The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-17

Inc Convention has disentannIed and smpli6e1
the politics Of the immediate future. It has con.
structed bridge for tho President, which enables
~ nn 10 act efficiently and boldly with the friends
OseaSHed spd anS 1os united sne% bnbS in RPe
can no longer be deceived. Nobody can again be
maze 70 believe that ne Is supporting the President
WMhno Young for the candidates OF the RADICALS.
hereafter, every man who Is not with the President
rs Is against him. IL s nova contest in whioh there
unionIst" T'.'
The Daily Netos considers that all the Utopian
hopes felt by it for the Convention have been
more than realized. II says:--
''The Phiadephia Congeniion adjourned yester-
wherein they proc aim the 'deola, alton Of princ-
PIES and purposes on which they have agreed
splrt OF enlarged patriotism and of great kindncss
towards the South, ana 40 expressed as to
ion. No one will be DISPOSED to GuesSon
the Convenuon's declaration against the doc
tune tune OF secession. or to complain that IL is
IN favor OF the right of the South to be represented
,n Congress and make that the man issue of the
Fall campaign We wish that they had made a
more explicit declaration AGAINST the enforcement
OF the Test Oath but that could hardly have been
expected under ali the circumstances. We think
they acted wisely in adopting the resolutions touch
ing avery, the National debt, and the Confederate
debt; the eou h will thus have opportunity to
ut at rest the absurd pcIons that they desire to
re bIIsh slavery and to repudate tho National
debt debt Hnt While they feel natural 1S sensitive
OF a debt which was contracted for their
overthrow and ruin, the Southern people
fee and know that the honor and mith of the nation
ara pledged to ITS payment, and not one of them
would vote to Iepuoiate It. AS 20 the debt con-
hacted by the COnfederacy, thore IS not man IN
all the south who has ever thought for an instant
OF its belng Assumed by the United States closer
anay SIS and examination OF the revolutions would
probably disclose some Objectionable features but
VIC are not dIsp0sed to be bvpercritica with the
work of Convention winch seems to have been
earnestly desrous peace and friendship between
the sections and the re-estaDlshment of the Union
upon its ancient and sure toundatIon-the Consttu.
non as 1t was.
The Herald, in an elaborate article, admires
the action of the Convention, in the same ramb-
ling style so peculiar IN that paper:-
We are unable to find in careful perusaI of the
ten specifications OF the declaration OF principles,
sentiment assertion that cannot be cneeruly SUD-
scrbed to by every friend of the Union, supporter
of tho in the North. It acknowledges tue full
success the war; that the emancIpated should
receive equal protection with ali other citizens IN
every rignti OF person and property, declares the
deCt of the GovernmentncUrred DY the United states
putting down the Rebellion to be sacred and nvIo-
aOe and fully recOgu the services OF soldiers
and sai ors. What more can be asked by any parCy,
except they may want the adoption of some scheme
that win keep item IN Office 20 the injury Of the
"The danger and the results that may follow by
establishing this principle are also shown, then
We are TO q that the right or du.y OF State TO be
represented III Congress cannot be impaired Dy re-
beOn, nor can the enjoyment OF tnaJ right be- pre-
vented. They non are presented with the pro-
ceedinPs, the address, and tue reso OF trst
gathering growing out OF the uprising of the
people IN support OF the Union and the Consti-
tuition. To them thess records are submtte led as the
Preat jury OF the republic. for their declsion the
approaching Congre. slona. eec IONS Let the we
ment which has so aUspiciously commenced be toll
low ed up with vigorous campaign, aud we have
no feaIs OF the result 1t viii WORK out revou-
ton, peaceful vet effective and lasting No person
can longer doubt that the Central States, COM
menclng with Pennsyvania in October, will over.
VIII mIhgiy repudlaIe the radical usurpers OF the
present Congress"
The Times, of course, sees nothing wrong in
the proceedings, as the same hand that writes
the leader also ruled the Convention. 1t says:-
'Ths 1.-THE address) furnishes an aIl-suficIent repy
the often asked question, What practical work or
actual result come from the deGOeratIOns OF the
Philadelphia ConvenLOnf some people seem to
suppose that because tho body has brought no new
distinctive poIucat party INTO existence, it must
therefore wnste its strength IN decamauons, and
leave nothing behind lt but a platform and a
memory; while others have been postpouIng the
lerod Of its activity tai the next Preside eec.
ton. But here Is something which can be taken.
hold OF almost immediately or as as the people
OF the sEal have had time to learn fully the
character of the Convention, the ends proposes to
accomplish, an0 the means by which it proposes to
operate. The preliminary labors OF the forthcoming
elections to Congress Lave already been commenced
In some States the nominations have already been
made and III Indiana and Illinois the Campaign has
been begun with an intensity almost unequaed, and
preparations have been made for carrying il on to
the end with vIgor unsurpassed even IN the West.
1he contest will very soon open everywhere in the
Northern States, and the opposing principles
of Sectional Radeasm and National Unonism
will range themselves for struggle as mo-
mentous any the country has ever wit
messed. The upholders OIL the radical faction
in Congress- less than its measures will I'D for
Judgment; and many of the members who disgraced
themselves and the nation during The last session
Will havet heir conduct passed upon by the people.
The immenSe Conservative sentiment of the country
has il in lis power before the close of the year to
work an eff ectual change In the complexion of Con-
gress. ana in the political course of the country.
They have but tObrng their influence andither votes
to bear against the Radical faction the Radical
leaders, whatever guises they may assume, and IN
| favor OF Conservative National Union principles
and en-, whatever may have been their antecedents
or designation. If they do so we shall never have
such another Congress that OF last winter. And
this, in the language of General Dix, should be
| cur first and our immediate ann