The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-07

wIIIIAm ". REED WRITES A LET rER.
> Mr. wiGirAM b. REED has at last rushed
into print. whether he believes McCLEL-
LAN's cause 70 secure or 40 hopeless that II Ia
beyond the reach Of his public endorsement,
no one can certainly toll. He the head Of the
Peace Democrats, has, however, chosen, on
the eve Of the election, TO lecture the people
OF Maryland upon their duties and dangers
He is Mortified at the idea of the Rebels and
traitors Of that State remaining away from
the polls tomorrow. In his opinion that was
the cause Of the triumph Of the new Constitu-
ton at the recent election. They refused to
perurc themselves at the bidding Of REvERDY
JOHNSON; will they do It any more quickly
at the mandate Of WILLIAM b. REED2
1t Is impossible for want Of space for US TO
publish Mr.. REEDS letter at length. It will
make votes for Mr.. LINCOLN wherever Il is
read. But we cannot refrain from giving a
few extracts from II, which are the distinct
uttorances of the ablest Democrat in Pcnnsyl-
vania, and the man who would probably con-
troll the feeble intellect Of GENERAL MCCLEL-
Ian, ifby any mad decree Of fate he should bo
raised to the Presidency.
He begins by insulting the War Democrats
by the following boast:-
My object will be frankly and precisely 10
" state why I, and those who think with me-and
" the class is far from Observation-Disclosures
" the Chicago nominees. And here let me say
1.-TWO PREDATORY words-oue thing must be
ClCgrly understood, that Hcro is no re-
" traction, OF tc,tbdra,00l, or modification
" Of the opinions which, as you know,
" during the last long years of sorrow
" or terror have written or spoken. II is In no
impIactcable tone th't this is said. IL is
" no obstinate adherence to opinion, simply be-
" cause it has been expressed. But, these
" opinions of the recent past were founded on a
" faith which had stood storms, and dangers, aad
" prosecutions, and been, as ii were, burned into
" me so thoroughly, and have watched the
" realization Of my fofebOdngs so anxiously
. that II tcOUd be simple OrOng TO honesty
4" and common inkebgeace TO disauo,o conric.
4" tiOnS nor ,rhe1 their triumph is to be assured
or in the more trying hour when, in the
event of disaster the penalty for holding them
Is TO be enforced. 60 back to 1861, and 20
" over my record (and every man has q right 10
record of his own, aud l say to you, that in
phGt then said, or hare since said, or oritteH as
to is car is condct, is aim, its certain result
" and the necessity Of stopping IL I an, not con-
i" Sci0us Of one iro,d / Irish to 6lot."
He thus strikes a blow at the right of coer-
cion -
" deny, ms have ever done since this experi-
ment of civil war has awakened me to the truth
that the Federal Government has any right
under the Constitution, TO coerce by arms any
one or more of its great constituencies"
He thus predicts the result of MCCLEL-
LAN's election
"Without meaning TO quote General McCLEL-
" LAN's exact words, understand his promise to
% he his That on his Inauguration he will, ia
" absolute, generous good faith without pausing
" on petty preliminary fOTmalitiPs, offer to the
" south propositions of reconciliation; and in
that he uiA erhGut al the resources of The states
monship ,cih tcIjch lee i0W be surrounded to
make reconciliation efectuaL"
The craftsmanship with which che will be
surrounded" will of course be that of Mr..
REED, and Judge WOODWARD, and Governor
SEYMOUR, and VALLANDIGHAM.
After two columns of elegant whitewashing,
in choicest language, over the blood-stains
upon General MCCLELLAN's character, he
recites the articles of his belief as follows -
81 have faith that General Mcclellan will do to
" the military service Of the country, whether it
is to be active or not the prompt justice of free
% ing the white soldier from the contamination
OF the negro and stop at the great source of
" peSttieRt mischief, negro recruiting.
This means that two hundred thousand
negro troops, now in the service, are to be
discharged, and their places filed with the
white men, for whom he processes such love.
He winds up his budget of treason with the
following ingenious plan for stopping the war,
for which he deserves a patent, were it not for
the prior discovery of PENDLEToN and VAL
LANDIGHAM-we mean the plan of withhold
ing supplies. Read this:-
" The destruction of real capital, daily and
prospectvely going on is frightfu. Capitalists
" begin to see it. The poor banking institutions,
,Isa ns 10
" doom Of actual desperation, and with it panic,
may come at any moment, and yet no one has
a" courage and manliness to say, as hope the
" new President will say, that there is bit one
remedy, mode of possible escape, and that Is,
&" 10 stop running further m debt. # isnccessity
puts an end TO ioGr, none are responsible but those
4" loho hars reckloSSly SqtandeTed so much an hc
" Jegianing. 1t these hopes are disappointed
" then must bear the penalty--nOt u new one
" of confidence misplaced"