The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-09-06


y erYsaa pslls Is ,bs border 70 pre-
trrt their falling nio &c hard. q
bard, & raenllas uho wers preparing
10 'ate p5.scssan u them and d
ce'oremsat Of a las repairing an oath
Is l'eyent from voting certain citizens
q ibc border S,aiss uho rode on gatr
nIia uid ID night numbering, burn
n-. afd fiun3ef.ns, and lad aside
ite.r arms % be good Democrats all
day II ihs Democracy had declared
g emerge ieaIly ihat IT, ] you'll resist
eih III lheir means and power any
attempt al secession, We should have
bad no rebellion.
The fourth Re. oluiion q a lulmiua
ton against the arbitrary arrests and
similar yraauical acts Of lie present
administration. II cannot be thai tie
Committee on Resolutions expected
that Mcclellan would be nominated
upon Tic platform they we're building
v ben they reported that resolution a.
orc Of it. planks Gen. Mcclellan
himself !. entitled 10 the honor Of be.
ng the father o. the system Of arbi-
trary arrests. lie put the military
over the ci,ii Law in manner never
attempted by tie lyranl Lincoln. lie
not only enforced the military Law
"vhere tie ciytl law existed in full
force but BY the simple authority Of
a "Maior General Commanding ar
rested the whole legislature Of SOW
ereign State not in rebellion, thus
subjeeting 10 Irresponsible military
authority the very body ofmen through
which the civil law is known 10 The
people. For his arrest Of the Mary
land legislature, Mr.. Harris, dele
gate from that State, declared upon
the floor of the Convention that Nc
Clellan was tyrant, and by that plat.
form he is. 1t was the manifest act
Of his whole public career, but IT Is
wholly inconsistent with his position
as the nominee Of that Convention.
The 9th resolution severely repro
bates on the score OF humanity the Ad
mlnistraton's shameful disregard Of its
duty to our suffering prisoners of war.
The Convention which thus rebukes
the Government for not yielding at
once 10 the rebel terms Of exch ange,
has not one word Of condemnation for
the conspirators who have plunged
this country into all the horrors and
agonies Of civil war, Of which the sui
fering in Libby is but drop in the
ocean-no, one word for those who
have carried on their war of ambition
with massacres of women and child
ren, the burning Of defencelesS towns,
ard the murder Cf prisoners and non
combatants-not one word foT the chiv-
airy which attempts to force 10 It's
terms by maltreating its prisoners a
Government which it cannot move by
its efforts in the field. There cannot
be much doubt as to where the sym.
pathy Of this humane Convention lies.
The SIKH resolution. OF this crazy
plailorm'of the forlorn. Democracy,
extends the sympathy of the! Demo
cratic party.to our soldiers, .and prom
ises hem in event of attaining pow
I err, scare, protection, regard, and kind
ness When we consider the position
Of the Democracy in relationsto our
soldiers, this resolution can be regard
ed as nothing less than an insult. They
have called them "Lincoln's hirelngs"
and the minions Of tyrant," and
have invariably voted against allowing
them the rights Of suffrage. When
ever their comrades have beenamur-
dered by the chiyalry, the Democracy
has found no words of condemnation !;
but whenever the Government has en-
dcayored to correct the. wi by resort
ing TO the Law OF retaliation, tile De-
mocracy has denounced it for, its I'M
civilized warfare. They are en-
gagged 10 aslruitess and unjust war,
aud deserve no aid or sympathy in the
work in which they are engaged; but
when the Democracy has suspended
hosliliiiesEand cheated them Of the
fruits Of their sacrifices, theysWiIl have
the care and regard Of the trium-
plant party. The Democracy had
much rather sympathizs with the
soldiers after hosiilities are suspended
than encourage them before. AN in
clination on the part Of The Democra-