...were contained in the second resolution as follows : " That this Convention does explicitly declare aa the sense of the American people, that after four...during which under the pretense of a military necessity of a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every...

...— That this convention does explicitly deflare, as the sense of the American people, that of ter four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity of war-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself...

...National, and not !>;• the State tribunal. fChecrs.1 [Plank 2. The Rebellion. DEMOCRATIC. 1864— That this convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people, that after four year* of failure to restore the Union by the exREPUBLICAN. 1864— That it is the highest duty of every...

...Na tional, and not b} the State tribunal. [Cheers.l [Plank 2. The Rettellion. DEMOCRATIC. 1864__That this convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people, that after four year s of failure to restore ike Union by the exREPUBLICAN. 1864—That it is the highest ^duty of...

...restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which under the pretense of a military necessity of a war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country...

...exhaust all the resources of statesmanship ... to secure such peace." The convention had proclaimed "four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war;" General McClellan wrote: "I could not look in the face of my gallant comrades of the army and navy,...

...all. The platform adopted by the Democratic party, with other less important resolutions, declared, " That this Convention does explicitly declare, as the...by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself...

...its deliberations. It was, however, not a convention of representative Democrats, for it resolved " that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war," " justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation...

...General Committee " by that Arch-Copperhead and Conspirator himself.* It was in these words: "Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare as the...which, under the pretense of a military necessity, or War-power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part,...

...familiar sound. In 1864 I remember Mr. Tilden denounced another failure. For instance: ' Resolved, That this Convention does explicitly declare as the...American people, that after four years of failure,' etc. "So you see that is a favorite word with them. In 1876 they 'denounce the failure for all these...