Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-08-29
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A year ago, the Chicago Convention.
embracing representatives of all classes of
Democrats, passed the following resolu-
ton, by reclamation:
Resolved, That this Convention does ex-
p%licitly declare, as the sense of the American
ppeoplc, that after four years Of failure to re-
store the Union by the experiment Of war,
during ahich, under the pretense Of a mill
tary necessity, or war power, higher than the
Constitution itself, has been disregardcd in
every part, and public liberty aud private
right alike trodden down, and the material
prosperity Of the country essentially impair
ed-iustice, humanity, liberty, and the public
welfare, demand that immediate efforts be
made for a cessation of hostilities, with q
view to an ultimate convention Of the States,
or other peaceable means, TO the end that at
the e~arlies. practicable moment peace may
be restored on the basis Of the Federal union
Of the States. = .
In this resolution, says the Indianapolis
Journal, the members of the Convention
not only pronounced the war a failure up
TO that time, but they asserted that the
army could not do its work successfully,
and therefore demanded a cessation of
hostilities for the purpose of negotiating a
peace. 1t was commended by the Union
party that this was not SO; that the war
was not a failure, though it had not yet
ended. The soldiers it was said were
doing their work well, and would finish
i, in good season if they were sustained
BY the country {; and On this issue the
political campaign was carried through,
and the Democracy defeated. The issue
Of the war has shown the wisdom Of the
Union party and the Government. and
the folly Of the Democracy. The r~e-elec-
ton of Mr.. Lincoln pledged the country
to the adherence to the policy OF crushing
the rebellion by force of arms, and enabled
the Government to bring forth its full
strength. thus securing the earlier ending
of the war, and enabling our soldiers to
return in triumph. But suppose Mr..
Lincoln had been defeated and Mcclellan
elected. pledged to the granting Of an
armistice to the rebels, does any one sup
pose the matter would have been satisfac-
| torily settled: That Lees army would
have been whipped out of Richmond and
compelled to surrender: That JEFF. Davis
| would have been IN confinement at Fort
ress Monroe, and our troops in undisputed
possession Of every part of the South :
Nay! But stopped in the midst of their
campaigns, our armies would have been
Withdrawn from before Petersburg and
Richmond, and the rebels would have
exulted over them as defeated foes. In
, stead of coming back in triumph with
colors flying and drums beating, they
would have returned home with shame
and confusion of face. They would have
returned in anger; for they would have
felt that they had been injured by any
| terms which acknowledged their foes as
legitimate enemies instead of traitors, and
gave them the victory. For if our armies
had been withdrawn from those cities
before their capitulation, it would have
been virtually a Confederate victory. and
led to the recognition of JEFF. Davis Gov
eminent by the world. But the people
were true to the army, and the trainers Of
the above resolution Of censure of it, have
the chagrin of seeing the proof Of the
falsity of their declarations, and are oblig-
ed to appear to join in celebrating al
event that proclaims their W infamy.
A bi,terer pill can hardly be imagined
than the rejoicings of the people over our
returning victorious soldiers must be to a
supporter of the Chicago platform. Every
sun-bronzed veteran is a living witness OF
the falsiry o. his assertion that the war
was a failure, and reproach to him for
fsvoring a proposition that would have
d~isgraced every soldier in the army.