New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-09
INTERESTING INTERVIEW WsTE
TIER PBtss DRST.
nr. Iinco,pis Views OF tho Democratic
Party.

TIE GrGnd Coanfy (Wis) Herald contains q
! very interesting letter from Hon John t. Mills
LID % of the + fin Judicial Circuit, giving al ac
count Of o recent Interview with Mr. Lincoln, with
. report of the remarks of the liitr IN regard 10
! 40 consequences which would follow tho ad,piOn
Of the war policy urged by tAe friends of Gen. Nc
/ Cleiian.
Judge Mills was accompanied by ex-GoV Randall,
OF Wisconsin, who introduced him 10 the President.
and whom he warmly thanks for his readiness l.,
serve his friends from Wisconsin ~ the Capital.
They found the President ~ the soldiers Retreat, q
building not imposing IN size half hidden in foil
az, the grounds iA-teluily laid out"
The following 10 Judge Mills account of his in
tcryiew with the Precedent, what he said, aud his
impression OF Dir. LiLc,lH:
! fhe Governor asked OF "a man In waiting if the
President had arrived. Yes" was the reply. We
entered neat plainly furnished room. marble
table was in tho center. Directly appeared from
adjoining apartment, a tall gaunt-looking figure,
shoulders inclined forward, his gait as,rde, rapid
and shutting, ample understandings, with large
slippers. and riarian arms, With face radiant with
int II, gcnce and humor.
! The Governor addressed him. "Mr. President
this is my friend ald your friend, Mills from Wis
!cousin."
/ ~ au glad to sec my friends from Wisconsin;
they are tho hearty friends of tho Union"
III could not leave the city, Mr. President, With
ont hearing words Of cheer from your own lips.
pom yuu IA the repreS3 NATIVE OF the loyal people,
depend ns We believe, the existence ~ our govern
iaont and the future Of America" This introduced
political topics.
7 "Mr President" said Governor Randall, why
can't you seek seclnson, and play hermit for fort
a.ght IL would ri ivigorate yOu.'
aye, said the President " Two or three weeks
would DO inc no good. cannot fly from my
thoughts solicitude for this great country fol-
lows me wherever 20. l don't think it is personal
vanity or ambition, though sn not free from those
hu.rmities, hut cannot but feel that the veal or
WOE of tins great nation will be decided in Noven-
b,r There is no programme offered by any wing
0 tho Democratic party but that mutt result ia tie
permanent destruction Of the Union
"But, Mr.. President, General Mcclellan is in
Favor Of crushing out the rebellion by force. 10
will be the Chicago candidate"
"Sir," sud the President, "the slightest knoal.
edge of Arithmetic will prove Ia any man that tho
strategy. II would sacrifice all the white men Of
the North To do IL. There now in tho service
OF the United States near 300 0iD bodied col. ,
orcd men, most Of them under arms, defending and
acquiring Union territory. The Democratic strate-
Nv demands that these forces be disbandcd, and
thai the masters be conciaed BY restoring them
10 slavery. The black men who now assist Union .
prsOncrs 90 escape, they arc 10 be converted into
,if enemies in the vain hope 81 gaining the good
will of their masters. We shall have tough, two
nations instead ofOne. Il
You cannot conciate the South II you guarantee
o them ultimate success; ard tho experience of
lie present war prDvcs their success il inevitable
-ou Bing the compulsory labor of millions OF black
nen into their side Of the scale. VII you give our
n, mics sIch military advantages 40 lnsuro success,
AZ then depend on cooking, Dat. r. and concession
. gst them back into the Union Abandon az tie