The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1864-10-12

General Mcclellan has a record
will not occupy your time now by going
over his war record or his peace record.
1t is familiar to this people. On this
point I mi BIT refer to Raymond Of the
IsmeS; to Greeley of the Tribune to,
almost all hhe present leaders of the Re-
publican party; for there is scarce one OF
them lat has not at one time or another
lauded Mcclellan and conceded to him
the praises so richly merted BY
his skill and his trauscendent services.
will net occupy your time now by quot
ing their many laudations oil his sagac
ity. his regard foi his soldiers, his skill
Gin the accomplishment of important re-
suits With but little sacrifice of life,' bis
courage. his fidelity, his patriotism. All
this was before he was known to be a
Democra or we should never have heard
it from these OyaL sources. l will only
refer to Hslleck's pitiful dispatches when
the rebel cannon were laundering in the
ears of the tire bling ingrates at Wash
ippton when McCleian's army bad been
Withdrawn from his command when,
standing within hearing of those cannon
at Acq1ia Greek, while Lees legIons were
driving the exhausted and shattered col
umns Of the braggart Pops, he telegraphed
TO the General in Chief ''if L cannot be
allowed TO command my own army, per-
NIT me, at least to join its ranks and share
tis fate at that dread moment the
trembling Halleck with pallid lips and
shaking pen was writing his despatch, now
historic4l j, 'scome to me and aid me In this
crisis with yous skill and experience"
What an endorsement OF our glorious
Hero and from such a source-from the
man who had conspred with the shufhlng
demagogues at Washington to render
aoortive his plans, lest success might
crown them and make him the peoples
idol. All our Hero's triumph was sud
den and sure. He came-He re-organfs
ed the shattered remnants of our defeat ed
forces, and pressed on to South mountain
and Autetam, driving the exultant and
hitherto victorious !egions of the enemy
before him like chaf before the storm.
[ will only add the verdict of General
Burnside Il know Gen. Mcclellan as
"well as know any Luman being on the
s'face of the earth. know that DO feel
sing OF ambition beyond that of the sue
stcess of our cause, ever enters his breast.
"All that he does is with a single eye to
''lhe success of the government and the
s'breakiUg down Of this rebellion. know
''that nothing under the sun will ever iu-
"duce that man to swerve from what he
Fknows to be his duty. He is an honest,
christian-like, and conscientious man
"and let me add one thing, he has the
"soundest head and the cleare>t military
perception of any man in the United
estates
Mr.. Greeley about the time of the
Cleveland Convention, said it was danger
our even in time OF peace to re elect any
man to the Presidency, because of the im-
mense patronage which he wields and
that especially in time of war, when the
patronage of the Government was increas-
ed to such a vast extent, there would be
danger to the country in re-nominating ard
re-electing Mr. Lincoln or any other man
occupying the Presidential chair. But
Mr.. Greeley has forgotted all this now
he swallows Mr. Lincoln. Even Fremont,
who accepted the Cleveland nomination
Only upon condition that Mr.. Lincoln
should be the nominee at the subsequent
Baltimore Convention, has come into Mr..
Lincoln's support. They make great
many wry faces about it however; he does
Tot go down easily but still they take
him down, long legs, boots and all =
daughter. Mr. Greeley, in the article
IN which he gives in his adhesion, says,in
effect-and L believe / give almost his
very words-''true, Mr.. Lincoln lacks
capacity true, he lacks earnestness, but
we must give him earnestness; true, he
lacks energy, but we must give him en-
ergy' That is the kind of a man whom
it is proposed to make President of the
United States for a second term, notwith-
standing the immense danger that must
certainly result from the denomination and
re election of any President.
But, fellow citizens, as thsre are other
speakers to follow me. | must not tres
pass too much on your patience. One
more point and 1 shall relieve you. We
were told few years since, as mentioned
a short time ago, that we should have No
party now; that we should all join to put
down the rebellion, and when that was
done, we could talk about politics. In
other words, We we're all to 60 together
until the Republican party became the
only party of the country, and then things
would go on smoothly. You have doubt
less heard great deal of this kind of
talk. When the leaders of the Republi-
can party first made to us this no-party
proffer you recollect how it was received.
We met them half way At that titne
Republican Congress declared platform
of principles, which was to govern the
conduct of this war. | refer to the Crit
tenden war resolution The Democratic
party accepted it. 1t was placed at the
editorial head of the leading Democratic
papers throughout the country. The De-
mocracy said "we accept that resolution
ua accent n oven as n test of lovatv IF