Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-08
| New Democratic Platform.
Plan Of Reconstruction Agreed Upon
at Niagara Falls.
An Understanding between Jen'
Davis and the OOpperheadS.

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"a oyster between them. We quote from
Ne Msreurys: --
This grand fact was duly recognised by
hose who formed this conclsve at Niagara
Talls. The problem they set to work to
olive was to reconstruct the Union on .
plan satisfactory to all sections, and
q convince the democratic party OF the
,eoessity of adopting this plan or one oil
inoilar import. Alter long and earnest
IeIiberation, in which Messrs. Clay, Hol-
,ombe and Sanders participated, the follow
no general conclusions were reached ana
were tacitly agreed to by the Natlonal
Democratic Convention at Chicago.
THE PLAN OF REcoRsTUUoTIoN.
II was. that what was once the United |
States be divided into five separate eonted-
eracies, each independent OF the otner IN
tbe management of its local Affairs, yet
bound to each other In certain respects, OF
which I shall speak hereafter. These con-
federacies, as divided, were to consist OF the
following States:
i The Cotton and the South Atlantic
States. .sl.. u 80
:. The Trans Mississippi States.
8. The States of the Great Northwest.
4. The Middle States. 7
8. The New England States.
tsIn relation to the States comprised IN
this last division, there was no little debate
as 10 the propriety or expectancy OF ADMIT
ting to the general Union at all Whetner
Justly or not it cannot be disguised tnas
1 thew are n % favorites with the majority OF
the people who composed the ola 10
| Union The reason for the hostil-
1 ity of feeling which the rebellious states
/ hear to them is too apparent to need speei-
| iication What are known as the loya
States have many reasons for dlsilking
their New England associates" ......
| These areasons why the rebels and the
Chicago Convention dislike New England
are recited. We omit them here, as they
can be seen in most of the speeches of Val
landigham, Cox, Fernando Wood, and
other supporters of the Chicago nominee
The Mercury goes on:
"Such. in brief are some of the consid-
: erations that influenced the deliberations o.
= this conclave of politicians at Niagara Faii'
9 | in leaving the question open whether New New
/, | England should be admitted to the New
| Confederacv which.they were planning
1
Z not the point. am only narrating wha
S was said and DONE not what others migh
n think ought 10 have been said and done
"Another important feature OF TINS pro
: posed confederation is-a provision for ad
L hitting to It, in case circumstances warran
d it, the provinces in-British America an'
# what is now the Empire of Mexico. Bu
this is an event SO faF-in the future that
. cannot claim more than a mere mention G
le its possibility. 1 Therefore pass now to tn
Ia conditions for the construction OF this Un
d. ion of the future.
= WcoNDTTIoNs OF THE NEW UNION.
= aIeayine to the separate confederacies
's' | use the term in its generic sense-th
right to manage their domestic affairs s
they may choose, they are TO be bound I
each other by alliances otfensly
~ and defensive. Such questions as atfet
= the interests of all are to be considered b
n q sort of general council, composed OF r.
q representatives. from each confederacy, mol
pe analogous to our present Cabinet or Senat
10 than he HouS Of Representative. The
'y ara TO be no restrictions of any kind upo
! inier-confsderate trade or travel In
le word, it will be one grand confederation
~ confederacies, bound TO each other by bon'
s' Of commercial union, each indspsndent
. the other, vet having share and an inte
y est in the control of affairs etfccting tt
~ common welfare Of all.
Fe HItwill readily oecnF to the minds of
iSs your readers that this plan is identical
oi its essential features with the well know
AZ Zollverein OF Customs union Of the Ga
II man States.
ev lTHE NEW 0oNFEDERAoT AND THE DEN
or .Torr-5 CRACY,
ds GTris project, l hardly need add, reeeiU
as the endorsements of the teGders of tho dem
% cratic party, and a0as By them ifteragop,
It ,oith The action of tho Chicago CO'lUeHtio
l a II is understood that Hon. august Betnqo
us to1s the fret to deveIops the ptGni probab
ut because of his intimate acquaintance wi
nd the government of the German States.
lg. first it was received with surprise, but 4
he more it was discussed, the more favor
as obtained, until at last it was decided to /
ne corporate the idea with the proceedings
the Democratic Convention. More thi
ne that, undombted evidence was receive
50 tLat tho plan is agreeable to the Vlei7s
on Jeff Davis, though, for obvious reasons,
IN would refrain for the present from dlvul
he it TO the southern people. Anxious /
peace but opposed to the restoration OF I
an old Union, the Southern leaders to who
do this project was broached, at once assent
ar to it, ard are now desirous for the electi'
ese of the Chicago candidate, in the hope th
yn, it may result in a reconstruction OF t
1ut Union, on basis alike satisfactory al
ate honorable to the North and the South,
nd HOf course, it was not deemed prudent
nd make all this apparent in the debates
the convention, still less in the platfoi
, a it adopted; but you may rely upon it IL
of the leaders were well informed of it, al
,ge are pledged to carry it into execution
nd the event of the success Of the Demoora
lis party at the polls in November. Time a
to circumstances will undoubtedly cause c.
ess tain changes In the minor details of t
of scheme, but they will not alter its imp'
red tant features"
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