The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-07-29
TuE DruocRsTiC PARTY.

that concern to adapt IL to any eXi-
gcncy which may arise. To 90
~ .Ur-
ward, without waveri' Iii, .i
P''' 'o'o' 10y, ~ In The time Of Jack,
+, -vn, would not suit Tie unsettled con.
lH'tion Of The party. Contng encies
must arise to settle and fix the oppo
Sing elements which now compose
That body. a large portion of the
lparty goes for "pcace on any terms"
and declare that the platform must
contain plank distinctly setting forth
that the war must stop--evcn if It is
necessary to "let the South go in
peace This latter the Union League
says is their desire. They are led by
such traitors as Vrllnndigham, Sey.
mour, and men oflike character whose
avowed principles are dsunion. The
other portion of that distracted and
most unfortunate party unfortunate
in its choice ofleaders and principles J
style themselves "War Democrats" "
who are not willing that the stigma of
toryism and treason should bcfoul the
skirts Of their garments, are in favor
Iof some kind Of underlined war policy.
They use the terms "our forces" "our
troops" sour armies" etc, with an
appearance of honesty very much as
the "oI3 fellow who offered to give
away the "kingdoms of the earth for
bit ofworship, when he did not own
n single brick of all the cities he offer.
ed to bestow so lavishly. This clique
desires to hold the affections of the
brave soldiers in the field by express.
ing an interest in their welfare and
success. That some ofthem arc hon.
est in this we have no douot we will
leave the battle scarred soldiers to
Judge Of their sincerity by their acts
anu 'ie co'npauy 'hey Keep Ane9e
ei"iin u' L. MeOleilah ior 'neir s'an'
dnrd bearer, but they are willing to
vote for any body else should there
he chance of defeating the true I'm
ION toket' ihey afirm that success
can only DC had with an ont and-ont
war man Tor president standing upon
war pi"''orih' bu' III oroer 10
cohc'l'a'c Vhe opposing wing they are
"''''hg the olive orahch snail DC
lehSra''eo oh 'hc'r iioerty tree Oh'
'h'hS however they cannot see VIZ
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But the leaders see that these two
discordant elements must be neutral
lied in such a manner rs to bring
them together upon common plat
form. How TO do this Is one ofthe gra
vest questions they have to consider
The Union party met at Baltimore
was perfectly unanimous, enthnsias
tically nominated thcir ticket, and
went home SATISFIED with what they
had done Inc ehtlre party are SAT
'sheo aho are "orh'hs en'lluSiaS''c"'i'
10 eject the tichec' ihis sta'e vi al
Iairs greatly puzzles the democracy
iheir ehorts 10 create di'is'oh IL
the On'oh RANKS nave exploded IKE
soap bubble something else mus
DC done' put what that something else
shall be, is the question now serious
iy puzzling the muddlcd Democratic
brain. The Fourth OF july was sci
for their national convention, but these
questions were not disposed of' Tho
situation OF the armies did not quite
suit their tactics. Grant he'a Lee
army as IN vice within the defenee'
OF Richmond Shcrinah persistehtj
pusheu MS VICTORIOUS army inCo 'h'
hear' OF "eors'a' CLOSELY ioi'o~e" Lit
discomilted Johnson Johh Morgan
lIgaap1a. he saw and left kpntunE y