The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-09-23

a faalurel Look at it. Go back for TWEEN
ty months and follow its history down t
the present hour, and If YOU can writ,
"falIure" on that history, then may you
write failure on The history Of the Revolu.
tionary war, or the history Of any wal
ever waged Consider our army 10 the
West; twelve months ago, when General
Rosecrans took it at Bowling Ger.n, Ken.
tucky; only a little while before that, the
enemy was laundering at he gates OF your
city. They were ready to break lhrou Oh
and burn this city; and they had only
been pushed off the Southern parl Of Ken.
lucky. Gcneral Rosecrans put ,he army
INTO excellent organization, and marched
souIhward, placing it first in Nashville,
where he fortified himself. and staid.--
After awhile he put one foot forward, and
placed ii in that pool Of blood, Stone Riv.
er, from which lie never fell back. When
that battle was won, and the army
strengthened, he lifted his foo, and put i
forward TO Sbelbyville, and l2 miles o.
rebel fortfications fell into bis hands
Ouce more he stepped forward, and nine
miles more OF rebel Notifications fell into
bis hands, and held them. Another step,
and his army stood on the shores of the
Tennessee River, and they held that posi-
tlon. Then over the mountains into Chat
tauooga, aud the army stood there, -
Cheers
! BY and by the battle OF Mission Ridge
! followed, and the rebels were pushed of
from the mountains into the plains, with
the loss Of 10000 prisoners, and on into
Dalton, and Grant S,aid there. Cheers.
Again they were pushed still further back
across the Coosa river, ard we staiG there
Our victorious Generals pushed them fur
ther on, over the Chsttahoochie, over the
mountains, and at last into Atlanta, the
center OF the railroads 10 the South and
our army has staid there. Great cheer
ing.
Ii, in tho histories of the wars, you car
hnd moro glorious sores of triumphs
away down in tho vory heart Of tho enemy ;,
country, breaking their strongho!ds, cut
ting their railroads, cutting off thoir sup
! plies, do not know where you will go to
| fud Ihem.
! Aud yet those men at Chicago tell you
! tho war is a failure. Why is the war fail
ure to them: II is only failure because. .,
il succeeds, hsy Cht. Great applause To
SUN it all up ia ono word:-You have q
party in tho Wost, aud in tho East, with its
hosd al Chicago, which tolls YOU and it is
true, that their success depends upon tho
tail ure of our armies; their defeat depends
upon our success. II tho Union army sue.
cecds, aud the war triumphs, tho Demo.
crat C party is a failure; aud if the war is a
failure, aud the preservation of tho Union
is defeated, il will be in consequence of the
so called Dnmocratic party. Cheers, Wha,
do you say TO party whose success DC.
| ponds upon the destruction of their coun-
try? "a voico. Down with IT,
CESSATION OF HosrILITIEs.
The ncxt thing in tho platform is do
c'aration Of what they intend to do. Aud
that is, that thov will demand an immediate
cessation of hostilitics. What does that
moan; 1t does not mean merely that a
command shall 60 forth to coaso firing, but
that our armies shalt be turucd to tho right
about. and leave the enomy's territory
[Voicos-"Never, ncvcr."l There is no
cessation of hostIites whic YOU hold tho
enemy's country. Therefore you mus, sound
the bugle along the line, from Texas to tho
Atlantic. to turn arourd aud march back
over fSo hnndrod victorious battle fields
back from Fort Morgan, Atlanta, Rcseca,
Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Lookout
Mountain, and all the glorious folds of
Georgia and Alabama, abandoDding them
all to tho traitors, who will come bowling
back on our track. Kissing and hootng US
as we come. That is what they mean, and
nothing lees ' N.'
SYu TIIv TIM
Another proposition of their platform re-
ates 10 tho soldiers-tho noble, glorious
non in the field, thousands OF whom have
tied iu tho detonse of our common country.
That great convention at Chicago did not
arc to close it's labors without soluo refer.
nce to tho soldiers. What did it say: re.
s,lvcd"-wha,? That We thank the col.
ders: Not a word of it, The Democratic
Tarts has no ihasks for soldiers of the
Union army. "Rcsolved that we symps-
tlzo with the soldiers of tho Union" That
i. we pity them. 1t is not the sympathy
,,ou feel tor a good man in good cause; no,
tut it is tho pity you Feel for poor man
Who has tho smallpox or tho sovcn year
itch! Laughter aud cheers. We pity the
soldiers In the fold; that is the idea, and ifI
ever there wore given in one sentence words
hat conveyed a moro damning insult to
any living being than is conveyed in that
resolution in regard to soldiers, do not
lnow what that sentence is, or could be-
Publish it at the head of your papers; write
in your letters to tho soldiers; tell thom |
tiat tho Democratic party at Chicago pites
t,em, sympa,hizes with them
The resolution goes on to say; "lf we
c'me into power We will extend our care
aad protection TO these soldiers" The
Democratic party give protection to tho
s,lders of the Unionl Protection for what:
Il the words mean anything they mean:
YOU poor deluded fellows. who went down
mere, and have been killing good Demo
Gats,if you will only quit it aud come back.
ve will forgive you, we will protect you, and
Won't let anybody hurt you. (Checrs.] We
will forgive you for slaughtering innocen;
Democrats 10 the South, who are only en-
aged in the pleasant pastime OF tearing tho
Union to pieces. Just como back, and We
will forgive you, and SEQ that you are not
lurt. In that resolution there is not a
word that expresses thanks for what tho
soldiers have done, or approval OF tho work
i, which they have been engaged. What