The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-10

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1 Mcclellan On the Draft. .
The Copperheads, who have just nomi.
mated Mcclellan for the Presidency, have
also been making preparationst to resist the
draft now pending. That they may tho
roughly understand what their chief thinks
Of that mode Of recruiting the army, we
call their attention to . couple of his letters
to the President, written, too, when volun-
teers were thronging into the army ~ rap
idly, or more rapidly, than they could be
supplied with arms. The 6rst was written
in August, 1851. Then Mcclellan wanted
Z DRAFT to be made at once" Hear him:
"wAsHrKaroN, Aug. 20, 1861.
dispatch in cipher. Colonel Marcy knows
what he says, and is of the coolest judy
ssent. recommend that the Secretary Of
War ascertain at once by telegram how the
enrolment proceeds in New York and
elsewhere, and that, II 1t is not proceeding
with great rapidity, drafts to be made at
once. We must have men without delay.
Respectfully, your obedient serv't,
GEoRoE B. MCCLELLAN,
Major General U. s. A."
Again, in October, 1852, shortly after the
battle of Antietan, Little Mac again in
sists upon draft. As before, he is in a
great hurry. He wants It done Eat once"
No delay will suit him. He had Just had q
great battle, which he declared was great
victory, but which he could not or would
follow up, 80 a. to reap any advantage from
it. He had allowed Lee to make his escape
at his leisure; and after he had well es-
capped, he set up his perpetual cry Of "more
men! more men," Here Is his demand
for draft: E,u& so al
HEADQ'Rs ARMY OF THE PoroMAC. J
8 ts0.l& October q, 1852. =
Your Excellency' is aware Of the yerv
great reduction Of numbers that has taken
pla &c in most of the old regiments Of this
command, and how necessary It is to ill
up these skeletons before taking them again
into action. 7 have the honor, therefore, to
request that the order to I'LL M the Old ,eci.
mseSts with drafted men may at once be Is
sued. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN,
Major General Commanding.
His Excellency the President.
Nothing that could be urged upon this
wonderful General, who insisted that he
had just defeated Lee, could induce him to
follow up his victory. And he was shortly
after relieved of his command, simply be-
cause he wosld not do anything with the
army under him. Since that time be has
been calamity disport;ng himself ON his
salary for which he rendered no service
But this record remains of him, that he
wanted an immediate draft almost as soon
a. he took command Of the army, and he
demanded draft almost the last thing be
did before he was relieved of his position.
Now will all those idiots who have armed
themselves to resist draft, and who hur.
rah for Mcclellan, tell Us how to reconcile
their opposition to the draft with his sup-
port, unless they do it on the ground that
he has turned Copperheand! $50
- Whatever else may be doubtful,
there can be no question about the eject Of
. popular sanction Of the Chicago platform
and candidates. To sanction that is merely
to ny to the rebels,-s'If you wish to be
independent, II you insist upon separation.
80 atonce. wewill not do anything to prevent
II you viii come back to the Union, state
your own terms. write your own condi.
tons, and we, rs you perceive, are in.
structed by the people to agree in advance
upon whatever terms you may demand. -
That u what the ''peace PLATFORM means
Into such valley Of humiliation are thu
people OF the North invited. And they arr
invited there just when q little more effort
little more devotion, q slight display o
courage, ensures the complete subjlgatior
OF the rebels, vindicates forever the homo,
, and dignity of the Nation, and gives per
petual security to the Union.
Under these circumstanceswecannotb riu,
ourselves to doubt the determination o,
the people. However Copperheads ma,
question their patriotism and resolution
wshave always relied upon them as sternl,
and unalterably determined to carrv thi,
. war through until the rebels are utterl,
, soodued. For this reason we desired th,
issue to be plainly made up between Unio,
ana dis-U Union. Wehave 1t now a. plainf(
as We could expect We mean to maintair
the Union. We believe the people, NEAR
the same. Tho Copperhead platform con
| iesses tnat the Union IL already DESTROYED
and proposes to submit the destiny Of u,
? - - /" - " G01UOkOU0 0l8V30lONxAf3
These are the alternatives If we are res
dilute we shall sustain the Union and pro
tect our liberties. II We 60 with the Con
perheads we put our necks into the woke
Of Jen. Davis and his crew, who will keer
them there forever. gsxasasi,
Pass HIM RoUND.-An itinerant printer
calling himself Frank Seaman. who nre
tended to hail from Davenport, on Satur
Iday night last stole several articles Of cloth.
ing, and $ll in money, from some Of tn,
compositors Of this Office, and then lef
town. He is about five feet ten inches
high. has dark hair, light brown eyes, wher
he shuts his mouth his front teeth will MOI
come together, one or two Of his upper
front teeth out, had a thin moustache. {
large forehead. and is about twenty We o.
thirty years of age. The press will do we3l
to look out for him; as he is scoundrn
land thief. 70 81 - sSSN :.
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