Washington telegraph., 1864-10-05

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overwhelmed by the enemy, and taken
out of the Union. What did Mcclellan
do! He simply took the best precau-
tions in his power to thwart the treason
able scheme; and had he not 80 done.
ne would have been guilty Of the vilest
treason. The man who says that Gen
Mcclellan is q tyrant, does not know
him; thorough soldier, with the gen
tleness of women and the courage of
lion, no braver, more amiable and kind,
generous-hearted gentleman exists on
the face OF the earth, and no greater Ii
bel was ever uttered than when such a
man j. called a traitor. (Applause
Mr. Harris, Of Maryland, explained
that what he said was that he could not
so before the people Of Maryland and
aud ask them or the members Of the
Legislature to vote for Mcclellan. lie
did not say that he would not vote for
him. He held himself bound 10 vote
for the candidate Of the convention.
Mr. Jones. Of Maryland, regretted
that the gentleman who took The stand ia
defence Of Mcclellan assumed the ground
that he was justified because Of coilusion
between members of the Legislature and
any rebel general or army. Had he pat
|. Upon the ground that he acted upon
creditable evidence, he might have r.
mained silent; but Ia could not permit
the Legislature to remain under such
falsehood.
General Morgan explained that he in
tended to say that Mcclellan acted upon
testimony regarded as creditabc.
Mr.. Jones said that, so far from being
creditable, it has ever been pronounced
by the victims Of that action all utter
falsehood. The Legislature had no
power to pass an ordinance Of secession.
Those arrested demanded immediate
trial, even by drum head court martial;
but instead of giving that which the law
guarantees to the poorest, they Were told
that they could havs their liberty by Civ
ing their parole. Some, worn out by the
fatigGes of imprisonment, did finally
give their parole; but others preferred
to yield their lives rather than submit TO
the humiliatinG test that was required
of them; they suffered long, and yet to
this day they know not their accuscrs.
Still he believed that Mcclellan was too
much Of gentleman and christian to
act as he did, except upon what h. deemed
creditable evidence.
Mr.. Long, Of Ohio, took The stand il
opposition to Mcclellan. He said Lin
coin had been guilty of interfering with
the freedom of speech, tho freedom of
elections, and Of arbitrary arrests. lie
continued: In your reso uiions you have
arraignvd him before thr people of tie
country for these tyrannies and usurpa-
tions, and yet you propose 10 nominata
a man who has gone even further than
Lincoln has gone in the perpetuation Of
similar iyrannical measures upon the sa-
cred privileges and rights Of the people.
Mcclellan il guilty of the arrest of the
Legislature Of sovereign State. He
has uvadcd the writ ot habcas corpus aud
helped to enforce the emancipation pro-
clamation Of Lincoln, the willing instru-
ment Of q corrupt and tyrannical admin
istratiou, aiding, while possessing IN Ilita-
ry power, all It's efforts to strip American
f e-men of their dearest liberties. Will
you 50 far stultify yourselves a. to maze
him the standardbrarer Of the democra-
cyl With all his heart III hoped not.
lie had never done otherwise; and as be-
tween Lincoln and Fremont, and any man
calling himself even half democrat, he
would have IA choice, and would be found
voting found voting with his friends;
but he begged the convention not to nom
mate Mcclellan. Almost any ether man
who claims to BE- a democrat would salts
fy him-would satisfy the northwest.
Weak as is yonr platform in many res
poets, we will stand up, do all in our
power to maintain it; but in Gods name,
don't add to its weakness by placing such
a man in nomination.
Mr.. Carrisan, Of PENNSYLVANIA, fol
lowed in answer to Mr.. Harris, and quo
ted from McClellan's letters to Burnside,
to Halleck and Buell., when those gentle
men were under him, to show that lie uni
versally admonished them that the only
| object of the war was to preserve the
integrity of the Union and the majesty
Of the laws, and tllat h. invariably eau
toned them 70 strictly guard against any
iniringemeuts unon the rights OF proper
ty and person. Great applause.
| The following is from the. dispatch of
the \. Y. Herald, Aug. 31st:
There is strong feeling working up
against the impractcabIe men of Ohio.
The feeling appears to have taken such
strong hold that the uItraisn Of tie
other men will prove 4 dead weight 70
the party, and that the ticket will be
stronger without their support. Ohio.
they say, will so against them any way.
A conviction has taken possession of the
large portion Of the democrats that their
ultra peace men are really rccessionisis.
In fact, Mckcon made rabid speech in
the New York delegation, declarirg thai
separation was their only mode Of settle
ment, and that they might as well come
to that at once as they have TO in the
end. A large majority take no part in
such talk, aud are unwilling to commit
themselv-s-in the platform to anything
that will prevent the coniinuationo Of fight
ing if settlement cannot be made on
the basis Of restoration 1T the Union.
There is large body Of the knights
Of the Golden CircI, here from southern
Ohio, who are rampant. Several of the
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