Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-09-07
Our Ticket and Our PRINCIPLES.


Our Ticket and Our Principles.
The Chicago Convention has adjourned.
n has performed its allotted work. Its
7hembers return TO their constituents Ia
Receive the plaudit, "well done, good and
Faithful servants" GEORGE b. MCCLELLAN,
lhe nominee of the Convention and the
hext President Of the United States, needs
ho endorsement at our hands. His bray
ery, his skill as a leader, his energetic
administrative abilities, his reticence under
persecution, his devotion to his soldiery,
bis puro and spotless life, his fine educa-
lion, and his ability to grasp the great
%questions that will necessarily devolve
ppOn him for solution, are well known to
The people. His nomination was made
Xppon the first ballot, with singular unan-
Unity.
n His colleague upon the ticket, Hon
XGEoRGE II. PENDLEToN, of Ohio, is q young
nan Of undoubted ability, of great energy,
and has been lifelong Democrat. As a
member of Congress, he has distinguished
himself by fidelity to the cardinal princi-
ples Of our Government. Such is tue
Ticket presented for the sulfrages of the
american people.
Elsewhere in our columns will be found
he platform OF principles adopted by the
Convention. II is brief, distinct, and
kmphatc. 1t cnunciates three great car
dinsl principles of the Democracy their
bnswerving fidelity 10 the Federal Union
bf the States their unalterable conviction
That peaceful measures are the true means
or the restoration Of that Union, and
lheir determination to preserve unim-
paired as we'll the rights of the States as
lhe power OF the General Government.
The platform Of principles is essentially
practical. 1t does not attempt to deal
with atStruse questions of government,
bu. grapp!es with the vital questions Of
the hour, and plainly defines the position
cl the Democracy. There is no room for
double construction, no attempt to evade
The real issue, but clear as the sun at noon
1ay and distinct as the rolling thunder,
rings out our rallying cry, Peace on
lhe basis of the Union of our Fathers
Whilst tho Lincoln Administration
hayo made bloody, relentless, and inhn
man war the Alpha and Omega of their
neans for the restoration of the Union,
The Democracy pledge themselves to
Cessation of hostilities and a National
Convention, or other peaceful means, to
attain the same end. Reason, intercourse,
and negotiation made the Union, and the
Democracy have unfaltering faith that
the same means will restore it.
The people are the arbiters Of their own
|1esGny, aud in their hands we feel that
we are safe. Lot them but he aroused to
the magnitude OF the issues involved, 10
the immense responsibilities now devolv-
ed upon them. to the fact that their lib
ker'ies and the problem Of the capacity of
|nan for self government are trembling in
the scale and the result will be for u.s.
Ve will not doubt il we cannot doubt it.
2 Awake, then! Let every man feel that
be is responsible for the result. Let no
Hank movements Of tho enemy divert you
from the real issue.
They will vilify McCLEILAy, and thus
endeavor TO divert our attention from
lheir own misdeeds. Detraction and per-
kecution have but served to brighten his
Virtues, and his reticence has aided TO
make him the idol Of the people. We
|will not defend him their abuse will aid
ln his elevation. Our course is an aggress-
Eve one. We demand at the bands of Mr.
Lincoln an account of his stewardship
Where are the hopes, the happiness, and
prosperity Of this country, entrusted to
his care four years since? Where is the
Union of the States, under Government
of law, dispensing equal and exact justice
to all2 Where are the smiling fields, the
plantecus harvests, and the happy homes
Of the States made the theatre OF war
Where are the hundreds Of millions oi
treasure squandered and stolen in this
relentless war? Where are the Liberties
Of the people. unnecessarily invaded by
1 lawless satraps9 Where are the tens
o. thousands Of brave souls hurled into