Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-11-02
"A Magnificent Speech.
Charles d. Brake Esq, OrSt. Louis, upon
the First and Second Plank of the Chi
(.aro PIafforsn.

Charles u. Drake Esq, OrSt. Louis, upon
the First and Second Plank of the Chi
cagO Platform
One Of the most el ,quent and couvin-
eng speeches which has been called forth
/ duiiHE the present political campaign,
was me address of Charles ID. Drake, ESQ,
one Of the great Radical leaders of Mis-
sour. delivered at Mozart Hall, Cincin-
natl. last Saturda, night. under the.
auspices of the National Union AssociA-
ton. The G1sette publishes II in full,
and s:,ys: From the first remarks al
most Mr. Drake engaged the individual
atien tion of bis hearers, and as he pro-
gressed fairly spell bound them with the
force of his argument. and the charm of
] his eloquence, except when, at frequent
Intervals. tney gave way 10 the most un-
| bounded and enthusiastic applause. -
The pressure OF other matter upon our
space i0rbids its transfer to our columns
entire We give the following extract,
however, as a specimen. II is mastery
dissection of the principles epuncisted in
the first and second plahks OF the Chica-
go platform:
rue CHICAGO PLATFORM, ALIAS pEADFALL
want 10 talk awhile about platforms.
Otherwise sometimes known, and cured
as deadfalls. l shall got soon forget the
feelings with which / first read the dead
tall that the Chicago Convention built
for itself, and called its PLATFORM
Laughter. The first feeling was intense
| Indignation, that on the whole continent
of AmeriC there could be found q body
of men, so lost 10 patriotism, freedom,
truth and decency, as 10 send forth such
a connection of treason, hypocrisy, and
fraud lCheers But my sober sec
ond thought" made me jubilant; for
saw that their deadfsll had. in the in
stant OF its creation, dropped upon them
selysa, and caught the whole Democratic
tribe Cheers War Democrats. Peace
Democrats, CoPperheads, Sons of Liber-
ty. Hora;io Seymour, Fernando Wood,
Vallandingham, and all; Loud and
continued cheels;] and l am still more
iubilant now in the belief that on the Sth
of next month the great Union party of
the ration will light down on that dead
! fall, and crush the last breath out of the
whole Democratic mass that may then
be under it. Great cheers. and a cry.
where is George E. Pugh?" And
said with Sancho Panza, Blessings on
the man who first neutrality-suspicious.
laughter and applause. But if ever a
| party had cause TO curse them, it was the
Democratic party in 1864. / was for a
time disturbed because the Republican
party nominated its candidates as early
as June; but the result has shown that
it was well; though in a way that was
probably not ioreseen. From the 8th of
of June, when Mr. Lincoln was nomina-
ted, 10 the 30th of August, when Gen.
Mcclellan was nominated, you will re-
member that hardly a movement was
discoverable among the people in refer
hence TO, the Presidential election. An
muinforrned observer would mot have
supposed that We were within as many
/ wears of it, as we we're months. 1t
looked dresdfully like apathy; for which
evidently the Democracy mistook it,
Their Convention assembled, under the
Eliminating conviction that they bad only
to put their candidate on the track, nc
matter With how much dead weight
about him, and let him win the race to
: the White House in a walk. Mistaking
the nations quiet waiting for an antago-
nism TO Mr. Lincoln for dissatisfaction to
wards him. and judging thence that the
tpeople were ripe for any kind of Demo-
: cratic candidate or platform; they took
full length ofrope, and--hung themselves
TCheers and laughter. Let US dissect
that platform, and see what it is not made
lof. and what tits made of. ----.s'-st