, 1864-10-12
The Decisive; struggle--.lts Ma
ture and Its Issues.
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TIE CHICAGO PLATFORM, AIIAs DRADPALL.
want to talk awhile abont nI,,torr.
otherwise sometimes knoxn aod cn-ssd 81
dpatfal]e. I ehaIl mt snan fnrnat 80 80 M
mrs with which f;rst read tne aeadt,,tS.t 1
The Chicago Conyenfjon hniIt for itsclf anS
called It nlafforn f1arnhtee ~ '~S nv n.st an4
tet1ino VA i1'tense at ntr nlsa 4ha
whole continent of AmeTica there cnn1d the ha
found bodV Of mpn. an iost - n.tr;nt;sn' IG ue
freedom: frnth, and d.csncv a. - ~ aend for,h
such concort|on OF tresson hvnocrise u '1r. nnI
freud. ICheers1 mt, nv st 5pber ssoand and
tbonrbtH made ne ;nh,iant. for % 60 geu - ny
thetr csdfsI1 Iod ~ ~ ;ns.ort - ~ 49,
tion. dropnei nnnn themselrsa md cansht
tha whn3a nemacra,;c tr3hsNIrhaa"s1 aau
/ Democrats Penca Demnrrata Ennnelbl lad1
Sons Of Liberty Horatio Sesn,cnrl fernsndn
! Wood. VaJlanairhnm. and ali. HIND and
continued cheers i and an ii stliil mora mora 5nbi-
next month the erest Union Marty of tbc m.
t;o1, viii 1inht Joten ~ Xxx S5aasfam s an5
crnsh he iaat hraosh ~ ~ 10 whnfa na.a1 49,
ccratic masses that NAV then be under it..
/ fGreat cheers, and q cry, "Where is George
| =. Pughe''l Aud said with Sanche Piazza?
ablessings on the man that first inyented'-
platforms! Laughter and applause-1 But
vas the Democratic party In 1854. It was
for time disturbed because the Republican
Union party nominated Its Candidates as
ea1ly 10 June put the result has sho IN that
II vas Weu; though Ina way that It was
pfobaoly nor foreHeen. From the 8sh OF
yane, Whtn ~. Lincoln WAS nominated, to
...N .nu .ot1 " august, "hen etn- Mcclellan
mss ,1a,a nom,nsIeo, nafd'y movement Was dis
coss1aole among the people In rsference to
tae lfesloehtal electlon. an uniformed OBJ
were wfIhGn ~ msnr 1e.r, suppUssg - .na. We
n,o,ths II 1naEe aIaadt,iin ~ ,;,s 1s "e We1o
for Vl{cb. cyidentIy fhe nernocracrr too1
- Their Cnnren,3,- .uu o,.aa C.n,gssG5 la.stook
an,mnfinc convic,inn +haf 4nsv had auoei aei, IL
mt their candidate IN the tr;c "u N 5 ,n:,+ee w
rw1th how mnrh ANA re1..ht nIaS,t ~ ~, nias.s!
let lin win he racs ,n tS,, Uh;tanansa' n' a'o
walk. Mietakipg The nstioo,s nnitt waftina H.
far an anfosor;st tn Mr Tinco,91 ~ s,s.s
fson towa,d HIN md fnd";un ~ thoan ,Ist
the neoria rs,a r'na 4 for 5uoS.us , ofenIs enat
cre,f" ~ asdsts ~ ~ any slan u nemo.
| 18th ~ rnne - p,lei, pna ILL.,, .ne} tooE 1ull
1ttbsers md 1s3.to11 uI ~. uus :, aqemsci9ss:
91atfo,m1 and see Mfst y ~ a7 ~ 1ee1 a eaat F
and % what It T is made @ 1' ot It - Ao' 1nsoe ol'
11 "1' 800 :. =, ss w.
WAT ~ - nut MADE Of
Very few words will suffice to tell what 1t
Is Is mol uihoe ot; lor You can't find q single
tnnestr r. & TTh,ass Su"ia. Aaa..nres, =. Or
nn1o,,E 3ae+tt,,+t ". aao ~ - eo BIZ
f. fonar;nT orss, n,,i 14s..1 a, ssns, ~ altet
H. shont Es,tn.s an a,t,ai' e iesusa, ano ptat
lie
ne,h,rn tbert 4i,o. nu "isa ~ county cares
tha n,1arc,;nn ~ as ~ -, .s ny Pass 1o1
- ~ 81 1.a ~ - ~ a4fsools ConVention,
h,th ~ az ~ 80 iaai nan fant seIy Wen pe
'"fa aot teni ~, a." ~ -! hna. % ufeat Applause
lnat VII h.,oa az 1or What II Is not made Of.
!sosa no%, a. ofieny as possible, tor what 1t is
made Oh -...--
DEMOCRATIC uH1oS1sM.
It begins By saying: .'Tnut in the future.
as in the asr, Ne 6lll adhere with nsWrry-
tulion."
sin The future as In the past" Does that
mean that they have, in lie mast, "adhcrcd
Wllh uus eryitg fidelity to tue Union ~ II
IL does, then they do not speak for the Dem.
ocrstic PARTY, OF else they do not iotend 70
adhere to tle Unton tnli: fSr M il was % snnti'' h.
EN- Democrats WIN attemnted to hres,t nn
tho Union. and n xns a {lamocr,t;a csoeP
tary Of War who turnfshed them Mith st ths
arms Of the Union to aeeail the iInIon T,th.
and it n4rtnrra$ir rrh..
locked an. w,,hont n'nr1.r a. 7n,,e,, ,e ~. ~.
i;tt1e f7noer r. s.rr tba Tf,so, ~ uuea u, - nls
Wa not fnr ne.r1r f,rr ~ ~. Aao a,l.s nase
Snnt1,ern l1-n,ncro,s ar:,s5 o.taa IIEsusigs
Scstrnction to-, a..1'a atmeu ~ lae 4aeas
-. t->0. Apps0aee'l
-FOUR YEARS OF FAILURE" Il
11e traitors platform proceed thus:
f'That This Convention does explicitly de-
clare, as the sense Of the American people,
that after four years Of fAitnre to resfore kte
Union by the experiment Of war *+
justice, humanity, liberty, and the public |
welfare demlnd that Immediate eG3rts be |
made for cessation Of ho.tilities, With q
view TO an. ultimate Convention of tho States, |
or other placeable means, to the end that |
at the earliest practicable moment peace |
may be restortd on The basis Of the Feder.l |
ohloa 4na q th;. ,hf f. e.ates.. sshes .,,..s
whose thupdets from Mobile Raw stIon,o
and Petersburg. .were ever, tteo rererb.rat;nT
oyer the land. Not one word of cheer nrans
cou1agemeu. to our uobie soldlsrs and sa,i-
o1s! Not one breath Of commemorative ~
even cersure, Of th tlr ruthless sI.yeral Mt
one syllable of u sort 6f nurnose ~ rird,co9s cs
or defend the U1iDnt Eot me tbon,;..t ~
thur country IN tts mortal rrannIe win +ht
artstoctacy Of slayeryi 11nfg frf,s saaEs H.
hies at tt1our xears of faiinrei,s ta;lnret
bog Y whtnY wher.p TIE ret,cis had Nn-'
folk Yorktown. New Orlenes pn,t Hn5son
Natchez. Vicksbnn,' Memnh,a u Enin%hus'
Nashville, Chatta1 ooga, Atlanta. have theY
got them nowy IEIc.tinr gnd rnc;f.sanss
cheers | They hal Louisis1a, 3lissi.sinJ