New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-09-17
THE CANVASS.

The McClcllauites are working desperately
but the tide is against them. They make much
noise, especially with their powder. but they
make no headway. There were more men will
| ing to vote their ticket the day after 1t was
nominated than there are now and more now
than there will be on the day Of election. Their
equiyocstion respecting their platform hurts
them badly The people demand of party that
il shall at least have faith in their own princ-
pies and not be ashamed to own them. When
the Convention puts forth one creed its can
didate another plainly iTreconcilabe with the for
mer; and not even an effort Is made to efiace or
explain their discrepancy, be sure the iates are
against them. Discussion must render their
position more and moro awkward, lees aud less
tenable. Their motley garb cannot abide the
rough handling OF an earnest, stirring, vigorous
campaign.
If the vote Of the loyal States were poled to-
morrow, it would present aggregates Of just
about Two Millions for Lincoln and johnson
against Fifteen Hundred thousand for Me-
Clellan and Pendleton. But we must and shall
| do better in November. An important Union
victory in Virginia would double tho Lincoln
majority in several States and increase it every
where. On the other hand, staggering Union
defeat would diminish the Lincoln vote and
majority; but it would take two or three stun
ming blows in quick succession 10 remand US to
the gloom and paralysis Of August. We even
4 Al. o,,I al ion t m
could do il.
Of the contested States, our hardest work is
to be done in Indiana and Illinois, because the
soldiers absent from their homes in those States
cannot vote. After all has been done that can
be in the way Of furloughs, We must bear up
a,ajnst not loss OF at least ten thousand IN the
popuar vote of each of these States for want OF
Soldiers Voting act We can stand this
since Atlanta; but only last month these two
States would have gone for Mcclellan.
We had supposed New-Jersey morally sure to
90 against US; bat her Unionists sag Motley
can and will carry it. Their works honor their
faith. From end to end, the masses come forth
to hear Unionist speakers and respond to their
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appeals. We reckon that one hundred Lincoln
meetings were held in this State last week, and
that the number is rapidly risingto five hundred
per week. 1t may be one thousand before No
vember. In spite Of q heavy loss by the absence
Of soldiers. New Jersey will poll more votes for
Lincoln this year than sbe did in 1860.
BY the way: Is there not some McClellanite
80 hardy as to attempt TO answer this question
1.-THE soldiers are mainly on your aide Gas You
say) phy has 10 sirgk Legislature Of your party
srer passed a" act emobisg them to son' 1t
surely is not that partys custom to disfranohise
men who were ready and eager to vote for it.
Let there be no blind trust that all will come
ont right. We shan triumph, because We shall
doserve TO triumph. We shall SOW the land
broadcast with Union newspapers and docu-
ments, and shall reap therefrom harvest of
loyal votes. And when the result shall have
shown that tho UnionisLs stand firm a. a rock,