The New York herald., 1864-09-03

pay to be rid Of the draft in advance. And
this large price brings forward good men
men that are ply sioally Of the vsry best qaA-
lity; for, under these circumstances, The surgeon
VINO examines the offered man makes his stand.
ard Of acceptance pretty high. Thus, under
the present excellent management, the
call for men Is yielding the govern
ment q full regiment q day Of robust
and willing soldiers, and these, many OF
them veterans even, are going forward to our
armies with great rapldity. Our armies also
are handled as they have never been hitherto
On the James river tho lighting has been such
that the rebels could trust no militia there.
They have kept In that field the best men they
had. Yet even with these the position is now
Immensely In our favor At Atlanta they have
trusted to militia In the immense in.rerch-
mens with which that place Is fortified they
did good service, and it would have been q
bloody business to carry the place by storm.
But General Sherman, as we have seen. has
done better. And with such operations as that
now in progress under Sherman; with Grants
activity on the James, and with old Farragut
and Granger at Mobile, our prospects are so
good that the country can afford to scorp the
labors OF the Vallandigham piotisrs, certain
that If they can even effect an apparent change
in Northern sentiment, that change will come
too late to save the rebellion.
The Prudential Qucstton--shali We
Have an InsurrsctAon a. tho N0rthf
During tho political canvass in 1860 we
warned both parties that the election might be
followed by q revolution. Our warnings were
not needed then, and the consequence was that
the election Of Lincoln was quickly succeeded
by the secession of the Southern States Now,
at the opening Of the canvass in 1864, we have
the same warning to utter; but it is 10 regard TO
an insurreotion at the North. Tho experience
Of the past four years ought to have taught the
American people that the HERALD does not pre-
dict rashly, and that Its prophecies are worthy
Of the most earnest attention. When every
other paper said that there was no ddnger Of
dsunicp we assured the people that diaunion
would certainly be the result Of MIR. Lincoln's
election. Now we as solemnly assure them
that, unless careful precautions are taken,
Northern insurrec.;on will be the certain result
of Mr.. Lincoln reelection.
We have not the slightest doubt that there is
mutual understanding between the Seymours,
tie Woods, Valandigham and tho rebels. This
understanding is shown in the secession plat
form adopted by the Chicago Convention, aud in
the nomination of Mr. Pendletou, OF 0hio--who
is a practical secessionis-tsor Vice President
We have now driven the rebels complete
| ly to the wall. General Grant has the best
! of them at Richmond, and General Sher-
man has succeeded In capturing Atlanta
| This is not The time, then, that any reasonable
| man would be talking about "an immediate
cessation of hostilites." We are in favor of an
armsticc, like that between Prussia and Den
mark where both sides hold their ground and are
ready to begin the conflict at any moment; but
there is q vast daal OF difference between such an
armistice and the immediate cessation Of hos
tilities' which the Chicago platform requires.
Nothing can explain such platform except the
hypothesis that it was dictated by JEFF Davis to
the peace democrats. and that these peace men
foisted 1t upon the Chicago Convention as the
! price OF their endorsement Of General McClel-
| lans nomination.
| For three years past tie Herald hos sus-
I! ta;ned and defended tls here of Antietam. We
| have done full jusiiee 70 his goneraiship. his
! s'ele-manship, his honesty and his patriotism
| BIZ. when Mcclellan takes bis staad upon
cowariy peace platform we are at loss how
to follow hin and defend him This the Gea-
esal has no. yet done and we hope that Ls viii
never be lsolish enough 10 do it. We advise
and urge him to come out boldly and declare
That his only platform is his pas. record az
Union general, aud that bis sentiments are
those expressed in hie letter from Hsrrison's
Laud.r. aud his Grafton At West Point If he
bes.ates to 90 this he Is lost. There must be
no prcyarication nor equiyoeation. TIE rotten
C'-icago platform mast be kicked 10 pieces aud
. NcCleiaa's oNa platform substituted. H. rad
better tholsand fold decline tie nomination
than 10 accept it upon such conditions as those
imposed IS the Convention. The G. icaIo plat
form Invites aefe,t, and IL must he broken up,
either hy Mcclellan himself or - ,le voice q
he people At the polls.
"t SNHaAsiy GIN 1AAf@NANAJ hN4sSfN sss~e 49,
peace copperheads at the North do not desire
TIC c'cc.ioa Of Mcclellan sny more than the
Southern secessionis.s desired the election Of
Douglas or breckenridge in 1860. They Bill
! terly opposed Mcclellan at Chicago, and open
| " denounced HIN ~ 'yrant and usurrcr
Finally they accepted him, upon condition that
/ ;Iey should have the platform AMI tie Vice
| President. But even now the cspperheads arc
| not earnest 10 his support. Like The rebels,
! they want 10 sec Lincoln reelected. There il
nc aging but That Mr. Liacoin may bc elected
4 ~ Il; tlu "a u. hat