The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-17
1ErrrR rRoM TEuRLOw WEED.

Tsts views on ihe p Presidential Question.
Two columns ana = bsf Of the Eu,u,RJ Jour
ualthItany) yesterday, are Ocsgpied with
letter from NJ. Weed to Non. A, WAkgm,u, in
which tho former gives his reasons Tor supporting
M-. Lincoln Nr. Weed deal his blow about .u
ell directions, and We copy some Of his rem"st-
as indicating .he general temper 3fhislst'er The
following Is what Mr.. weed sGys Of
rHE rwo cASUmhTEs.
Nv reasons Tor ug,iriug chance ~ Admins
tratiuu A.c known 10 those who have road Whit l
have ielt roustraiuel % say since Dao1nper Aa,Jt
hrsr ~ editor OF the JpitDla,, and suJ's luandy
in occasional letters / protested, 'l.ly ani
earnestly asalIsr the Abolition procuTltie7 Of me
KspubIcan party, Of Congress, ana OF the al
ministaton. | fsresaw, more cleifly tiAh
Others, the certainty OF Formidable fsJ5'hoh-a
rebellion that would Try the strength Oi our GOV
ernm,nt aud tax thc energies OF our "hole
IN Wow Of such an emergency felt tha. no
mere party. and least Of al an Abolition purity,
could pres ryc the Government aud Union; III
the policy Of the Administration shOud tend to
unite the North and to divide the South. And
what / complained Of was, that Just 50 Tar a.
abolition cOuusClB prevailed, they reversed tins
proposition by dividing the NOrih and uniting
the south. ] know nov, what l believed NJ lSVi
that Mr., Lincoln ought 10 have made Union
cabinet Such cabinet and policy would nave
carried us through the Rebellion with infinitely
less expense of blood and treasure. Il Is, IN my
Judgment mistake To have supposed that he
could not sustain himself without the support Of
ultra abolition.
In boldly prosecuting the war for the Govern
mcut3nd the Union he would have been triumph
aptly sustained by the really and nationally
patriotic masses. The influences which he sought
to prOpitiate have been drag both upon his
administration and the war. And aiter all his
concessions 20 The nsatiate spirit Of radical aOOi-
ton, It's leaders turned against and endeayOred
10 overthrow him. Months after his renomina-
ton, abolition leaders were engaged Ia con-
spraCy 10 force his withdrawal. Hostile circulars
signed by editors Of tho hrc7ing Post, Tribune,
and HdeDeHdoUt, were drifting about ia Septcm-
her; nor was the project Of another Presidential
nominee abandoned until three days previous 70
the meeting Of our state Convention.
The Democratic party wns represented by its
National Convention. BY It's candidates for Pre-
sident and Vice President, and in its "PlatfOrm"
we must find reasons for accepting or rejecting q
Democratic Administration. Two facts are, in
NY Judgment, cOnClusively demonstrated by the
action Of that convention. First, that General
Mcclellan was not the choice OF . majority of
the convention and second, when forced to take
him, the "peacc- party" delegates avenged them
selves by forcing their own nominee for Vice
President and their own "platiorm" upon the
convention. This characterizcs the Democratic
ticket.
TIE "pla'form" onends the patriotism OF every
10! al eeCtOr. 1t offended General Mcclellan and
all War Democrats. lt contains no sentiment,
sentence, expression, or intimation, from which
an impartial reader can learn to which side ofthe
war the Chicago COnN NentiOn belongs. There is
no word of condemnation or cen7ure either OF
secession or rebellion in IT, The portions OF il
NOT positively di,lOyal are "merc Slttering
gene alitios" Indeed, 50 tendcrly Is rebellion
touched, that strong cOOr is given 70 the charge
that Washington Hunts "armistice" PLANK was
inserted nc the suggestion OF the Confederate
Commissioners with whom he conferred in
Canada.