The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-09-23

they would 90 down to history as tho hit
} tcrcst words ever uttered That explain
, why Democrats look upon your soldiers
with pity. Are those glorious names cursed
words with tho fathers aud mothers VII,
lost sons iu tho performance of that nobles
duty of man. tho defense of his country
from tho assaults of those who would do.
stroy IL! No; thoy are words of gloriou,
memory, that will strengthen Union hearts
whiIo thoro 10 hope of tho nation loft
They will be ss immortal us tho name OF
Bunker Hill or yorktown.
NO BASIS roR rEAcE.
! 1havo motto cd thus briefly what !, ia the
Chicago platform as well as what is not in
it; aud draw this conclusions: that under.
lying that platform, cropping out from eve
ry part oil II, is the great, criminal lie.
that it is possible to sottie this question
without further war. II that were true. VIC
ought to accept Il. II VIC could settle this
difficulty without further bloodshod, where
10 there an American citizen that would no,
agree to il? But. for the last three wear,
6 and a half, thore has not beou a momen,
when we havo asked anything else of tho
= South but to lav down their arms and come
back into tho Union. Every man who ha.
a thimblefnl Of brains knows that the reb.
els have determined on separation and in.
dependence. Jtf. Davis himself says il is
no !ongor for slavery no is fighting, but for
independence. But these people at Chica-
90 pretend that thoro can be settlement
now without further war, on which basis
thcy utterly fail to explain in what manner.
What else did tho Chicago Convention
do after having mado its double faced plat.
form, with resolution on one side looking
toward boace, aud another facing toward
the war; They pu: man on the platform
who got all tho honor he over bad by scrv
ing in tho ranks of tho Union army uuder
Prosidont Lincoln. Why did they put him
on tho platform: The whole brood Of peace
men were opposed to him. as woll as many
others. Tney put him on in the prcsence OF
War Democrats. They know there we're
two elements in the Democratic party; q
largo portion that sympathize with treason,
and have no fault to fin1 with the South but
we're in favor of State rights, woro Ied TO
nulhlcation under Calhoun aud secession
under Buchanan; and, on the Other hand
there are few men in tho party who would
put down tho rebellion by foree,i IL necessary.
The leaders of this party desire to bring in
both OF these clomonts and to do so tbey
thought il necessary to make show of
Z,
smallest possible show that could Le iound
Laughter So they nominated Mcclellan
but not till their President begged pardon
for tho candidate. because he had onco ar.
rested q batch of traitors, and then chose
the man whose namo you bavo up here on
your transparency, to place on tho other
end of tho ticket. Tho ono was 10 squint
crosswise toward tho war, aud the other as
to squint meekly and humbly downward for
peace; and then that double-fscod platform,
with these dOuble-facod candidates, was
caet upon tho uatcre, in tho hope that II
might return or turn up some cay
with something in il. And tho day before
yesterday it did return. That DAYS sun
roso upon ono OF the grandest opportunities
that wae over given TO Q young man, in the
history of the civilized world. to immortal
ize himself. In Que hand he held the Chi
eago platform, and in the other q piece of
blank paper. Pen and ink wero ready, and
the question was, what should he write?-
| Oh did almost hope that virtue and man.
hood had not altogether abandoned hs spir.
it. almost cherished the hope that tha,
young man would find 1t somewhere in his
manhood to writc just four lines, that would
hnvo made him iumortal-words something
like these: Il am soldier; Iove my coun:
try; and, az lovo my country, hate your
co@srdly platform and its lios (Cheers.) J
scorn your Convention and your platform.
| woald be a soldier in the ranks, and carry
a nuskot on my shoulder, rather than a
standard. bearer iu your party" (Great
chcers.) Oh, if he could have written such,
he would havo electrified tho continent and
won the esteem and gratitude of all succeed.
| ing ages of the Republic, as o man who
would not be corrupted. having virtue that
would not be tainted. But,slas! he was not
large enough for such greatness. and he
sunk bmsot to the trucking pelitoian.-J
Cheers -. r.n r. -. ..s. -
Instead of that, he thought to unto things
that could not come together. Tie tried TO
say peace without war. and he tried to- say
war without peace; and o, what miserable
failure he has mado OF it.
THE PEAcE MEN IN TRIBULATIoN.
Go to one of tho lower streets in your ci.
ty onight, where tho apostle of peace from
Dayton sits in great tribulation; go, also, to |
whore that apostle of peace of your own ci-
ty sits; there to night you will find a little
conclave of Democrats gathered together in
great discomfort They don't know what to
do. That letter of McClolan's has discon-
certod them. They had just been having
ONCT tbc Couuh y.
selves with peace triumph. The peace
men of Dayton had said to themselves, We
have driven the war men of the party to the
wall; but now they see that Mcclellan has
admitted thero may be possibility, a ne
cessty even, to renew the fight for the Uni
on. 1t is true that he don't say that he will
ever fight, or that he will ever ask anybody
ose to fight; but he talks about restoring
tho Union at all hazards, and they don't
want any hazards, Laughter.] They
don't want to think of anything that looks
dangerous. They don't like musketry; they
do not like even to SOC your FIRE rockets here
this evening, and no doubt they are dis
pleased with the great assemblage that re-
jOiees in them.
sHouLDERING THE RESPONSIBILITY.
But, after Mcclellan has talked about
Federal basis" and the Union, he says they
must exist by means Of negotiation; that we
must resort to craftsmanship to settle, if
possible, this question of difference; and If II
cannot be settled in that way, what then?-
These man in trouble down street accepted