Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-09-29
HOW THEY LIKE HIM,
Harmony prevailed at Chicago
View of Mcclellan by two of
their strongest Delegates.

After the different candidates had beer
put in nomination by their friends. Mr.
Harris. of Maryland, arose and spoke q,
! follows:
l have the pleasure Of seconding tn
nomination OF Mr.. Seymour of Connect
cut. DO not think it necessary to sa,
one word in favor of Thomas II. Seymour
His record is before the country, and NJ
man dare say that there is a stain upon it
! [Cheers. Mr.. President, we come her,
from the State of Maryland, that down
trodden State; we have had the privileg,
! (and suppose we must be grateful fol
small iavors in the times which surround
! us to meet in convention at home and
send delegates here to confer with the Dem
ocratic gentlemen from other portions o
the United States. We have been op
pressed, as you know; we have had all oul
rights trampled upon; we have had thu
hadeas corpus suspended, military arrests
made, and acts committed which have
been the dictates of arbitrary power.
have no doubt that this honorable assem-
bly, sympathises with poor Maryland in
her distressed condition. When You al
NIT the degradation to which we have
been brought. the tyranny that has beer
put over Us, when you admit that oul
liberties have been destroyed. ask yon, IL
the name of common sense In the name oI
justice and honor. will you reward and
honor the man who struck the first blow
which led to our degradation? Ap
panse Kisses, groans and ironical cheers.
The indications from what l see to-day
are, chat the man who tyranized over and
oppressed Maryland, took away her rights,
aud struck down her liberties-the FIRST
man who struck the blow to overwhelm
the libertie. of that State. will be nom,
mated. Cries of right" right
right" mingled with hisses
l am in the habit OF contending for free
dom of speech; | have been censured for il
by political clique in a Republican Con
gress. cheers. and have asserted to-day,
as did then notwithstanding the censure
Of that body, that have right to state
the character OF the men you have presen-
ted here as candidates, and | have a right
to state that that man whom you have
nominated is tyrant. Cries of "Bully
for you," kissing and cheering He is
the very man that inaugurated the system
by which our freedom was struck down;
that man was. AMI is, George d. McClel-
Ian. Catcalls, Kisses, cheers, &c, |
have the record Of him to prove it and
Sustain the Indictment. expect the jury to
convict him, and not reward him. You
cannot. in such case, ask Maryland, who
has beeen trampled upon by this man, to
agree to his nomination. We will do
what we can to prevent it. Would you
ask me to support a man who stabbed my
own mother? 1t is not natural: and say
for one land l speak for the delegation
from my State) you should not have it..
| will not consent that Maryland shall be
dishonored. The people of Maryland
would say to me, "Instea'! of being our
guardian angel. you rewarded our public
enemy; instead OF yon taking up the de-
fense of the State of Maryland, you actu-
ally say Il will reward the man who
oppressed you and suffer you to build a
platform and take the reins Of Office and
run over u.s."
would say that have an Indictment
here. | meaa the letter of George B. Nc.
Clellan. Hisses--cries of Tribune. :"
"Go on" ''Right."l A voice from the
crowd. "What paper is that?"
Harris-''Tribune.'
Delegate asked if this was a meeting
got up by the Chicago Tribune or not?
Harris-No. am reading from Geo.
B. Mcclellan himself
The speaker then began to read the let
ter dated Headquarters Army Of the Poto-
mac, Washington. Sept. II, 1861, to Maj.
Gen. n. p. Banks, U. S. A.
A delegate suggested that no man had
right to read paragraphs from any pub
ication in this Convention.
This idea caused cheers to be given by
the Mcclellan faction
Harris-Are the gentlemen afraid to
let the truth come ont? Cries Of NO"
NO" and "Resd." Read" "Read"1
The paper was afterwards read amidst
great confusion and uproar.
Again Mr.. Harris spoke. 1 am here
for the purpose of presenting to the Con-
vention the character Of the man which
you have nominated, AMI wish You to
hear his character and to know him as
well as do. CieersI (Three cheers for
Mac. being called for. they were given
amidst whirlwind of hisses.) Well. sir,
that is document by which George b.
Mcclellan took up and arrested the Lepis.
laturc of Maryland, free State. met in
order to thwart the tyranny and oppress-
ion of Abraham Lincoln, [Cries of '.Show
him ur," SHOW him up" "go on" "go
on."] to subvert and overturn those
things that are the foundation and basis
Of our country. Where is the man who
sympathizes with Maryland who could go
to the polls AMI vote for such a man.
Why Mr.. President. how long do you
suppose that these sons and representatives
of Maryland. were imprisoned in the pris-
Ons of the United States? For sixteen
months they were separated from their
families. torn from their homes, kept from
their business. and when at last their bars
and bonds were loosed. it was in spite of
lie acts of him by whom they were placed
there. of him, that devil Mcclellan:
Great sensation, Kisses and considerable
cheering Well. sir, look upon it that |
L not only struck at the liberties of Mary
u