The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-16

deliberations, in your solemn Judgment,
you have closed your eyes for one momen,
to the sound of martial music, and to tho
rustling of banners, and the tramp of arm
ed men that you have turned away from
ensanguined fields, where blood runs and
men are dying, to breathe an atmosphere
redolent Of melodies only, and the harmo.
ny and beauty Of nature, where you can
listen for one moment to the songs Of birds
and the music of waterfalls. They will
thank God that, if we cannot have an abid-
ing and lasting peace, we know that we
shall have, at least, moment in which to
cool this quick round of the blood and
calm that wild and feyerish~ brow of ma
tons delirium, ere the golden bowl is
broken and the silver cord is loosed for
ever and for ever, Aye, AMI it the dem.
ocratic party today was in power, and it
could send forth its note to the people Of
this land, what chorus of seven-toId hal.
lelujahs at the prospect that the Union
with the constitution restored and peace
following, would be brought home to them!
How many hearts would thank you IL
there could be one sun, that for one au-'
tumnal month would ripen the fruits of
the season without ghting the way of
contending armies to battle, to murder
and to sudden death !: if we could gaze on
one moon as it fulls aud wanes, whose
pale, cold beams did not fall on ten thou.
sand, twice ten thousand, new-made graves
of the best and bravest men that knew q
mothers prayers, wife's love, sisters
smile, and an old mans blessing. Gap
plause.) -
This, this, is the august task-the pres
ervation of our Union the re.establish-
of our Constitution, and peace to this dis
tracted land-this is the august task of tho
democratic party. 1t stands then to-day,
proud in its history, confident in tho
past, hopeful for the future. Yea, and
from this point it moves forward to its
great work. Come up then from the
West, from the North, from the East, and
the Central States. To-day the shouts
that go forth from this convention Of
Mcclellan, Mcclellan, for the leader"
(cheers) shall blanch with deadler hue
the pale-blooded cheek of abolitionism,
than did the cry of "the Champion p "the
Champion p in the lists of Templestowc
the cheeks of those who saw Wilfred OF
lvanhoe appear to the rescue of the fair
Rebecca. They think that the chair is
drawn to the funeral pile, that the shad-
ows have changed on the dial but We
tell them to-day in reverence, none can
do that but the power that turned back
the shadow upon the dial of Ahaz of old.
Be it ours, then, in the fulluess of trust
in the God of our fathers, with every con-
fidenee iu the leader whom We have cho-
sen-that man whom | have never seen,
whose form and features do not know;
only this [ do know, that while he is ad.
United to be the first soldier of the coun.
try, so far as his character is Concerned,
in all history | find no example that sur.
passes that magnanimity of character,
which touches more souls, and has moro
of magnetic power than anything else.-
Nothing can surpass that noble maguan.
unity of character, tried by both extremes
of fortune, approval and persecution, evin-
ced by Geo b. Mcclellan, applause J
Stand then, gentlemen, by the Democrats
platform in all its length and breadth, az
cept your leader as the choice of the pco-
pie, indicated and approve by yourselves;
let that name 60 forth" cClelau, Mo-
Ciellan, for leader, across your west
ern prairies, beyond the mountains, down
the slope, until it mingles with the MUIR
muir of the tranquil ocean, let it pass
to the East, and 60 up to those beyond
your great lakes, aud they will reecho it
-"McClelan, Mcclellan, for our leader
aud take care, ye men Of the West, that
when We throng that crowded avenue on
the eventful day in November next, that
the banner of New York "Excelsior"
is not raised higher than any that shall
rise beyond the great lakes.