Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1864-09-07
The Chicago Convention.

slst August, having nominated Gen. George B.
Mcclellan, Of New Jersey, for President and Geo
H. Psndleton, of Ohio, for Vice President The
following resolutions, reported from the special
committee by Mr.: Guthrie, Of Kentucky, were
adopted with only four dssentient voices:
Resolred, That IN the future, rs in the past. we
adhere with answering fidelity to the Union under
the Constitution the only solid foundation Of
strength, security an6 happiness as people, and
rs the framework of a government equally con- |
ducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the
States, both Northern and Southern
Resolred, That this Convention does explicitly |
declare, the sense of the American people, that
after four years of failure to restore the Union by
the experiment Of war, during which, under the
pretense of military necessity or the war power the
Constitution itself has been disregarded in every
part, and public liberty and private right alike
trodden down and the national prosperity Of the
country essentially impaired justice. humanity,
liberty and the public welfare, demand that i'm
mediate efforts be made for cessation of hostilites
with 3 view to an ultimate convention of all the
States, or other peaceable means, to the end that
at the earliest practicable moment peace may be
restored on the basis of the Federal Jrion of the
States.
Resozsed, That the direct interference of the mill
tary authority of the United States in the recent
elections held in Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and
Delaware, vas shameful violation of the Constr
tuition and the repetition of such acts in the ap-
preaching election will be held as revolutionary,
and resisted with all the means and power under
our control
Rssoloed, That the aim and object Of the Demo
cratic party is to preserve the Federal Union and
the rights of the States unimpaired and they hereby
declare that they consider the administrative usur.
patton of extraordinary and dangerous powers, not
granted BY the Constitution the subyerslon of the
CIVIL by military law in States not in insurrecton
the arbitrary military arrest Imprisonment, trial
and sentence of American citizens, in States where
the civil law exists in full force the suppression OF
the freedom of speech and of the press the denial
of the right of asylum; the open and avowed disre
gard of States rights; the employment of unusual
test oaths and the interference WITH and the denial
Of the right of the people to bear arms calculated
to prevent the restoration of the Union and .he per
petuation of government deriving its just powers
from the consent of the governed.
Resolved That the sympathy of the Democratic
party is heartily and earnestly extended to the SOL
diers Of our army who are, and have been, in the
field under the flag of country, and in the event
of our attaining power they will receive the care,
protection regard and kindness that the brave SOL
ders of the Republic have so nobly earned:
Resolred, That the shameful disregard of the ad-
mnstration to its duty in respect to our elow-cit
liens who are, and long have been, prisoners OF
war in suffering condition. deserves the severest re-
probation and scorn alike of the public and common
humanity
The States Of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ken
lucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas, California, and Ores
gan represented casting 226 votes of which on
the first ballot Mcclellan received 2024, and Sey-
mour, of New York, 23a.. On motion of Mr.. VAL
l.ndigbam, the nomination of Gen. Mcclellan was
then made unanimous.
We were not mistaken in our expectation Of the
action Of this body. We predicted in our last that
the national Democracy would take strong ground
for peace, but peace based on Tie restoration Of
the Union This is the gist Of their action. Like
the Conservatives of the South, they are ready to
fight, and they will fight, for the war is upon us,
and neither party, with their peculiar views, can
lay down their arms but they are in favor Of
every feasible measure to arrest hostties, and to
send this bloody controversy with all its details,
where it ought to have been sent long since-to
the civil councils, for discussion and settlement
With the temper which prevails among the rulers
of the Southern people, we do not think that this
proposition for an arrnistce would be accepted
The North seems determined on restoration, and
the South is determined on separation. War will
never effect either. The questions in dispute must,
at last be settled in the civil councils. Why not
attempt this settlement now, and save the blood
and treasure which must otherwise be expended
The difference between the Lnconites and Nc
Clellanites seems to be this. The former are for
war to the last extremity, with the view of restor
ing the Union Without slavery; the latter are for
war to the last extremity with the view Of restor.
ing the Union ,oiM slavery. We have no idea that
the national Democrats will succeed. Lincoln has
both the purse and the bayonet, and he will use
them in such way As to ensure his reelection.
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