, 1864-09-07
TKEN.Y. HERALD ON 6a'clEl-
LARS NOMINATION,
WCLkLLsN MIST REPUDIATE TIE PLAT.
FORM, OF LIB Is LOST.
The CopperheaI Conspiracy to
Anauguraten q RevoIs in
the North.

1He NOV lork HeTal0, the most widely
circulated, ard the most Influential Demo
cratic paper in the United States, thus speaks
Of the Chicago pence plattorm, the nomina,
tion Of Gen. Mcclellan, and the Copperhead
conspiracy to inaugurate an insurrectIon in
the North:
HAVE AN INSunRsCT1oN At THE NoRTHf
We have not the slightest doubt that there
fs t4{unl zfzsdeTstanti.ng tet0esa the 9zy1o,.rs
the 1Poods, FalZandfghens and The rebels. This
understanding ia shown In the secession p{at-
form adorted bp fhs chteago Conve,tsio,,, and in
The nomination Of Ar. R7adleton, of 0hlo-wto
is a practical seestsionts&-for Vice President.
We have now driven the rebels completely to
the wall. General Grant has the best Of Them
st Richmond, and General Sherman has sue
ceeded In capturing Atlanta. This Ia not the
time, then, that any reasonable man would
be talking about .au1mmed1ate cessation OF
lostilttea." We are tn tayor Of an armisliee,
like that between Prussia and Denmark,
where both sides hold their gronnd and arc
ready to begin the cobfllct ut any moment; !;
but there is j vast deal OF difference between
such an armistice and the immediate cessa
lion Of hossilltles'' which the Chicsgo plat
form requires. Nothing can explain such q
fafed BY 1T: Davis to Ehe peace Democrats, and
Mat tAese peoce r'lea Joisted u upon the Chicago
Cntx7.fitr. os tho prize Of kaeir endorsement Of
Genernl McCiellan's nomination.
For three years past the Herald has austatn.
ed and defended the her, Of Ant!etau. We
have done full Justice to his genera1ship, his
statesmanship, his honesty and his patriot-
ism. But when Mcclellan takes his stand
upon coratdlg peaes Platform, We are at a
loss how to follow him aud defend him. This
the General has not yet done, and we hope
that be will never be foolish enough to do 1t.
We advise and urge him to come out boldly
and declare thut his onls platform ts his past
record as Un'on general, and that bis SEN
tfments arc these expressed in his letter from
Harr1sop's Landing and his Grafton at West
Point. II be hesitates to do this he is lol,
There uast be no prevaricatiou nor equiYo-
cation. The rotten Chicago platform mus b.
kicked to sseces and McClellan's own platform
Bubstifuted. He had better thousand fold
decline the nomination than to accept it upon
such conditions as those imposed By the Con-
vention. The Chicago platform ngite, d.ftat,
snd It must be broken up, either By McClel-
Ian himself or by the voice Of the people at
sh2 ~ polls; nsna,d,v .na ,,,,.o..,, ,.,, 49,.
peace coppe1htads at the North do not desire
the election Of Mcclellan any more than the
Southern seceseionists desired the election of
Douglas or Breckluridge In 1850. Tney bit
terly opposed McCluflan ut Chicago, and
openly denounced him as tyrant and
usurper. Finally they accepted him upon
condition that they should have tbs platform
and the Vice President But even now The
copperheads are not earnest in hts support.
There is no saying but that Mr.. Lincoln nav
be elected BY small majority, and In that
event The Copperheads 5nkend to ruis,
q revolution at tho North. THIS
asg,. thsy en- ~ aut 1reg r.. readily do + the
the election to be decided BY only . few
Thousand votes, then the Democratic minor
ity Will be nearly IS strong as the Republi-
can majority. In fact, the minority Will ba
stronger; for the Democrats will agnt, while
the Aholition!sts WY not Whst. Then, is to
moment the army is Withdrawn to put do rn
an lnsurrectfon here the rebels will come ont
OF their tntrenchment8 and capture Wash
ington. This, IS Fe understand It, is part
Of the Coppcrhead Plan, aud II successful 1t
FILL pnt Hi end to the Government OF the
That this Idea offs vast Northern conspiracy
between the copperheads and the rebels Is no
mere hugbear, ls evident from the fact that
the Chicago Convention. instead Of adjourn
Ing sins dix, as conventions usually do, I'd
fourned TO m'k1 again at the cali Of khe Eceeative
Cosnmfttet. This ia equivalent to he oryani-
zdtios Of a revolutionary body. Our merchants
ard capitalists so consider It; for tbev are
closing up business, shipping their goods
back to Europe, turuing their property into
Eolu, teuuIDE tAeH property across the Wa
ter, and In every way preparing to leave the
country as soon as the revolution begins.
These movements arc not to be lfgntly
considered. They mean mischief. and
show that trouble Is brewing. Gen.
Mcclellan can avert that trouble and restore
public confidence Il he have the pluck md
eagaclts to ignore the Chicago platform and
come out boldly es jackson Democrat on
the platform Of his past record. Then he
will have q fair chance Of election, because
he will not be bound to cowardly policy If
he be elected. Bnt what could Washington
himself do If be were pledged to negotiate
for an Immediate cessation Of hostilItIes ?''
The Chicago platform till encourage hst ,xttls
to hold out until eleesion, and, as things stand
at present, the Peace Copperheads haye
promised them one Of TWO things:
either the reelection of Lincoln aod
Northern insur1ection-!n which case the
rebels vii have the upperhand Of us; or, IN
the event Of 1fcCleftan's election, ian i'm
mediate cessation Of hosti ities,n In which
case the rebe}a y III have everything their own
way. General Mcclellan can dest1oy these
schemes hy trsming bis own platform out Of
sound Union timber aud being elected upon
1t. Then Northern insurrection will be i'm
possible; and, If the people do tnetr duty In
the meantime, there will be no rebellion left
TO make terms With, and no JEFF Davis in ex-
istence to receive IN offer for san Immediate
cessation Of hostilitlee" This IS as great
crjeis as that at Harr,son's Landing OF at An
tietam. Let Little Mac reflect deeply and act