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 CHICAGO PLATFORM, 
 
 That in the future, as in the past, we \ 
 will adhere with uinwrvm^ fidelity 
 to the Union under the Constitution, as 
 the only solid foundation of our strength, 
 security and happiness as a people and j 
 Aft a frame work of Government equally j 
 Conducive to the welfare and prosperity | 
 of aH the States both Northern and 
 Southern. 
 
 R -s -ived, Tlvit this Convention do ex 
 plicitly declare a* the 8 j nse of the Amer- 1 
 ;* i People, that after four years of fail- j 
 ure t) restore the Union hy the experi- j 
 in nit of war during- which, under the 
 pretence of a military necessity or war ! 
 power higher than th Constitution, the 
 Constitution itslf has been disregard in 
 ^very part, and public liberty and pri 
 vate rights alike trodden down and the 
 material prosperity of the country es 
 sentially impaired ; justice, humanity, 
 liberty and the public welfare demand 
 that immediate efforts be made for a ces 
 sation of hostility witii a view to an ul- 
 fcim tta convention of all the States, or 
 oth r peaceable means, to tin end that 
 ftt the earliest practicable mom fit peace 
 in ly b -) restored on the basis of the Fed 
 eral Union of the States. 
 
 Resolved, That the direct interference 
 of the military authority of th^ United j 
 States in the recent elections in Kentuc 
 ky, Maryland, Missouri and Delaware, 
 was a shameful violation of the Consti- j 
 iution, and a repetition of such acts in | 
 the approaching election will be held as i 
 rerjlutionary and resisted with all the j 
 m -satis and p>w3r aider our control. 
 
 Resolved, That the aim and object of 
 the Democratic party is to preserve the 
 Federal Union and the Rights of the 
 States unimpaired : and they hereby de 
 clare that they consider the administra 
 tive usurpations of extraordinary and 
 dangerous powers not granted by Con- 
 stitution, the subversion of the civil by 
 the military law in States not in insur 
 rection, the arbitrary military arrest, 
 imprisonment, trial and sentence of 
 American citizens in States where civil 
 law exists in full force, the suppression 
 of freedom of speech and of the press, 
 the denial of the right of asylum, the 
 op^n and avowed disregard of static 
 rights, the employment of unusual test 
 oaths, and interference with and denial 
 of the right of the people to bear arms, 
 as calculated to prevent a restoration of 
 the Union and perpetuation of a govern 
 ment (iirivin^ its just powers from the 
 consent of the governed. 
 
 Resolved, That the shameful disregard 
 of the Administration to its duty to our 
 fellow citizens who now and long have 
 oaen h jld prisoners in a suffering condi 
 tion, deserves the severest reprobation 
 on the s 5 >re alike of public and common 
 humanity. 
 
 Rttolvv-l, That the sympathy of the 
 Democratic party is heartily and ear 
 nestly extended to the soldiers who are 
 and have been in the fi old under the fl?*s 
 of our country, and in tho event of ur 
 attaining power they will receive all the 
 care, protection, regard and kindnen* 
 that the brave soldiers of the Republic 
 have so gallantly earned. 
 
 M214901 
 
PlAtFORM. 
 
 Resolved, That it is the highest duty 
 of every American citizen to maintain 
 against all their enemies the integrity 
 of the Union arid the paramount author 
 ity of the Constitution and laws of the 
 United States, and that laying aside all 
 differences and political opinions, we 
 pledge ourselves as Union men, anima 
 ted by common sentiment, and aiming 
 at a common object, to do everything in 
 our power to aid the government in 
 quelling by force of arms, the rebellion 
 now raging against its authority, and 
 in bringing to the punishment due to 
 their crimes the rebel* and traitors ar 
 rayed against it. 
 
 Resolved, That we approve the deter 
 mination of the government of the Uni 
 ted States not to compromise with rebels 
 or to offer any terms of peace, except 
 Nuch as may be based upon an uncondi 
 tional surrender of their hostility, and 
 to return to their just allegiance to the 
 Constitution and laws of the United 
 States, and that we call upon the gov 
 ernment to maintain this position, and 
 to prosecute the war with the utmost 
 possible vigor to the complete suppres 
 sion of the rebellion, in full reliance 
 upon the sacrifices, the patriotism, the 
 hwroic valor and the undying devotion of 
 the American people to their country 
 and its free institutions 
 
 Resolved, That as Slavery was the 
 cause and now constitutes the strength 
 of this rebellion, and as it must be al 
 ways and everywhere hostile to th 
 principles of the republican government 
 justice and the national safety demand 
 its utter and complete extirpation from 
 ;he soil of the Republic. And that we 
 uphold and maintain the acts and procla 
 mation by which the government in its 
 own defence, has aimed a deathlike blow 
 at this gigantic evil. 
 
 We are in favor, furthermore, of such 
 an amendment to the Constitutionto 
 >e made by the people, in conformity 
 with its provisions as shall terminate 
 and forever prohibit the existence of sla 
 very within the limits of the jurisdiction 
 of the United States. 
 Resolved, That the thanks oi the Amer 
 
 ican people are due to the soldiers and 
 
 sailors of the army and navy, who havt 
 
 periled their lives in defence of their 
 
 country, and in vindication of the honor 
 
 | of the flag, that, the nation owes to them 
 
 | gome permanent recognition of their 
 
 patriotism and their valor, and ample and 
 
 ! permanent provisions for those of their 
 
 survivors who have received disabling 
 
 arid honorable wounds in the service 
 
 j of the county, and that the memories of 
 
 I those who have fallen in its defence 
 
 | shall bo held in grateful and everlasting 
 
 ! remembrance. 
 
 Resolved, That we approve and *p- 
 j plaud the practical wisdom, the uiiit*!- 
 i fish patriotism and unswerving fidelity 
 i to the constitution and principle* of 
 ! American liberty with which Abraham 
 I Lincoln has discharged under circutn- 
 stances of unparalelled difficulty, the- 
 i great duties arid responsibilities of thn 
 | presidential office. That we approvw 
 i and endorse, as demanded by the ewer* 
 j geucy and essential to the preservation 
 i of the nation and as within the consti 
 tution, the measures and acts which h 
 i has adopted to defend the nation against 
 its open and secret foes. That we ap- 
 j prove especially the proclamation of 
 I emancipation and the employment an 
 i Union soldiers of men heretofore Ueld in 
 I slavery, and that we have full confidence 
 | in his determination to carry these and 
 | all other constitutional measures essen- 
 j tial to the salvation of the country into 
 j full and complete success. 
 
 Resolved, That we deem it essential to 
 ; the general welfare that harmony should 
 | prevail in the national councils, and w 
 I regard as worthy of public confidence* 
 and official trust those only who cordiul- 
 j ly endorse the principles proclaimed^ iu 
 i these resolutions, and which should char- 
 | acterize the administration of the gov 
 ernment. 
 
 Resolved, That the government owe 
 to all men employed in its armies with 
 out regard to distinction of color th 
 full protection of the laws of war, and 
 I that any violation of these laws, or of 
 the usages of civilized nations in th 
 time of war by the rebels now in arms. 
 | should be made the subject of full and 
 proper redress. 
 
. That the foreign immigra- ! 
 tion which in the past has added so much 
 ?<> the wealth and development of resour- 1 
 <ie and increase of power to this nation, < 
 the asylum of the oppressed of alt na- i 
 .-ioii8, should be fostered and encouraged 
 by a liberal and just policy. 
 
 Rcxolvr.d, That we are in favor of the 
 speedy conHtruction of a railroad to the 
 Pacific. 
 
 J{ttnol-ved, That th national faith 
 pledged for the redemption of the public 
 J?bt must be kept inviolate, and that 
 for this purpose we recommend economy 
 and rigid responsibility in the public ex 
 oenditures and a vigorous and just sys 
 tem of taxation, that it is the duty of \ 
 *v*ry loyal State to nustain the credit 
 nd promote the use of the national cur 
 rency. 
 
 RtHsolv&l, that we approve of tfie po- ! 
 ait ion taken by the Government, that the 
 ueuple of the United States cau never I 
 regard with iudiflerence the attempt of) 
 muy European power to overthrow by 
 inrce or supplant by fraud the institu 
 tions of any Republican Government on 
 Jhe western continent, and that they 
 will view with extreme jealousy, an 
 iwnacing to the peace and independence i 
 oi this, our country, the efforts of any , 
 uch power t* obtain new footholds for i 
 monarchial governments, sustained by i 
 a foreign military force in near proximi- i 
 ty to the United States. 
 
 OltD ON 
 I III: \V\IC AKBITKAItY AU. 
 KGSTft AND THE DKAFT. 
 
 In a letter to the President, August, 
 1861, he, McClellan, says : 
 
 " I urge upon you to make a positive j 
 rjd unconditional demand lor an imme- < 
 dittte draft of the additional troops you j 
 require. Men will not volunteer now. j 
 ami drafting is the only succesful plan." 
 
 In his order for the arrest of the Mary- 
 laud Legislature he says : 
 
 * Arrangements have been made tc 
 have a government steamer at Annapo 
 lis to receive the prisoners and carry 
 them to their destination. 
 
 Some four or five of the chief men in 
 Uie aff uir are to b: arrested to-dav. 
 
 When they meet on the 17th you wilt 
 have everything prepared to arrest the 
 whole party, and be sure that none es 
 cape. 
 
 It is understood that you arrange with 
 General Dix, and Gov. Seward the mod 
 us operandi. It lias been intimated to 
 me that the meeting might take placn 
 on the 14th ; please be prepared. I 
 would be glad to have you advise me 
 frequently of your arrangements in re 
 gard to this very important matter. 
 
 If it ia successfully carried out, it 
 will go far toward breaking the back- 
 bone of the rebellion." 
 
 In his letter to the President dated 
 July 7, 1862, he recogniiod his plenary 
 powers during a state of war, declaring: 
 
 " The timo has come when the Govern 
 ment must determine upon a civil aud 
 military policy, covering the whole 
 ground of our national trouble. 
 
 "The responsibility of determining, de 
 claring, and supporting such civil and 
 military policy, and of directing the 
 whole course of national affairs in nt- 
 gard to the rebellion, must now be as 
 sumed and exercisea by you, or our 
 cause will be lost. The Constitution 
 gives you power, even for the present 
 terrible exigency." 
 
 In the same letter he proposes to in 
 augurate a policy of emancipation with 
 compensation, in tho following terms : 
 
 " Slaves, contraband, under the act of 
 Congress, seeking military protection, 
 should receive it. The right of the Gov 
 ernmunt to appropriate permanently to 
 its own service claims to slave labor, 
 should be asserted, and the right of the 
 owner to compensation therefore should 
 be recognized. Tins principle might be 
 extended, upon grounds of military ne 
 cessity and security, to all tho slaves of 
 of a p*rticufcir State, thus working man 
 umission in such State ; and in Missou 
 ri, perhaps in Western Virginia also, 
 aud possibly even in MaryUnd, the ex 
 pediency of such a measure in only * 
 question of time." 
 
 In his letter iu favor of the election of 
 Judge Woodward as Governor of Penn 
 sylvania in 1863, he pronounced for th- 
 use or all the means at the command of 
 the loyal State: to destroy the r*t*!!?ni> 
 
He supported Woodward, because, he 
 wrote : 
 
 44 1 understand Judge Woodward to 
 be in favor of the prosecution of the war 
 with air the means at the command of 
 the loyal Slates, until the military power 
 of the rebellion is destroyed." 
 
 In 1862 he was for war to the end. 
 He had no thought of exhausting the re 
 
 or virtual destruction of the militar? 
 power of the Confederate traitors., H* 
 pronounces the rebellion, gratuitous, and 
 unjustifiable on ethical grounds ; he in 
 vokes heaven to give him and his fellow- 
 soldiers true hearts and firm wills lu 
 fight out the combat till victory i* 
 achieved. But upon this record he .ac 
 cept a nomination which pledges him in 
 
 sources of statesmanship in negotiating use immediate effort* to treat with reb-. 
 peace with an armed and defiant rebel- 1 els before those conditions are obtained 
 
 lion He then said 
 
 which he has declared he believes ar* 
 
 " Our cause must never be abandoned; i essential to the re-establishment of tlut 
 
 it is the cause of free institutions and 
 self-government. The Constitution and 
 the Union must be preserved, whatever 
 may be the cost in time, treasure or j infidelity to his proclaimed conviction* 
 
 Union. He has surrendered uncondi 
 tionally. With a rare lack of the 
 of personal honor he parades his 
 
 blood. If secession is successful, other 
 dissolutions are clearly to be seen in the 
 future. Let neither military disasters, 
 political faction or foreign war shake 
 yonr settled purpose to enforce the equal 
 operation of the laws of the United 
 States upon the people of every S ate." 
 
 He recognized in December of 1863 
 the necessity of destroying the military 
 power of the rebellion before we treat 
 with the rebels. He states his belief as 
 follows : 
 
 "I believe that a necessary prelim i- j 
 nary to the re-establishment of the Union I 
 is the entire defeat or virtual destruc- j 
 tion of the organized military power of! 
 the Confederates." 
 
 He laid the blame ot the rebellion up 
 on the South in his oration at Vest 
 Point, asserting that : 
 
 " Such a rebellion cannot be justified 
 upon ethical grounds, and the only alter 
 natives for our choice are its suppres- 
 
 with ostentatious vanity. 
 
 GENERAL tlrf I.ri.I.A V* III- 
 TKB OF ACCEPTANCE. 
 
 ORANGE, N. J., Sept. 8. 
 GENTLEMEN I have the honor to ao 
 knowledge the receipt of your letter in 
 forming me of my nomination by tb 
 Democratic Convention recently assem 
 bled at Chicago, -is the candidate at tli* 
 
 of 
 
 our naton 
 
 sion or the destruction 
 ality." 
 
 This record shows that he has been 
 the advocate of the manumission of 
 slaves ; of a draft ; of arbitrary arrests ; 
 <>f the President s assuming the determi 
 nation of the whole policy, civil and 
 military, with reference to the rebellion, 
 ud the direction of the whole course of 
 national affairs in regard to the rebel 
 lion or the cause would be lost ; he rec 
 ommends the prosecution of the w.irtill 
 the military power of the rebellion be 
 destroyed ; he declares the necessary 
 preliminary to peace it, the entire defeat 
 
 election tor the President of tn* 
 United States. It is unnecessary for 
 me to say to you that this nomination 
 comes to me. unsoughc. J am happy to 
 know that when the nomination 
 made, the record of my public life 
 kept in view. The effect of long arid 
 varied service in the army during w*r 
 and peace has been to strength m and 
 make in my mind and heart the love and 
 reverence for the Constitution, laws an4 
 flag of our country, impressed upon tn* 
 in early youth. 
 
 These feelings have thus far guided 
 the course of my life, and in ist coalman 
 to do so to its end Tu<j existence of 
 : n<>re than one government over the re 
 gion which once owned our flag is in 
 compatible with the puace, the power, 
 and the happiness of th3 people. Th* 
 preservation of our people was the s >le 
 avowed object for which the war wa* 
 commenced. It should have been con 
 ducted for that object only, and in ac 
 cordance with those principles which J 
 took occasion to declare when in active 
 service. Thu.s conducted, the work of 
 reconciliation would have been 
 
arid we might liave reaped the benefits 
 cl many victories on land and sea." 
 
 The Union was originally formed by 
 the exercise of a spirit of conciliation 
 mid compromise To restore and pre 
 serve it, the same spirit must prevail in 
 our councils and in the hearts ot the peo 
 ple. The re-establishment of the Union 
 in all its inte^i ity must be the indispen- 
 sible conclusion in any settlement. So 
 soon as it is clear or even probable that 
 our present adversaries are ready for 
 peace upon the basis of the Union, we 
 should exhaust all the resources of 
 statesmanship practiced by civilized na 
 tions and taught by the traditions of the 
 American people, consistent with the 
 honor and interests of the country, to 
 secure; such peace, re-establish the Union 
 and guarantee the future constitutional 
 rights of every State. The Union is the 
 one condition of peace. We ask no 
 more. 
 
 Let rre add what I doubt not was, al 
 though unexpressed, the sentiment of 
 the Convention, that it is of the people 
 they represent, that when any one State 
 is willing to return to the Union, it 
 should be received at once with a full 
 guarantee of all its constitutional rights. 
 If a frank, earnest and persistent effort 
 to obt in those objects should fail, the 
 responsibility for ultimate consequences 
 will fall upon those who will remain in 
 arms against the* Union. But the Union 
 must be preserved at all hazards. 
 
 I could not look in the face of my gal 
 lant comrades of the army and navy, 
 who have survived so many battles, and 
 tell them that their labor and sacrifice 
 of so many of our wounded brethren had 
 been in vain ; that we had abandoned 
 that Union for which we had so often 
 periled our lives. A vast majority of 
 our people, whether in the aimy or navy 
 or at home, would, as I would, hail with 
 unbounded joy the permanent restora 
 tion of peace under the Constitution 
 without the effusion of another drop of 
 blood ; but no peace can be permanent 
 without union. 
 
 To the other subjects presented in the 
 resolutions of the Convention, I need on 
 ly say that I should seek in the Consti 
 tution of the United States and the laws 
 
 j franvd in accordance therewith, the 
 rules of my duties and limitations of Ex- 
 
 ! ecutive Puwer, endeavor to restore econ 
 omy in the public expenditures and es- 
 tabl sh the supremacy of law, and by 
 the operation of a more vigorous nation 
 ality, resume <>ur common position among 
 the nations >f the earth. 
 
 The condition of our finances, the de- 
 
 ; precaution of the paper money, and the 
 
 ! burd -ns thereby imposed on labor and 
 
 ! capital, show the necessity of a return 
 to a sound financial system. 
 
 B ;!i j ving that the views here ex- 
 pres u. d are those of the Convention and 
 peop e yon represent, I accept the norn- 
 inati -n. I realize the weight of the re 
 sponsibility to be won should the peo- 
 
 pie r.itif.v your chioce. 
 
 Conscious of my own weakness, I can 
 only sock permanently the guidance of 
 the Ruler of the Univers^, and relying 
 on His all puwerful aid, doing the best 
 to restore union and peace to a suffering 
 people and to establish and guard their 
 
 : liberties and rights. 
 
 I a-n, gentlemen, vevy respectfully, 
 
 ; your obedient servant, 
 
 GEOK<;K B. MCCLELLAN. 
 
 i To Hon. HORATIO SEYMOUR and others of 
 the Committee. 
 
 THE MODEL OF COPPERHEAD 
 SEDITION. 
 
 BENEDICT ARNOLD, on the 20th day of 
 October, 1780, issued the following : 
 Proclam ttion to the Citizens and Soldiers of ttie United 
 
 States : 
 
 You are promised liberty by the leaders of your 
 affairs, but is there un individual in the enjoy 
 ment of it, saving your oppressors ? Who among 
 you dare to speak or write what he thinks against 
 the tyrauny which h>is robbed you of your prop 
 erty, imprisons your sons, drags you to the field 
 of battle, and is daily deluging your country with 
 blood? 
 
 Your country once was happy, and had the 
 proffered pence, boen embraced, the last two years 
 of misery had been spent in peace and plenty, and 
 repairing the desolation of the quarrel, that would 
 have set the interests of Great Britain and Ameri 
 ca in a true light, and cemented their friendships. 
 
 I wish to lead a chosen band of Americans to 
 the attainm nits of peace, liberty and safety, the first 
 obje ts i:i taking the field. 
 
 What is America but a land of widows, orphans 
 and bejrgarj ? But what need of argument to such 
 as feel infinitely more misery than tongue can ex- 
 
press? I give my promise of most :ifi-ti<;nate 
 welcome tu all who are disposed to j< in me ill i 
 measures necessary to close the scenes <;1 (-111 at- i 
 fliction. which must increase until wi? me satisfied j 
 with the liberality of the mother eountiv, which ; 
 Ktill offers us protection and exemption from all j 
 taxes hut such as we think tit to impose upon our- i 
 selves. BENEDICT A 15 N OLD. j 
 
 Oct. 20, 1780. 
 
 The traitor hero make* ei yht points | 
 against the Continental Congress and j 
 WASHINGTON the Commander-in-(Jhief : j 
 First That frc-dom of speech and of 
 the press has been taken away. 
 
 Second That property has been ap 
 propriated. 
 
 Jhird That illegal imprisonments 
 have been made. 
 
 Fourth That odious Conscriptions 
 have been imposed. 
 
 Fifth That peace, which might have 
 been had, was refused. 
 
 Sixth That the first objects in taking 
 the Held have been abandoned. 
 
 Seventh That the countiy lias been 
 deluged with blood, and made a land of 
 widows and orphans. 
 
 Eighth That it is necessary to join 
 him, in order to close those afflictions 
 and return to prosperity. 
 
 Now we defy any man to make out a 
 more complete model of a Copperhead 
 harangue in 1864. Take any of the set 
 speeches, we care not which. Turn fur 
 instance to that made by Horatio Sey 
 mour in Milwaukee, an extract from 
 which we published last Monday. His 
 points are as follows, and we use his 
 own words : 
 
 First "The freedom of speech and of 
 the press has been denied us." 
 
 Second "It is your properly, the 
 property of Northern tax-payers, which 
 is confiscated." 
 
 Third " Men have been torn from 
 their families, and locked up in prison, 
 and women too." 
 
 Fourth "Men are told that they must 
 leave their homes, and devote them 
 selves to war." 
 
 Fifth "The policy of the Administra 
 tion has placed hindrances in the way 
 of the Union." 
 
 Sixth "The Administration l.as en 
 tered upon, a settled policy dangerous to 
 th<} welfare of the country." 
 Seventh "In God s name, are there no 
 
 means by which we can snve fhe lives 
 of husbands and brothers :" 
 
 .Eighth " We nominated McClellaa 
 that we might restore prosp- rity ai.d 
 peace to the people." 
 
 Thus are the points made by Horatio 
 Seymour against the Administration in 
 1864, identical, point with point, with 
 those made by Benedict Arnold against 
 Washington and the Continental Con 
 gress in 1780. We see precisely what 
 Mr. Seymour meant when, toward the 
 close of his speech, he asserted, " our 
 views came from our fathers." They 
 are the views which t ne Tory father, 
 through their executor, Benedict Arnold, 
 bequeathed to their Copperhead off 
 
 THE PROSPECT. 
 
 The prospects of the utter crushing 
 ! out of the rebellion, and the complete 
 restoration of peace and Union, with a 
 I National Administration strong enough 
 i to keep in abeyance ever after secession 
 ! based upon state lights, are brightening 
 j every day. The foundation of this re- 
 j belliou was the infamous doctrine of " no 
 I coercion," which when carried out and 
 I established left us no government, no 
 I power by which a nation c* nld be con- 
 i trolled. Establish that principle, and 
 the United States fall to pieces and the 
 I states lose their cohesion. If there is 
 no power to coerce those setting them 
 selves up against the laws of the land, 
 j what purpose for which an executive is 
 elected can be executed ? The Presi- 
 I dent cannot raise a single soldier, if the 
 j states or any one of them refuse for it 
 j could not be coerced ; nor could he or 
 I congress raise a tax, for taxation im- 
 I plies coercion ; nor could he or congress 
 j man the navy, for that might also imply 
 | coercion. In a w^rd the United States 
 j Government, according to copperhead 
 | interpretation, is utterly powerless to 
 enforce against a state any of the laws 
 of the United States. That this is s<> 
 we have only to quote the language of 
 Vallandigham at the Chicago Conven 
 tion : 
 
 " What should be necessary hereafter: 
 what our duty shall be in one, two or 
 
three years, Time will be our grand in- I THE NATK NAI. UNITY" Why were these 
 Mrnctor, and he teaches wisely and well, words stricken out ? Simply and 9vi- 
 Tliey who are in public lifVj then, filling dently to enable tne south to gain inde- 
 t!ie high places of responsibility and pendence by breaking up the territorial 
 trust, will discharge their duty, and you I Union. Can treason blacker or more 
 will demand of them that which they > damnable than this be anywhere found? 
 
 shall do always having in view never 
 to surrender that one great object, the 
 H-constructioii of the federal Union not 
 
 This doctrine of no coercion is the very 
 soul of the Chicago Platform. Whate v 
 er glosses McClellan s letter may pu 
 
 territorial unity, a unity of despotism J upon it the cloven foot of no coerciout 
 bin the old fedeial Union, a union found- ! still appears: 
 
 " The second of the, Chicago resolu 
 tions explicitly declares, a.s- fkb M>$e of 
 fh<> American people, 1 that war having 
 tailed, and the material prosperity of the 
 country being essentially impaired/ 
 
 e<l on the principles of federation and 
 compact 1*1 \ceen sovereign and indefjend- 
 etil xtaten, delegating certain powers to 
 their common agent, and withholding 
 horn it those not delegated ." 
 
 * " But that great doe- justice, humanity, liberty and tSie pub- 
 fff ne of utate rights i* implied in the living lie welfare demand that immediate ef- 
 vordx inserted in the I art tlauxe of the rex- lorts be made for the cessation of hostil- 
 olutions relating to peace on he. faxix of ittes, with a view to an ultimate conven- 
 tiie FFDKKAI. Union, as distinguished from j tion of all the states, or other jyeoceful 
 ANY OTHEK union or any comm unity" \ ineanx, to the end that at the earliest 
 Here the great apostle of Copperhead- practicable moment peace may be re 
 
 gives the clew to IMH whole traitor- 
 (-118 scheme He does not insist upon 
 a territorial unity, such as existed before 
 the war, and which the great men who 
 laid the foundations of this government 
 thought they had established, but he 
 demands a Federal Union over which 
 
 stored, on the basis of the federal Union 
 of (he x o/p.s 1 ." 
 
 This resolution demands the immedi 
 ate cessation of hostilities with a view 
 to an ultimate Convention of the states 
 or " other peaceful means" mark you, 
 no war, no coercion if a convention ot 
 National Administration can exer- | the states will not effect the objtct, no 
 cise no coercive power, and which any ! other but peaceable means must be tried, 
 state can break up whenever it pleases, j to affect what? a Territorial Union V 
 We ask special attention to these words ! By no means, but a FEDERAL UNION of the 
 of Vallandingham, as they contain the states. Old Federalism is here brought 
 very germ ot treason and rebellion. i out in all its hidious features, ar.d our 
 Take in connection with them the fact Unity and Nationality are cant to the 
 that the idea >f a Territorial Union was i winds, and Jeff Davis and his fellow 
 specially ignored by the Chicago Con- j traitors have full scope to go at large 
 
 vention. At that Convention Washing 
 ton Hunt offered the following resolu 
 tion. 
 
 "Resolved, That in the future, as in 
 
 This Federalism so strungly demand 
 ed by this Chicago Convention is thus 
 described by Judge Story in his history 
 of the Constitution: 
 
 the past, we will adhere with unswerv- ; "that by this political compact the 
 ing fidelity to the Union and Constitu- Continental Congress have exclusive 
 tion, and \mri*t in maintaining the nation- \ power for the following purposes, with- 
 al unity as the only solid foundation of out being able to execute one of them: 
 our strength, security and happiness as ; They ma} make and conclude treaties, 
 a people, arid as a framework of govern- j but can only recommend the observance 
 inent equallv conducive to the welfare | of them. They may appoint embassa- 
 and prosperity of all the states, both! dors; but they cannot defray even the 
 northern and southern." ! expenses of their tables. They may 
 
 The convention adopted this as oue i borrow money in their own name, on the 
 of the planks in its platform, but struck | faith of the Union, but they cannot pay 
 out the words " AND INSIST ix MAINTAINING j a dollar. They may coin money, but 
 
they cannot import an ounce of bullion. | stand a defeat, lias said, we learn, 
 
 They may make war, and determine 
 
 what number of troops are necessary; 
 
 but they cannot raise a single soldier. 
 
 In short, they may declare every thing, 
 
 but they cm do nothing." 
 
 Thin is the kind of Union the Chicago 
 Platform demands a U 
 to slavery all it, 
 struction of the 
 United States. 
 
 that he will not be flush of his funds. 
 Mr. Brooks will, we are convinced re- 
 ceive the full vote of his own party, and 
 alo the votes of the intelligent portion 
 of his political opponents, who have done 
 ,ds a Union that gives j bnsine8S at tne county Clerk s office, not 
 it, asks, nanr lv: the de- ; , . , T , , , ... 
 
 r P . , T- , .. i because Mr Brooks is a half way, time 
 lerntonal Liiion or the J 
 
 OUR COUNTY TICKET. 
 
 serving politician, for he is the very re- 
 i verse of a l this, but because he is ;i 
 
 most diligent, capable and excellent 
 The Hon. Giles W. Hotchkiss, nnani- \ Cjnnty Clerk. 
 
 monsly renorninated for Member of Con- : H "- William W - Shepard, candidate 
 gress of the 26th Congressional District, j for Member of Assembly, is a gentleman 
 is a gentleman whose firmness, patriot- 1 of fine culture, fine education and largr> 
 ism and integrity have been amply man- 1 legislative experience. He will enter 
 ifest during the last session of Congress, i u P on hid legislative duties, if elected, 
 A truer patriot does not exist. To our ! and tljere are no doubts of that, with a 
 sick and wounded soldiers in the lios- j knowledge of legislation, and an ac- 
 pitals in and around Washington, he | qintance with laws, State and Nation- 
 was a father and friend. His votes du- 1 al excelled by few. We anticipate for 
 
 ring the trying Session, were always 
 given and always correctly and truly 
 
 him a bright career and a position of in 
 fluence and usefulness in the legislation 
 
 on the side of the Union in favor of the J of the coming winter, 
 soldiers, and for the support of the war. ! For Superintendent of the Poor, Albert 
 In addition to honesty, capacity and abil 
 ity, he has exhibited diligence and ap 
 plication to all the details of his onerous 
 duties truly meritorious. The district 
 
 which elected him two years ago, will 
 give him a larger majority than he re 
 ceived in 1862. 
 
 Wi:liams, of Newark Valley, has re 
 ceived the nomination He discharged 
 the duties of this office some few years 
 ogo, and was much esteemed for his ap 
 plication, capacity and general effic en- 
 cy. He is a worthy man of most excel 
 lent character and will receive a large 
 
 Horace A. Brooks the union candidate i vote as he possesses the esteem of the 
 
 for County Clerk, has had one term s ex 
 perience of the office as Deputy, and an 
 other term s experience as County Clerk. 
 Having had this experience before the 
 county it is no small honor to receive a 
 unanimous norninatien by a party whose 
 nomination is equal to an election, such 
 an honor Mr. Brooks has received. His 
 
 entire community, while his peculiar % fil- 
 ness for the office is acknowledged by 
 all. 
 
 For Special County Judge, for Coroa- 
 er, for Justice of Sessions, Charles A. 
 Munger, Dr. Theodore S. Armstrong and 
 Lorain Curtis have respectively re 
 ceived the nomination. All good, true, 
 Union men, worthy, capable and geiie?- 
 
 opponent is a gentleman we believe of allv acceptable. 
 
 i ,!. , c v i L i Our Ticket is one against which our 
 
 good ability, but feeling that he was \\r 
 
 . . , \ opponents cannot move a pen. We com- 
 
 Hommated with no chance of an election j men d them most heartily to the support 
 and simply because he could pay and | of all our citizens. 
 

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