The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-10-27
Iiffin atrrklp Tribnur
Mcclellan in the Army,

the army, ard particularly in the Army
of the Potomac, aud hence will receive y
large share uf the soldiers vote. This
is all sheer nouscnscl Any man who
has ever been in the army long enough
TO know The difference between "shpul.
der arms and "suppor, utms," laughs
such ridiculous prcsumPtiuns TO scorn,
and any Democrat who declares that
Mcclellan will receive q great portion Of
The vote Of the soldicrs, knows that hc
lies in his teeth, lies in his throat, aud
lies IN his bcuri, In msking such false
declarations he ISLANDERS the intelligence
and patriotism Of the soldiers. The poo.
pie must be very we'll aware, that we
have never yet in the brief history oflhe
operation Of the soldier voting law had
any evidence 10 support such slandcrous
assertions. In the vote last fall there
was only Obont one twentieth part Dem.
ocratic. So far as heard from the Ohio
soldiers this tall have voted ubou, in the
same way. The Pennsylvania soldiers
who the Democrats have been boastinr.
were principally for Mcclellan, have
sadly disappointed the foud hopes OF
the BELMONT tribe ol MoCLELLAN's popu.
larry IN the army. In Pennsylvania aud
New York regiments is where the Dem-
ocrais have counted upon the greatest
strength for MCCLELLAN. How is il!
UP to the present writing about two.
thirds OF the soldi RS vo;c in Pcnnsylvan
Ia hns been received. This stands us fol-
lows: Union, Ii 600; Democratic, 1855
being a Union majority of II ,6s5! T'hi,
does not look us il McCLELLAY's boastct
popularity cxcrtcd very potent Influence
over even the Pennsylvania soldiers!
People OF Seneca county, do not be.
licvc such ialschoods OF Democrats cir.
culated for the purpose Of making
MCCLELLAN popular ut home! Whit
Soldiers voting for MCCLELLAN! Never.
TO ask the heroes of Lookout and Mission
Ridge, Atlanta and Antiotam, of Vicks.
burg and Gettysburg, who have spcn,
thrco years of the best of their lives in
battling for tho honor and integrity OF
our government, whether they are willing
to degrade their honor and patriotism be
meath notice by endcavoriug to elevate
to power party who, in the dark days oi
ouT present struggle, did everything in
Their power To- lower and stignutizc the
brave armies TO which they belong, and
they would consider themselves insulted.
There was time when Gro. u. Nc.
CLELLAN would have pollcd a large vote
among 'hc soldiers. That time has zone
by. The soldiers did not approve his
WOODWARD letter; they dcmurred at his
fellowship with questionable politicians;
they object to his political associates;
and when he so far forgot himself as TO
accept the nomination of the Presidency
orthe United States upon the Chicago
Platform, framed as it was by such men
us PESDLEToS, FERNANDO Woop, and that
convicted traitor, CLEMENT l.. VALLAYp-
IGHAM, they positively rebel at such u
political monstrosity.
Ii was aud is no credit TO him TINT he
rejects portion of the platform, and
putting his own construction upon the
remainder, says he supposed "that was
what the Convention meant" and then
accepts the nomination. Were the men
who composed that convention fools (!
Did they not know the meaning of their
own words! Is this platform capable OF
different construction for different per-
sons and parties to suit their own yiewsl
The soldiers think not. That conyen.
tion represented party and nominated
candidates for President and Vice Pres
ident upon Platform of principles, and
It expected its candidate, if elected, TO
carry out those principles, or It intended
to sell out without reserve, large mum.
ber OF the party who were expected to
support the ticket so nominated. The
soldiers will not be thus sold. They do
not believe the war n failure. They
want no ormisticc. They want, and
earnestly desire peace, but it must be
Permenent peace. They will have no
compromise with rebels in arms. They
have not fought and shed their blood in
vain and they know it..
Do the Democrats honestly believe thu:
when man enters the army he loses
his manhood, his honor! Do they sup.
pose because soldiers are away from their
homes, fighting for a nations life, that
hey lose their honor and their integrity,
Are they foolish enough to believe that
he soldiers are not thinking meni Ii SO,
hen in vain. The soldiers have reluted
| nobly al the ballot box. Despots may
remb!e when the bayonets that sustain
heir thrones learn to think; but when
rec men rise in arms to defend free in.
what "thinking" can be more
rue, more wise, more patriotic than
heirs 1t is thinking bayonets that
omPCse our army, and it is because they
re in the grasp OF thinking men, that
hey gather their majesty and power,
len. MCCLELLAN very much underrated |,
he capacity Of our soldiers to think for
themselves, when he accepted the
omination for President upon The
'hicago Platform, with the belief .
iat he would catch their votes !,
ecause he once stood nnnnlar