North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-08-12
WEDNESDAY,, ,ssa.AUG.ol2,so.55 1864 ,

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great deal was aid a bout the virtue Of a
change Trues the country was prosperous.
every thing was going on very we'll butf7it
was said there was q great deal of ayirtue
~ q change, there was no telling how much
good might Come from it; and therefore mauy
'f f q the people were fog "a change Well, they
g0t Change, and, now how do they like it
! tell you, fellow citizens, that zoe want a
c1hsnge now, and we mean TO: have It, The
0pP@PfrtpnHy7ls now afforded TO US to effect a
change by choosing between Abraham Llnceln
alnrd and George B. Mcclellan. What sort of a
record Ss q b has Mr.. Lincoln made for hmself7-
he declared in. l848 in iavor of secession.-
That at was the first we had ever heard of him.
we " heard nothing more Of him until abont
l TIE : time he happened to have little contro-
Fersy IN Mill Illinois. with Senator Douglas and
AZ peSYNeu PSYf 81 xiaZ-o laat brg.5 90 9. .oaa
We heard no more of. him until 1850, when
by minority vote he was elec,ed Presiden,
Of the United States. Since then, he has is-
sued an emancipation proclamation; and he
hasVissned an amnesty proclamation by which
hfa proposes to organize bogus States in the
South on The principle that one-tenth of tn
people shall govern all the rest. Tha, is Mr..
Lincoln's record. That is about all the rec
ord he has; it IS all have ever known of
him. g ...n Ia f.r s.f. ..... r..
p" General Mcclellan has record. I will
not occupy your time now by going over
his war record or his peace record. It's IA.
millar to this people. On this point n ;znt
refer to Raymond Of the Times to Greeley
OF the Iflbane, to, almost all the presen,
leaders Of the Republican party; for there IS
scarce one of them that has not at one time
or another landed Mcclellan and corcee6ed
I" nun The praises So richly merlted by his
Sk'll and his transcendent services. | glH
mol mol occupy your time now by quoting their
many laudatiops at his ,sagaci ", his regard
for his soldier, his skill .' in the acconpIlsh
ment Of important results with but little sac
r'tlce OF lile," his courage, his fidelity, his
patriotism. All this was before he Was
known to be Democrat, or We should never
have heard it from these Loydl sources.
will only refer TO Halleck's pitiful dispatches
when the rebel cannon were thunderinp in
the ears of the trembling ingrates at Wash
lhgton when McCeIIan's army had been
Withdrawn from his command when, stand.
ing within hearing Of those cannon at Acouia
Greek, while Lees legions were driving the
exhausted and shattered columns of the
braggart Pope, he teIegraphed to the CEREAL
IN Chief" ii | cannot be allowed to command
my own army, permit me, at least to Join
its ranks and share lis fate" At that dread
moment the trembling Halleck with pallid
lips and shaking pen was writing his despach,
now historical, !" come to me and aid me in
this crisis with your skill and experie nce,"
What an endorsement of our glorious He
ro and from such source-from the man
who had conspired with the shutting dema.
gogues at Washington to render abortiye his
plans, lest success might crown them and
make him the peoples idol. Al! ! our He
roe's triumph was sudden & sure. lie came
he recognized the shattered remnants of our
defeated forces, and pressed on to South
Mountain and Antietam, driving the. ,exault,
ent and hitherto victorious legions of the en-
emy before him like chaff before the storm.
will only add the verdict of General
Burnside !" IvknQw General Mcclellan, a.
: well as know any human being ON the
= face ofthe earth. know that no feeling |
. of ambition beyond that of the success of |
= our cause, ever enters his breast. All that |
" he does is with single eye to the succes
. OF the government and the breaking down |
y OF this rebellion. know that nothing |
under the sun will ever induce that man IN |
: hwerve from whathe knows to be bis dutv.
: lie IS an honest, christian like, and consc, |
: entlous man and let me add one thing. he
: has the sCuDdest head and the clearest mil
tl'ary perception of any man in the United
IS States :" 20 frn- si .7"
hr. Greeley about the time of the Clese
and Convention, said il was dangerous even
eVen IN time OF peace to re elect any man to
-
'orage which he wields; and that especially
u time OF war, when the patronage of the
government wasincreased to such vast ex
ent, there would be danger to the country in
e nominating aud re electing Mr. Lincoln or
my other man occupying the presidential
hair. But hr Greeley has forgotten all
his now he swallows Mr.. Lincoln. Even
Fremont, who accepted the Cleveland noml
latlon only, upon condition that Mr.. Lincoln.
hOuld be the nominee at the subsequent
Baltimore Convention, has come into Mr..
4incoln's, support. They made great many
sry iaoes about il, however he does not
20 down easily; but still they take hun
lown, long legs, boots and all! laughter. II
dr. Greeley, in the article in whlcl he civ, Q
q his adhesion, says, IN effect--and ! believe.
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