, 1864-09-08
Obi For a Word from Chicago.

tEfom 3nb hlcnMOnQ EAaMlnc<, AuG.3 =.
Notbirg which can possibly occur at Chi
cago Is 30 momeutoEB to Us as the events
which are taking place on the Weldon Rail-
road, arouod Atlanta, aud near Harper's
Ferry. Even suppose that the Yankee Psace
Democrats In that Convention should carry
all before them: and nou1nat9 candidates on
distinct basis Of peaca and aeparat atioa
(which is By no means ssupposab1e)y yet all that
would e1gntf7 nothing, save In 80 tar ~ the
action should be affirmed By those rasl9ca-
tion meetings which are to take place o|the
Weldon railroad, near Atlanta, and on or
about the Potomac
lfAtlanta were to fall or Petersburg, Of II
Sheridan should drive Early bnck to Lynch.
burg, or II any one Of these events should be-
fail. then all the peace principles aud pa ICE
Presidents Of ChicaxO would be at the eec-
t}on next November where last years snow
is, ~ d last nights moonshine, War, for an-
ether Pr esid=ntis~term, Worid weep aw ~
every vsstige of opposition. But, on the
other hano, it Grants and sherman's aemies
ehould have no more succees within the next
thres months than for the last three, and ii
she1idHn's army Of the "MIdlle Depart.
mens" should still be pretending to louk for
Early and taking care not to find him, or
e1s., at the tirst'sight Of HIM running ssraight
away, ~ for the last few weeks, in this case
It will not matter 10 u in the least if the
Chicago Democrats break up In utter confu-
e1on, and the Fremont party collapsts, a1d
the Davis Wade patty "itner up, and Lincoln
and Seward reign aup1eme; nothing "oul1
avail; the ecale of peace would prtpondsr
ate, az that Of war II orM kick the beam.
IL other words, the 1ssues OF peace and
warare hot In the handR~ Of politicians aud
utatet1t en- no, mot In the Bfig ghtest degree;
they are in the hands. OF soldiers. s. is Use.
ites 10 7ute war II your last armtsS are de
ttroYed uee4ss to vote peace If gotf armies
are uarchiDg on flushed with victory, to a
eplepeid conquest. Further, those Yankees
who are war men today yy}ll be peace men
in three months, If their Grand campss{a
turn out an utter failure; and those who are
for peace to day with few e1cepttons} will
foam for war and yell for blood within tue
same three NOE tbs, If they sse reason to be-
lieye that the Confederacy Is rteling to Its
full.
porically. apd received as an. axiom, that the
0o1pre Of the Chicago. or OF the Baltimore.
or Of tbe Cleveland Convention, or OF all Of
tbtn put together, Are or no consequence
In the world. The election in NoVemher
viii not be governed By the action OF those
no1ftictaIs in August, but by the military
Situation in November; and the election In
Noyemner itself slgoif1es just as little 81 the
Conventions, becau.ethe issue of war or
nescs must be governed, not By the wishes,
policy OF protestations Of the party in po ~e1,
int 6y the situation Of the invading armies
at the c1use Of this campaign, snd by the
Eo+s,bi]jty or impos5ibility OF procuring q
fresh army to undertake invasion next year.
Which 1a the Eaue thing as to say that the
Yarkee nation will fight Us upon thls argu-
mept Just 60 10ug ns tt shall be able to fight
us, and no longer. Whether under Lincoln