The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-11-01

from London, to oppose the election Of
Mcclellan and Pendleton for several
reasons
MCCLELLAN NOT A UNION CANDIDATE
1t is then a grave objection to the
Chicago. Mcclellan Convention that, in
such crisis as this, it summoned only
democratic convention and appealed
only to the democratic party to save
the government
And who met in council at Chicago
Was it the friends of the Union? No, il
was democrats, as they call themselves
whether unionisis or disunionists
Avowed disunionists constituted large
and influential portion of the conven>
ton (profaning the name of democrats)
that met together at Chicago Who
were Vallandigham and Harris and
Long and many other of their COM
peers, who not only met together at
Chicago, but some of whom were re
ceived with shouts of applause, and re-
solutions moved by some of them unan-
imously adopted.
MISSISSIPPI AS UNION STATE.
During the great notification and
secession question of South Carolina
on the first Monday of January, 1889,
at Natehez, Mississippi, | made the
opening speech, then published, against
notification and secession, in favor
of war" if necessary to maintain the
Union-in favor of coercison," to put
down rebellion in any state. The leg
islature of Mississippi endorsed that
speech, and passed resolutions declsre
ing notification and secession TO be
treason, and, upon that issue was
elected by the legislature to the Senate
OF the United States If Mississippi,
under the influence of Jefferson Davis,
and other traitor leaders, has since
that period abandoned those principles,
she cannot expect me to follow her,
and thereby surrender opinions which
have uniformly maintained and ad-
vocated throughout my life, but more
especially from 1893 until the present
period Mississippi Whose prosperity
would restore BY bringing her back
TO the Union) endorsed those opinions
when she elected me TO the Senate Of
the United States over an aVoWed and
distinguished secessionist George Poin-
dexter after contest of uninterrupted
violence, personal and political, extend
ing from January, 1888, TO January,
1886.
Ii was on that occasion that General
Jackson wrote his celebrated letter in ia
.vor of my election and sustaining my po-
litical course. Ii was after the adoption
OF the secession ordinance by Carolina,
that General Jackson sent our war yes
sells 20 Charleston to hold and blockade
the hal Dor, and our troops, under the
illustrious Scott, 10 maintain, by force,
Unnecessary, the authority Of the federal
government over the forts command
ing the city of Charleston Let US
suppose that the rebels had then shot
down our flag, captured our forts, made
war upon the Union and proceeded 10
dissolve It by force; let Us suppose that
a committee from any convention had
then dared 70 nominate him for the
Presidency upon such a platform as
that which was adopted at Chicago,
proposing an arrnistice and cessation OF
hostilities until a national convention
could be assembled, accompanied by
the declaration that the rebellion could
not be crushed by war, who doubts
what would have been the course Of
that devoted patriot? He would have
stamped the disgraceful and treason
able resolutions under bis feet, and in