The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-10-06
The Voice of a War Democrat
Union Speech by Major General Jas.
B. Steedman.

B. Steedman.
General Steedman learning at Toledo,
on Wednesday, that affairs in the dis
trict of which he is commandant, had
become unusually interesting, threw up
his leave of absence and left for the
front. The General had a spendid re-
ception Tuesday evening by his old
friends and townsmen. In the course
of the evening the General made q
speech, in which he said good many
good things. We quote:
WHY HE, A WAR DEMOCRAT, PREFERRED
LINCOLN TO MCCLELLAN.
IF General Mcclellan should write
letter twice as strong as he has done,
could not vote for him when his party's
platform has said my comrades and
have "failed," apd were towards, and
had been whipped. Gen. Mcclellan is
entirely indebted for his present posi-
ton to the fact that he is considered a
war man. Admit that he is. "Old Abe"
is better war man, and on that ground
should have the votes of the war men.
[ say vote for the best war man, and If
he is not elected you will still have
war-mau. Major General Mcclellan has
never been a prominent man, and has
not had as much notoriety as even l have
had. He is said to be something of a
railroad man, but George II. Burrows,
of the Wabash road, is a better one. IF
being engaged in the war as soldier,
or as general, entities him to votes, is
not the man who has done most, the
most entitled to themp Lincoln has
done much more than Mcclellan. The
army looks upon the supporters of Nc
Clellan as those opposed to the war, and
you may pointthem to his letter as much
as you please. The soldiers will regard
every vote cast for him as given against
the war and in favor of peace-as given
to indorse the insult and libel that the
war is "failure," and that all the hard
ships and dangers they have endured
have been useless and wrong. Do you
think the intelligent, brave and patri-
otic men who have gone out-life in
hand-to defend your homes, will ever
vote to endorse such thing as this2-
| tell you nay.
But Mcclellan, as President would
be powerless without a Cibinet an q
majority in Congress agreeing with him.
The men who made the platform are
the ones who will control the party, and
they would have the majority in Con
gress to favor a peace, instead of Nc
Clellan's policy. Every one, in voting,
votes for or against the Chicago Plat
form. Be not misled by a candidates
letter-his policy will be shaped by his
party in spite of himself
RECORDS OF DEMOCRATS.
Some of my old Democratic friends
say have left them and the Democrat.
10 party. l have not. The Democrats
who follow the good old flg-the Dem.
ocrats who follow where Jackson and
Douglas led-who bear before them the
words of Jackson, "The Union must
and shall be preserved, are the gen
uine Democracy. remember WI,
when in 1861, my regiment marched
through Summit street, and the mass of
the people gathered to see us depart and
bid us good-by, my Democratic friends
were in the crowd, and then and there
approved our course, and pledged their
unfaltering support We went forth to
put down the rebellion By ,0ar, and they
promised to stand by and sustain us in
doing so. Now who has changed, they
or myself2 Have we disgraoed the
cause we fought to support viii you
say thatH Oil had you seen the l4th
and its twin, the 38th, pouring out their
life's blood before Jonesboro, you would
have forgotten party and shouted with
them. The brigade advanced through
a command of repulsed regulars who
were falling back, aud with the bayo-
net carried the works, and captured
prisoners equal to twO-thirds their num-
bers. Are these the men the Chicago
politicians are ashamed Off Do they
call such glorious works a "failure2"-
And would you, or could you, say they
are not patriots, if they vote for Mr..
Lincoln2
MCCLELLAN IN THE ARMY.
How can a respectable man, educated
in land of intelligence and schools,
have sympathy with rebellion2 The
army feels that to attempt compromise
would be disgrace to them; they want
no compromise, for the power of the
rebellion is broken, and we begin to
see the beginning of the end. The arr
my will Conquer q peace" They are