The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-09-28

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ct tens Of thousands who have not been. c
rs. that party I repeat, as to such, tbs
it which L said here before, let no persons
y feeling, no hatred for particular me
r stand between you and the duty whie
IL you oFe to. your country. Lay it al
p aside, consent to This one thing: ma
4 ,ohesher you agree toith the platform.
ot aoliether yOU dppTope of the. record sof;th
d candidate. uhefher 20. svnapathize scitl
L the nten assembled at Chicago. an this on
d thfaJ let there De eo1eert that The necesst
vi ttes of the times, the ,ceJfare oft1e country
d the nrIfnteaonce of the sConstitation, h.
e reconstruction of the, Union, The rcscuins
e. of every Mang that, IS near and dear II
! as, depend npon a change of admiaistra
| tio,t. 49a, u gu 9As@ 81 o9nlI3ss rs.
i With those who have no parity ties with
a us, with hose who have baen indoctrina
: ted with the principles oc the Democratic
! party, with those who have no ties to bind
D them by past association with ts, at least
! let that be the raliying cry You Eknou
: thafSwhosoyer might be wanting, either
a in the declaration of principles, or in the
' qualifications of The candidates, in their
: capacity o'perform the work which will
be assigned to them in the event of their
election. that anything ml,.st be better than
: four gears more of abraham ,Liacoin,--
Applause 80. f,- -. ,-,.-. ...-.
the resolutions of 49, Why? b Because
, wes7do not adhere to them as strongly as
eyer?l No. But for the same reason we
said nothiag about abolitionisun or, have
not reaf6rmed other great principles of
the PARTY. 1t was the spirit and object
of tho Convention to deal only with the
one great vital, living question of the
I hour, the question of war or peace But
that great doctrine Of State rights is i'm
piled in the living words inserted in the
last clause of the resolutions relating to
peace on the basis of the Federal Union
as distinguished from any other union or
community.
So much for this platform-one which
ought to be acceptable to the great mass
of the people, as it speaks the present sem
timeut of the people. 1t is admitted by
the demand fer five hundred thousand
more, by the impending draft, threatened
to drag from their homes half million
more of m en-. that this campaign must last
one year longer at least with what rrom-
Use, answer amo2g yourselves. That IA
| rat delusion Which has so long obscured
the vision of the people, has at last been
dispelled, that in twenty days or three
months, six or nine months, Que year, two,
three, four or five years, the objects Of
this war, BE- they what they may, can be
accomplished. No longer will the cry
c victory again rouse the spirit of the
land No longer will proclamations, di-
rected to the clergy, to be read in your
churches, to be published in your news-
papers, to be flashed bJ the telegraph all
over The land. All no! Instead of that,
the hearts of the people are inclined to |
peace. Whether that clergy return to the |
fold from whence they have S rayed or
not, let me say that the men women and |
children if the ale now ready, in humble |
adoration before Him who sits upon the |
great white throne, to exclaim joining in /
in the song which angels in sympathy +
sang when the star of .5ethlehem appear !
ed, peace on earth, and good will to
men" n Applause. This is the senti-
ment; and Of that you have ample evi-
dcnee. The four recent pi oclamations of /
Abraham lincoln, urging you to give
thanks in every variety of language, and
addressed to every body, except. 'to all
whom it may concern" Daughter, )-I be-
lieve that is emnitted (Iaughter,) have
not struck an answering chord in nthe
hearts of the people Their hearts no
longer vibrate to the clamor of war. { A
voice, ':No. we want peace" IF he i'm
agines that he can prevent the masses Of
his own, party; who are wearied of this
war. tired OF debt and taxation, tired of
conseription and drafting, from rushing
headlong to that party which promises
them they shall be released, in part at
least, from these evils, he is greatly mis-
taken in the signs OF the timeS Ap-s
plause.1 He may thunder them forth
every day-the father of proclamati ITS as
he is Tlaug they are OF no avail.
He cannot arrest the swift current which
is sweeping these people towards peace
1 have moan spoken of the convention,
its members, its character, its work as in
dicated in the platform, and now a word |.
as to candidates. You know that the dis
General, gentlemen and patri- |
OF, wio was nominated almost by accla- : :
nation by that Convention, aods not my
choice, as he was not yours. As a repre-
had my own private sentiment
been otherwise, l would~have been oblig
ed to oppose him. In obedience to the '
judgment and wishes of those (
whom I represented, 1 did offer such op- Z
position as member of Convention, seek
ing peace and, harmony, could, with pro-
priety, offer. You know the result. - G
True, l. had no personal objections to Gen. a
Nj McClellan-none. had knoaon him G
since the 0eginnny ofth ,cdr-kneio htns S
to be a man acho looed has country, and
3ne Itcho laid doaom the only theory upon o
ohicA a aoar Of coerocipi could at all 6e \
,oih the slightest prospect Of hi
success; aoho had consented to a sacrifice Of o
I high and honorable position rather than I
yield up has opiin.ons lapon that su6iect-P
,nes in whose hearta military ambition, n
md an honorable ambition-honorable. f
certainly. in him-is uppermost. Bnt he d
yielded the Jirss place IN the command Of
he armies of Tie United States RATHER o
THAN YIELD .ToIwHAE he BELIEVED ro |rc