The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-09-28

{ seen all this---saw him calmly go into re
t tirement, Nth Christian resignation; wiz
heroic. frmness, and bear all the insult
the calumhy,, the oppression that was pcul
/ ed out upons him, 6ecoitsea he dare II
WHAT HE THOUGHT MAS RidHf FL
{ might have been mistaken as to the mod
, of accomplishing his purpose. Time ha
Il proven that fact. But he had but one OBJ
ject from lhe first. and to that aaheteof4
the -last-THE MAINTENANCE OF THE con
Z lsrITuTIoN AND THE REsToRATIoNoF TIT
:. uEIoN. Speaking upon this subject, Z
4 that vast assemblage which met. here o.
! the goth of August, 1867, under cifeum
stances that viii lltmaks that meeting I.iem
orable in the hearts of all whe were pres
| ept, / had occasion to refer to- him, and ]
4 did so in these words: Allow me to, re-
] fresh your minds by way Of remember
ance with the words there spoken-words
which tonight Lean most earnestly EN-.
dorse. At that time the voice of the
country was for war. l reoognisedi.. II
was unmistakable, as to-day the popular
cry is for peace.F Assuming such to be
the demand of the people. Isp6ke thus:
II repeat it, | am for, suppressipg all
ebellion-both rebellions. There are two
the Secession rebellion South, and the
Abolition rebtli;on North and West. II
am against both; fer putting down both.
SiEcc you have resolved that there shall
be war, l. commit. the armed rebellion
South to the soldiers of tho army, three
fourths of them Democyats-young- Dem
ocrats. g. commit it to- Hal,eck aud Buel
and Morgan and others. and to that abua-
ed, prosecuted Outraged General aud pa
itriot, George B. Mcclellan. If he can
not do it, it is because, in the nature Of
things, iti is not possible that it can be
done in that way. - The plan proposed by
him was the only one which even so much
as promised success, and it implied res
toration af the Union ss it was, AID mean
time, the maintenance of the Constitution
as it is. This is the reason why he has
been so prosecuted by Abolition rebels
and disunioaists; bnt it is the proud boast
of himself and his friends that, in spite of
all their abuse and calumny, he las calmly
and sseadfastly pursued his policy. Al
ou,. vfctorics atop are tho resatit OF that pol
icy. AL oav- reuerses folloced las superse,
dure. From thai hour to this, there has
been no victory. Defeat has not lost him
Luo VI tu0 ne udS lue
devoted and enthusiastic affection OF his
soldiers He has the calmness, the firm
nj ss,, and the upshaken consistency Of
purpose that win enable him to triumph
in the end, at least, over his enemies at
home To him, therefore, and the army,
1 commit the secession rebellion of the
South" s.lz. t..t..,-. T., l.s-.5. =.
Z And that day or triumph came to him
on the 31st day of Augtst, at Chicago,
aud will be renewed more gloriously on
the 8th of November next. Such were
the terms in whichI spoke then of
Of the gentlemen who'is now the candi- |
date of the Democratic party of the Uni
led States for the Presidency. I endorse
every word now, to night, and therefore
eheerfully, upon the platform laid down
by that Convention, give him my earnest,
and cordial support, [Applause ] l Il
Why did I oppose mis- nomiption? On
y because he was supposed to be. previous
The idea of coercion and this war. Dives
led of that, there u not,a man an Ameri- |
"a more fit for The cltoice. There rs not
. man ,ohose personal character, sohose
aohose attachment IT, the pr,nci-
PIES and lcja0se obe6LteRceSto the f'recef1fs of
Christianity-a man arho IN every sense
IF the ,oord IS gentleman-Isay there as
not a man In any respect above or beyond
Gem Nc CleJtaa--[ Applause. On that
latforni then, ,henecforth calling for the
agencies of peace. and a resort to the in
through which our Gov
was originally founded, I can
1ield to him the.support which here L
lave 1pledgsd. and call upon you one.
md all-eyery man who calls himselfuaI
member of the Democratic party every;
conservative man in the land every man
rho is weary OF the policies of this Ad
to unite in that cordial and
learty .support.ad EApplause.l 1t costs
no no effort to yield it now--no, sacrifice
nut if I were obliged to sacrifice anything
ut ptinefple-if Gen. Mcclellan were
nyepersonal enemy, man that I disliked
nd hold in abhorrance, yet, as the repre-
entatiYe of that great PARTY which isseek5
ng to save this country, he should have
fy sup Jott for the purpose of turning out
f power the man who dishonors the
White House, and the mon who. like the
he Goths and Vandals, have polluted the
apital OF my country. -sfU,os9s /