Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-10-13

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McCIellan--A Searching and
Patriotic Letter from N NJ.
Gen. Wool.
ta TaoY, Oct. 4. 1854.
To The Hon. JOHN A. GRIswoLD, Mem
Der of the United Stdtes Congress.
DEAR Sra You have my thanks for q
copy of The Me,o York World Of the l4th
ultimo, containing an uutruthfal article re-
lsting to myself l have no time to notice
it at the present moment, but may do so at
. future day. Meanwhile, you will please
accept the following remarks aF.. a.
Il is more than four years since Demo.
cratic Convention met, first at Charles ton
and subsequently at Baltimore, to nomip at
candidates for President aud Vice President
Of the United States. The prominent lead.
ers Of this Convention from the South tso-
called Democrats) were tho political disciples
OF John Q. Calhoun. As declared by Rhett,
Of South Carolina, since 1860 the purpose
was entertained by them TO separate the
Southern States from the Union. Their
idea was to make cotton king. which, ''ip q
few years" said Rhett, would rule the
world" Foiled in several previous attempts
to accomplish their object, they determined
as last resort to divide the Democratic
party and run two candidates for President,
that the Republicans might elect their can
didate, Abraham Lincoln, whom they had
denounced as "an Aboltionist." In this
they succeeded. The faction Of the South
ern States nominated the then Vice Presi-
dent, Mr.. Breckiniidge; the faction of the
Northern States nominated Senator Doug
las. The result was the election of Abraham
Lincoln to the Presidency. In the following
December, the State of South Carolina, as.
signing the election Of Mr.. Lincoln as a
justifable cause for the act, seeded from
the Union, and this, too, without the slight
est effort on the part OF the President, Jas.
Buchanan to preventit.
Thus commenced this nsfarious Rebellion,
encouraged and assisted by mai jority OF the
Democratic Cabinet Of President Buchanan.
John B. Floyd, his Secretary of War, a
State, (Virginia,) robbed the Northern
terred them to the Southern States, at the
same time ordering the greater part of the
army to the most distant frontier posts
Thompson, his Secretary of the Interior,
robbed the Treasury, as reported, Of eight
hundred thousand dollars Ia Indian bonds.
Toucey, his Secretary Of the Navy, to pre-
vent interference with the Rebel ports, or.
dered the United States ships OF war to Eu-
rope and other distant regions. Cobb. his
Secretary OF the Treasury, violated his oath
Of Office and joined the Rebels, after nearly
ban nkrupting the Treasury and running the
national credit. Black, his Attorney. Cen
eral, was his friend and confidential adviser,
and no less guilty in his encouragement of
the South in their rebelious scheme than
the Presid ent.
OF such men, called Democrats-with the
exception of Gen. Cass, Secretary of State,
and Joseph Holt, Postm aster. q enc neral-was
composed the cabinet of the Democratic
President, James Buchanan. Mr.. Buchanan
was himself the devoted friend Of Ex.Vice
President Jshn G. Calhoun, who, in conse-
quence offs quarrel with President Jackson
and his Secretary of State, Martin Van
Buren,, abandoned his party, and was the
bitter enemy Of jackson. Mr.. Calhoun
became nulliier, and after he defeated the
nomination Of Martin Van Bursn as Min
lister at the Court Of 81. James, resigned
his Vice-Presidency and returned to South
Carolina. where he was received with open
arms. Then he declared, having given up
in despair his aspirations for the Presi.
dency, that the fact was no longer to be
concealed that henceforth the Southern
States, u retained in the Union. would be
only hewers of wood and drawers Of water
for the North. To this he would never con-
sent. He proclaimed the scheme of forming
a grand slave Confederacy that was to make
cotton king and 'rule the world" Not long
after, military schools were established in
the Southern States. secret associations
formed, and finally the Knights of the
Golden Circle organized to carry into execu-
tion the great plan OF the Democratic con.
spirators of the Southern States. Reference
is here made to Mr.. Calhoun in order to
show the origin Of Secession, and establish
the fact OF the determination of the South.
ern Democracy to separate tho Southern
from the Northern States dating back more
than thirty years ago, and also to show that
the election of Mr.. Lincoln to the Presi-
dency Was not the cause, but the pretert for
accomplishing their long meditated designs
To aid in communicating the reasonable
scheme. We had in the five States such
Democratic representative leaders as Blu
chanan Of Pennsylvania; Pierce Of New
Hampshire; Gushing Of Massachusetts,;
Seymour Of Connecticut; the Woods Of New
York; Vallandigham and Pendeton Of Ohio;
Bright and Voorhees, Of Indiana; Gwin of
California, and Lane of Oregon--all promi.
nent Democrats and sympathizers with the
South. During the rebellion, We have seen
these same men. with many other Demo-
cratic leaders at the North. favoring the
Rebels and making partisan warfare upon
the Government Of the United States. The
sympathizers and workers for Secession at
the North have done all in their power TO
prevent tho patriots Of the free States from
prosecuting the war for the preservation of
the Union, by discouraging enlistments and
encouraging dessrtiops.
IL Was these so-oallsd Democratic of the
North who co.operated with those of the
South, the steadfast friends Of jeff Davis
but the enemies Of their country, who
under the name Of Democrat. inaugurated
and managed the Chicago Convention. The
leaders were counselod and advised by
Thompson, Saunders, Holcomb, and Clay,
all Rebels. having their headquarters In
Canada'-the confidential friends and agents
Of the traitor JEFF. Davis. They presented
q platform, which was unanimously adopted
by the Convention, for the guidance Of its
candidates for tho Presidency, Major. Gen.
Mcclellan, who having previously approved
the platform, accepted the nomination. =
The acceptance oi the nomination from the
Convention whose platform was approved, 3