The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-13

Congress" and startling usurpations OF
the Executive" which you would have cor.
tected, the time for dog > in a peaceiai
md constitutional way will be on the oth
,G November at the polls. As you shall
vote for one or the other candidate, you
Win declare your selection Of policy. The
candidates are Union men. You are not to
choose between loyal and disloyal men, but
between men who are alike loyal, bat wide
ly differing in policy.
I There are but the TWO candidates Tor the
Presidency-the present incumbent, Abra>
ham Lincoln, and Major General George
B. Mcclellan.
Lot us contrast the merits and policy oil
these two candidates. They both are for
preserving the Union, but move on widely
diverging lines. II the one leads to its pre-
servation, the other cannot. General Nc
OlelIau has laid down his policy in his let
ters to Generals Halleck, Buell., Burn
side, and in his letter of July q,
1862, from Harrison's Landing, to the
President, and, finally, in his letter OF
acceptance. Mr.. Lincoln has manifested
his in his administration, and declared it in
the platform Of his party, in his letter to
Colon, Hodges, aud, lastly, in his " To all
whom it may concern" General McClel
Ian declares that this war should not be Tor
tho subiugatiou of any State in any event,
Mr. Lincolns policy is unconditional )" IN
other words, subjugation. General Nc
CIellan says: cit should not be at all q
war upon population, but against armed
forces and political organizations. Neither
confscation of property, territorial organl>
zation of States, or forcible abolition OF
slavery should be contemplated for mos
ment." Mr.. Lincoln's policy fills prisons,
and foreign lands with banished citizens; 1t
adopts sweeping confscation of proper rty,
territorial organization of States and the
" extirpation" of slavery. General Nc
Clellan declares that military arrests
should not be tolerated except IN cases
where active hostilities exist; and oaths
not required by enactments constitution
ally made should neiter be demanded nor
MIR. Lincoln's policy makes an
active business Of arrest where no hostill'
ties exist, and where, but for military IN
reference, the civil tribunals are open and
ready to grant redress. General Mcclellan
says military government should be COM
fined to the preservation Of public order
and the protection of political right. Mills
itary power should not be allowed to inter
fere with the relations of seryitude, either
by supporting or impairing the authority OF
the master, except for repressing disorder,
as in other cases." Under Mr. Lincoln,
military government is used to destroy po-
litical right, and military power is em
ployed as the active agency, not only to IN
terfere with, but to destroy the authority
of the master snd deprive him OF his prop
erty. General Mcclellan holds that " the
re-establishi1ent Of the Union in all IFS In
tegrity is, and mast continue to be, the in
condition in any settlement 80
soon as it is clear, or even probable, that
our present adversaries are ready for peace
upon the basis Of the Union, we should ex
haust all the resources of craftsmanship
practised by civilized nations, and taught
by the traditions Of the American people,
consistent with the honor and interests Of
the country, to secure such peace. re -es-
tablish the Union, and guarantee for the
future tho constitutional rights of every
State. The Union is the one condition of
peoce-we ask no more"
Mr.. Lincoln proclaims To whom it may
"Any proposition which em-
braces the restoration Of peace, the integ-
rty of the whole Union, AND THE -ABAN-
DoNMENT OF SLAVERY" &c, will be re
celyed and considered by the Executive
of the United States" Who
is Executive Governments" Were | ac-
uuainted With Mr.. Executive Govern.
ment, as | am with the President of the
United States, would suggest to him not
to make the negro condition, but to ig
more the negro in all questions Of settle"
ment. would suggest to Mr. Executive
Government that the truly loyal men are
not willing that the status Of the negro
shall be made the condition Of the restOra
ton Of the Government. We are not viii
ling to give one of our noble sons to PRO
cure either the freedom or enslavement Of
all the negroes in and out of Africa. Whe
ther the negro shall be free or slave we
leave to the legitimate chances Of war, aud
regard them as alike disloyal who will re-
fuse peace on the basis OF the Union, and
carry on a war either to free or enslaye the
negro 'i
General Mcclellan says: When any
one State is willing TO return to the Union,
it should be received at once, with full
guaranty of all its political rights"
Mr.. Lincoln refuses to receive the return
of a State unless bis emancipation procla-
nation be received as law, and the State
is repotutionized by inserting clause in the
cons stituton of the State abolishlng slavery;
and this to be done without reference to
the forms prescribed by the Constitution Of
the States,
General Mcclellan says "that | should
seek in the Constitution of the United
States, and the laws framed in accordance
Herewith, the rule of my duty and the Ii
pitstion Of Executive power" Mr. Lincoln
declares "that measures, otherwise pncon=
stitutional, might become lawful, by be-
coming indispensable to tn, preservation ol
the Constitution through the preservation
of the nation. Right or wrong, l have as
sumed this ground, and now avow it." Or,
in other words, Mr.. Lincoln nolds that il is
ic.I Cor hin, 70 uinlafa tho Ennsfitntiu m