The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-03

MCCLELLAN for the Presldeucyp Is ltpro-
bable that they selected him from among ali
others on account Of his pre-eminent ouaila-
cations Nr that high oflceP Can Il be snp-
posed, ior moment, that u was his political
opinions with regard to the present deplorable
situation Of the country that determined them
to make him the leader of the Demo-
cracy In the pending Presidential can.
vassp Why, the notorious fact is, that
MCCLELLAN never held n public civil office
IN his life, and never was educated for the
duties and responsibilities of any such position.
And yet at time when, more than ever, the
experience, and knowledge, and talents of n
great statesman are required at the head of
the Government, set Of scurvy, self-seeking
demagogues nominate for the National Chief
Magistracy citizen who is totally unversed
even In the rudimeuts of statesmanship and
civil government. It is moreover equally
true and well-lnown, that McC1Ert. vs.
proicssed views with regard to the Rebellion
and the war, are not in harmony with those of
a vast majority Of the leaders of the partv
whose candidate for the Presidency he has
been made.
lie has repeatedly declared that the war
must be prosecuted, If necessary, until the
Rebellion Is put down and the Union restored
Why, then, should he be selected as the stan
dard-bearer Of the Peace Democracy Isit
because they expected him to renounce his
avowed principles for the sake of being ele-
waited to the Presidency, or do those who
placed him In nomination intend TO abandon
their own unconditional peace principles for
the sake of office, in case they shall find that
they cannot make tool of MCCLELLAN for
their reasonable purposesp,
We cannot answer these questions. But the
secret of the nominations made by the Chicago
Convention lies somewhere between the dis
honesty of the nominees and the dishonesty of
the men who manufactured the ticket. We
are inclined to suspect that the wish to carry
the election for party of office-seekers, rather
than to put the right man in the right place,
was the consideration or influence that con-
trolled the Convention and led to the nomna-
ton Of MCCLELLAN and PENDLEroN.
We are, we think, fully warranted in the
above views by the following A few days
only before the meeting of the Chicago Con-
vention, SAMUEL MEDARY, editor of the Co
lumbus (Ohio) Crisis, and an influential leader
Of the Buckeye Democracy, said:-'I is well
known that General MCCLELLAN has not
one spark of pretensions to the Presidency,
except what he has made out of this war
under Mr.. Lincoln. he never held a civil
office in his life. DENNIsoN brought him
" out as military man. Yet in three years,
as mere soldier, he rises to the demands Of
the Presidency to head party which is for
"peace-a position requiring statesman of
enlarged views and statesman's experience.
And for what? That few men who have
got his ear may get foreign missions and home
positions, at the expense of the peace ofthe
country and the lives of their constituents.
This is paying too dear for such whistles, and
for one, we protest against 1t in behalf of our
" bleeding, ruined, and distracted country"