The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-04
THE FOES OF THE co.'s TRY McCLEI..
IANss FUIENDs

Fron ire Tiass.
Every Rebel newspaper in the South, every
Tory newspaper in England, every Imperial
newspaper In France, exP presses a hope for the
election Of McCl llAr. No Copperheld nsv,.
paper can deny mis- fact. Every new mail bring,
new exhibition OF o..
Now, how {, II that Rebels, Tories. Imperilli.ts.
and CoprtrhesdS are IN such eXtriortin lr,.
accord on this point What Is there that uni.I.
them all In such longing that George h. Ne.
Clellan should d,splsrc Abraham Lincoln? Can
it be deeirC for hr strength aud glory Of our
country Do Rebels favor him btc iusu they
want the COnfyd rae, wiped ont ami the Union
restored1 Do tue privileged classes of England
favor him because they want our Democratic
institutions 20 be secured and strengthened Do
the supporters OF the French Emperor favor him
because they imagine that the success Of the
Mooel Republic will commend the Imperial
system aud perpetuale bis dyuaty.
These are questions that no supporter Of McClel-
Ian dare undertake. 20 answer. To say YES to
them would be ridiculous. To say any thing
else, would be to confess that the election Of
Mcclellan promises i'll, and not good, to the
COuntfE.
The bare statement Of the fact, that al the
elements hostile 20 the Union, IN the South and
ia Europe, united for Clellau, IL in itself a
conclusive reason why no friend OF the Union
should support him. lt tells the whole story,
The attraction TO Mcclellan Is an evil attraction. a..
BAD men don't rally 20 righteous lead. The
wolves didn't maze the sheep their captain; or,
II lnGy NlQt IL Only 10 impose upon lnt Hltn
and get a better chance at the fold.
Il is needless TO discuss Mcclellan. Let him
be what he may, bis having such a following
condemns him. Imagine him ever so good a
Union man, Il don't make him ft to he trusted.
Some Of his friends say, to the prejudice of his
sincerity, that privately he don't agree with the
Chicago platform. It may be 80. But his private
agreement or disagreement has nothing pracd.
caly 10 do with his Inc of action, as the head Of
his party. The sheep at the head of the wolves
must do wolves work. It's getting there may
have come from an nnocent Stiffness; but once
there, It cannot help itself The position dom-
mates. The snge will is nothing agIinst the
general disposition aud the settled policy.
Fernando Wood had a right 70 say, with all
emphasis, in his speech at Tammany Hall -
general Mcclellan will be our agent and the
creature OF our will" Vallandgham hut told the
plain tiuh in his sydney speech, when he said
that the Chicago Platform SHOULD be the accepted
epunciatiOn Of Democratic doctrines for the neX [
four years" and declared uuqualidedy that
Mcclellan "wilI abide by It's piuciples"
That which unites Rebels, Tories, Imperalists
with the rankest Copperheads so unanimously
upon the Chicago nominee, cannot be any parti-
Cular concern for him personally. Their fervOr
can be due to nothing else than to liking for the
policy of the party with which he is identified.
They believe that policy adverse to the Union,
and on that score only give him their support.
Are these men deceived Can it pc that the
keenest intellects among all the enemies of the
Union are at fault In estimating the effect of
MoClellan's election upon the fortunes of the
Union
Now will loyal Americans further these malign
calculations Are they willing to cast such votes
as shall delight the enemies of the Republic !?
Every true American feeling rcvolts against it..
The time has not come when our birthright Is to
be managed SO as to please Rebels at home and
foes abroad. Our people have not yet so degene-
rated from their fathers, who brayed the world ia
laying broad and deep, In human rights, the
foundations Of a Government that shall endure
for ages.