Year: 1864

tic usurpations of Jefferson Davis and his


Confederate traitors--whilc it overlooks


entirely. and thus. by just and necessary
adherence. approves their abrogation oi


political rights and personal liberties over


all that portion Of the United States IN


which they have been able thus far to sus-


tain their usurped authority. it pours out


its wrath. without stint or measure. upon
every act by which the constitutional
President of the United States has sought
to defend and protect the life and liberties
of the nation, whose executive power is
placed in his hands.


That Convention had no words of ex-
ultation for our victories-no thanks and
honors for the soldiers and sailors who
have shed their blood to achieve them.


While it deIounces our Government for
neglect Of duty towards our "fellow citi.
zens. who are now, and long have been,
prisoners of var in suffering condition. +"
it has not even sy yllable of censure for
those rebel authorities who, with more
than savage cruelty, and in utter disregard
Of every dictate OF humanity as well as OF
every usage of civilized warfare, have
deliberately and with systematic purpose
inflicted ucOn those prisoners all the tor
lures Of exposure. OF neglect and starva-
ton, and have offered premiums for their
murder to the brutal guards to whose grim
custody they have been consigned. And,
on the very eve Of the most glorious vic
tOiies that have ever crowned our arms;
after three years of bloody, costly and
successful war, when three -fourtLs of the
territory originally held by the rebels had
passed into our hand>; at the very momant
when the rebellion itself is totterine to its
fall. and tie flag Of our country is rapidly
advancing to its old supremacy-thc party
represented at Chicago demands that
immediate efforts be made for cessation
ofhostilities"-a step which would instant
ly arrest our conquering armies, and snatch
from them the gloIies of a final triumph;
repeal the blockade, aad throw the whole
rebel frontier open TO the supplies they so
sorely need; secnre the recognition Of
foreign powers, and either accomplish
their independence or give them the ability
to fight for it four years longer.


SHALL NORTHERN BALLOTS ASSIST SOUTHERN


BULLETS.


We appeal to the people OF the United
States--lovers of the Union and friends of
freedom-against the consummation Of
the foul crime which the acts and decara-
tions OF the Chicago Convention involve.
We invoke them not to sanction these
principles and sentiments by electing the
candidates put forward to represent them.
We implore them. as they love their coun-
try. as they seek the renewed integrity of
its territory. as they desire the peaceful
protection of ito flag. and the blessings Of
its free institutions and its equal laws for
themselves anil their Posterity. not ,oarr
the blow which is just ready to descend
upon the rebellion. now tottering to its
fall; not to give the rebels time to renew
their strength for fresh conflicts; no. to aid
those who would aid them in overtbrowing
our Government. in destroying our I'm
ion, in plunging into chaos of anarchy
the great communities Of which the
Constitution makes one great and glorious
nation, and in thus extinguishing. finally
and forever. the hopes of all who have
faith in freedom and the rights OF man.


We call upon the people to bear in
mind that. by whatever sophistries they
may cloak their purposes. the Chicago
Convention neither condemns the action
of the Richmond rebels, nor purposes to
expel them against their will. or by any
exercise of force, from the seats Of power
they have usurped. In all essential res
poets the action that Convention took ac-
cords with the results the rebels seek.
Both desire a cessation of hostilities. Both
denounce, with unsE airing bitterness. the
Government of the United States. and both
alike seek its overthrow. Both demand
that the attempt to conquer armed rebel
lion by force of arms shall be abandoned.
And both demand that. when the Govern
ment Of the United States shall have
passed into the hands of men opposed to
an armed defense Of the Government
against rebellion. the war shall end by
peaceful conference Of these alien powers.
What more than this could the re bells ask
or need for the consummation of all their
plans? We call Upon the people TO bear
in mind that if they elect the candidates of
the Chicago Convention, they arrest the
Government in the execution Of its plans
and purposes, on the very eve of their
full6llment, and onethird of year before
any new Administration can take its place.
The interval will be one of hope and
confidence for the rebels, and one Of ex-
ultation for their allies in the loyal States.
In the Western States, armed preparations
have already been made by the disciples
and advocates Of secession, to follow the
example of the South and sever the West
from the Federal Union. The success of
the Chicago programme in November will
be the signal for carrying these designs in
to execution, and the 4th of March will
dawn upon new Western Confedcracy.
aiming at independence, defying the pow
or of the national arms, and cooperating
with the slave power of the Southern
States i'm blotting from existence the free
Republic Of the Western world.


ROUSE AND RALLY FOR LINCOLN, LIBERTY,
80 $3.50 .al AND THE UNION! .ni


We call upon the people to crush all
these schemes. and to brand their authors
and allies with their lasting reprobation.
We call upon them to support the Gov
ernment, tosquell the rebellion, to defend
and preserve the Union. We CALI upon