Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-09-12
The Split In the Democratic Party.

Inc Spin t0e Ucm oCfHbiC
1t WAS announced by telegraph on Saturday,
that the New York NeVs, the organ Of the peace
democracy had Iepudiated Mcclellan ice the
prom uls alton of his letter Of acceptance.
TIL Eeps in its Satu rday's editorial says
1.-THE candidates and the atform cannot ex.
ist apart 1 he platform Is the soul-the candi.
dare is the body. Tue one may change. decay,
psris h, the other Is immutabIe and eternal, for
be in the il relative positions, for if the man
reDounce the prn iple, he ceases to be ca udi-
dat OF the party tn 1t Nominated him.
"Gtore. II. mcClel an was nominated upon
q attCrm that promises an immediate cessa-
ton Ut Institutes dno convention of al the
states. Does he stand upon that platform to-
day Re does not. He has reuounced the
p atform In his letter ace ptng the nom in alton.
il is as If the oridagr Jom should accept the
brides property, but not her person d bond
like that is null and void. The peace party
trayed ard then DO homage to the betrayer.
7 hey demand all that is nominated in the
bond
propos ton for q ces satIon of hostilitIps and a
convention OF all the States, declined the Chi
cago nomination, and stands before the people
self-nomInated. on platform of his own crea.
tlon.s The democracy must seek a candidate
who will STAND upon the platform, tor they
cannot consistently support one who is in col
llsloD with the convention that rendered him
The nomination. IL the platform accerds not
with the NJ minee's con lotions of the right, q
due res ct for the opinions Of the assamb!age
that unanimously adopted 1t requires that ha
should give back 10 tn. convention the stau dard
CT the Democracy. The Democratic Nation Il
Convention is not dissolved 1t is ready 70
convene at the call OF its Executive COMMITTEES,
and, II General Mcclellan cannot abide by the
resolutions through which the principles of the
party have been enuD ciated, let the con ven tiCn
rtassemble, and either remodel the plat .orm 10
suit their nominee, or nominate candid ate
that will suit the platform"
The editor OF the Metropolitan Record, In q
letter to the Daiiv News, saws.
"Actropolitan Record Office, New York. Sept
9, 1S64.-To ths Editor of the New Fork News:-
earliest opportunity he has had since reading
Gen. McClellan's extraordinary letter OF &C.
eeptahce. to state that he has been compelled
by strict sense Of duty as journalist, and In
accordance with his principles as peace DEM
ocIat, to withdraw the support promised in
the last number OF the Metropolitan Record to
the nominee OF the Chicago Convention for
President. That promise was made in the be.
lief that Gen. Mcclellan would accept the
platform upon which he was nominated, and
IL was given on that condition alone. In his
opinion this so.called Democratic candidate
has placed himself in position Of direct an.
taeoDism with the principles OF the American
constitution by declaring his intention 10 con.
hnue the present IN amous war upon so yereign
States, and which has been so prolific IN evils.
ain the course he has thought proper to
adopt he ceases, strictly speaking, to be a can
dioate, as The candidate and the platform have
hitherto been regarded as inseparabie Gen
Mcclellan cannot say that he was ignorant OF
the character Of the platform before he was
nominal. d, as 1t was adopted the day before
the nomination was made. II he could not
stand upon that platform, why did he not in
form his friends in Chicago by Telegraph of
that fact in time to prevent the peace delegates
from b. Jig mised! Can it be possible that
this delay was simply q settled purpose to en-
trap them! Did he and his advisers suppose
that by waiting several days after the conven
ton adjourned they would put il out of the
power If the peace men to correct their mis-
rlIa N
other candidate before the public!
General Mcclellan says Il am happay to
Rno" that when the nomination was made the
record OF my public life was kept in vie w bat
be certainly cannot be ignorant of the fact that
the record Of his public life was the great
obstacle to his nomination in the minds of the
Peace Democracy, and that it was only upon
the ass urdnce that he was in favor OF the i'm
mediate cessation OF hostilities that they with
drew their objections to him as candidate. L.
was their Wish that his record should be kept
out OF the way, and they believed that he him
self was not deslrous Of giving it more ex-
tended publicity than it had already obtained,
but they never supposed that he would refer
10 IL as mater of pride or satisfaction. Are
we TO understand by this ill timed reference
10 his record that he regards his arrest of the
maryland legislature as justifiable act, and
that ii elected he Will continue the system of
arbitrary arrests inaugurated by Abraham
Lincoln and so willingly carried into execu-
ton by himself.
This .record" tells us that he is the enemy
OF hdbeds corpus, and it also informs US in re-
gard 10 another very unpleasant fact-particu.
larry unpleasant to the Industrial classes-that
he was The first to urge ard press upon the
President that most despotic Of all despotic
measures OF the present administration, the
odious CONSUMPTION As he intimates his in
tenticn to carry on the war; the public should
understand what that means; that it means re
pewed CONSUMPTION, that men shall be forced
by the strong arm OF military power from their
homes TO wage war OF subjugation against q
people who claim the right which we ourselves
should be the last to resign. the right of self
government. "JoHN MULLALY,
"Editor OF the Metropolitan Record"