Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-13


do not know where you viii go to find
them.
And YET these men at Chicago tell you
the war is failure. Why i the war a
failure to them2 It is only a failure be-
cause if II succeeds thsy fail. TGreat sp-
plause.] ] To sum it all up in one word
You have party in the West, and in the
East, with its head at Chicago, which tells
you, and it is true, that their success de-
peAds on the failure of our armies their
defeat depends upon our success. Ii the
Union army succeeds, and the war triumphs
the Democratic party is a failure; and if the
war is a failure, and the preservation of the
Union is defeated, it will be in consequences
of the success of the so-called Democratic
party. Cheers. What do on say to a
party whose success depends upon the de-
struction of their country? A voice
Down with it.
CESSATION OF HOsTILIIEs.
The next thing in the plat 'orm is de-
elaration of what they intend to do. And
that is, that they viii demand an imme-
diate ce. sation of hostilities. What does
that mean? 1t does not mean merely that
a command shall go forth to cease firing,
but that our armies shall be turned to the
right about, and leave the enemy's terrific
ry. Foices-"Never, never There is
no cessation of hostilities while you hold
the enemys country. Therefore you must
send The bugle along the line, from Texas
to the Atlantic, to turn around and march
back over five hundred victorious battle
felds-back from Fort Morgan, Atlanta,
Resaca, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge,
Lookout Mountain, and all the glorious
fields of Georgia and Alabama, abandon
ing them all to the traitors, who will come
bowling back on our track, Kissing and
hooting us as we come. That is what they
mean and nothing less.
DEMOCRATIC SYMPATHY FOR THE SOLDIERS
Another proposition of their platform
relates to the soldiers-the noble, glorious
men in the field, thousands of whom have
died in the defense of our common country
That great convention at Chicago did not
! dare to close its labors without some refer
1 enoe to the soldiers. What did it say
" Resolved'--what2 That we thank the
| soldiers2 Not a word of it. The Demo
cratic party has no thanks for soldiers ol
| the Union army. Resolved that we sym.
| pathize with the soldiers of the Union
That is, we pity them 1t is not the sym
pathy you feel for good man in gooc
cause; no, but it is the pity you feel for q
poor man who has the smallpox or thC
seven-y year itchl Laughter and cheers.
| We pity the soldiers in the field; that is The
idea, and if ever there were given in one
| sentence words that conveyed more damn.
ing insult to any living being than is con.
| 7eyed in that resolution in regard to sol
diers, do not know what that sentence is
or could be. Publish it at the head oi
| your papers; write it in your letters to the
soldiers; tell them that the Democratic
party at Chicago pities them, sympathizes
with them. 1
The resolution goes on 10 say " If VI
come into power we will extend our care
and protection to these soldiers" The
Democratic party give protection to the
soldiers of the Union Protection foI
| what2 If the words mean anything, they
mean you poor, deluded fellows who went
down there, and have been killing good
Democrats, if you will only quit it and
| come back, We will forgive you, We vii
protect you, and wont let any body
hurt you. TCheers. We viii for
give you for slaughtering limo
cent Democrats in the South, who are only
engaged in the pleasant psstime of tearing
the onion to peices. Just come back, and
we viii forgive you and see that you are
not hurt In that resolution there is not q
word that expresses thanks for what the
soldiers have done, or approval of the work
in which they have been engaged What
did one one these Democrats say in Con-
gress2 He mentioned the names of Shiloh,
Chicamaugs, Stoue River, Gettysburg, and
said they would go down to history as the
IEtt5ress uvy do e--or ttbt0rvd. That expl
aims why Democrats look upon your soldiers
with pity. Are those glorious names cursed
words with the fathers and mothers who
lost sons in the performance of that noblest
duty of man, the defense of his country
from the assaults of those who would de
stroY it. No; they are words of glorious
memory, that will strengthen Union hearts
while there is q hope of the nation left
They will be as immortal as the names OF
Bunker Hill or Yorktown.
NO BASIS FOR PEACE.