Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-10-20
RUTLAND HERALD.
u,uhsDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1864.
y. n. Biair,s "nsission."

With some OF the leading men In that
saty on the subject OF national affairs
II was stated In the National lntelli-
gencer shortly afterwards, that the
President, through Mr., Blair, had offered
to Mcclellan u command In the army, II
he would not be u candidate for the
presidency. MIR, Blair has published u
letter In the Intelligencer Ia which he
ssys that the account contained In that
Paper of his Emission" Is 'egregiously
erroneous In many important points"
Ne aays II went on this GRAND, without
consulting the President-without CIV
ing him, directly or indirectly, the
slightest intimation of my object, and OF
course without his authority. | appraised
no one but my SON." ..... ...
His object was to "heal the divisions
In the Union party" fully believing that
~'anited opposition to the rebellion could
be concentrated on no other candidate
for the presidency than on the man
against whom the enemy had declared
war because the nation had made him
It's Chief Masist. -ate." He waited on
Mr.. Bryant OF the 'ost, who considered
that "Mr. Lincoln, W, til all attachments,
was the only man on whom we oouio
rely for the maintenance O. the cause in
which we had embarked on hr' Den
nett, whose last words to hi. u Oh ica'-
ing the Office were "Tell the Pres "fai' "
restore Mcclellan to the Army, h UU nc
will carry the election by default"- -Sn
Mr.. Greeley, who assured him that h. y
'Tbest efforts would not be wanting to Sc
care the peace Of the country through
The reelection Of the President"
He also had an interview with Nc
Uellan, of which he gives a somewhat
lengthy account. He says:
II had an hours conversation with
him, which prefaced by telling him the
motives which had brought me to New
York, and by stating distinctly to him
that did not come from Mi. Lincoln;
had no authority, or even consent from
him to make representations or over
lures of any sort to him; that he had
not been appraised of my visit or purpose,
which was in part to advise with him
(the GENERALLY as one whom he knew to
be his friend with regard TO the public
interests and his own,
4 told him had little doubt he would
t,e the nominee of the Chicago Conven-
tion, and that IL he accepted, he would
be defeated, and If defeated, his iate
would be that OF AZ previously defeated
candidates who had played ler the Presi-
dency--Clay, Calhoun, Webster, and the
rest, that although aspiration to the
chief place in the Republic was an hon
orable ambition, there WAS an Instinct
IN the public mind which always ex-
cluded from general confidence any who
sought IL with the least suspicion Of
seifishness at the expense of great ma
ttOnal considerations and if the public
once pronounced its ban by voting him
down as having sought the place. W.T.
out duly Weighing its great ey. ,gepcy
especially In such reyolutj. ,nary crisis
as the present, he cordd never rise
again" @ a Hqa
.r ri urged thas If he wished to exert
the high military attachments which his
friends, and among the rest, believed
belonged to him, for the benefit of hi
4 country in its life and death struggle
he should abandon the idea of being {
candidate for the Presidency if he en-
tertained it, and offer to return to servic4
in the field. said If the President re
: fused it he would then be responsible fol
the consequences. If he ASSERTED, thu
result would be that he would confount
his enemies, who had, as | believed
urged on the War Committee and i'm
pressed 1t on the public mind, that tn
delays Of the great army he had com
manded tn achieving decisive results
were the consequence OF an ambition u
Cautch the Presidency by lingering on
the war and his command to the end o
the Presidential term, that he nigh
make the prestige and hold the mean
10 effect his purpose"
~ told him my effort was honestl
meant, and designed to promote tn
public good and his own. He SCENE
to consider It. Disclaiming any desir
for q Presidential candidacy, he sal
that The suggestions had made wer
worthy Of deep consideration, and the
would be well weighed that he wa
called to the country by a sick chile
and regretted that he could not probabl
zee me again.
mentioned to Mr.. Lincoln, on m
return, the attempt l had made at tn
Cancellation of parties In New Yorl
with view to defeat the opposition
N. ssc,th by restoring harmony anon
ali favoring the Erasmus q the reoe
lion by arms, and told Kim l thought
probable Gen. Mcclellan might write
him In respect to himself. He neith'
expressed approval nor disapprobatlo
OF what / had done, but his name
was as courteous and as kind as &c
MoClellan's had been.
Glory Enough for One Day.
The election returns we have receive