American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-10-12
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years, we demand an immediate cessation
of hostilities, Convention with the States
in rebellion, and peace by COMPROMISED
this is the language of treason The
tories in the revolution after four wears.
sung the same song, but Washington
fought them, three years more, and es-
tabished this Government, are not our
Liberties worth the price paid for them
80 yeara ago. The Chicago Platform
commences ''in the future as in the past
we will adhere to the Union under the
Constitution forgetting that the South
have hr0tcn off the Constitution all the
Union we have with them now is through
Grant, and Sherman, and this the Demo
Gratis wants to cut loose. A traveller left
an lrlshman to hold his bride" while
he eat supper, while he was gone the Irish
man fell asleep, the horse slipped the bri-
die and ran off, when the traveller came
back, the lrishnan wanted quarter.
Where is my horse Troth and | don't
know. Well why don't you hunt him VI,
what are you doing here. Please your
honor I'm +" holding on to the bride" |
want a quarter. So with the Democratic
party, ask them where the Union is they
will tell you / don't knew" What are
you doing here why are you not out in
Georgia or Virginia looking for it Please
your honor I'm holding on to the Consti-
tutiou. Just as if the rebels would come
back and with their own hands put on
the bride Of the Constitution, this they
will never do, the fact is James Bueannan
fell asleep and the horses broke loose.
We have caught Maryland, Virginia,
Missouri, Tennessee, louisiana and we
are alter the rest, if you come along we
will soon have them all No, won't do
it. I'll set here, curse Abe Lincoln, vote
the Democratic ticken and "hold on to the
bride" VIII you give that man a quar-
ter Of avote. But nerved to a more yig-
orons cxertion, by lust for power, (they
want to ride again they take the bridein
one hand, and the salt Of slavery in the
other, and 90 after the horse in the direc-
ton Of Canada, when they get to Chca-
go, they stretch out the hand and cry,
Peace Peace !! Peace L! But the willy
horse jeff. says: 81 SEQ Sherman dow here
with the bride; | can't come to lick out
Of your hand until you call him back
then they cry. San immediate cessation of
hostilties." fisherman come back"
+" come back" but Sherman won't come
back until he fetches the horse jeff with
him, then we will bride up as before, cx-
cept Poor Jeify, thiscotton cord you have
broken so much We will throw away, and
try piece of hemp.
Did you ever read the history Of the
Chicago Convention Was it not con-
clave of traitors, governed by such spir-
its as Vallandigham, Voorhees, Powell &c.
Did they not adjourn with an insinuating
threat to meet again before the 18th Of
March next? Did they not threaten and
council opposition by every means in their
power to the government in Maryland,
Missouri and Kentucky, because in these
States a man has to swear he is not a reb-
el before he is allowed to vote Who
made the motion to make the nomination
of Mcclellan unanimous? Vallandigham.
Who was chairman Of the Platform Com
mittee Vallandigham. Did they not
pass a resolution requiring of Gen. Nc
Clellan as his FIRST act, ''to liberate the
traitors confined in LouisyllleY" Who
prayed at the Chicago Conyentionp The
Bos-slavery Bishop Hopkins all the way
from Vermont, the only Minister Of the
gospel in Vermont that would do it. He
prayed powerfully for the Lord to help
them, and about that time they did get
quite a hoist down at Atiaata.
MCCLELLAN.
Al the Chicago Platform lacked, was
an apology to JEFF. Davis, this we have
in M'Clellans letterof facceptance,i in which
he says: "The preservation of the Union
was the sole object for which the war was
commenced. 1t should have been con-
Quoted for that object only" Yes Mr..
Davis, we have done very wrong, we
should not have permitted the negroes
who raised your corn and your breast
works, to come over and bear arms for us,
now you are nearly starving, am sorry
to see it; | never favored it, and / will
send them all back; in the meantime be
of good cheer, and don't surrender but
dodge as well as you can, you shan't be
shelled any after the 4th of March next
will declare an Immediate cessation Of
hosfilities" Thus the very name of Me-
Clellan nerves the rebels in arms against