The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-09-16
For Presidential Electors.
For the State at Large.
Theodore Rodolf, Of La Crosse Co.
Randall Wilcox, of Brown Co.
'Clellan's Acceptance.

We publish this week the letter Of Gen.
MCCLELLAN, accepting the nomination BY
the Chicago Convention, as candidate for
:he Presidency.
The Generals views in relation to the
policy that will govern his administration
in the event o: his election by the people,
are expressed in plain, straightforward
and forcibe English, and cannot fail to
commend themselves to the judgments,
heart and conscience Of every trul y patri
otic citizen, and will be endorsed by every
voter who loves bis country more than
patty and partisan spoils.
He says " the preservation Of our Union
was the sole avowed object for which the
war was commenced. 1t should have
been conducted for that object only" So
said the Republican Congress after the
disasterous battle of Bull Run, by the
unanimous adoption OF the Crttenden
Resolutions
Again. "Thus conducted the work Of
reconciliation would have been easy, and
We might have reaped the benefits Of our
many victories on land and sea" UoHACE
GREELEY said year ago, that had the ad-
ministration carried out the policy recon-
mended and advised by MCCLELLAN the
war would have been ended and peace re.
stored TO the country, long before, but
that in that event the institution of slavery
would have remained intact, and slave
property undisturbed in those States into
which orr armies had not penetrated, but
that the President having vacillated for a
year between that policy, and the policy
Of the aboliiionists, of emancipation, con-
fscaton and suljuga,ion, the war had
been pro,rac,ed Indefinitely.
The President having finally entered
upon tie latter policy, finds that he can>
not save tho Union, by emancipation, con-
fscaion and sutjugation, and that to Sc
cure peace be must exterminate the south,
ard Reconstruct states out of the conquer
ed and devasted territory, and make new
union and new constitution.
AL those wbo are in favor Of this policy
and wish to see the last man conscrpted,
add the last dollar experded, and ruin,
war and desolation cover our lair land,
will vote for LINCOLN, but all who would
have peace-aud honorable and perma>
nent peace on the basis of the old union,
will vote for MCLELLAS. who says:
"We should exhaust all the resources Of
craftsmanship practiced by ,civilized ma
tious, and taught by the traditions of the
American people, consistent with the hon
or and interests of the country, to secure
such peace, re-estaLlish the union and
guarantee for the future the constitutional
rights Of every State" The Union is the
one condition OF peace, we ask no more.
Every man who would have peace on
the basis Of the Union, instead Of long
continued, cruel and devastating war and
then dis s.uuion; who would have a specie
currency, low prices, light taxes, prosper
ity and happiness, instead Of a rag cur
rency, high prices, heavy taxes, poverty
and misery, should vote for MCCLELLAN,
who says:
"The condition of our finances, the
depreciation of the paper money, and the
burdens thereby imposed on labor and
capital, show the necessity of q return to
sound financial system"
Let every tran carry copy Of M'CLEL-
LAs,s letter with him, and study il as the
only political chart of our salvation. aud
whose author, guided by it, will carry orr
country triumphau,ly through the dark
clouds of war, into the glorious sunshine
Of PEACE
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