Year: 1864

Will De 0yerthr0Wn. Ihe Chlcag0 pla


form contains no such declaration, nc


one word against the doctrine of Secessio


or against the rebellion, and nothing i


favor of its suppression. For this reaso


the American people will not endorse il


Pretended peace commissioners from th


South may suggest at Niagara theorie


for Democratic platform-members Q


Congress who openly advocated the here


sy of Secession, and hoped the rebel al


mics might be victorious and the Uniol


armies defeated, and other members 0


Congress who assisted in retaining thos


members in their seat may go to Chicag


and submit to the dictation of such peac,


commissioners-the proceedings of tn,


Convention may be endorsed in Nova


Scotia-Richmond traitors may long 70


the triumph of the theories thus expound


ed-foreign enemies of the American


Republic may re echo the hope-Lindsey


Roebuck, and their friends in England


Louis Napoleon and John Slidell il


France, and the enemies of civil and reli
gious liberty every where may join in the


issue, but the American people will rise


in their might and overwhelm them all in


one common ruin. The friends of this


platform cannot reasonably hope for its
success. The candidate nominated


upon it for the highest Office in the
gift of the people has been unable to stand
upon or endorse it without material alter
ations, corrections, and additions This


being the fact, it is asking too much to
expect that the American people shall do
that which the candidate cannot do him.
self. We sincerely believe that the peo-
pie will overthrow it at the ballot-box. 1t
has already received several heavy loads.
The first was large supply of shot and
shell from the army of General Sherman.
The next was cargo of earth from the
Green Mountains of Vermont. The next
will be layer OF lumber from the forests
Of Maine And so it will continue until
the second Tuesday Of October, when
Pennsylvania will tumble upon it such a
large cargo of iron and coal as will sink
it SO deep that the hand of resurrection
will never be able to reach it. The pco-
pie of the nation will reinforce the victo-
rious armies Of Grant and Sherman
They will continue the fight until the re-
bel horde of Lee and the flying remnants of
Hood shall be overthrown The unity
and integrity of the nation shall be pre-
served, and peace shall be restored through
out her borders. Renewed cheers.


My fellow citizens, allow me to call
your attention to the issues of the present
crisis. They are most momentous-none
greater have ever stood forth in the history
OF the country. Is man capable of self
government? To establish this PROPOSE
tion was the great object Of the American
many uubelievers in the doctrine, and,
the result of that revolu-
ton, and our remarkable and unexampled
prosperity as nation, there are and have
always been among us men who have no
faith in the doctrine, aud who constantly
predict the ultimate success of the pres
ent rebellion. In this they are heartily
joined by the tyrants and the aristocracy
of the world The unprecedented pro-
gress of our nation has created an intense
interest throughout the world. IF we can
survive the present shock, suppress the
rebellion, and return to our former path
of progress, the example cannot and will
not be resisted by the other nations of the
earth The success, or rather the continu-
ance of civil and religious liberty, not
only in our own country, but throughout
the world, depends upon the result of the
present conflict. Our failure now would
rejoice the enemies of liberty and make
glad the hearts of tyrants in every land,
and bring additional grief and sorrow to
the down .trodden and oppressed of every
CLINE. The destruction Of our Republic
would do more to perpetuate despotism,
to roll back the tide of progress, and
check the advance ofcivilization than any
event which has occurred in the history Of
the human race. Words cannot describe |
nor language measure the importance
and magnitude of the present struggle
1t becomes, therefore, the paramount du-
ty of every patriot to use his utmost ex-
ertions to secure its favorable termina-
ton. The present civil war was inaugu-
rated by those who maintain the doctrine
Of secession. 1t requires no argument to
show that the admission Of this principle |
in any one case leads inevitably to DISC
luton, disiutegration, and final anarchy. !
Admit the possibility Of Northern and
Southern Confederacies, and you thereby
concede the establishment of an Eastern
and Western or New England and Bor-
der State, an Atlantic and Pacific, Mis-
sissippi Valley, or any other Confederacy
or number of Confederacies which the /
discomfort or ambition of individuals may
require to suit their unworthy purposes


The history of our country during the
Revolution is too we'll known to require
repetition. The Articles of Confedera-
ton and their inadequacy to subserve the
ends and purposes of the nation are mat
ters of history known to all. Our fore
to whom we owe our exis-
tence as an independent nation and our
as a Govarnment-sneedil I