The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-08-30
Errninq telegraph
TUESDAY. AUGUST 50, 1864.
'IRGT OF TIE NEW YORK PRESS,

FRTEE OT THE WAnE. DAVIS MANI.
PEAT ,-- CHE PEOPLE ASU rHH CON.
HNG ~ ItON.
en- NJ Hnes
seUstor wade was recently censurcd a. a
fmM rtsOlut on by She Cuiou Convention OF
own c. uu'y In Ohio, for ht, rcccu, joint manl-
80 win Winner Davis. His Congressional
sric, TOW 'ouuV, TO o similar expression OF
nun.tu ID IuIOu CuuNtriiuu resolving th.t
be rtccrt aitac ~ to- President by Wade
d Dr,is is, iu cor Cpiuiou, ilf-timed, tl,em-
tev AKA l-naei. 60, varNiug .rrtt aud uudis.
| li' Cu JOY tu 'ht kyftl Ctuus iu the 50 ttb and
TEL ''u paihil. r, iu trt or Il, aud productive
evil. sro oIly evil, to the Cuipu cause; aud
~ Wt ittl 70 Gutv, uu less InuHra'ive th tu
eHpre' ShlC, TO rtCuountc upon thlt disorstq.
2 uruif 40 our uuIu iiu,d disspprOyd! and
Lden,uAtiru
7 TN n the voice Of the people. II isamsni-
t'h ION ium that power Whlcl IA de Sins or
noe oil that be Is 10 30 lac I've. Tho reOuWe is
tit uittv sikuul, because il q di;Utied agaiu,t
Who tins httvtvt tic been au tsprcIN tHyOdte
c, Jtty HuU OF hi, district sLd whose iuug
Ic,r o. NEuablC public service had made IN
ruE IL the admiration and cDntdvncc Of his
uy every whore. ptUbah y, hd me q Icstio1
o. a. kc" Nix N, nths ago who Of all ths nen 10
Z 60 Wtu a have urCu east ikcly e. receive
| r roof ir' IN his COnsttu, nts, fr damaging the
1T csus, aud giving aid and comfort 10 the
ett the reply Cyery where would haV' been
Dl 'tuu ; Bon wadr, Of Ashrabula." Yet here
Is vi ia that impUiatIun ugOn him, planted
Dis ON constituents Ia tde most enphiLc
nm.
II comes this Nobody pretends that
nstur Nbue has gone oy0r tu the 4 10 is, or g
e CopPerhez .. Uudoubtcd he hates butn a,ith
fierce Intensity as ever IL il incrodible that
ever deliberately undertook tO further the tn
rests Of ,lthcr. Yet il 10 just ~ certain that tue
tactic effect of his IN iniiesIo was just that, W
Jthing CIse- just exactly as much 40 ~ would
the wuunding Of a Reneral-ln chief nv q su> ,-
IN Oh the eve OF battle. President Lincoln Is
10 regularly appointed candidate Of the Uaion
etty iur the Hppiua hing PRESIDENTIAL election.
be II d,iraied, he Cnion party /, deteUed /;
lt c. pp rhtads will taxi power, aud Rcbe lion
III triumph. NJ s,rs. Wade and u tyi'. in giving
Z. Lincoln "thAt stab under the 1ftn rib, ~ a
paptr ,Nul'ingy stY vs. it, gave this Cause
seli. 30 ibT as was in thor power TO do ~, a
oitRl blow. Had the unton nomination not yes
ecu ket Il d, Il might have been dIferCut. Tnat
oDie 10, UyeIwTUught Rnd IL many respec. $
just as IL was, wuuld, we think, have been
aIr1nla0lo enough before the Baltimore Con-
en- Ion. -,
When thTrselec Ion e a candidate il yet open,
IL HlwnyN eRitimate to mako arg iment or
pPeal ag ibst anN one proposed. This may bo
Ompts by the vety purrs cOLcerp fDr the K Iod
the parry. But atcr their candidate has b en-
lecitd, y -ucn Opposltiuu b-comUs unfaltuful-
ees TO The p,ry. Most OF all |, this 20 WHOM th0
Onven ion uH the party & made its selection
th anhSniuity Ike that displ tyed At q Il imore.
But the ~ ieBoOt contest Is nor a mere Uarty one
We are IN war tor tho life OF the na'On. The
lsiDteDance Ut that war 10 It's uniy saie Issue
tpt pos on the e ection Of the nominee Of the
uion patt'. Whue, er or VIII ,tever hlnders tn 1t
ecton ,ndaI Pers not simply the Union party,
ut She Union itself. The atteUpt to generate
/, cord IN that party is an hense rs mach graVer
han OI IdinaTy CT Of tho Mud aS the cause with
bich the party is identified Is beyond all ordi-
airy rty iS'ues.
But al such attempts will only recoIl uuon
hosr Whu make ih m II /, prodiSiouS ms
he 10 or puhhc hCn 70 imagine N It they )w
ave any ~ wer g swaY tint people on tne Visal
u stio Cf bis crisis. II ordinary political
nmpaiRns the people are 70 Ger ala extent
hanBRed by adtOI politicians, who ave their "a
eelIugs 10 crafty aud their own end 70 serve.
vii he di. i.cov'r, d before the canvass closes
lai tits Is All election which the people ite nd
decide tor themselves, and that the poJulAr
Vili CHn NO mOrr be diverted by pO itiCiAnS tn N
he sweep OF N agara. Tnis Is the peOOla's war.
started IN tl,Pr uprising; it Is maintained by
ber unfltrTing puri ose.
In the field aud ut the hallo'-hoX alike, the
Vai lives in the ple alone. We talk Of the
kill Of our CieLerais Ii rs not great generAlship
at has given us oar military prngr IS, but the
ndOmiianle courage and endurance of our con-
non soloi' rs, who are only the people ia uniform.
We have bad no military loader, We snail have
orc wh, r. continuance IN he service was essen
ial TO l's su cess. There IL not one OF tn IN
9hote withdrawal, or whose death, might not No
mace coed, substantially, bv sOme other In4n.
Within tbe leht SIX wceRs McPu rsOa has bee \
iiltd, snd Houker and "Biidy" Smith ave lof
he field There were hardly three better leaders
D our armirs; yet, for all that, these arn'e' are
n-dsy as IndUmitable as ever. Just SO 10 ciVtI
fe.
There Is no public man, or set of public men
Necessary 10 tue cHuse. President Lincoln hins II
H. tot been made candidate for ro-elo Elon
rom any feeling that the success OF tue wU do
NO, upon hIm. Many excellent cOnSidcra'
ioI 8 dirtatt d hi r Nomination. but not even nj
tronPest supper err deny that there are moi
many other punlic mon equally 90 n DC rnt fol
rs re, pOns,hillica. HIS defeat would be diSss
rous, Tot Rt ali because he would he sent tC
private lite, but because the cause which ha
iDked his name with IL, wOuli ne pro ,trated
His pertonal importance to the nation IL, com
phrAtiyey speaking, nothing. II this be so witt
Abraham Lincoln, Il is so with evl other puoli,
man.
No individual is necessary 20 this war aud thu
yreat question whptneT tho war shan be carrie,
hrough or not W II bc drt,rmued wi n very Ii t
= nc,Tn for lp0iviru i actions or opt ni0Os, Po
itlcH scbemIrR, either for or Against the Wa'
MI amount to pttle ur nothing. the deep, stGrl
spirit Of HI pc pie, which when once aroused |
always the m ster element nt the political world
= III ave its free course. Wo have an uush Ixe
al that WHEN the time comes for It's action,
will Overwhelmingly sustain the war. rhps
po itiriRus who now prtSUmC so much upon thsi
Importance, and heek 70 make trouble, will lnt
ihemgelVer, We IhIuk, hut as chat in the storm
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