Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-09-09
The Chicago Platform an Apology for
Treason.
& NJ. SHAW, NJ. D's.,
Wilmington, Del.

IfeaS0u.
Editorial Of the Albany Evening Journal
WAsniNuroH, Sept. !, 1864
That which is now delugng the country in
blood is the most causeess and wicked rebellion
that has ever stained the annals Of the world
1t fnds no parallel in enormity. 1t stands out
''solitary aud alone" in all that ID base, iDfa.
Kions and devlsh. And yet the representatives
of the Democratic party have no word Of con-
demnntion for IT, or for the actors in ii, On the
contrary, by bitterly condemning those who are
laboring to suppress il, they virtually applaud
the revolt and the massacre Of tho loyal men
who have fallen in yindionton Of the lawful au-
thority Of the Government
These men had not even the deoenoy 10 mete
out an equal measure of condemnation to loyal
men and traitors Their vituperaton is for the
loyal alone. Rebels pass unscathed, and 80 al.
proved. This will be the verdict OF every i'm
partial reader of the Chicago Platform. In
Europe II will be hailed ny n vindication Of tho
rebellion, and received As an invitation to inter
pose against the further prosecution of War
which one half OF tho pc oplo of the North CON
dsun as unjusufable and uncalled for aud
marked, in its progress, by every species OF
usurpatiOn and tyranny on tho part Of the
Federal authorities.
Those who follow tho lead Of the trainers of
this Platform, will receive it as an order not
only to oppose the War, but to oppose whatevor
is deemed essential to its vigorous prosecution.
They cannot do otherwise; for this chart care
fully prepared for their political guidance, dis
cards the War as medium Of peace, and looks
to its suspension as the only means Of etfecling
the single purpose which renders it legitimate,
namely, the restoration Of the Union.
To those entertaining such sentiments, every
agency employed to fill up our ranks, and so
give augmented vigor to the military arm, is
wrong. Recruiting ia folly and the draft q
crime. With an "armistce" in view, to be fol-
lowed by months Of negotiation and Conven.
tion Of States to adjust oil differences, the i'm
mediate replenishment Of our armies to the ex-
tent Of three hundred or five hundred thousand
men, would be useless and wicked diversion Of
labor, and on inexousabe and prohigate waste
Of the National treasure. To be consistent,
both the trainers and adlerents of this Platform
Of National humiliation, must resist the draft
To favor either would be to practically oppose
a suspension of hostilities, and to succumb TO
the Whims Of an Administration whose rule, nc-
cording to the Platform, hns been q usurpation
aud nil those aots have been subversive of Con-
stitutonal liberty.
But, thank Heaven, while these bastard repre-.
sentatyes Of Democracy are thus giving said
and comfort to the enemy" in platitudes and
paradoxes, the hero representatives of the Union
are administering the war to the practical ao-
tors in this drama Of treason. There is TO be an
.'armistice," but it will follow submission aud
there is 10 be ''cessation of hostities'' but it
will be when the accursed traitors to tho Old
Flag shall lay down their arms and come back
10 their allegiance. Until then, or, at least,
until such time as they manifest such prntenoe
us will make their further chas.isement bar
barity, there will be No, ar,sistiee
And say this in full remembrance of the fact
thai the Fourth Of March next, may, by possir
bility, nargurate new Administration.
| Whether il shall be or not, the fact will stand
the same; for, with an addition of five, or three
or even two hundred thousand men to the armies
of Grant and Sherman, the wo-k of tue war
will be ended long before tGs fourth Of March
not by the quaokery Of the cessation Of hOstli-
ties or nn armstoe, or degrading concessions,
but by the stringent medicine of vigorous war
Aud until the fourth OF March, Abraham Lin
cOlu will be- President Of the United States, even
though these gentle friends of bloody traitors
shall venture upon their threatened inauguIa.
ton Of a civil war. Ald be, in CRISIS where
courage is as requisite AZ patriotism, is not the
man 10 succumb In a struggle between loyalty
and treason. Tho w0T ariH go on, so long as an
armed band Of trNitori remain tO bear up tho
standard Of rebellion; or until the voice OF the
people shall call our present Chief Magistrate
away from his sublime work of reinaguFatng
the old Union in oil i,a entirety and Integrity
| n tutl evil uh1 huhu ouhlt ociOit tHe NOfk Is
completed, then those who follow him cun MAKE
such proclamation as they please, even though
it shall disgrace and degrade the nation.
But it Is more than six months to such o
harvest Of infamy. Surely, no candidate stand-
ing upon such Platform as that of Chicago
can ever receive the suarages Of loyal people.
The present Administration may have somlimes
erred. But errors are not crime. Abraham
Lincoln may not always have done just what was
to be done at the time of its doing But who is
tau'tless2 But this is true of him: He is honest,
earnest nnd patriotic. As no Chief Magistrate
has ever been burthened, so no Chief Magistrate
could have borne those burdens with better
I'graoe with a more honest purpose or for more
sublime end. His heart has been fixed in him
to save his country. For this he has lahored
with such steadiness and siugleness aud seal az
to challenge the affection and win the confidence
Of the people. And they will sustain him for
his unainohing devotion to his country in these
darkest years Of her history, aud will see to it,
not only that he remains where he is until the
rebellion is put down, but during the four years
of peace and prosperity which will follow the
eonsummalion of the glorious work of re- Union
s-. .t-..s ..ifrt VIA G. D.