Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-10-26
THE REBELS IN FAVOR OF THE OIL
OAGO NOMINEE,


the disunionists in the country? Why are
Harris. Long, Frank Hughes, and host of
other men who have advocated the right
of secession. anxious to make him Presi-
dent? Why Is he the candidate of men
who have not only justified secession, but
have urged that Pennsylvania should unite
with the Southern Confederacy? Why is
Pendleton, openly in favor of letting the
Southern States leave the Union peaceably.
his fellow candidate on the Presidential
ticket? Lastly, if Mcclellan is for the q
Mon, why are the rebels has friendS7
They are his friends Precisely as he was
praised by the rebel press when in command
of our armies, as the greatest of all our SOL
diers, he is now extolled by tas the wisest of
our statesmen. The cheers with which the
rebel army at Richmond welcomed thenews
of his nomination have been re-echoed In
every Southern city. II the suffering South
ern Unionists desired his election, then his
friends might make capital out of his popu-
arity in the South. But these are not the
men who long for his elevation to power
the rebel army and the rebel leaders are his
friends, and the more intense their hatred
of the Union the more earnest their desire
that Mcclellan shall be President.
There is not a fercer rebel, not a nors
furious enemy to the North, than Henry S.
Foote, of Tennessee, ex-senator of the Uni
ted States. He was the man who wished to
hang John p Hale as high as Haman. He
is now member Of the rebel Congress, and
recently published in the Richmond Who
an address to the free and independent cit
izens of the Confederate States, which
ought to reveal to every freeman of the
North that the safety Of the Union demands
that Mcclellan shall be defeated Mr. Foote
earnestly appeals to his yJeltoU rebels to hold
ont until Mcclellan IS elected on the Chicago
platform, and predicts that then the toor ,oiU
be abandoned, and the rebel Gorernent REQ
ognized He POUNDS this prediction on the
declared principles Of the Chicago party,
and his knowledge of the men who control
Mcclellan. 1t is thus that he explains the
disgraceful surrender of the J Jacksonian max
im-not the Union ought to be preserved
but the Union MUST and SHALL be preserv-
ed which the Chicago Convention delbes-
ately made
81 hold it, says Mr.. Foote, TO be most
certain, whatever opinion may be uttered In
certain quarters to the contrary; that the
platform Is IN distinct and irrecOncila5le op-
position to the further prosecution of the loar
for any purpose aohaterer; the second res
olution.ot said platform as OF Unnastkobs
import, and how any man of discerning mind
can entertain a different view of the matter,
| am at loss to conceive The resolution
referred to, in the most emphatic manner,
delOMlceS the experiment Of S0ar' as means
ofrestorlng the Union; declares that justice.
humanity, liberty, and the public welfare
demand that immediate efforts be made for
q cessation Of hostihties that though the
most earnest desire is expressed for the res
toratIon of the Union by peaceable means,
THERE rs NOT THE LEAST HINT OF INTENDED
RESTRAINT OF ANY KIND WHATEVER.
Again, speaking of the proposed Conven-
ton of States, he says;
Surely this ought not at all to alarm us,
no coercire ipstTunaeatdlitieS aret6 be resorted
to to compel as to re1,ion there is plainly nc
reason to be offended with the members of
the Convention, because condemning this at
rocious war, and syn1pGtitlztng aCith as IN
oar grieudHceS under ats operation and pain
ed at being, as even they must suppose, sep
drdted from as FOREVER by that rery a00r.
they get deptore that separation, and are SIN
cerety destrousof getting into friendly and
advantageous association Icith as Oacen1O
Nor must the overlooked in this remark
able address that he utters no word of con-
demnation of Mcclellan, but cannot find Ian
guage too strong to speak his detestation Of
the Government. The men who are at the
head Of the nation, the brave generals Of our
armies, are denounced By him as murderers,
who will be brought to punishment when
Mcclellan is elected and the Confederacy
recognized
''Lf Mcclellan and Psndleton are elected,
outraged and indignant public sentiment
,0iU demand the drr0ignment, trial, and de-
serUed punishment Of the enormous traitors
and n,urderers echo are responsible before
God and man for all the dbominable crimes
has produced, and they UiH, most naturally,
aim to Grade the menaced punishment. "
Much more might be quoted, but this is
more than enough TO show that upon McClel-
lan's election the1opes Of the rebellion are
founded The Northern man who can now
vote for the candidate of rebels, either in
ignorance or folly seeks to accomplish deed
which the world could never forgive.-Press.
At Mcclellan meeting in Cincinnati one
of the banners represented Mcclellan and
Jeff. Davis shaking hands 'exhausting alt