The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-25
Necessity for Conservative Action.


From the Daily NetOs. ...
The impediments thrown by the radicals In
the way of the recuperation of the South have
cost the waste ofmillions that might have been ap
piled towards the satisfaction of the public debt
1t must be apparent to every reasonable being
that the proper mission of the people, whether
in ofci al station or in the exercise of the simple
functions of citizenship, is to deyelope and make
immediate use OF the resources upon which the
Republic depends for relief IRON the enormous
burdens imposed upon II by the vast eXpendi-
lures and devastation OF The late war. There
are, in fact, no political issues of q nature to
embarrass the action OF the commercial and in.
dustral communities, except such as have been
thrust upon the country by the turbulence and
ambition OF radical demagogues.
The Southern people ask nothing better than
the privilege OF rebuilding their fortunes by
their own labor and enterprise, and the masses
OF the North are well disposed to encourage and
assist the work of redeeming from unproductive-
ness and waste those rich lands of the South
that now lie IDLE under the curse of radical mis-
rule. But while faction, holding the rens of
power, seems bent upon Gripping the resources
of the conquered territory, and central leglsa-
ton aims at degrading the conquered people
and paralyziDg their energies, it is but natural
that Northern capital and Northern industry
should fear to venture in field where the fair
hopes of profitable investment are blighted by
fanaticism and oppression.
The apathy and Gscouragement in the South
consequent upon the demoraliZing Influences of
the radical policy do not condne their evil effects
TO the section that is held under thus ban OF
partisan malevolence. The whole commercial
and industrial fabric of the republic suffers, and
the elements OF general prosperity lose great
portion OF their attributes of strength. The
people groan under their load of taxation, they
give the lions snare OF the profits of their toll
to the National Treasury, they are dismayed at
the eXtravagant prices they have to pay for the
necessaries OF life; are they not indignant, too,
in seeing the National Legislature engrossed
not with legislation for their relief, but with
schemes to perpetuate a partisan power and
to vent a partisan vindctveness upon the
South? Is it not time for them to arise in
their might and overwhelm a faction thBt
thus abuses its supremacy, and standing
upon the high places OF an usurped authority,
throws shadow upon the broad fields of indus
try, and sends the poison OF lethargy into the
for bread, while their servants in Congress are
struggling for political ascendancy. Is this
condition of affairs that all intelligent and self
governing people can submit to? The Republic
has just passed through the ordeal of civil strie
| has survived convulslon, but is still faint and
unsettled under the effects OF the terrible trial.
1t requires rest, reinvigoration, and the absence
| of all unwholesOme and exciting influences
Craftsmanship, at such crisis, would adopt a
temperate and conciliatory policy in the adjust
ment of all questions that have not been deter
mined by the appeal to arms. 1t is such policy
that the interests OF the people demand, and we
are therefore confident that the conservative
league in behalf of National Union will have a
popular support unprecedented in the annals of
political warfare.