The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-09-27
From he 4sehmond Enquirer, September 5thssA
Southern Opinions Of our Pre-
fdential Candidates.

From Ne ichnond Enquirer, September 5th,sA
Southern Opinions Of our Pre-
idential Candidates.
The Democratic nominees in the United
States are Mcclellan for President and
Pendleton for Vice President. What con
Germ have the people of these Oonfederate|
States in the fate of these candidates at the
approaching election In our opinion, the
interest and hope Of peace b not greatly
advanced by these nominations.
From General Met lellan our people can
have but little hope of peace, other than {.
peace. ~ what
hope do his antecedentss hold out that
should encourage our people to believe that
he would yield our nationality any sooner
than Mr.. Lincoln? He is by far the more
dangerous man for us; had his policy been
persistently followed, and the war conduct
ed on the principle of civilized warfare, he
might have divided our people and, per-
hans. conquered our liberties. With con-
summate abilities he clearly foresaw that
emancipation might possibly free the ne
eroes, but could not unite the sections;
that confscation might enrich his soldiers,
but could not reconcile our people !, hence,
with an earnest and honest love for the
Union, he avoided those fatal acts, and con
Quoted the war for the restoration OF the
Union, rather than the destruction of the
South. His policy was the olive branch in
one hand and the sword in the other, to
conquer by power and conciliate by kind"
ness. 1t was. a most dangerous policy for
us for if the ameliorating hand of federal
kindness had softened the rigors Of war, our
people would not have been subjected to
those terrible fires of suffering by which
Mr.. Lincoln has hardened every heart and
steeled every sentiment against our mercl
less foes. .Fs.g ....sa
Asia sincere secessionist, preferring W ar
and nationality to peace and the Union,
We looked upon the fact of a difference be-
tween Mr. Lincoln and General Mcclellan
as to the proper policy of conducting the
war. as peculiarly fortunate for our cause.
We hailed the proclamatioDs of emanclpa',
ton ard coDfscation, and the policy OF
plumber and devastation as sure pledges OF
our ultimate triumph; they were terrible
ordeals, but they most effectualiy eradica'
ted every sentiment of Union, and arousing
the pride as well as the interest of our PEG
pie, inhamed the patriotism of the whole,
until they would have accepted death as
preferable to ultimate defeat.
Now, between Mcclellan and Lincoln
there are many points of difference-the
former is man of talents, of information,
of firmness and great military experience
and ability; the latter is supple, plant,
easy fool, good but vulgar joker. While
Mcclellan has the interest of the Union
only at heart, Mr.. Lincoln has the fanatical
object of freeing negroes for his inspiration.
Between "my plan" as General Grant has
conducted it, and one by General McClel
Ian, there could not have been the same
success that has already attended our arms,
for we lost more men fighting the science
of Mcclellan on the Peninsula than We
have in repelllng the furious but illcon-
Quoted assaults of General Grant.
Thus, whether we look at this nomina.
ton in the right Of peace or of war, we
prefer Lincoln to Mcclellan. We can
make better terms of peace with an anti
slavery fanatic than with an earnest Union.
ist. We can gaia more military success IN
a war conducted on "my plan" than one OF
. real soldier like Mcclellan, and sooner
destroy the resources and strength. of our
enemy, where they are managed and mans
ipulated by the light fingered gentry of
Messrs. Chase and Fessenden, than when
husbanded and skillfully controlled by such
man as Guthrie. Our best hope is from
honest fanatics of the United States, men
who believe in their hearts that slavery is
the "sum of all villainies," and VINO really
and sincerely believe it to be their duty to
separate their country from this "relic OF
barharism." Such men, when they find
that their people are tired of the war, will
end it by peace that sacrifices territory
to freedom, and will let the South "go,"
provided she carries slavery with her.
These men believe no less that the just
powers of government are derived from
the consent of the governed, than "that all
men are created free and equal" The two
postulates are of like Importance to an
Abolitionist.
Both the Abolitionists and the Demo-
Gratis are our enemies-the one, because
we have slaves the other, because we are
disunionists. Nor does their ehmity
differ in degree; they both hate US moat
intensely. The Chicago platform Is that
peace may be restored on the basis of the
Federal Union of the States; that is, re
construction of the Union as it was, with
slavery protected by the nominal laws, but
warred upon by a real sentiment, sggra-
waited and embittered by the war, The re.
constructed Union of the Chicago Platform
would be the certain destruction, first, of
slavery, and next of shareholders. With
Lincoln and the Baltimore Platform we of
the Confederate States know where We
are-outside of the pale of mercy, devoted
to ruin and destruction, with no hope, save
in the justice and protection Of God and
the courage and manliness of our soldiers.
With svords and musketa and 20 non We