The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-15

AwAR DEMOCRAT ON The 20.
LlT1CAL SITUATION.
Extracts from the Speech Or Gen.
John A. Logan % COrbon.
dale. lllinots.
MCCLELLAN AND PENDLEToN.
After they had adopted these resolutions,
hey all went home singing hallelujahs.-
They al expected to be elected President.
They nominated Geo. B. Mcclellan for
President, and for what purpose? Was it
~ the purpose Of advocating the princi-
ples Of that platform
! He or any other man who ever drew a
sword in his cOuntry's cause, who would
consent TO take any position on Q platform
of that kind IL unworthy to be called an
American soldier. Whenever became "a
Rfeedy for Office whenever have such
n itching desire 10 obtain q little power
1br abort time AZ tostultify myself in such
manner, and to SO slander the past acts OF
my life, 4 hope God in Hls in finite mercy will
take me from this earth. Now as to Gem
oEal Mcclellan, have naught against him
personally. As soldier respect him, as
: gentleman respect him but upon that
plSttaYm as politician, have no respect
'1or him. [Applause.] If General McClel-
Ian had been civilian when nominated
If be had been taken from the walks of pri.
vate life-I could have excused him. l
could have said that be was simply mis-.
taken, deceived perhaps but having been
. soldier, having fought under the flag Of
the American Union, having heard the soul
stirring sounds Of battles in the Union
cause, there is no excuse on earth for him
none whatever, on the top of God S earth.
except that he is so craving and 80 anxious
fol little power, that he is willing to ac-
cept it even from traitors and towards.
The men who nominated him were not
in favor of the Union, and had no respec,
for soldiers who had fought for the Union.
They said to themselves We will put him
on this platform we are not in favor Of the
war, it is true we do not like the soldiers;
We hate the color of blue cloth, and we de-
spise brass buttons but We have been out
OF power for some time our rations are
getting a little short, and it is necessary
that we do something or other to getaround
the stump and gain little position. Now
what shall We dot ] believe the people
Who went to the Convention from this part
Of the country could not have been Undue ed
% vote for any man in favor Of the war un-
I'll after the nomination. But these men at
Chicago, though they didn't like the sol
diers. were rather in favor of getting their
votes, 80 they said we will put Mcclellan
On the ticket, and make the head Of it
for the war; they would put him on and
start him like q railroad train running
down the track with steam up and every
thing all right. But they put the breaks
on the cars before it had gone far, by put
ting at the tail Of the ticket George 81. PEN
dleton, whom they knew to be an infam-
ous traitor. They conclude to run a mixed
+ticket-neither fish, flesh nor fowl. They
put Union at one end and treason at the
other. There is such thing, you know. as
President dying. II the Union end Of this
ticket should die, the treason end would
take its place. If they should elect Nc
Clellan and hiselection should surprise him
80 much as TO kill him. which is not unlike
ly, then Pendleton would take his place,
and run the concern on his own ideas.
They ask me to vote for George 3. Nc
Clellan on such platform as this. saw /
won't do it. IApplause.l They ask me to
vote for George H. PendIeton, and ! say l
would not vote for him or that or any 9TH
er platform. for Vice President or any 9TH
er Office, il the devil were a candidate
against him. Why do say SO? served
with him in Congress, and have been
forced and compelled TO denounce him as
traitor, and / have good right to do SO to-
day. have heard from his lips, in the
halls of Congress, before he was even tho't
6f as candidate, words Of treason and dis
loyalty. He has denounced this war from
the time il commenced. He has never vo-
ted q solitary dollar, nor cent, in favor Of
prosecuting this war, no matter how the
money was to be expended-whether for
grub for the soldiers or anything else-not
one dollar has he voted that could be spent
IN any way against the rebellion, and In fa-
vor Of the Government. defy his friends
to-day to point to one line or one syllable
ever written or uttered by him In favor Of
restoring this Government by putting down
the rebellion-not . word. But ii You viii
read his speeches on will find that he has
justified secession. You will find that he
has advocated State rights, and said that
he believed the people Of the South had q
right to secede, and the Government had
no right to cOerce them back into the Un-
NON. That is the doctrine he has advocated
vote for him. Again, defy any man to-
show me his letter accepting the nomina-
ton on the Chicago platform. Where is II?
Why is il that no man can end il? He has
never accepted the nomination except by
simple acquiescence, and by his being put
on the ticket. Why is this, say? Because
the Chicago Convention knew when they
adopted that platform that General No.
Clellan would write q soft letter, sort of
Tor war, saying that he knew the Conven-
ton was for the war, but they forgot to say
%, and all that sort Of thing. [Laughter.l
They have prevented George Fl. Pendleton
from writing q letter, and venture to say!
that he will never write one. Because I'll
they wanted letter from him, unless thew
wrote it themselves, he has been 80 much
in The habit of speaking treason that he
could not write anything else. 1t would
damn him before the country, and they
knew il. ~
Read Andy Johnsons letter. 1t breathes
nothing but true devotion to the Union.-|
He is Tennesseean. He answers the
party that nominated him, laying aside all
he can to serve his country. Contrast him
With George II. Pendleton, who, as have
aid has denounced the war in the Halls of
Congress, and voted against carrying it on.
To-day Mr.. Pendleton stands hand to hand
With vallandigham, Wood, and other
Northern traitors, denouncing every man
connected with the war, and throwing
every clog in the way of the advancement
of the armies. He has been living at home
u the North, doing his best to hinder the
egogress OF the armies of the United States.
What has Andrew johnson been doing !? |
he lived in Tennessee, and was in the
United States Senate when that State se-
ceeded. What did he do? He told these |
tf01tOy9 thew might Spcodo hnf Andrew !