East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-09-07

ulcut Nlblliu llt willis VI lhuJ lIlSOili
deprived Of tho sympathy of their
friends and tho comforts Of home
Sixteen long months the prison doors
were closed upon them, and the man
by whom they were closed was Geo
B. Mcclellan, whom you indicate as
your favorite to-day. [Cheers- and
disapprobation.1 Well, sir, 1 look
upon the acts of Gen. Mcclellan as
not only striking at the free ballot of the
State Of Maryland, but as tyranyisln
over the Legislature of the State
and all the charges you can make
against Abraham Lincoln, and against
Benjamin Butler, / can make and
sustain against this man, George b.
Mcclellan. Kisses, cheers and great
confusion.] / now proceed to anoth-
er count in the Indictment. On Oct
10Th, 1861, he thus wrote:
"GENERAL: There is an apprehen-
sion amongst Union citizens in vari-
Gus parts of Maryland OF attempted
interference in the election to take
place on the 9th day of November,
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next. In order to prevent this, the
Major General commanding And
who is tho Major General commanding
but George B. McClelian?l The
Major General commanding directs
you to send a sufficient detachment to
protect Union voters, and to see that
nothing is allowed to interfere with
their rights rs voters.
(Hero the speaker was interrupted
with cries of ''That's right" "Good
good" while vociferous cheers were
given for McClellan.)
The President II trust this con-
vention will give the gentleman from
Maryland fair hearing You are
not only doing an injustice to that
gentleman by interuptmg, but to
to Gen. Mcclellan also. Cheers |
There is no attack made here which
cannot DO made olsowhere and the
devoted friends who are supporting
him here desire that all charges which
can be urged against him may be pre-
ferred at once, as they feel they are
each and all susceptible of satisfac
tory explanation. Loud cheering ]
/ repeat, that those interruptions, on
the part Of the audience, are not only
unjust to the cause, unjust to the gen
tleman from Maryland, but unjust to
the distinginguished gentleman who
has been placed in nomination.
[Cheers] When the gentlemon has
concluded his remarks and / trust
that no viii be allowed to do so with
out further Interruption a full oppor-
tunity will be given to one in the Con-
vention who stands ready and willing
to make the fullest explanation of the
course Of Gen. Mcclellan. | Prolonged
cheers and cries of "Good !"
Mr.. Harris: L want nothing but
fair field, l assure you. Cries Of
"Hurry up for Gods sake"
One of tho Ohio delegation, Mr..
Harris, here walked across the am
phithoatre, and requested Mr.. Harris
to 60 to the platform, which after
some reluctance he consented to do.
The President rose amidst the pre-
vailing confusion and said:
i hope the convention will allow the
gentleman from Maryland to present
his remarks in his own way. When
he says what he desires to say there
will be ample time to reply.
a delegate: wish to move that
tho speakers be restricted to one hour.
Tho President: And the delegate
from Maryland has not yet occupied
his hour. \ laugh.
Mr.. Harris: l would have conclud-
ed long ago, Mr.. President, except for
the interruptions that have been made
by THO assembly itself; and cnrfainly
you cannot take advantage Of your
own wrong, and prevent me proceed
ing. (The speaker than read the re-
mainder of the letter, which author
lied Gen. Banks, in order to prevent
these alleged reasonable designs, etc
suspend tho writ Of habeds corpus. y
! Now sir, who feared the disunionists
of Maryland would never interfere
with the Unionists ? With the power
in the hands Of the administration,
with the power in the hands Of the
governor of Maryland, where in ~
name of God was it to be supposed,
except in the mind Of some hypocrite,
that it was necessary for some militia
ry force to como into the State and
suspend that great writ, the hdJeas cor
pus. [Cheers. And why were these
''disunionists" of Maryland allowed to
go at large till the day of election
said he, you must arrest them before
going to tho polls, and discharge them
after election. Cheers.] Why was
this done? Why, if there was dan
ger to the country in allowing these
men to remain at large, were they not
arrested until the day Of election in
the Stute, by order of this General
Mcclellan. These things that we
have charged SO frequently against
Abraham Lincoln, he, George b Nc
Clellan, has been guilty of himself. :
IIChocrs and Kisses. Sir, he declares
that, under the plea of military ne
cessity-that tyrant's plea OF military
necessity-Abraham Lincoln has thC
power Of abolishing one of the insti.
tutions of Maryland, Missouri and
Kentucky tho power of abolishine
tho institution of slavery-a great
right that you consider yourselve:
bound TO protect, and to protect
Maryland, Missouri and Kontucky in
protecting. Now, what have you &c
say to this charge against George B
Mcclellan? LCheers and Misses. i
You SHALL have to meet them one
way or another, Cor they will be made
by an opponent, and it is better Il
hear them from Democrat before
the canvass commences. Chccrs. /
What, then have you to say in his fa-
vor? Why, as military man, has lac
been defeated everywhere ? fCries ol