Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-09-30
What Disgusted Democrat Thinks Of
Gen. Ncclellan's Latter.


To Maj. Gen. G. b. MeClellAn. Orange.
/ Nj
DEAR Sm; Il IS mean thing 70 listen
At the key hole Il is meaner 70 open =
private letter. Il i the meaness Of all 70
aocePt hospitality and Abuse the host Bot
these mean tAings are Christian virtues
compared wifh the act Of accept az the
domination ofa party in order 90 destroy
a. platform Is the party's sooL A
candidate Is the Party's body. SepAra te
the body from the soul aad death ensaes
IL - As difficult 20 sit between two stools a. 90
sleep With one eye open. You cannot wor-
shiP God and ManmOn. Honesty Is not
only the best policy. but ths only one for
an honest men. To cheat IN politics Is as
wicked a. 70 cheat in money. You know
the Peace men controlled ihe convention.
They gave you a platform hat vas neither
hsh- Aesk. fowl OF maokerel Yet YOU
INSIST upon the nackerel Hence the Daily
News, the Metropolitan Record, Freeman's
Journal. and the Ohio Cnsis Az OF from
you like hoops from an efervescing barrel.
Singleton will follow Wood; vaHandisham
VII fail in. and in two weeks Pendleton
willdecline % be ship~recked with the rest.
% Come out from under the bed said the
indignant wife 10 her Undecided husband.
. No. said be. so long az hare re spira
ef q Ssaa Eifiia 49,
Marx my words. General-vou viii not
carry single State except New Jersey.
and you win sacrifice seven Democratic
members Of Congress out Of ten. Look AZ
Vermont. Name will b. the sane. Indi-
ana ~ill only lead the other State. by a
month.
I Noa vii ind Il As bard A. the rebels
have % 6ght such Democratic name, a.
Foot. Fsrragut. Porter and Duponi on tbe
sea. or Grant. Meads. Barnside. SickIes.
Hancock. Thomas and sherman. on the
land-AA Of whom Are against you. The
late lctters u sherman asd Grant rattle
through the demOcra tic ranks Ike light
ning through a gooseberry bush. n o-ly
costs ter thousand dollaJs 70 g>f up a No
Gillian BssefiHg. Young Kefokuu- said 90.
II he explosion Of a limited quantity Of Gas
Ia Cnion square killed two women and
wounded several the other night. whAt viii
be the disaster when your whole party
burst up in November?
james Buchanan said that be vas not
J. b.. but the Ciuniunsti platform. You
reverse it. and say that yoa are not the
Chicago platform. bat G.. b. Mae. Said
Lord Byron 10 Don J,s,Ea.
The ~eh known H.hrsw -ord an.
We Eag.,.h s-- 10 xossrn -
But TO your letter. Bul-er said the
' Pss III uuigi',sr fA1a tLe s,rorS.- Then
be had not made your acquaintance. Gener-
al. Nominated on your record Yes.
The Drah. The Proclamation. The sus-
Pensioh Of HAbeAs Corpus. The Arrest Of
Legislatures Military AZ the Polls. and
disobeiieaos ef orders. l. not that your
public record? Do you mean. by alludiug
70 yOur record. that you val do the sane
AGAIN.
GTSrLENEN I have the honor 20 ae-
knoviedge the receipt Of your letter. infor-
laing me Of nv nomination Cof course. Who
else DID you suppose it -as9 by the De-s-
ocratic National Convention. rcertainly. Il
vas not the Republican National Commit
tee recently assembled At Chicago. that's
50; it did not assemble az Cleveland or
Nev York. a. their candidate A. the next
election Tor President Of the Cnited States.
lENactly; a ~as not for the last election 4
- 4
fhai this nornination comes % a.e Insossht
LNig sas 90. th,asl
lake The ~h0le letter. paragraph bv par
sgraph. transpose it a. haze this sentence
and yoa -i'i fnd it a. weak a. dish-waier-
snlecided. iaeousisisni. sngrammafio.i aad
egoiisticaL The siK illusions D. the Union
remind one - che stereo,yped cry IN tbe
Forunes of fNigei-Watcbes. Clocks. Bar
nocios. The bright boy -ho cred bsrna-
cies. watches. clocks. introduced new idoa
INTO scotland.
ia frank. earnest sai persistent effort
TO obiain those objects should fAli. ths re-
sponabiEfy for uiteri3r consequences ~iu
fan upou those rho remain in arms against
tbe Union.
Why nos say vsr right cot. not dodge
round . corner his vay. Dont forget that
oii Cass kiilcd himself 18th fhs Nicbolson
letter
Believing ihst the vievs here expressed
are those OF the convention and the people
you represcnt. I sccept tho nomination.
/ Gou don't believe anythinr of ~ kind
I Nou kn0~ better. The Northwesf we're al
peace. So rrsds the platform. Fivc hun
drel delegates unaniasously agree upon q