Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-11-02
Position Defined.


The Boston Herald, after briefly MOTTO
ing its previous course of vigorous resist
ance to the efforts made by the Southern
leaders to destroy the nation, defines its
present position, as follows:
Having failed to accomplish their de-
signs by the force of arms, and realizing
the dangerous position in which they
are placed, they are resorting to political
action as the last step to save them from
that condemnation and punishment
which they so richly deserve. Hence we
find them active in free States among
the old CO workers, to produce revolu-
ton at the North which Will enable them
to carry out their original purpose of
separation and independence. Hence
we find the agents of Jefferson Davis at
Niagara Falls, arranging the platform
and the candidate to be put forward at
the Chicago Convention, by and through
which they are in hopes to fool and to
cheat the free States out of the advan-
tage gained, and which, if continued,
will wipe the rebel leaders out. So far
as the platform, the speeches and can
didates are concerned, the Convention
held at Chicago might as well have been
held in Richmond. 1t was miserable,
fawning. sycophantic and degrading sur
render to the men who are in arms against
the government and who have done
their utmost to destroy American lib
erty.7 c-H a"t .-
. 1.-The talk about free speech, free
press, and the Constitution are very pret-
4 ty and capital catch-words to. deceive
i7henest voters. But how is it in the do
minions of Jefferson Davis? How about
a free press and free speech there? II
4 man in Virginia should dare to utter
| one word against Davis or his plans he
would be hung to the first tree or most
convenient lamp-post for his temerity
/ Yet these leaders are the men that the
Chicago Convention propose to restore to
power m tine nation to wreak their ven
gence upon those at the north who have
opposed them. What kind of liberty Of
speech and of press would there be thenY
The Success of the Chicago ticket would
be but the beginning of a series OF DIS
asters which would come upon US, TOO
horrible to contemplate. For ourselves,
we support no such doctrines ana nc
such ticket as that made and put forth
at Chicago, and which we believe Will be
lrepudiated by the people at the polls
| Perhaps we could not. in any Language
/ of our own, better convey to the reader
the designs of the Southern leaders than
], by publishing the following s1o.ad
4 a IFrom the Richmond Enquirer. Aug. Is. 1851
4 Save on our own terms, we can &C
cept no peace whatever, and must hgh
4 till doomsday rather than yield an lot'
4 of them, and cur terms are:
d. . ..Reeognition by the enemy oi tht
independents oil the Confederate States.
L5i 50 Withdrawal of the Yankee fore
from every foot of Confederate ground
including Kentucky aud Missouri. I
Withdrawal of Yankee soldiers from
MARYLAND until the State shall decide o.
a,free vote whether she shall remain Il
the Union or ask admission into the Con
federacy,
rs /" Consent on the part Of the Fedora
4 iGovernment to give up to the Confed
eracy its proportion of the navy as
4 stood at the time of secession, or to pa
for the same. -...-.......... .......,.,,
Il 's'Yielding up all pretention on tn
! part of-the Federal Government to ths
portion OF the old Territories which IL
west of the Confederate States
s.An equitable settlement,on the o'
= sis OF our absolute Independence an
= 4equal rights, of all accounts OF the put
8 lie debt and public lands, and the az
yantsges ACQUIRING from foreign trsa
les. .l. -.