Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-13
NO BASIS FOR PEACE.

have noticed thus briefly what is IL
the Chicago platform, as well as what is
not in it; and draw this conclusion that
underlying that platform, cropping out
from every part of it, is the great, criminal
lie, that it is possible to settle this question
without further war. If that were true.
we ought to accept it. If we could settle
this difficulty without further bloodshed,
where is there an American citizen that
would not agree to it? But for the last
three years and a half there has not been a
moment when we have asked anything
else ofthe South but to lay down their
arms and come back into the Union.-
Every man who has a thimbleful Of
brains knows that the rebels have deter
mined on separation and Independence.
JEFF. Davis himself says that it is no long
er for slavery he is fighting, but Tor in
dependence. But these people at Chicago
pretend that there can be a settlement now
without further war, on which basis they
utterly fail to explain in what manner.
What else did the Chicago convention
do, after having made its double faced
platform, with resolution en- one side
looking toward peace, and another facing
toward the war; They put men on the
platform who got all the honor be ever.
had by serving in the ranks of the Union
army under president Lincoln. Why did
they put him on the platform? The whole
brood of peace men were opposed to him,
as well as many others? They put him
him on, in the presence Of War Democrats.
They knew there were two elements In
the Democratic party, a large portion that
sympathizes with treason, and ha, no fault
to find with the South, but who were in fa-
vor of State rights, were led to nullifcalion
under Calhoun and secession under Bucha-
nan and, on the other. hand there are a
few men in the party who would put down
the rebellion by force if necessary. The
leaders of the party desire to bring in both
Of these elements, and to do so they thought
it necessary to make a show of shoulder
straps somewhere and they got the small
est possible show that could be found
Laughter. So they nominated McClel-
Ian, but not till their President begged
pardon for the candidate, because he had
once arrested batch of traitors, and then
chose the man whose name you have UP
here on your transparency to place on the
other end of the ticket The one was to
squint cTosswise towards war, and the
other was to squint meekly and humbly
downward for peace; and then that double
faced platform, with these double-faced
was cast out upon the waters,
in the hope that it might return or turn up |
some day with something in it. And the |
day before yesterday it did return. That
days sun rose upon one of the grandest |
that was ever given to a
young man, in the history of the civilized |
world, to immoFtalize himself In one |
hand he held the Chicago platform, and in
he other piece Of blank paper Pen and
ok were ready, and the question was, what
hould be write? Oh, did almost hope
hat virtue and manhood had not alto
,ether abandoned his spirit / almost
.herished the hope that that young man
would find it somewhere in his manhood to
Vrite just four lines; that would have made
i'm immortal-words something like
hose: 4" I am soldier; l love my coun- 1
~; and as love my country, l hate
our cowardly platform and its lies
Cheers. / scorn your Convention and
our platform. I would be soldier in
be ranks, and carry a musket on nv
boulder, rather than q staHdard-bearer in /
our party" [GrSat chsers.1 Oh, if he /