The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-17
telegraph
sPIBIT OF THE NEW YORK PRESS.
Leading Editorials from the New York
Papers Thls Morning.
IIIE CANVASS.

FToH hf T,1rYr.
The McClolauitcs are working dcspcratcly.
but the ude /, against them. They make much
noise, especially with their powder: b,t they
make no hcadwav. There were more mon will.
ing 10 vote their ticket the day after it WAS pomi
mated than there are now; aud more now than
there will be OF he day of election. Their euui.
vocation respecting ther platform hurts them
bad y. The people dpmlud or q party that il
Shall at least have faith in their oru principles
and not be ashamed 70 own them. When the
Convention pat, forth one creed; its cnlidato
anOthtr plainly irrccpuCilahc win tue former;
and not even an effort il made to ciIdce or eN-
plain their discrepancy, he sure the tates are
aPainst them. sCussion must render their
position more and mOrC awkward, less aud less
tehahle. Their motley garb cannot abide the
rough handling ot an earnest, stirring vigorous
campaign.
If the vote Of the loyal Stltes were polel to.
. morrow 1t would present aggrc gaJes Of iust
, about two millions for Lincoln aud johnson
FaglinSt fifteen hundred thousand for Mcclellan
and Pendleton. But We mnst and shall do better
in November An important UniOu victory in
virginia would double the Lin :lln majority in
several States and i1crCa.c 1t everywhere. On
the Other hand, a stagg riug Union defeat would
diminish the Lincoln vote and majority; but il
would take two or three stunning blows in duick
succession to remand us to the gloom aud
paralysis Of Augnst. We cvCn dOuht II rho r1ut
and dispersion of Grants army could de it,
OF the contested States our hardest work Is to
be done in Indiana aud Illinois, because the SOL
dicrs absent from their homes in those States can
not vote. After all has been done that can be in
the way of furlOughs, we must hear up against a
net loss of at least ten thousand 10 the popular
vote OF each of these states for want of soldiers
voting act We can stand this siuCe Atlanta; but
only last month these tNO States would have gone
for Mcclellan.
We had supposed New Jersey morally sure to
go against us; but her Uuiouists say No-they
can and will carry it. ! heir works honor tn ,ir
faith. From end TO end, the masses come fo.th
TO hear Unionist speakers aud respond to their
appea's We reckon that one hundred Lincoln
meetings were held in this State last week and
that the number is rapid y rising to five hunlred
per week. 1t may be one Thousand before No
vembtr. In spite of heavy loss by the absence
OF soldier, New Jersey will poll m nrt votes for
Lincoln this year than she did In 1850
by the way lis there not some McClclanite
SO hardy ns tp attempt 10 answer this question
Ii the soldiers are msinly on your side Gas yOu
say why has no single Legislature of your party
ever passed an act enabling them TO vote? Il
su7ely is not that p irty's custom to dsfranehisa
" On who were ready and eager to vote for it,
Let there be no blind trust that all will come
out right. We shall triumph because we
shall deserve TO triumph. We shall SOW
the land brOadclst with Union newspapers
and documents, and shall reap thcTefrOm
harvest of loyal votes. Aud when the result
shall have shown that the Unonists stand frm
as rock, meaning to have a peace that will
endure, that peace will be close at hand.