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deal. And who can doubt as to the yer.


the laugnishiug bodies of incarcerate
yictims-the groans oi the dying, and the
Waiings of widowed mothers aud starving
children if dishonored maideps and vio-
lated homes burning dwellings and de-
vastated fields; az overwhelming national
debt, aud over burdened taxation; if the
loss of the Magma Charto, the writ of ha-
Jeas corpus, that inalienable right of every
American citizen the boss of free press,
of free speech, aud free exercise of reli-
gious conscience, and last, though not
least, the, hiss of the Elective Franchise
the only peaceful weapon of the people
against oppression if, l say, all these
grave and griegeus wrongs, in the great
economy of nature, have any claims of re-
partition on The benignapt providence Of
the God of Hcayea, then, oh I, then in
decd, will the guilty authors and abettors
ofthese dreadful calamities have reason to
call on the hills to hide them, and on the
rocks to shield them from the. Just ven
geanee of a ruined and PROSTATE people,
L am happy to know, and 10 believe,
that the nomination of George b. NIeClei7
Ian and George FL. Pendleton, by the Ma
tional Democratic Convention, at Chicago,
as the standard, bearers. of that great party
10 the preseut political campaign, was inten-
ded, as it will undoubtedly conduce to eff
feet most importa'rt and momeutous
change in, The conduct aud administration
of the Federal Government, beth civil and
military. D.. GEO. ....l.. ... p 't.,.-i.s.
These considerations alone, if there. were
none Others TO be superseded, would in
cline me, at once, to yield my hearty and
uIequivocal support to nominations so
emincntly wise and judicious, in the pres
ent unhappy juncture of our pational af-
fairs, and ut the same time so responsive
to the unmistakable sentiments of SO large
and preponderatiug majori'yof the Dem.
ocratic party. But when we examine the
principles Of the political platform on
which. they have been placed, and the sol.
emn enunciations Of General Mcclellan
in his letter of acceptance, | think we may
see bright harbipgers of glorious future,
in the restored peace, happiness depros-
perity of distracted people. ~, 90. l.
Ii the assept to an armstice and cessa-
ton Of hos,lities between the contepding
armies, in the present unhappy civil war,
With a. view to honest efforts towards a re-
Cancellation f the solemn pledge of. as
sured guarantees for the preservation and
restoration of all the constitutional rights
of the Southern States; if the promise ''to
exhaust every honorable effort of. an en-
lightencd and christian craftsmanship to
preserve the Union, aud win back the af-
fections of our Southern brethren, by any
evidences pfa hopeful future, then, indeed,
may we look to the election of General
Mcclellan to the Presidency Gas con.
sum nation devoutly to be wished for' by
eyerytrue friend OF civil and religious lib
erty and constitutional freedom.
But again, and more particularly, when
we consider that by his election, on the
platform of political principles adopted by
the convention, we shall have recovered
all of our hitherto lost lberties---to wit
the privilege of hobeas co,pus-the Free
dom ct the press--freedom Of thought and
specialization of, persons--the bars and
bolts of accursed Bastiles and loatbsome
prisons no longer turned on American
froemen--drum- head .court-martials and
military commissions, for the trial of strict.
y civil offences abolished. When, say,
I'VE reflect on all these restored and; recov-
cred blessings, WHO can doubt that the fin
ger of Providence in pointing: to Geo. b.
Mcclellan for the Presidency, has hailed
him as the deliverer of mighty and glo-
rious people from all the awful consequent.
ces OF anarchy and despotism. . a.
For these reasons, gentlemen, | should,
ifpresent, most husastically unite with
you, on to morrow, the anniversary of the
adoption Of the Federal Constitution, in
ratitying the nomination of George B.
Mcclellan and.George H. Peudleton, g as
the candidates of the Democratic party,
for President and Vice President of the
United States. Sd ........ aet. j.
{, Permit me, in conclusion, gentlemen, to
add, that l think you have been fortunate
in selecting the anniversary Of the Federal
Constitution, as the day for ratifying the
nomination of candidates who stand pledg.
ed before the world to perpetuate, if posi-
BILE, the benign principles of that noble
monument of, civil liberty. I doubt not,
that its present defenders, lineal descend
atns Of its illuslrious founders, will he
animated by like emotions of compromise
and cancellation, in their efforts to pre-
serve it, as were manifested BY their i'm
mortal ancestors who made it-a work of
the best and greatest men of that or any
other age, which would have lived to this
day, undimmed by time, or unimpaired by
any civil vicissitudes whatever, but for its
violations and abuse by the sacrilegious
hands of Abolitionists and Fanatics. God
grant, that the Democratic party, guided
by the lights of two of its most illustrions
founders, Jefferson and Madison, may yet
be Instrumental in rescung it from des-
truction, and in placing it so high above
the blows of its enemies, as that it may
still hUe, to shower down its blessings on
once more united and happy people.