The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-01

the resolution 6uOPtoo " 49,
the United States, not far from the iou..n
day of July, 1861, and worthy to nave De.u
.dopted on that hallowed anniversary w
self-adopted in the Senate, on t1e !notSn
of Andrew johnson, and adoptea III .h
House of Representatives on mo'ion VI 'a
lamentad Crittenden. That terrible To-
mise at Bull Run had tLen just taught US
wisdom. Would to Heaven that we mao
not 40 soon forgotten that lessonl II we
had never departed from that resolution
q cease had never recanted vows made IN
na;n"-I firmly believe that union ana
neace would have been our blessed poruen
at this moment. You all remember tnat
resolution. 1t embodied the simple Pollcy
of a vigorous prosecution OF the war ior no
purpose of subjugation or aggression, IN no
spirit of revenge or hatred, with no dlsposl,
ton to destroy or impair the CONSTITUTIONS
rights Of any State or any section, ou. ior
the sole end Of vindicating the Constitutlo1
and re, establishing the Union. Cneers:
That was the policy which would nave q!
yided the South, and which ought 70 nave
satisfied and united the North. Let me
rather say it was, and is still, the policy
which, steadily pursued, under the lead OF
men against whom the whole Southern
heart, and mind, and soul have not become
hopelessly embtterel and poisoned, under
the lead of men, too, who are not ashamed
to avow that readiness for reconciliation
which is the highest ornament OF the Chrls-
tisn character, and without which we can
not rely on the blessing of God; this, say,
is the policy which thus pursued will again,
if any thing earthly ever will. unite both
North and South in the bonds of constitu>
tional fellowship, and exhibit our country
and its flag once more in the face OF all the
world, with "a star for every State and a
State for every star" What glorious
day that will be, my countrymen, for us
and all mankind If to yearn for it, and
to pant for it, aud pray for it, be subject
for reproach as exhibiting too great vii
lingness for peace, am the guiltiest man
alive. Cheers. And how can we hasten
that day more effectively than by support
ing the candidate who is the very imper.
sonation of the policy have described!
Our noble candidate has enforced and illus
trated it thousand fold better than any
one::else can do, in his memorable despatch
from Harrison's Landing, in his brilliant
grafton at West Point, and still more re
Gently in his admirable letter accepting the
nomination We are assembled to ratify.
Three cheers for General Mcclellan.
These are the true platforms for the hour;
and not for the hour only, but for all time
We need no other, and some of us, certain
ly, can recognize no other. Irejoice to see
50 many of their noble sentiments and
golden sentences emblazoned on the count
less banners and Examinations around me.
Let us cherish them in our memories and
write them on all our hearts. Applause
Yes my friends, if anybody is disposed
to cavil with you about your platform, tell
him that General Mcclellan has made his
own platform, and that it is broad enough
and comprehensive enough for every pa.
triot in the laud to stand upon. Tell him
that you should as soon think Of holding
Mcclellan responsible for not taking Rich
mond, when he was so rashly interfered
with and so cruelty stripped Of his troops
on the right hand and on the let, as you
would think of holding him responsible for
any e9uivocsl or any unequlvocal words of
Chicago Conventions, or any other conven>
yentions, which malicious partisans may
attempt to assert to his injury. Tell him
that you should as soon think of the brave
army of the Potomac having been fright
ened from following their gallant leader to
the field by the quaker guns by the road
side, as of his supporters for the Presiden
cy being scared from their position by any
paper pellets of the brain, wise or other
wise, which ever came from the midnight
sessions of resolution committee in the
hurly-burly of national convention.
[Cheers.
General Mcclellan, | repeat, has made
his own platform, which ought to be salts
factory to everybody. His letter OF accept.
auce, especially, ought to be hailed with de-
light and with gratitude even by those who
are too far committed in other directions
to give him their SUPPORT. 1t is worth an
Union. 1t has the clarion ring to rally a
nation to the rescue. Cheers. Itspeaks
too in trumpet tones to our deluded breth-
rem in rebellion. warning them that there
is no cessation of hostilities upon any
other basis but that Of Union, but pro-
claimed to them that the door Of reconcile
alton and peace is open on their resuming
their allegiance to the Constitution and
laws of the United States And certainly,
my friends, that letter of acceptance has
turned the flank of his revilers as hand
somely as the gallant Sherman has turned
the flank of Hood at Atlanta. Laughter
and applause. 1t has taken away every
pretext for those indecent and unjust insin>
nations against the patriotism and loyalty
of all the opponents of the Administration
which have fallen from 80 many reckless
partisan tongues. 1t has destroyed every
pretence for the imputation that there is
party at the North ready for precipitate
and iguominious abandonment CT the great
struggle in which we are engaged, and will
ling to entertain propositions incompatible
with the restoration Of the Constitution
and the Union. The Union-"the Union
at all hazards"-is as distinctly the whole
import of George B. McClellan's letter of
the 9th of September as the Union in any
event" was of the Farewell Address of
Honro. Uocb;p rfon u hnse prop,,loaf;oo