, 1864-10-21
Letter from Hon. George E. Cole.
We extractthe following from private letter
.om Hon. George E. Cole. dated Fulton. New

We extractthe following from private letter
from Hon. George E. Cole, dated Fulton, New
York, Aug. l4th, 1864 N E4,
Before this reaches you the Chicago
Convention will have nominated the next Pres--
dent, and you will have heard oft by telegraph.
l say President, for judicious nomination with
platform looking to peace on honorable terms
is equivalent to an election. Mcclellan is far
ahead Of all competition for the nomination, but
the signs of the times indicate that he will be
triumphantly elected. 1t is estimated that New
York city will give him from fifty thousand
to sixty thousand majority, and the majority
in the State, cannot be less than that,
number, while Pennsylvania, NewJersy, Indiana,
Illinois, Delaware Maryland, Kentucky, and Mis-
souri, are counted upon as certain to 60 for him,
which will be l27 of the electoral Yotes-Il6 be-
ing necessary fora choice. Besides, Wisconsin,
Michigan, New Hampshire, Connecticut and
Maine are as likely to 60 for him as Lincoln
casting 50 votes more-While Lincoln is only
conceded Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, California and Oregon
casting only Al votes Even California is not
given up by all; but it is generally supposed
that a great many persons not aboitionists in
that distant country will still vote for Lincoln,
suppOsinghe andhis party would permit res
toration Of the Union, including the right of the
States to regulate their own institutions, inclu-
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be enforced there, SO that the great political rev.
oluton which it is working here will not be felt
there Not one man in ten liable to the draft
will vote for a continuance of the war for the
abolition of slavery, and have not found ANY
who now intend to- Should any one other than
Mcclellan be nominated by theChicagO OOnven-
ton, the army vote might beat him, but "Little
Mac" is as popular with the soldiers as ever. I
have not seen a veteran volunteer (and I have
met and conyersed with great many) who is
not a Mcclellan man, regardless of politics.
They all think him the greatest Generalwe have
had and the good care he took of his men en-
deared him to all of them tits also generally
believed that large portion of tue leaders of
the Republican party intend letting the election
90 by default, as they have lost all confidence
in LincOln's ability to carry the war through
successfully should he be re-elected and they
would rather see him defeated than to have it
fail in their hands. This undoubtedly will have
a great effect. 1t is known that Henry Winter
Davis Ben Wade, Chase and hosts of other
leading Republicans occupy this position and
they maYabring out another candidate if neces-
sary to defeat Lincoln. When Lincoln was nom
mated it was generally conceded that if Grant
should take Richmond and Sherman Atlanta
that nothing could prevent his election. Both of
these events could not save him now, and the
former seems t,likely to occur. Lincoln has
few hearty supporters among the people here,
while numbers are leaving him daily. His fool
ish "Io whom it may concern drove the nail
in his coffin. =
From the result ofthe election in Oregon, there
seems to be no hope for Oregon going anything
but Republican this fall. A little taste of the
draft might do the people good, and they will
certainly get it next year if Lincoln is reelected,
for this $500 600" will use up all the material
here, and the Pacific Coast will have to furnish
its quOtanextyear. But there seems to be no
prospect of that for this is the last year of the
war and the reign of Mr., Lincoln.
Yours truly, GEO. g, COLE,