Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-07-09
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aATrRDAY
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in the Shell.

MeCIeIIaniSm---D Dead In the Shell.
1t is smuGing to see certain Copper
head papers going through the farce Of
talking Of George B. Mcclellan for Presi-
dent. The Times of this city is one of
these unfortunate papers. Daily is it
" still hsrping on my daughter talk
ing about Mcclellan for President, when,
in fast, the Sexton of the Chickahominy
is as dead as sailed msekeral," 90 far
as the Presidency is concerned.
The Democratic" delegates from
this District are, if We mistake not, in
structed to vote for his nomination at
Chicago. All the indications amongst
the Coppsrheads in this portion of the
country, point to him a. the proper man
for the nomination. Yet who that knows
anything about political matters, cannot
see plainly that Mcclellan stands no
chance of receiving the Chicago nom
ination.
There are two factions in the ranks of
the Confederate Democracy-the War
and the Peace factions. Hide the fact
as they may, there is an "irrepressibls
conflict" in the Coppsrhead ranks, which
is pretty sure to ripen through the sum
mer and result in split at Chicago, or,
if not an spsn split, GOODNESS and quasi
cooperation. There is mere prosabili-
ty Of the so-called Democracy dividing
than of the schism in the Union ranks
continuing. In fact the latter Is rapidly
healing, while the division in the Cop
perhead ranks is becoming more serious
day by day.
The peace element in the party con
sists Of mea whose convictions are strong
and whose boldness is undoubted
while the war element ia made VI
mostly of cowardly and trading
Office seekers. OF course the positirt
element will control the milk.aad-wAtsi
element, and viii govern the Chicago
Convention. No person not satisfactory
to the peace managers can be nomin
ated. Does any one imagine, that Aftei
declaring so loudly for peace at an
price" these men viii agree to the nom
ination Of any psrsek Whose hands arr
stepped in the blood of this Abolition
war Z" No ! They will have nothin.
to do with any person who is or has beer
a soldier, unless Gen. Grant or Sherman
whip the rebels entirely, and eompe
them to cry "hold, enough /" Then ,
war candidate will be necessary, auc
Mcclellan is not the proper man. He il
not enough warrior for war candidate
and no is too much Of warrior for th,
peace men. So, between the two, h,
will fall into the ditch, in spite OF th,
efforts Of his friends.
He favored draft at an early day il
the war, he recommended emancipation
even in the loyal slave States; and now
as il to cap the climax Of disloyalty 4
Democracy" in his West Point ant
) Lake George speeches, he favors the put
ting down of the rebellion by force
: This is the cardinal and deadly sin TO
which the peace managers viii not for
give him.
He is "Dsmocrstically" dead, and can
not be resurrected; and yet the Indianl
Copperhesds, many of them, are tryinI
! to galvanize him into . semblance o
$ life. 1t is CHASTITY sight.
We venture guess. 1t is this: tha
the Democratic" State Convention @
the 18th, at indianapolis, will not en-
+ dorse Mcclellan; and that if it tries t
do this, there will be a big fuss by Die
Dodd & Co, the "peacs" advocates of th
: party, and general break.up