Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-03
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 Hon. Robert J. Walker. of Mississippi
 who for forty years past has been leading
 man in the Democratic party. and who val
 Secretary of the Treasury in the Polk admin istration, has written an elaborate letter in d, vecacy of the reelection of President Lis cola. He unreservedly repudates all fellow seip with the Chicago conspirators, denouncea their attitude ia this crisis of the nations fate as ,has of ttaisorl, and solemnly inyekes she bsst efforts sf all pasriosio ei,iaeEs to .eeure the ffss.sstion of thsir nsfasious schemss hy ths defeat of tkeir candidate, McClellaa. We n.k. the io.iovias sx.raess from thi, ahls and important psper: sa, ..s. ,,laastsg ! M'CLRLLAx .1oP UN1ox oAxpIDAsn. It is then grave objection to the Chicago Mcclellan Convention that, in such aerisis as this, it summoned only democratic eonven- ton and appealed only to the democratic par ty to save the goverrment. s.....s .....,,.,j And who met in council it Chicago? No, it was democrats. as they called themselves, whether unionists O. disunionists. .Ayowed disunionists constituted large and influential portion of th,. convention (profaning the nam. of deinocratsJ that met together at Chicago.
 It is related of certain New England di- vine who aourishsi not many years ago. and whose matrimonial relations are said not to have been or the most agreeable kind, that cue Sabbath morhing while reading to his congregation the parable "t the sspper ih winch occurs this passage E. And another said have bought five yoke of oxen, anl got to prove them; pray have me excused" and au- ot'ier aid. .i have marrieda Il wife and cannot z ,lie --hv, s.di,n!y paused at the end of his verse, drew off his spectacl.s. and looking round on his hearers said with emphasis 'the fact is my brethren que woman can draw a man farther from the kingdom of heaven than five yoke of oxen!' ...e. ,....s ,a .sls NEGOTIATIONS. ...s. .si s
 What are we to negotiate about? Is it as to giving up the Mississippi aud it's tributa. ries, together with New Orleans, Vicksbarg and Tennessee? Is West Virginia, which has been admitted as free State, to be surren- dered? Are Fortress Monroe and the Chesa peake to be abandoned Is the rebel flag to float at Alexandria. and on the heights of Ar lington; and are rebel cannon to- be planted there, in sight of and to command the very capital of the Union Are we to insult loyal Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware by negotiating about them? Are We to give back. Western to Eastern Virginia? Where is the line of division to be run. and what ar mics would be strong enough to maintain peace upon the border? What portion of the mighty territories uniting us with the Pacific are to be surrendered? Are we to turn over to the cruel despotism of their bloody and re- lentless masters the millions of loyal people of xi,., G.. l. .I.~- sacred pledge ot the protection of the Union ? And, last of all, are the two millions of slaves, as Jefferson Davis complains, who have been emancipat-d by the constitutional war pro- cla,latiOn -ef President Lincoln, are they to be renlanded to slavery, inciuiirg the thou sands who have So gallant!y fought in our de- dc,e ,eace.
 WHAT Is ARMIsrIcE?:
 Now what Is armistce? It is defined to be q suspension of the War for limited period. There may be conditions aI,led, but none are named in the Mcclellan Chicago platform Of G,,ursA, then, 1t means il cessation of h,s- ti;i,ies by IAnd and ssa. Indeed, tho platform
 is wessss.cr than this, for it proposes directly a -. cessation of hOstilities," nat by lanl only. bat vf course.by bo, k, is he words ge,,er
 al. Now, thea. the blo kudc uf the reb.! ports. and the capture or destruction of block ade-runners and their cargoes, IS war upon the ocean. This blockade, then. is to be abandoned during the armistice, for there is to be cessation of hostilties upon the ocean and the land.
 During this interval of peace, when there is to be no blockade Of the Southern ports what l is to follow2 By their own accounts and esti
 mates, the confederates have within their lim 1 it's in cotton, at present prices, tobacco and naval stores,s value exceeding ore billion of dollars in gold. Now, then, 90 soon as the armistice was agreed upon, the war upon the ocean, including the blockade. having ceassd. the whole of this cstton, tobacco and naval stores would be clipped to EuroPe. or partly ts Nassau, sR the way b Europe. and this enormous amount realized by the Confederate Government in gold. We know what tremen- deus disasters have been produced by the cot. ton famine in England, France and other \ co1ntriss. Now, the first effect of such ship ments would be the total ruin of all our man | ufactures Sf cotton aud other textile fabrics. But anothar still more serious result would fol saze FOREIGN RECOGNITION. al E. It is. the boast of the Confederate lead. ers in Europe, since the adoption of the platform at the Chicago Convention. that upon the election of their candidates ! without waiting four months for the inauguration in March next Napoleon soM at once recognize Me Contsderate Gosernnsent. Indeed, do not doubt, from the circumstau- tial evidence, talthough I do not knuw the fact that there is already secret understand ing between Jeff Davis and Napoleon the Third to recognize the independence of the South, upon the election of the Chicago can- didates. Why wait four months until the 4th of March next, when the American people, by endorsing the Chicago platform, shall have declared for peace, with the additional an-
 neuncement in that platform, that the war for the suppression of the rebellion has failed
 If, indeed. that war has failed, and we can. not thus suppress the rebellion, it would moi only be the right, but upon the principles of international law, the daty of every foreign
 power to acknowledge the Southern Indepen- deoce. Thus t is that the Mcclellan Chicago platform invites recognition .a What is the meaning of the recognition of the indepen- csaceof the South by France under such cir. cumstances? 1t means war. It means, iu the first place, commercial treaties stipulatins great advantages in favor of France, and per baps other powers. It means, of course, the overthrow of the blockade, so as to carry on those treaties. It means conditions destruc tive of our interests, and favorable to the re nnnnizin nr povsarS ~ a51 rt-