American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1864-09-21
For the Citizen.
fpi ihe 'ltlECh'
New York CITY, Sept. |, 1864.

NEW York CITY, Sept. l, 1864.
MEssRs. EDIToRs At last the Prcsi-
dental campaign of 1864 has commenc-
ed, and the people of these United States
are given two months to decide whether
they will move onward in the great work
of Liberty and Union in which they have
labored for three years, or whether they
will give heed to . armistice," and stocp
so low. that even treason cannot take them
by the hand.
Last night a ratification meeting was
held in the City Hall Park, which for
New York, was very tame, but in which
the sentiment of the speakers and crowd,
was all that could be expected, where open
resistance to the maintenance of the Union
had to be put down by the National troops
but a year ago. Alas. how frail is man,
and what a comment on humanity, to see
the man we once followed in honorable
battle, against the enemies of liberty and
Union, now STOPPING for sake of position,
to offer his hand to blood stained traitors,
hand which they scorn to touch.
! can not think the people Of this ma
ton desire the armistice" which is the
pith of the Chicago platform. The idea
could only have its origin in heart of
treason, and can never fnd a response
among the loyal. Who demands this ar
mistice? 1t is not the soldiers in the
field who are fighting every day. No,
they spurn the idea. Is it the tens of
thousands of our wounded soldiers who
lie on beds of pain, manned for life? No.
Visit their bedsides and you will hear no
such humiliating words from them. No
The fact is, the cry Of armistiee" comes
not from the enliStedf friends of this Union,
nor from its MANNED and wounded defend
ers, but it comes from hearts always in
sympathy with treason from kindred spir-
its of Vallandigham, who, but a short
time ago reclined upon the bosom of his
friend, Jefferson Davis-the former the
meanest, the latter the arch traitor ofthis
Rebellion.
The platform of these traitors need but
little comment, it is so plain-he that
runneth may read. The word Union in
the first resolution, the people would do
well to bear in mind means Slavery. In
the second resolution, all disinterested
spectators understanding The history of
our country, will read, instead of "The
sense of the American People'-The
sense of American Traitors,
The third resolution is of itself au
avowed act of treason, declaring that if
traitors are noo hereafter allowed to vote,
the traitorous organization, of which this
is the platform, will see that such are al
lowed to vote.
In the 4th resolution, Federal Union, -
must be understood to read Slavery. And
then it declares the arrest of such trai-
tors as Vallandigham-the swearing Of
men to support the Constitution-the tax
ing of arms away from the traitors in
New York city, and killing a few of the
mob, all to be acts calculated to prevent
the restoration of the Union &c.
In the fifth, the Democracy are repre-
sented as condemn.ng the Government fol-
its conduct in regard to our fellow citi-
zens, prisoners of war in suffering con-
dition in the hands of those to whom an
armistice is to be extended. As to this
point l would say, that the Democratic
party would be rendering more practi-
cal aid to these unfortunate men, if they
would exert themselves as much to re-
lease them, as they did Morgan and his
crew,