy. With all his heart, he hoped
not. He had never otherwise, and as
between Lincoln and Fremont, ant
any man calling himself even half 6
Democrat, he would have q choice
and would be found voting with his
friends. But he begged the Convsn'
ton not to nominate Mcclellan. AL
most any other man who claims tU b'
Democrat would satisfy them
would satisfy the Northwest Veal
as is your platform in many respects
we will stand by it and do all in ou
DONtT bO Hlhiuttiu ~, Dup III oSo
name don't add to its weakness bl
placing such a man in nomination.
Long and Harris were right for
party protesting State Rights, oppo
sition to arbitrary arrests, opposition
to coercion and in favor Of acknowl
edging the independence ofthe South
ern Rebels. A General who went in
to the service voluntarily, and VIII
is now drawing pay as Major Gener;
who arrested Legislatures, not fC
what they had done. but for what I
feared they would do!--whe was til
first to urge drafts. and who sti
squints towards war, is poor cand
date. Yet they can offset this b
quoting his lcttor endorsing Woo
ruff, whose copperheadism is beyon
question but up comes the ready al
swer, that at that time he had his cy
on the Presidency. Yet McClella
was nominated. Tho money of Al
! guste Belmont, the Agent OF the FL
ropoan capitalists, who have taken III
e Confederate Loan, was to much fc
the virtue Of the Western Peace mel