The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-09-29
The Nomination Of Mcclellan.


The Baltimore American says: What,
ever may be thought of the candidate
chosen by the COpperhead Democracy
for the Presidency by the people of the
North, it may be set down as certain
that the rews Of the selection will be re-.
ceived in Richmond with special thanks
giving and prIise Commissioner 0vld
and the Richmond Wing assured the
leading spirits Of the Chicsgo Conven.
ton that next to JEFF Davis their choice
was Mcclellan. We ahslI expect to see
the pillancy and docilily oithe delegates
duly commended in the forthcoming is
sues Of the Southern press But the
nomination is bitter pill for the peace
policy sdvocates to swallow. Indeed,
some Of these gentlemen resisted the in.
Fiction so aiouty that they lost sight of
their peace proclivities AMI assumed the
attitude OF belligereots, Our friend
from ST Marys so fsr forgot his chsnc
ter and mission as an ambassador of
peace that he knocked down some i'm
pertinent fellow who asserted that he
was traitor, in a style of pugilism that
would have done credit to Tom Hyer,-
But, notwithstanding the pugnsciry in.
to which these representatives Of the
peocc.st any price party were betrayed,
they have already manifested a dociIe
disposition, indicated THAR acquiescence
in The ignomy Of compromise, and hu,
inflated themselves by surrendering
their creed and sacrificing their princi-
pIOs, Protesting au opposition to war,
they have acknowledges their willing
ncss to give their suffrage 10 Mjor-
General Of The army, who has fought re.
peatedIy, and is willing to fgh. again.
and who. except as warrior has no rep
utation whatever Protesting an mex
pressible aversion 10 drafting or cons
crption, they are yet willing 10 vote for
the man wi o first proposed draft
They will probably fndil convenient TO
forget that three years ago he wrote an
emphatic mole TO the President demand
ing an immediate draft, Avowing the
doctrine of State Sovereignty, and re
ipcling the right Of coercion" they cx.
press themselves in favor offs coercion
is,, and one whose only lack Of cOer.
Give force is traceable to his lack Of
ability. Expressing horror at arbitrary
arrests, they Intend TO vote for the or
ignator of such arrests aud the individ
ual who made the biggest arrest Of the
war, when, as our ri,izens will recollect
he arrested the Legislature Of this Stale,
by his mere will as military command
er, in order to preclude an attempt al Sc
cession. What better egiderce than all
this can be afforded of the rigidty Of tho
discipline ofthe Democratic Party md
Of the unreIenting spirit of its whipprrs
in? Who doubls now, # he ever enter.
ia ned doubt, that its cohesive power
is due to the seven principles which
John Randolph claimed for it--lhe FIVE
loaves and two fishes? And as IL those
astute politicians who urged his uomi-
nation so strongly, is their intent not
glariagly transparent? Can any one
doubt their determination 10 use him for
their own purposes? Is it pretended
that he Is statesman; that he has any
fixed political convictions; that he has
more than mediocre capacity; that he
has strong. positive original mind
On the contra y will it not "be acknow.
ledgcd BY those who know him that he
is n, gative character; that he is timid
and hesitaring; and ;hat he will be ready
to do the bidding of any of the ol polt
icaI foxes who are shrewd enough to
make him plaything?