The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-24

AOOut war Oe1OCH0t0s
Some Of the most prominent Of the advo
GATES OF tho Chicago Democratic tYeachery
nave declared that War Democrat is ar
III poesiOality-that no man il Democrat
VINO - n favor Of preventing secession By
force OF arms. We leave them tosettle ths
question OF Democratic principle and con.
eletency. But is there any Democrat who
- In favor Of putting down secession by
iorce OF arms, who can vote for Mcclellan
20 conduct such war? Can any man who
deslres the success Of our armies be willina
e pace this utter military failure at theiI
neadf His reports, fron beginning t.
ending, are but one continued wRimpefine
plea to inculpate others for his own fail.
urea What he claims q great victory .
Antletam-w0uld have been . failure in
any other commander, and % his own
Generals, who were sent forward il detail
% Dc consumed By the snemy's whole
force, regarded il.
Let candid people reflect on the means by
which the falsehood Of . military renuf:.
ton has been created and sustained Tor hiu1.
a mas been done by the labor of those Who
desired the exhaustion Of the national re-
sources without success il DESTROYING the
rebel military power. The bubble Of his
generalship was blown by tho foul breath
OF treacherous party who rejoiced in our
failures and disasters, and in rebel victo-
federate Democrats. North and South. We
appeal to the common intelligence ON this
notorious fact. We now find al that treach-
erous party who desired the war to be con-
ducted for our exhaustion, 70 the end of
submission to Confederate terms; who de-
nounced any attempt to put down the re-
that the rebels might never IS CONQUERED:
who declared that every victory on our
side only made reconciliation impossible;
who disparaged Northern and. eulogized
southern courage; who exulted over our
disasters. and disparaged and lamented
oar successes-we lind all these now advo-
eating the election Of Mcclellan to be Com
mander and Chief Of our armies. Or, if
there IL an exception, It il 30 rare that Il
gives the person notOriety over the whole
country, and il il SO unnatural that his own
party attributes it to personal disappOint-
ment or corrupt motives.
IL commander whose military reputa-
ton exists by such means, and who is sup-a
ported and managed by such treas,herous
party; such . General as War Democrat
ted States forces in = war like this? And II
the Peace Democrats, who have nominated
Mcclellan on an armistice platform be-
cause they believe that IL win enable the
Confederates t. dictate terms Of peacs, had
contemplated that in any alternative the
Government would resume arms to put
down secession, does any one believe they
would have chosen Mcclellan to conduct
the war; ION the contrary none have 81
more contemplate opinion of McClellan's
military capacity than the Peace Democra-
cy who have made him their stool pigeon
to betraya loyal people. Does any one be. |
lievo that, II the Democratic party had an
other war OF annexation to prosecute il |
Texas and Mexico, or TO carry out their IA |
vor1te project for the conquest of Cuba.
they would select Mcclellan for General. !
In-Chief? There 10 not Democrat who |
will not recognize the absurdity ofthe pro-
position.
The party which chose Mcclellan q its /
selected him because they de- /
Tired to diDarm the nation, and % PROSTATE |
ito energies ct the feet Of the ConfederateI l
military power. To this end they have l
made platform which is to give the Con-
edefates recognition and the means Of re- |
and u foreign alliances BY IN
armistice, while all measures for keeping |
up our armies are to be suspended, and
hey are allowed to fall to pieces BY their |
1atuYal expiration Of periods Of enlistment;
md they have taken candidate who il /
he embodiment ofmilitary imbecility and !
allure. The platform is for submission to /
my terms of peace the Confederates NAV
lictate. The candidate is chosen to 1T the
platform, and the party has made it secure
~ nominating man who il incapable of
any other poLcy.-cn. Gaz.
Are GAo Germans WRo0g In want.
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