Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-08-18
RUTLAND HERALD.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1864,
Political Notes.

any price" Democracy was nelu 10"
DAYS ago at Peoria, Illinois. The chair
.aao Of Ills "peace' meeting was very
benicose, aud threa, 9ned that If the CHI
oago convention dared to nominate a
war ticket, or go for the continuation OF
the war, aud commit democrats TO
IL. "tbe waters OF Lake Michigan would
be made 10 trcnbe With the tread OF
foemenI' These ''peace" men all seem
TO be very strongly in favor of war, pro-
yided it is kindled at the north, kept
within northern limits, and in no way
hurts southern traitors and rebels,
Letters were sent to the Peoria con-
yention by those prodigious patriots,
Fernando Wood and Tom Seymour
Fernando speaks for the Eastern Dem
ocracy, and in view of the near approach
of the Chicago convention, it may be
interesting TO know the spirit of his
letter. 1t may be gathered from the
following extract;
"The great body of the eastern DEM
ocracy now speak In but one voice and
hold but one sentiment ON this question,
and that is in hostility to the rar, and a
determination to accept the proffered Of
fer of restoration Of the Union and
the Constitution, only to be accom-
plished by negotiation"
But the value Of the letter is greatly
impaired, if not totally destroyed, by
very important omission, He forgets to
tell us what is the "proffered offer" men,
toned above. AS no one else has the
slightest knowledge of it; as, on the
contrary, JEFF Davis & Co. have continu-
ally and scornfully repealed any sugges-
ton of peace except on the basis of the
disruption of the Union and the indie
pendence of Rebellion, the above prof
fered Offer must be supposed-to con-
'strue it as charitably as possible-a
Pigment of Fernandos prolific magma
ton, Nothing remains OF the letter
except general hostility to the war"
seymour makes an affecting classical
allusion to one Pythius and Persian
tyrant of old, and proceeds to lay down
the democratic programme as follows:
The first grand step in this work of
reform should be to stop the war. An
or0'i0ttcc would be worth more to the
country than thousand battle fields
This take to be the splendid mission
or the democracy at the present time, to
secure an armistice and make peace -
Ii this is not its mission, then / have
mistaken the character of the DemOcra-
cy, and you may strike my name from
the roll. The first step, / repeat, of
triumph in the right direction, should !
be to stop the s0ar."
The first Democratic step, according !
to Thomas, is to "stop the war; and let |
the rebels dismember the Union to their !
hearts content. That ''first grand STEP
would seem to cover pretty much the
whole ground, and what could be the
nert Democratic step we are at loss to
imagine.
The New York Herald has just be-
come enlightened, after long support
of Mcclellan, and concludes that his
little Mac's) claims upon the people
IRE rather of negative than positive
character" that they rest more upon
what he might hare done, If he had pos
sessed the necessary "Jacksonian quail
ties" than upon what he has done. The
Herald therefore throws him overheard,
notwithstanding the great Mcclellan
demonstration in New York, and advo-
Gates Gen. Grants nomination at Chi
cago. There are two obstacles in the
way of this first, Grant would not &C
cent the nomination at such hands, and
second, if he would, Fernando Woods
"great body Of the Eastern Democracy"
as well as the "peace" Democracy Of the
West could not accept him. He would
be a tremendous stumbling block to
that ''first grand STEP of Tom Seymour
viz, to "stop the war"
The Mcclellan demonstration In New
York city last Wednesday night was
most remarkable, not for those who
were present, but for those who were
absent. viz: all the teade'S OF the party
Cox. Gushing, John Van Buren,, Eth
eridge, Oakley Hall, etc, etc, who were
advertised to speak. This does not ar
cue well for McClellan's nomination al
Chicago, for it is these leading politl
clans who control the nomination, anc
they, of both wings Of the party, KEEP
aloof.
Among the candidates mentioned tol
the Chicago nomination are Judge Wood
ward of Pennsylvania, Judge Nelson
and Gov. Seymour of New York, Guth
RE of Kentucky, and poor Frank Plerc
of New Hampshire. James buchanan
of Pennsylvania is not yet much take
of. Sanders and company at Niagar'
and jeff Davis,ar said to be working
behalf of Frank Pierce. JEFF Davis I'll
doubtedly has much influence with I'll
copperhead Democratic party, but
will be q G'f'~a't 's-' o get his frier
Pierce out of mis- ,'mausoleum OF hearts