Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-09-26
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Thurlo- W eed Ia anothe- letter TO the AIbsnv
Evening journal, on the protest OF Senator Wade
and Representative Winter Davis. Incorporating
extracts from letter from Oerrit smith on ihe
sane subject. Neither Ne Weed nor Mr. Saith
take issue With the matter Of the protest. bet
both object TO lie publication At this time - IN
polite Mr. Smith admits that there Is great
deal Of truth in It-and generally very iorcbie
presentation OF that truth"
The real pith and point OF Mr. Weeds letter.
however. is covered up under bis apparent Gliding
of W sde and Davis On the Presidential issue
he xesves In this contingent Endorsement OF the
Chicago candidate:
When this rebellion broke out fores4v that
il could 10, be ovcrthrovn By any party IL
cas- formidable enough TO demand the united
efforts Of all UniJp parties Hence, from me
beginning, have preferred country 70 party.
appraised Mr. Lincoln, in November last. that
1.-The man who cosld 20 one step further and
faster in ending rebellion and preserving the
Government and Union. than any other, would
be ny candidate for President such u stiil
my purpose.
II Sr. Lincoln's opponent be, IN the unfa
trioic sense OF the term. peace man, OF 81
.'eopperheAd" proclisitier, shal zealously and
heartily support Mr.. Lincoln e But if can
see a reasonable probability Of eec,iug Presi-
dent who xoulj prosecute the sar for objects de
ciared TO the world in the resolution offered By
Mr. Crittenden and adopted by Congress. |
should give nv vote and voice fos such eandi-
date IL
And again he says in colcu-ion:
Bet Nessrs. Chase Wade. Sumner and
Chandler. With the "Tribunes" and Posts.
compelled Nr. Lincoln so to perver, and narrow
the conflict as 10 leave US. to-day. With united
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By recurring to Mr. Weeds recent and more
remote letters. and viewing the political situa-
ton Of the present. il Is plain that he desires
aud intends TO support the candidate nominated
at Chicago. de asks simply what ninety nine
hundredihs Of the Opposition are firmly united
upon-ihe Crittenden Resolution
When Mr.. Weed says he has from the begin
ming held that the rebellion could not be over
thrown BY any party. he means 20 be understood
that he has never agreed with the President
declaration in bis first message to Congress thai
cit is DOW 70 be demonstrated 10 the world thai
those that can fairly carry an election can alst
suppress a rebellion" And when be says h'
goes the Crittenden resolution nov. as be dc
when il vas adopted. he AYERS that only as ih'
choice between two evils can be consent TO thu
reelection Of Lincoln and the continuance To-
four years Of policy which in his own words
has given
- We have been involved Tor nearly
four years in an abolition The influence
that drove North Carolina and Tennessee from
the Union. entered emancipation proclama
ton. practical aud effective only in giving union
strength and determination to rebellion proc
lamaton TO which the first slave has not owe
his freedom. for il is only operative where on
armies go. and without il our armies would hav'
gone faster and farther
Il did uot, three years ago, mistake or magnl
fly the evil OF abolition influences, nor. though
6ercely denounced. did shrink from the duty o
warning the people. What then was only pro
phetic is now history. Abolition influence. II
Congress and the Cabinet, have doubled th'
millions of dollars. aud deepened the rivers o
blood. spent and shed in war which, so long a
such influences and eounsels sway the govern
ment. promises nothing but an interminaole con
fict an inglorious termination
Lincolns answer TO all this is:
MY proclamation of emancipation Is irrevo
cable"-my ultraism is 1.-THE Abandonment @
sIsveryl"-ROchester Union.
On the 18th OF September 1863, General L
+. Butler made speech at Harrisburg, Pennsyl
vania. from which we make the following quo
tation:
Some one says, what DO You call ihos
Ststesi Are they not erring brethren al
sisters. and can We interfere with ihemf The
are no longer States of this Union saw the
have cut themselves OF from the privileges @
neinS SeticS VI tHts =
Il am not for the Union AS il was, because
cannot be reconstructed. II could bring tn
seeded States back into che Union in every re
spect. would do il. but it cannot be done
The following resolutions were adopted by ,h
Unconditional Uui0n Convention of Mario
county. which me, at Indianapolis in the sprini
of 1864:
Resolved. That we hold it 20 be of the high
Is, importance that tie cause of the war .hOul
not survive the war: that slavery. our real Toe
shall not be allowed to remain in the field
Resolved. That as long as anything of slave
~ remains. the cau-e OF future antagonisn re
mains within the Uu0n. Ii should, therefore
be so ordsed and settled never to return
Resolved that amendment OF the Corsti
tuition TO this end ought 10 be proposed an
adopted before the return Of he States IN Febe'
lion"
rHF CHICAGO PLATFORM OF lc6i-rnE LETTKR o
CIV x'cLELLaS-rHE PURPOSE FoR WHICH tn
WAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED, An
WHEN AND uroS WHAT TERMS 1T WILL cxssE u
GsS. N 'sLELLAs IL ELECTED.
The two following resolutions constitute
part OF the platform adopted at Chicago
L. Ths. in the future az in the past. We wil
adhere with unswerving fidelity TO the Union Gn
der the Constitution, rs the only solid tounds
ton OF our strength, security aai happiness as
people. and a. framework OF Government
equally conducive 70 the Welfare and prosperit,
of all the States both Northern and Southern
> That this convention does explicitly de
clare, A. the seuse of the American people, that
after four years OF failure to,.restore the UnOi
10y the experiment 81 war, during which, unde
the pre.ense OF military necessity. or va
power higher than the Constitution, the Consti
tuition itself has been dlsregariei in every part
the public liberty aud private right alike iroddei
down. and the material prosperity Of tie eounir,
essentially impaired; justice. humanity. Hoeri
md public welfare demand that immediate ef
forts be made for a cess alton OF hostties. will
vies TO an ultimate convention of the States
Or other peieelble means. 10 the end that at th'
earliest practicable moment peace may be re
stored the basis of the Federal Union OF IN
States
Our enemies charge thai this is peace Plat
form We admit IT, Bur upon shat terms aF'
we for peace? o. The condition that the Unor
i restored under the Federal Constitution W
are for Union and peace. but opposed 70 pcsc'
and separation
The following Is the letter Of acceptance o
General Mcclellan:
exS mcLrLIAN's tErTEs OF ACCEPTANCE.
0RASCx, y. J.. Septe ntcr :.
GExrLrNEx-T have ehonor 30 acsnowledg
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