Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-09-15
The New York Herald On M'Clellan'S
Nomination.
MCCLELLAN MUST REPTD.iIE THE PLAT
FORM. Oh HE is LOST.
The Cepperhead Conspiracy TO Inaugurate a
Revolt in the North.


speaks of the Chicago peace platform, the
nomination of Gen. Mcclellan, and the Cop
perhead conspiracy 10 inaugurate an insur-
rection in the North. The force of the ar
ticle is not diminished by the fact that the
Herald is violent opponent o. the Admins
tration and for some time past has been advo-
eating an armistice. But the proposition for
an immediate cessation of hostilities' is a
step beyond where it is willing to GO
The PRESIDENTIAL QUEsTIoN-sHALL WE HAVE
AN RESURRECTION AT THE NORTH?
We have not the slightest doubt that there
is nutatai understanding bstlcee1 the Sey1loaS,
! the Woods, TailandighGns and tie rebels. This
understanding is shown in the secession plat
form adopted by the Chicago Convention, and il,
| the nomination of NJ Pendleton, of Ohio-who
| is a practical Secessionjst-for Vice President.
| We have now driven the rebels completely
to the wall. Gen. Grant has the best of them
| at Richmond, and General Sherman has sue
J ceeded i'll capturing Atlanta. This is not the
/ time, then, that any reasonable man would be
talking about an immediate cessation of
| hostiities." We are in favor of an armis-
| tice, like that between Prussia and Denmark,
| where both sides hold their ground and are
ready to begin the conflict at any moment,
| but there is a vast deal of difference between
such an armistice and the immediate cessa-
ton OF hostiEties" which the Chicago plat
form requires. Nothing can explain such a
platform except the hypothesis that it cas
! dictated 6y jeff. Darts to the peace Democrats
and that these peace men toiSted 1t upon the CHI
cago Convention as the price Of their endorsement
of General McClellan's nomination.
For three years past the Herald has sustain
ed and defended the hero of Antietam. We
| have done full justice to his generalship, his
craftsmanship, his honesty and his patriotism.
| But when Mcclellan takes his stand upon
| c0Wardly peace platform, we are at a loss how
to follow him and defend him. This the Gen
eral has not yet done, and we hope that he
will never be foolish enough to do it. We
advise and urge him to come out boldly and
declare that his only platform is his past re-
| cord as Union General, and that his senti-
| ments are those expressed IN his letter from
| Harrison's Landing and his grafton at West
! Point. If he hesltates to do this he is ioSt.
There must be no prevarlcatlon nor equiyoca-
| ton. THE rotten Chicago piattoTna mast be
| kicked to pieces, and McClellan's own platform
substituted. He had better thousand fold
| t,cime the n0ntilation than to accept it upon
such conditions those imposed by the Con-
vention. The Chicago platform invites defeat,
and 1t must be broken up, either by McClel-
| ian himself or by the voice of the people at
| the polls.
We candidly and sincerely believe that the
peace copperheads at the North do not de-
sire the election of Mcclellan any more than
the Southern secessionists desired the cleo
ton of Douglas or Breckenridge in $780,
They bitterly opposed Mcclellan at Chicago,
and openly denounced him as tyrant and a
usurper. Finally they accepted him upon
condition that they should have the platform
and the Vice President. But even now the
cepperheads are not earnest in his support.
| There is no saying but that Mr.. Lincoln may
| be elected by small ma ority, and in that
event the Copperheads intend to raise revo-
luton at the North. This they can very readi-
ly do if the people do not beware Of the
trap. Suppose the election to be decided by
| only few thousand votes, then the Demo
| cratic minority will be nearly as strong as
| the Republican Majority. In fact, the minor
| ity will be stronger ; for the Democrats will
| fight, while the AbolitiOnists will not. What
then, is to hinder revolution Is it the ar
my? The moment the army is Withdrawn to
put down an insurrectlon here the rebels will
| come cut OF their Entertainments and capture
Washington. This, as we understand it, is
| part of the Copperhead plan, and if success
| Iul IL Will put ali Gnu W Tie government OF
| the country.
That this idea of a vast northern conspira-
| cy between the copperheads and the rebels
is no mere bugbear, is evident from the fact
; that the Chicago Convention, instead of ad-
| journing sine de-, as conventions usually do,
adjourned to meet again at the call of the Erec-
UtiUe Con1nllttee. THIS Is equiV0tent 10 the organ
ization of a revolutionary body. Our merchants
and capitalists so consider it; for they are
| closing up business, shipping their goods back
| to Europe, turning their property into gold,
| sending their property across the water, and
in every way preparing to leave the country
| as soon as the revolution begins. These
movements are not to be lightly considered
| They mean mischief and show that trouble is
brewing. Gen. Mcclellan can avert that
trouble and restore public confidence if he
have the pluck and sagacity to ignore the
| Chicago platform and come out boldly as
jackson Democrat on the platform of his past
record. Then he will have fair chance of
| election, because he will not be bound to a
cowardly policy if he be elected. But what
| could Washington himself do if he were
| pledged to negotiate for I" an Immediate ces-
sation of hostllities?" The Chicago platform
a0iU encourage the re6ets 10 hold out until eectiO
| and, as things stand at present, the Peace
| Copperheads have promised them one of two
| things: either the election of Mr.. Lincoln
and Northern insurection-in which case
the rebels will have the upper hand Of US
| or, in the event of McClellan's election, g an
immediate cessation Of hostilities," in which
case the rebels will have everything their own
way. General Mcclellan can destroy these
schemes by framing his own platform out of
sound Union timber and being elected upon
| it, Then northern insurrection will be i'm
possible and, if the people do their duty in
the meantime, there will be no rebellion left
to make terms with, and no Jeff. Davis in ex-
istence to receive an offer for " an immedi-
ate cessation of hostilities" This is as great
a crisis as that at Harrison's Landing or at
| Antietam. Let Little Mac reflect deeply and
act wisely
WHAT THE REBELS EXPECT FROM THE Cop
PERHEADs.-The editor Of the British AnaeTi-
can, of Kingston, c. W., who was recently at
Halifax, reports conversation which he had
there with the first officer of the rebel pirate
Tallahassee The rebel pirate stated as fol-
| lows:
| "That the opinion was universal among
| his people that the present campaign was the
final one of the war-the South only requir-
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