Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-10

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do Wood. Harris of Maryland, McMas- -ors,
O'Neil, and others of bad eminenee though
not great eminence-werep plunged into the
caldron and boiled together to make the
draught for the murder Of the kepublle-
And It was
Double. double, toll and trouble
So it was-a double convention-part
war, part peace.
And what did this convention say-or |
rather, (for that Is much more signiheant) !
what did it not ssy2 The speaker advert
ed to the fact that the platform was utter
" silent in regard to slavery, in regard to
the draft, and in regard to the French IN
vasion of Mexico. ...,
And now, what does it say The speaker
commended the platform to the students OF
the college as an excellent example Of the
use of gentle terms, of elphemism. 1t
begins by declaring that it Gdheres to the
Union. Adherssl What weak, broken
backed word Why, the word adhesive
| is derived froun it-a word which we use
to describe our envelopes, which, never
stick till they're licked. Laughter and ap-
plause. 1t declares that it will adhere to
| the Union in the future as in the past.
How mas it adhered to the Union IN the
past2 And we must remember that TINS
party has only had an existence OF two
wears, for the Democracy didn't exist as
This party two and half years ago. How
did thew adhere to the Union in the past
By cursing our soldiers, by not voting a
man or dollar to preserve the Union, by
seeing lions in the path, by interpos-
ing constitutional objections, by blocking
the wheels Of the war, by standing in the
way of the Union. They adhere to the
Union as mud adheres to the wheels of the
advancing chariot,-the adhesion which
clogs. and not the adhesion which helps.
But our narrow columns forbid the
thought of following the General througE
his powerful and eloquent review Of the
? Chicago platform, and our pile Of note
must be fled away uncopied, HeexpOsed
their declaration that four years of war hsc
proven a failure, admitting it to b
| half true, six months having been wageC
: under Democratic President, and yea
! and half under man who wants to b
Democratic President. He proceeds
} most eloquently and convincingly t
i prove that the last two years of the wa
y were not failure, but a most triumphsn
Y success. He demonstrated the runous II
= suits of cessation of hostilities, the futilit
of an attempt to call Convention OF th
le States, and the weakness and folly Of Nj
Olellan's declaration that if, after exhaus
: ing all the resources of statesmsnship, th
A rebels refused to come back, the respons
bility would be on their own heads. II
- adyerted to the fact that the Chicag
W Platform was full of complaints, notagain
d. the rebels, but against us for being han
n on the rebels He exposed the insults O
IA fered to our soldiers in the resolution
extending sympathy and Offering protect,
ID to them. He demonstrated tie fact tn
id the only hope this party had of succe
h, was the defeat Of our armies-the
only stock in trade the ruin
the republic. He stated the fa
which could be proved by four rehab
s. witnesses, that Warren P. Noble, Go
It's perhead Representative in Congress fro
Ohio, and a candidate for reelection,
clared recently to neighbor Copperaest
~ awe must do something to countera
On these Federal victories or they will hurt
be at the election He said that the on
tn hope of the rebels was in the victory of
;. Peace party, and the only hope Of the
army rested in the triumph of the Uni
ee party. He declared that if the rebels /
IN tieved the North united, they wouldI
NJ fire another shot
he He referred most eloquently to the see
at the front on the 18th of last Octob
W. soon after the battle of Chickamaus
Mt where two thousand Ohio soldiers /
he been kept from voting forever by rel
al bullets which laid them away to res
= in which FIVE thousand soldiers
=, in hospital, with limbs shot c
Nc and wounds and sears all over them,
al and all stretched out their hands for ball,
10, as they were distributed, and here vi
ed faces pale, but eyes bright and beamir
some who, before sun-down, were CARR
rs' out on stretchers to a soldiers grave, c.
ret their ballots, and fred one more shot il
re- the rebellion before they died. All t
nd sophistry of party strife had been swG
-. away By the thunder of battle, and in
- CLEAN and glory of victory they saw W
undimmed eyes where their country was
General Garfield closed his. speech W
oh splendid peroration, to the elOquence
in which no brief report of ours can do j
te, tice. He was very frequently interrupt
,ut by applause during his remarks, and olo'
~ ~ amid loud cheers.
tb After patriotic song had been fin
of sung by the Union Glee Club of Oberl
lin Prof. Peck introduced Col Sheldon,
70 70 Elyria now commanding Garheld's old
es, giment the 42nd, who spoke in very
le- teresting, of-hand way, hitting hard, a
TX giving the Copperheads some terri
TO blowf.
,n+ A stirring air from the Brass Band c,
So cluded the exercises, and the big gatheri
ch dispersed in quietness. The banner v
its not awarded on this occasion, as anotl
ll nu mass meeting will be held 1on, stwhicI
ate will be offered as prize.
art The Unionists of Lorain county are hi
nd ct work. They are Thoroughly organic
e. under the excellent leadership Of such n
on ~ as Prof. Peck, who has thrown his VIII
on soul into the contest. They will have ev,
to voterregistered and will bring every Uni
ng ist to the polls. Lorain County will thT
tl nf her largest vote and give her biggest n
an jority for the Union, on Tuesday mex
TX, rely on that LAUNcELoI
sy.
nd Tho Georgia Peace Movement.
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