New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-02
1cudop In which be g&se reasons Why keC7enae
ought 70 be elected which had ses1 adv aseed

irs - not torset' hoE.ser 20 fsund yon W
S9s "a IN .1oa Cd "a dsa n t.eea
comm lo,.s rom a. srersor who leied here century
ago. arc sure yos think sry tie were Of hin Tor
,hsi.- IL.ushtsr.l
Ibsleye il ia true az Mr. Winthrop ssy.fh.t McClei-
Ian Is Of Connecticut family who have lived there ior
morv than a hnndre,. years When JeG Davis,
rocrnbs and Jud IA Benjamin read Mr.. Wnthrops
speech cue 5tol whether they viii b 80 ready to ne
gotiate with Zen. Mcclellan as their Trends now sup
pose They nav supecr and hesitate lest they get hold
Of wooden nutmeg from Connecticut. Great laugh
ter The origin Of the wooden nutmeg story illustrates
the sarpassinR ignorance o, me soulu !a,et an w
posterons, since the successful counterfeit must nave
cost twice muc he genuine articles nevertheless
that story mas had nnch vogue. Its origin - ms:
May yesrs ago small trader in the very town where
Mr. Winthrop made his speech. together with apples
chs SHUTS walnuts hiekoTynuts &C., sent Few nut,
Legs Beaufort. in sOath Carolina PLANTER natne1
BOgcIt, seeing the Nutmeg. bought them at a good
price pleased with bis prcbsse and beng espfcia
vain lying choice dcaies II his table he pFoduccd
for bis guests those I'd somewhat costly nuts bur
tic iuts w0uldn'. crack ,lughter, and Wien broken
oen we're found cob'aln meat and the honest Con
nectcu. Yankee cursed by tie Carolina chivairy
As esea; FOX selling nEimess without nc = and wi1en
they therefore supposed were made OF wood
lanchferl When our troops entered Beaufort they
still found the pregd &C existing against atnsss-
and Yankees. Now If the South succeed Ia electng
Mcclellan they will find that This wooden nutmeg has MOI
ar wheat in II. have word to the Irish voters
Who, from land OF oppression, have sought this home
of freedom. You have been my true political friends,
and have been as truly yours The many 81 your com
trymen with whom j have had much to do, viii eacl
bear witness that they have received aid sympa
thy and uniform kindness; that no lrishman has had
cause to complain and thar no Dlshwoman has ever
gone soIrOWng from my door. l have neither feVled
your religion traduced your race. ask your bref
attention: Your oppressOrs Of the Old World are strly
ing with all their might % secure the election 81 the
Chicago nominees. What does II meant When British
gold and British journals combine with English mobiles
and haters Of the irish race do You nnk this comes Of
newborn love toward lrishmeni Be not deceived.
English statesmen wise in their generation az Ire
land has found 10 her sorrow. Those f8r-seeng enc
mics Of your Green Isle well the bearing OF this
great contest here. Nav ii be pOSsibewhen, planted
in this free soil. you have grown very sampson In
might that England can lure you TO the lap Of De-
III ali, cut OH the strength Of your locks put out your
eyes bind .you with letters of brass. and make you
again 10 grind in her prison house Elect Mcclellan
and she will have done all this; not that he would wish
it, bat he could not help IT, His election VIII surely
dissolve tle Union, and the kIeH of the Unlon
is the death Of freedom. DO not deceived }
Had the tongue Of Oil angel and were my lips
touched with the altar FIRE, could not 100 strongly
utter my deep convictions on this momentous question:
loud cheers Surely il hurt pride OF mine TO
see the "COnneohent blood Of hundred years placed
at the head Of the nation but L oppose II because
know IL will bring the ruin Of my country lCleefs
All the aristocraoy Of England earnestly desire the
election Of Mcclellan. DO you also desire II " No
no." If So il is the first time that English mobiles and
free Irishmcn have wished the thing Eallandig
ham has just written letter 10 The Nsr York Nexs and
the material resolution Of the Chicago Platform. and
carried j; through the Subcommittee and the General
Committee in spite OF the most desperate and persist
en opposition the part of Cassidy and bis friends
Mr. c. himself in adjoining room, laborng to defeat
it, But the various substitutes never at any time re-
ceiyed than three votes and he moved that the
Of Mcclellan be made unanimous" JET.
Davis has lately made two speeches In favor OF lcCel
Ian. AT Augusta he said:
I'VE must beat sherman, must march into Tennessee
there will draw from twenty thousand to thirty thousand
back 10 the banks Of the Ohio. and ns gre e peace party
Of the North aeereiioa pgHy sGiio'ia! can ee"
At Columbus he said:
docs any one believe thu, Ynkees be concaed by
terms Of concessonl Does my man imagine that
quer the Yankee by reeans before them do YOU not al
sEo,o that The only nay g. make pan er Is 10 vh'P them
And you can iohfg fher."
believe it l. in the power Of the OF the Conederacy
plant banners the banks Of the Ohio where We may
to the Yankees BE qnio shall teach smother
esson Within tie next try days much is 20 be done Tor
upon onr snccess Hnci depends. Wlthln We hs9t thy
days therefore JET oil who o0enees who ought to be
n Che army 60 rogP to their 'nt, lie, Js sI, 20
North, eaa eject is candidate" Kisses
nd Boyee. Of South Carolina, wrote;
Yonr only nope peaees Ia the ascendscy OF the con
eryotiye panty North Foryk hafPaTsyV y9H Gun ~ nc
oyies."
Does ANYONE think that Davis and his friends are
oos; and that they don't know how to adapt means to
,ndsi They openly propose TO aid the election Of Nc
cean by the slaughter in battle OF your brothers and
your sons Read their speeches to your neiehbor ask
lin if he can aid these contemptuOus foes Of
y
and that he r do hereafter whatever Je1 Davis bids
MIN. [Cheersl fellow.citlens there Is no shutting
his question; there can be no neutras IN this war
,ny patriots or traitors :" Applause. In addition TO
he claims that the nominee of the Chicago Convention
of old Connecticut blood and Christian gentleman.
other have heard namely: that be did not take
because his plans were interfered Nlta and
hen You ask what meant by that you are told that NJ
DOwes army should have followed Met eian down tho
Peninsula and that of it permitted o. ge. be-
eve that no such stupendous sehood ever before
Damed of upon intelligent people AS this Is all now
matter OF record there is no chance OF mistake.
Iudge PerrepOnt read the letter OF Gen. Scot 10 the
of War referring 10 the nsubOrdinition of
Nee lean and continued: On the LIST Of November
the sad nsuted patriot retired before young o0urter
who was worthy undo the shOeachet OF tie brave
I'D hero, General scott Great applause. From July
sol January 1872 Ga period Of six months McClel
an had been in command Of the srmy The autumn and
winter had been unparalleled for the beauty Of the
weather and the dryness OF the roads The army under
his immediate command numbered 2i l3J soldiers per-
'ecfly equipped and os brave men as ever vent 10
battle Tie Potomac, the gateway TO the Capital was
lockaded by the enemy. Rebel outposts were within
light of Washington. The Rebel army lay near. No
onward movement Of our vast forces had been made.
Not plan Of action was developed; onlyd persis'
enf plcH Of Hdc'iOR Judge Perrepont cited passages
rom McClellaI's Report in proof Of bis remarks and
continued: ~, then, according TO McClellaDs own
eport lie had been In command Of this splendid
Army Of the Potomac for SIX months when he found,
IS he saws, that excessive anxiety for en- I
immediate movement had taken possession OF the |
minds II the Administration and the new Secretary
ged him 10 take immediate steps 70 free the Potomac
RON Rebel batteries and instructed him 10 develop his
Ian TO the President" Was it not about tire b. do
ONE OF these thingsi His for insisting on 60
ne down the Peninsula two hundred miles 10 ind an
,nemy which had lain within twenty miles OF aim all
Winter was that "the roads in that region passa
lie at all seasons Of the year" And yet, II lis dis
catches correct, lie could not move step there IN
ary June, because the roads impossible" This
lew development Of Lis plan sent 10 the President
IN the Sd Of February; and yet in April following. be
writes that even them his Information as to the enemy
vas vague and untrustworihy. and that he DID not
now whether Mulberry Island was real island or not
M that he did not even know which way the Warwick
river ran lGreat laughterl This wiz be found at