The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-09-06
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THE CHICAGO CONVENTION
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lts FsatiorM arc Nominees
Tie Ch,csgo Convention assembled
81 The appointed time, ard 4. proceed.
irgs resulted in Is. nomination of
George h. Mcclellan fo5 President.
ana George II. Prdlsou or Wee
President Beng composed y men
IA vi blades u opinion upon ihe pesce
question, and the representatives q q
party which hopes TO come into power
~ securing the votes q The disap-
pointed men q al parties, rs action
Was necessarily made ~ u glaring ~.
ronsistcneies The speeches Of the
Individual members indicated a desire
for peace which Jeiieron Davis
could have no dilieslty in nc epling,
while the platform adopted can be
m ado 10 mean anything, The candi-
date FOR President is a profcssed war
man, Wide the candidate for Vice
President Is an open and consistent adj
yocale Of peace, Having nominated
upon a platform which can be made 10
mean anything, man who can be
moulded into anything, and ASSOCIATE
ed with him decided peace man, il is
reasonable to suppose that the Con-
ycnlion expected that after success
ful canvass, the uncertain platform
would take shape as peace platform,
and the tickle candidate for the Pres
idcncy become peace-at-any price
man after the pattern of his associate
upon the ticket.
The Democratic platform consists
ol six resolutions. The first declares
that the Democracy lin the future, as
N the past, will adhere With unwayer-
ing fidelity to the Union under the
Constitution" II the fidelity to the
Union OF the Democracy OF the past
is to be the measure Of the patriotism
Of the Democracy OF the future, we
hardly think The party will receive
any great accessions to It's numbers
from the loyal men Of the land. Four
years ago the population Of the States
now in rebellion formed the majority
Of the Democratic party, and the chiefs
Of the existing rebellion were then its
acknowledged leaders. They claim
that in Withdrawing from the Union
they broke none OF the provisions OF
the Constitution, and denounce rs its
only yiolators those who are attempt
ing TO coerce them. Many Of the
leading men Of the Chicago Conyen-
ton have at various times within the
lastIhree years declared that the South
had right to secede, and if an honest
answer could be obtained from the
delegates 10 the question whether the
United States Government has a right
TO coerce a sovereign State, no one
can donbt but that with a majority the
answer would be in the negative. If
this is the opinion Of majority Of the
Chicago Convention, their "Union I'M
der the Constitution" is no union at
all, and therefore their first resolution
binds them TO nothing adverse TO The
rights Of the South as claimed by JEFF
ferson Davis.
The second resolution declares that
"aiter four years Of failure to restore
the Union by the experiment Of wal
there should be an immediate cessa-
ton Of hosIiIiiies TO the end "that peace
may be restored on the basis of the
Federal Union Of the States IL az
Ter the cessation Of hostilities, il is
found that peace cannot be restored
on the basis Of Union, does the De-
moeracy propose to resume hostilities
Their resolutions leave US wholly in
the dark upon this important question
Not having defined, in their platform
their purpose IN thar contingency, We
can properly take the spirit manifest
Cd ID the Convention and the opinion:
expressed by the individual members
from which 10 draw our inference con
corning their intentions and 10 one
not willingly blind can fail to see from
those indications, that iighe rebel lead
ers refuse 10 accept peace upon The
basis Of unioa they can haven't upon
the basis Of disuuiou. Mr. Davis ha.
repeatedly declared that lhal is ih,
OILY basis upon which lie v Il treat
and when with this knowledge ID,
Democracy are ~ anxious TO procure
a ocssali On Of hosnities 10 lreai ioI
peace on the basis u Union, nnd ar,
very careful DOT 70 say what they vii
do ia case they iaii 10 ,iIsei il upor
ihA, basis, wc have q right 10 suppos'