Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1864-09-14
What Long of Ohio, the Great
f.! Apostle Of Peace, Thinks
...a H OfLittIe Mac.

% Here are Hon. Alexis views. Pass
them to your neighbor: ..... .-..
What has been the burden of our com
plant against Mr.. Lincoln and his Ad-
ministration? He has abridged the free
dom of speech; he has arbitrarily arrested
citizens and confined them to Btstiles,
and he has mterfered with'the freedom
of elections. q What have you proposed
in these resolutions? You have to GER
tain extent. indicated the freedom of
speech; You have condemned arbitrary
arrests, and denounced interference
with the freedom, of elections; and yet
You propose! in George b. Mcclellan, to
place upon, that platform one who has
gone further in all three If these meas
ures than has Abraham Lincoln. George
B. Mcclellan has not contented him
self with the arrest of citizen here and
there and incareerating him in Bastlle,
but has arrested an entire Legislature at
one order. He has also suspended the
writ of habeaS corpus of which you have
complained. He has acqulesed IN the
Emancipation Proclamation OF which you
have complained OF Mr.. Lincoln; and yet
YOU propose, in the very face OF the de-
nunciations you, nave -heaped upon the
head of Mr.. Lincoln, to stultlty your
selves by taking UP a man who has been
a simple instrument of Nj, Lincoln tor
carrying out the very acts you denounce.
While he said this he stood by the
Presidents chair elocutiOnizing IN
spirit of earnest zeal which will not soon
be forgotten by those who Witnessed 1t.
There were those i'll the audience who
doubted Aieck's allegiance to the Demo
cratic party, and asked him II he would
vote for the nominee of the Convention,
to which Aleck replied: 81 expect to
vote for, the candidate nominated here.
| have never done otherwise" Did ne
mean by this, as his words imply, that he
had always voted for the man nominated
at Chicago, and if so did he help to elect
Mr.. Lincoln? ts.--- s.. --.-.-
But the member from the Second DIS
trict went on: "Giye US candidate for
PIesident-any one except George b.
McC.ellan-any man, care not who he
| is-any. man whose hands are clean,
whose skirts are clear-any one who has
not been instrumental in making arbi-
trary arrests; in violating the freedom OF
elections and the rights of citizens, in ev-
ery possibIe manner in which he. could
/ carry. out LLc MlSnCo VI AOAohNA-
coin. Although he is not from the
Northwest, now suffering with taxation,
although not in our interests in the
Northwest; although it may be for the
benefit of eastern capitalists-f he be
Dem ocrat free from stains-we shall vote
for him; we shall support him; we shall
rally the masses to support him. Any
man else,. save. and except George b
Mcclellan. 1 beg of you not to nominate
that man, l beg of you to give US anoth'
er candidate, Any man-any man. a.e
"In conclusion beg ofyou not to nom
mate Mcclellan. Having laid upon the
table the time honored principles OF
Democratic parties, as expressed in the
resolutions of -l798-991-haying ignored
them by laying the resolution on the ia
ble--and weak as your platform is look
1 ing, in some degree, to peace, as 1t does
in Gods name don't place upon it q
man who is pledged TO, every act against
/ which your platform declares" 10 ls,ai g