The Goodhue volunteer., 1864-08-24
~- ithcy come to the conclusion that .
will be more likely Is ensure

- Ifthcy come TO the conclusion that !
war platform will be mora likely u ensure
SUCCESS they will be for war, provided the
ultra copperhesd., who will try to control
the convent on will let. them, II there is
any hope Of fighting it ,hroug> on q. peace
p'atform they will be for peace. ~
Not long ago there was a monster Nc
Clellan demonstration in New York, gotten
mp as a pressure on the coming ,Chicag go
convention: Mcclellan, whose policy, as
stated b. his staff officer, Key, is no: to cain
any 'csi''cl cit ry, ,ls: to http tie thing
along uxtI 5,ti siies ar, no,n ont. mi thtn
co'npromist, is understood to 10 the demo
crat g u tr c tneMa'e. BY ring ont OIL.
sides, means. nuti the two million men now
in the tie:l are dta and George B. slcClel
Ian is President .--.,A.
rOA.tAe o her hand, thc Pc co men, Y
landi1hain. Wood and tho .|ike il<, have
had q ba~ba:ue at Syracuse. 'Th,y are o
peace,on> any terms. They also were a
pressure on the Chi ago convention. Va
andigAam said in speech, "If we nominate
\ man on war platform; there is no issue
between US and the 2.rty now in power
Thatswonld be true, ifa war platform wish
Geo. Z. Mcclellan on it meant vqr but
unfortunately it only ueans conpro-
mise, di.honorlble place. and a Dissolved
Union.
+ 1t,is prob,bc ti'a: t:c peace men viii
make strong ,fFort to nominate Sem ur OF
Conn c.;icut. The 1n llama dc'es,tes are al
ready instructed to vo:e or him.
That poor old dotard. Millisra Fillmore
like Van Burcn. ever ,eady to sep in, stands
ready 10 lake nomn,tion il he can got i;
and his f*i:nds, which means in polite, sv-
erybody that wants tffic. by his influence,
are already talking him up, As .eoznpro
mise eand date.
Fremont is as quiet as lamb; whether
he has decided to lot tho lection 80 by dc
fault is uncertain, but it is quite certain
tha. 10 might IS we'll; for he can neither
get tho Chicago nomination, nor transfer a
s:nsis e:ec:oria; vote to the CAic g, nomi
nee.
But v Ith al tho multitude Of candi.lstcs
tbs te1nco acy arc poor. They have not a
principle la; they can stand upon, They
do not one Of them know to. day whether
there is single point in the p,licy Of the
present administra ion upon which they
are at issue they grumbc, and growl,
and fret, and complain, but they larc not
say that they stand upon any different plat.
form, because they do not ::now where
they do stand Ask one Of the democrats
in Red Wing, what his distinctive belief is,
and hs cannot tell you, Ho will tell ;ou to
wal: until after the Chicago convention, ans
then ho will 10 able to tell you-proyidod
they enunciatc aay.
This very want ofa policy upon winch
they can all agree s sure to deroat them
The country may bc ever so much dis,atis.
fed with tho policy o. tho present admin
istrhrion, yet they will n.vc: abandon it,
unsatisfactory though it be, unless some
thing otter can bs offored them. They
will never consen' to change ordor for COZ
fusion, even though displeased with tn, style
Of order.
Theo dare not say they are for war, .;,r
then they approve the war, which is the
very point upon which they disagree with
tho present government: policy. They dare
notssy they arc for peace, for tho p ople Of
this country as for the union, snl they
know thasp~sce means dis union