Year: 1864

visers, and thst persons from their sec


tion of country who have been sold, tha


relations are less in sympathy with then
than with their enemies and tha


while we regard III ir appointment as


misfortune for which the President wa


not responsible, the result has been I


degree Of injustice at the hands Of tht


National Executive which they have NJ


disposition to aid in proportion. They


are persuaded that the chief responsible


ity for the wrongs they have endured


rests with those cabinet officers who from


their location should have been most


careful Of their interests and the


Staunehest supporters Of progress and


freedom, but who have in fact been most


Conservative with their most persistent Op-


Possrs. 30 strong is the feeling upon this


subject among those we represent, that we


doubt not we would be justified in asking


some assurance from this Convention Of a


disposition to take what action may be in


its power to bring about q csbi.


net reform in particular, was


alluded to as a condition to our 90 opera.


tion, we would, therefore, say in advance,


from desire to deal in perfect candor,


that while We seem to urge ihe claims Of
no fsvOrite candidate, and with 60 strong


desire to cancellation and harmony
among Union men, that We unreseFvedly
declare our readiness to support any
man or men who may BE- put
in nomination by the Convention, whose
support would not involve fatal aban-
dOnment of principles for which We have
been conlending. We must insist upon
urging upon the Convention, in case Of
our admission, that it take steps with ref
erenoe to suoh reform We say this now
becau opposing delegations bsing male
up Of supporters and parties and Of Cabi-
net members referred to two deleg atoms
are properly to regarded as represent
stives Of divisions OF policies on cOnser.
vati M, reaotionary in all its practical
bearings and pro slavery. The other the
policy Of progress, freedom and loyalty,
favored by Radical U UniOnists Of the South,
and sustained by radical men every
where, and the course OF this Convent on,
or admission Of one delegation and the
exclusion Of the other will necessarily,
and as We believe rightfully bs interPrs-
ted as its decision between tsoae policies.
We complain that this should be the con-
struction put upon the Convention's sction
nor shrink from the Osition in which it
places Us, believing, as we do that the is
sues inYOlV d is one Os one Of lch gravity
as to demand careful consideration and
the definite decision OF Convention which
proposes the selection Of candidates whom
Union men are to support for Chief Mag
istra!e Of the Nation. That candidate also |
an -sa1Aniad, hL4rld ho iHstrusteI by its |
action, and to which policy he should sus.
tain, and the friends Of which he should |
sup yort we are frank therefore to say
that we are willing to accept grOnnd taken
BY the convention, upon the question CT
our slmissiOn or exclusion, as its position
with reference to policies referred to, such |
doubtless being construction which will
be placed in its &C ions by the country at
large; we would further declare
in advance that we CannoG
consent to occupy facts or in any way to
divide the representations of Missouri
with the contesting delegation which rep.
resents, ss We believe, q body of men
whose acts and votes have been with Cop
psrhead Democracy and whose proper
place is thers sti the difference is one,
as we have said above, Of principle, ss
well as of policy and men. 1t is the df.
ference between progress and reaction,
between freedom and slavery, between
loyalty and an easy tolera.
tiOn Of ifnOt in active sympathy with
treason, issue in our Judgment, is one
which merits a decision.