The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-07

Disputed successiuns are the most frc1uent
causes OF civil wars, not only in republics, but
even in monarchies.
A dispute about the succession of the President
periodically bcgcts an abOr'ivo or a real revOlll-
ton In each one of the Spanish and American
rcTublcs So the disputed succession of the S1l-
nish throne bcgot that memorable thirty years
warwhch couyulsed all Europe. A dispute whe-
thcr Juar. was the lawful President brought on
the present civil war, with the consequence of
French Intervention In Nj Nicp. 4 dispute whe-
thcr the pre- sent King Of Denmark, who succeed
ed TO the throne last winter, IS lawful heir 70 the
duchies ofSChcswig and Hulstein, brought about
the civil war in that country, which, through
German Intervention, has inst now ended with
the dismembcment Of the Danish kingdom. Il
is remarkable, also, that civil wars produced by
disputed SUGGESTIONS, invariably begin with re-
slstauCe bY some one or more Of the States or
provinces which constitute the kingdom, empire,
or republic which is disturbed II was so with
the united States OF Mexico. It was so in the
united States Of Colombia, and the same was the
case in the united States Of Venezuela.
Now, il is certain that in 1860 we elected Abrl-
ham Lincoln, lawfully and coustitutonally, 20 Ne
President OF the whole of the United states OF
America. seven OF the States Immediately
thereon rushed into disuuiOn. and, summoniug
eight more 20 their alliance, they set no a reyo.
lutionary government. They levied war against
us 70 effect separation and establish distinct
sovereignty and Independence. We accepted the
war In defense Of the Union. The only grievance
Of the insurgents was that their choice OF John G.
BrcCkinridge for President was cOlstitutioullly
oyerruled in the election Of Lincoln. They re-
leccd Lincoln and set up usurper. The cNeCu-
tive power Of the United States is now, therefore
by force practically suspended between that
usurper, Jefferson Davis, and that constitutional
President, Abraham Lincoln.
Inc war is wQgcd by the usuTpcr 90 eXpol that
constitutional President from the capital, which
IN some sort is constantly held in sieEe and to
conquer the States which loyalty adhere 10 him.
Tie war is maintained on our side to suppress the
usurpeT, and to bring the insurgent States back
under the authority of the constitutional Prcsi-
dent. The war is At its crisis Ii is clear there
fore, that we are fighting 10 make Abraham Lin
coin President of the whole United States, under
the election Of 1860, 10 continue until the ith OF
March 1860. In voting for n President of the
United States, can we wisely or safely vote out
the identical person whom with force and arms
We are fighting into the Presidency You Justly
say no. 1t would be nothing less than 10 give
up the very object of the war at the ballot-boX.
HE moral strength which makes our lOyal
position impreguable would pass from us, and
when that moral strength has passed away mate
rial forces are no longer effective, or even avail
able. by such proceeding we shall have agreed
with the enemy and given him the victory. But
in that agreement the Constitution and the Union
will have periShcd, because when Il shall have
once been proved that a minority can by force or
circumyention defeat the full accession of a con
stitutiOnally.C President, no President
thereafter though elected by ever so large a ma
jortty, can hope to exercise the executive powers
unopposed throughout the whole country. One
Either a contest between your newly elected
compromise President, and the same usurper iu
which the usurpcr must prevail, or else com
binaton between them through which the usurper
or his successor, subveTting your constitution
and substituting his own, will become president
king or emperor Of the United States without
foreign aid, if he can, with foreign Intervention,
If necessary. Chats so) To be sure il is so
nothing more certain than that eitherthe United
States and their constitutional President or the
co-called Confederate States and their usurping
President must rule within the limits of this
Republic. l therefore regard the pending Presi-
Dental election rs involving the question
whether hereafter We shall have a constitution
and country left us. How shall we vote then, to
save the country from this fearful danger
(Vote Lincoln in againO You have hit it
exactly, my friend. We must vote Lincoln
in again, and fight him in at the same time. II
we do this the Rebellion will perish, and leave
no root.
If we do otherwise, we have only the alterna.
tive of acquiescense in perpetual usurpatiOn,
or of entering an endless succession of civil AMI
social wars. Upon these grounds, entirely ire
spectiye of platform and candidate, | consider
the recommendations of the Convention at Chi
cago as tending 70 subvert the republic. II will
seem hard thing when l imply that party,
like the Democratic party, can either mediate
or blindly adopt measures to overthrow the
republic. All experience, however, shows that ii
is by the malice or the madness of great parties
that free States have been brought down to de-
structon. You often hear alarms that party in
power is subverting the State, and it sometimes
happens so. But nine times out of ten it is a
party out Of power that in its impatience or its
ambition oyerthrows republic. The Demo-
cratic party, of course, leaving of the loyal
Union Democrats, opposed the election Of Abra-
ham Lincoln in 1860. In doing so they divided
and organized in three columns.
One reasonable column, of State rights dis
union Democrats under Breckinridge. A second,
loyal Northern column, under Douglas. The
third, conciliatory dying column, under John
hn has h. sy,a.,
thereupOn invited the two loyal columns 10 COM
bine with the Republican party to oppose the
disunion Democratic column. They declined.
On the eve OF the election in 1860 | told the fol-
lowers OF Douglas and of Bell that when the cleo
tion should have closed, they would find they
had inadvertently favored disunion and rebellion.
They persisted, and the attempted revolution
came
form OF preventing Abraham Lincoln from as
suming the executive authority. Thus the Demo-
cratic party produced that calamity-the South
ern Democrats acting from design, the Northern
Democrats passive through inadVertence The
disputed succession still remains unadiusted A
new election has come on. For a time the
Northern Democrats, with notable exceptions
gave more or less liberal support to the Govern
ment against the Democratic insurgents OF the
South. But the same Democratic forces which
figured in the election of 1860 now appear I'm the
political field, with positions and policy un-
changed since that time, as think, except for
the worse.
The Southern Democracy is still in arms under
the usurper at Richmond. The Douglas and
Bell columns consolidated, are found at Chicago
and all three of the parties are comprising
the rejection of the Constitutional President OF
the United States They agree not only in this
attempt, but they assign the same reasons for it
namely THAT Abraham Lincoln is q tyrant
They agree, also, that the real usurper at Rich
mond is blameess and pure; at least the Rich
mond Democracy affirm It, and theIChcago De-
mocracy do not gainsay IT, To me, therefore,
the Democracy at Richmond and the Democracy
at Chicago, like Caesar and Pompey, seem TO re.
tain all their original family resemblance. They
are very much alike-especially pomnpv