The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-10-06

Peninsula he lent all the ard in his powel
) TO the carving oat of the law of Congres:
providing for subsisting the army, as fal
rs possible. on the territory of the enemy
by his general orders. When the Presi
dent issued his Emancipation Proclama
tion, in which he threatened that II the
disloyal States dill not lay down theii
arms and submit to the authority Of the
United States within 4 given time he
would declare certain slaves free, Nc
Clellan at once issued a general order
from his headquarters enforcing the pro
cIatnation of Mr.. Lincoln. So that from
the beginning to the end of this business
General Mcclellan has been as t1oro'ly
and unreservedly committed to tAe sup
port of Mr. Lncoln's policy the
subject of slavery rs Mr.. Smith, Mr..
Seward, or any other member of his
Cabinet History does not record the
fact that General Mcclellan, up to the
time he was relieved of his command
found any fault whatever with the Presi-
dents action upon this subject. And
certainly he showed no disposition to
decline the service Oh account of this,
or of any other act OF the President.
What are the other matters of com
plant that are brought by these men
Eaganst the Presdents They have 4 great
deal to say about arbitrary arrests Now
let me ask You this question WhO first
suspended the writ of hdbeaS corpus and
by whom has it been done most eXten-
siHcly The most notable of arbitrary
arrests, and the suspension by the writ
Of hubeas corpatS. have been of the order
of General Mcclellan. Who has in
terfered with the freedom Of elections:
Let me call your attention to one or two
aF fbA notable n n winch
these popular privileges have been in
terferred with necessarily, for the pres
ervation of the Government. General
Mcclellan ordered General Banks to
detail men enough to guard every I,sll
/ in the State of MARYLAND, to preserve
order and see that no dsloyal persons
! were aloud to vote. and also to arrest
/ every disloyal Marylander who should
| have returned from Virginia and who
should appear at the polls and declared
that to this end. and .'for this purpose,
the writ Of habeos corpus is suspended"
/ He arrested the entire Maryland Legis-
laturc-he gave orders, BE sure that
{ none escape" and congratulated General
/ Banks, who was to execute the order. {
saying that if he succeeded in the under {
taking the backbone of the rebellion I
would be broken by it. Yes, the back /
/ FOIt III Tie IchtAIipil WIS to pt plphtH
by the arrest of this dsloyal Legislature, ,
according to Major General Mcclellan. +
Now, We do not complain of him for arv
of these things: they were all well /
enough. but they serve the purpose OF /
furnishing an answer 10 all the charges /
that can be made against Mr. Lincoln Of /
inteFferiu with the ballot -hoE-of illegal !
arrests. and of the suspension of the writ (
habeaS corpus /
The great objection to General MeClel- /
ian, and which led to his removal, was /
not that he did not mean right-not that /
he did not desire the suppression Of the t
rebellion, but that he did not move fast (
enough to overcome the rebellion
Every body came to that conclusion in .
regard to General Mcclellan.
Well, General Mcclellan WAS relieved /
and General Burnside succeeded him. and /
he fought. Hooker followed Burnside. /
and he fought aud so did General Meade; /
and lastly, Grant took command, AMI he /
has fought and here the matter now +
rests. +
But what have to say to you now | .
wish to say with special reference to
the approaching election. | have sh Dwn
You that General Mcclellan, during the
time that he held command committed
himself to everything, draft and all. that
Mr.. Lincoln had done. He was the very
first man to insist upon the draft and
was an advocate for all these measures
which his new friends have been wont to
complain of, up to the time Of Chicago
Convention.
In Chicago, u few weeks since. they
made q platform. What was it: They
nominated General Mcclellan This
was all arranged beforehand. Before the
platform was formed it was settled that
Mcclellan should be the nominee. and
of course it would not do to arraign Mr.
Lincoln in their platform for ordering
draft since their own candidate had re
commended ii. or for suSpending the
writ of hubsgs corpus. or for making mill
tary arrests, because Mcclellan had done
the very same things. Hence they had
Very little left 10 put into their platform
and so they concluded to give up every
thing else and drive for the one center
peace, That is the only issue they pretend
to make which Is positive, actual and
absolute What good dose it do to say
they are attached to the Uuion and the
Government. That mere declaration
amounts to nothing. ltlS only declara
ton of their mental inclinations. and
vou are to determine whether they are
attached to il or not by their acts
Throwing all other issues aside, then,
they say they are for peace, and make
that the issue and the only issue before
the country, They send oa. this declara-
ton, to the country and At the same time
they send ont also the man whom they
had before determind to nominate as
their supposed available candidate.-
What does their didate do He writ
letter accepting the nomination and in
that letter. he never 50 much as notices
the platform. hut ON the contrary. talks
about ending war hy lighting i ont. He
has passed the platform by; and so far
as | can see now they have no platform
at all This IS their only logical posi-
ton.
And how does their candidate stand
before the country. as a man who Is 70
govern and control and direct your
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