The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-09-23
SAINT P A u L,
George H. Mcclellan the Peoples
Candidate.

with which the people of the great cen
trail and conservative States are rallyint
around the Union standard of Gen. Mo
CLRLLAN, has not been paralleled in this
country since the days of ANDREW JACK
SON. The wide spread enthusiasm witt
which bis name has been received by The
people, and the acclamations which have
greeted his Incompatible letter of accept
ance, find their true Interpretation, first
in the spotless purity of his private and
public character; second, in his devotion
to the army; third, in the proofs he has
afforded of skillful generalship; fourth, in
the evidence he has furnished of capacity
for high Christian craftsmanship; ana
fifth, in the burning patriotism Whlcn
breathes through all his political writings,
and inspires the thoughts, the words, ana
the deeds of the man. His letter OF ac-
ceptance is document instinct with ca
pacity, patriotism and craftsmanship. 1t
svllables forth in dignifed language the
very longings and yearnings Of the Amer
lean people. 1t is the key to popular feel
ing; the right word spoken by the right
man in the crisis of nations destiny.
The nomination came to Gen. MCCLELLAN
unsought. No one has dared to say that
his ambition ever aspired to the
dignity and to the responsibilities OF
the Executive officer. So careful was he
to avoid even the appearance OF such an
aspiration, that he refused to have any
preliminary private interviews with mem
beers of the Chicago Convention. But
when the nomination came he accepted it.
He accepted it in the spirit which it was
offered, bowling with Difference and with
modesty to the decision of the people.
In his letter of acceptance he appealed
with characteristic boldness to the record
of bis life. That record had been con-
scientiously written upon the unfading
tablets of history. 1t has been written
in letters Of gold. 1t was the record OF
the second GEORGE, as brave, as loyal, and
az luminous as WAsHlNGTON's. "The
effect of long and varied service in the
army" says the General, "has made, in
delible in my mind and heart the love
and reverence for the Union, Constitution,
laws and flag of our country, impressed
upon me in my early youth"
How completely this tallies with the
eulogy of BURNSIDE So" He is an honest,
Christian-like and conscientious man and
let me add one thing, he has the cledrest
military perception Of any man I" the
United States" .......
Again he says, "The restoration OF the
Union was the sole avowed object for
which the war was commenced. 1t should
have been conducted for that object only,
and in accordance with the principles
which took occasion to declare when in
active service" .......
Here his love for the Constitution and
the Union breathes paramount to all other
considerations. 1t was to restore the
Union and not to abolitionize the South
that we undertook to put down the re-
belllon, and having undertaken it for such
purpose, we should have conducted it
according to constitutional and Christian
principles. .a..
"The re-establishment of the Union,
continues the General, Sin all its integr;-
ty, is, and must continue. TO be the iratlis-
pensable condition in any settlement
What a rebuke to ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
who has made the abandonment of sla.
very an indispensable condition. "The
Union, = says MCCLELLAN, sis the one con-
dition of peace, we ask no MORE" ani
again, "the Union must be preserved al
all hazzards," and still again, emo peace
can be permanent without Union +"
Passing from the consideration of thi
subject TO others, he says, II shall seel
in the Constitution of the United State
and the laws framed in accordance there
with, the rule of my duty, and the hnaito
ton of Executive power" The Constltu
ton is his guide The preservation OF tn
Union is his object. No mention OF othe
objects, as in LINCoLN's platform OF prime
PIES Nothing about slavery, everythln
about the Union. And the Union he wi
save, not by overriding the Constitutio
under L1NCoLN's plea Of military necessit.
but by seeking it as the limitation of e
ecutive power. 30 ae
Again, he proposes, "by the operate
Of a more vigorous nationality, to resun
our commanding position among the nj
tions of the earth" He does not propo
like ABRAHAM LINCOLN to throw. overboal
the MoNRoE Doctrine and truckle to Lou
NAPOLEON (; OF, to furnish presidents !
which England can establish the suprem
ecy,of he, maritime law for all future tin,
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