Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-09-07

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clarine that the Chicago platform ''ssstai"s
,sAztpss1rity 81 The, Onion. ths lsrad1 con-
tin ~ GA 81.
Nc Chicago platform says nothing sbo't
s,.sSrv' SseA;lS u baltimore rldvorw triss -
,,s,ls siarSrv al issue The Baltimore plat
Corr, thanks our brave soldiers, and 10 does
Me Chicago ,latform. Tho Chicago plat
firm condemns the arbitrary arrests, and
he Laltip.ore platform approres them. TIE
Baltimore platform calls for change in the
Cabinet, and the Chicago platform calls for
4 chan re in the whole administrat. on. lie
chicago platform extends its sympathy to
ur soldiers who arc confined in rebel pris-
oners, and tie baltimore platform doO mot.
The Baltimore platform e'uses to NV any
peace frcept upon the ''uneondit,onde s"r,en-
der"'o Of Hs fejch, while tho. Cnicago fiat-
form offers ccs sation of hostliities ana .
convention Of States, srith d r.e@ 70 peacs on
Ms. basis Of reunion. The Chicago platform
.lenouaces military Interference IN poii'csi
.lec.;ons. and the baltimore platform en-
lo,s,s his in,.rtrencs Here the contrasts
and similaritirs alike cease.
tn. maid feature Of The Chicago Conyen-
,;on was lie utter and .fnal dJeGt If tie
Ursis. Ialiaadighaa. and otder ,opperkead
a1oce n.fa. Vailandgham was a delegate TO
he Convention; but the Woods were there
az lobbyists. Their only authority was
resolution. which, hid been voted down by
the Peace Convention at Syracuse. but
which they had iraudulenty revived. These
sham delegates were not recognized oiiiciai-
"; but they were hooted at in the streets,
insultcd in the hotels, outwittcd in the eau
cusscs, and finally snotAered by the action
of ne Conssnfi1.a Tailandigham, Harris
and the rest 0fthe Of the coppcrhead dele
gates hare not plank in the ptdttofm i; and
the Woods. who worked like beavers for
Seymour of New York, are laid out cold by
the nomination Of Mcclellan.
We have always told the politicians that
the coppcrhead peace party was humbug,
and that the coppcrhead peace fraction Of
the democratic party had no strength and
The vote OF the Convention proves the truth
Of our assertions. On the fist ballot, after
bitterly opposing Mcclellan, the copperhead
peace men concentrated upon Tom Sey-
nour, of Connecticut, aud behold, they could
only muster twenty three and half votes
the half 4 vote represent ne Nallandig-
ham probably. Then, instead Of carrying
cut their clustering threats of boiling, these
"copper" ca,ls all ate the bitter leek, and Val
landiglan himself moved chat Mcclellan S
nomination be made unanimous. What the
Woods will do we neither know nor care. II
they bolt it VIII be a godsend to the demo
cratic party. Some time ago we warned
Lincoln not to bargain with them but he
would not take our advice. If he has paid
them anyti.ing down, or if that twenty five
! thousand dollar Montreal check was to pa;
them for working against Mcclellan, some
body has been sadly swindled.
The candidate, the platform, the dcstruc-
ion Of the copperhead peace fraction such
Il the summing up OF the Democratic Ma
t.onal Converts II.
NEW YORK NEWS.
The New York News as the organ OF the
Woods and the peace fr.eton,' finding
that it would be LEI. hig;l and dry without a
bakers dozen Of supporters if it undertook
10 stand out against the will OF the people,
falls into line and after CHASTITY attempt to
extract the same sort Of comfort from the
platform that the administration press affect
to deprive it, is says:
The nominee Of the Chicago Convention
for the Presidency is not the candidate Of our
preference but standing upon the platform
upon which he has been nominated, and be
ing the recognized standard bearer Of the
Democracy, he is entitled to and will receive
our earnest support. Geo. B. Mcclellan
has done and said much that we cannot and
will not attempt TO excuse, but rs between
Geo. Il. Mcclellan and Abraham Lincoln no
Democrat can hes tate, ard we are convinced
that the same concord Of action displayed
by the Convention will De demonstrated by
The Democracy at the polls on the eighth of
next November
1t is unnecessary for us to state to our
readers that we would have preferred the
nomination Of any other of those names 10
those whose name, Were suggested 10 the
Convention, but the choice having been
made, we will permit no disappointment on
our part to interfere with the paramount du-
" that we owe to the Democracy, to sustain
their candidate. and to assist in clcvating
hiin to the Office now abused and dishonor-
cd by its incumbent. Gen. Mcclellan was
nominated as the man who, in the opinion
Of the Convention, would poll the largest
vote. That was rot our opinion, but we
hope that the result will prove that We were
wrong and that the Convention was right
and to the attainment Of that result We will
apply our utmost influence and our best cn.
orgies.
PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER.
The Philadelphia Enquirer is the old and
and staid organ Of the administration party
i'll the Quaker City. 1t says Of the ultra
and imprac!icablo "poace faction:
Wood, Yailanaiehanl and their uncondi
tional peace corfederates are nowhere They
| have becn laukcd right ana left. Then
crafty strategy has been ioiled. They hays
been repealed in all their advances, aud de
feated with great slaughter. Wood is des
pissed and condemned. He hasn't the shad
ow OF voice in the proceedings. He ha.
ne more influence at Chicago than "Colora
do Jewett had at Niagara. There is no
| on 1HacOrd a mere cOnsricuol,S cyampla Of .