Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-04
No difference between Mcclellan and Chi.

cage.
McClellan's letter accepting the Chicago nom
nation, and the platform Of VAIlaudigham which
was adopted 1T the Chicago Convention, differ
really in only one particular, if at all. The plat
form does nc tyen iniertntially intimate that war
is to be prosecuted in any event against traitors
in arms, while McClellana letter does intimate
that the Union must be preserved, even if war
must be resorted to, to achieve that enc, at
least his at all hazards can, without violence
to the language, be construed as threat of war.
Yet in all the preliminary steps toward restoring
the Union suggested at Chicago, the Convention
snd the candidate are in full accord. Mcclellan
proposes to resort to Cancellation and compro.
mise TO restore the Union, and he declares that
it cannot be preserved without. How would be
concIliate, and compromise with rebels? Would
he take oheImans and Grants, and Sheridan's
method? Certainly not, for there is no "concil.
iatioD and compromise IN such war as they arc
saging upon treason. Woul he prosecute the
war at ali lie could not, for war ia never con.
cilatory, and battle fields are not places in which
to debate about compromises. How then could
Mcclellan set in operation the policy which he
declares to be necessary to preserve the Union
ManIiesly 10 but one ~ay,-by cessation OIL
hostilllie and this is ust what the Chicagoite'
resolved to do. Thus far, theu, Mcclellan does
not Disagree with Chicago.
What nextP IIoStilities having ceased, Me
Clelen tries concalon and compromise
Whom is be to conciiate Not Union men, fol
they need no Cancellation" They are for the
old flag now. Whom them The traitors, OIL
course,-the enemies in arms against the govern,
ment. These are the persons to be conciliated
what is the method' BY yielding to the whole
or part Of their demands Yes; for there can
be no" Cancellation aud compromise without Civ
my them something And just what this some
thing shall be no man can tell. Mcclellan says
he will have the Union. What Union II be
compromises anything, he can't have the old
Union, because any new compromise would change
the old Union. II he compromises at all be must
give tie South something either an acknowlpdg
ment Of their State Rights doctrine, or of III,
rgh mot the fcG Of secession, or be must give
some new guarantee Of Slavery, or be must agre,
to some modification Of the Constitution so thai
the South may have veto on any act Of Con
gre.. These, or something equivalent, are the
very least that JEFF Davis and bis confederate,
would demand and there is not the least reason
to doubt that Mcclellan and bis party would give
all these and more, if required { conciao the
traitors who have deluged the land with blood.
Mcclellan, then, is in foil sympathy with Chi
cago As one Of bis own papers has sad-ond
all the Mcclellan papers now speak the same Ian.
guage -
There are some men who seem to think that
Gen. Mcclellan assumes different position in
his letter Of acceptance from that sct forth in he
Chicago platform Even If this we're true il
would be no rea'on why any Democra, Should
not give him his hearty support, for the sj-Ae in
this election Is too great to be thrt an nv , On
hair splitting dtierenoes Bur we can see 10 IN.
ference
There is indeed "no difference TIE .e.ter
and The Platform oil lead 10 the .sm al .emeui
Of the Union al tn. feet Of the Slave Power. They
alike PROSTATE ol' nationality Ia Tie Just before
jeff Davis. They like mean 10 stop the war add
make dishcuorao peace with traitors " Ces,a.
ton Of hostiliies II" Cancellation an. clupr Mise, >
will bring their inevitable consequences, hum "a
ton and everlasting national disgrace, di,honor
aud ruin. ~ }iciiellsn himself sold, when bet
ter spiri; moved him, forbid Il haven and eju,
rs frmtr, truer hearts Than that"