Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-07-18
CIRCULATION OF THE CITY PRESS
THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.

The intemperate speeches delivered in the
two recent Radical Congressional caucuses are
having an appropriate effect. They meet uni.
versal rsprobatien. No papers apologize for
them. while great majority of the press of
the country condemn them in unmeasured
terms. They prove clearly the revolutionary
tendencies of the Radical leaders, and that
they propose 10 resort TO any possible unlaw-
full means, If necessary, TO destroy the lawful
rights and privileges OF the Executive branch
Of the Government. That is, in their effort TO
defeat the restora Of the Southern States to
their position as States, 10 accomplish which,
alone, the loyal North spilled its blood and
gave its treasure so lavishIy. The tenor of the
speeches in question amounts to q general CON-
tession that they have little hope of being able
10 beat the Presidents policy before the peo-
pie in the fall elections. Hence their apparent
violence Of despair So long as there was no
concert Of action between the various parties
sustaining the President, matters looked well
enough for radicalIsm, but the manner in
winch the call for the Philadelphia Con.
yention has been responded to comes like
a clap OF thunder upon them. That means
that the masses everywhere realize that the
war is over. That nothing whatever now
inteTferes with the re-estabishment of con-
cord, but the schemes Of radicalism to de-
feat il for party purpose, ana for that of
plundeTing the people right and left. Thou-
sands, tens of thousands and hundreds of thou
sands who agree with Us in insisting on the
maintenance of the Congressional test oath
a embraclug positive assurance that none but
reliable Union men shall ever again sit in
Congress, and who also hold with Us that one
rebel at The South Is not 10 he permitted to have
double the power-as a yoier-in the govern
ment that falls 10 the lot of a loyal man at the
North as the grand result OF the war for the
preservation Of the Union, VIII surely he rep
scented there. Though this last sentiment unj
versally prevails throughout the North. the
radicals are mistaken In imagining that the
majority insist in making its contamination
the condition precedent for the rehabilitation
of the Southern States. They know we'll that
II must very shortly follow as a CONSEQUENCE,
of the reSalt of the war. The end Of American
slavery was certain result Of the effort to
destroy the Union The great change in the
sf0'hs OF the negro race among us that has al
ready occurred and still goes en-cIothIng
him with civil rights, urging on his indus.
trial and mental improvement. &c. fol.
lowed naturally the end of American s,.-
very; and the march of events will as surely
provide some safeguard against the possibili-
~ that treason may be strengthened as a now
eT in the State by the destruction of slavery
without carrying out the dangerous experi.
ment 10 that end, which radicalism proposes
Niz;-The utter obli,eration of nearly eyerv 70.
naming distinctive principle of American
rights rs they existed before the rebellion.
We entertain no fear that the Philadelpbia
Convention will fail to maintain to the letter
every idea for which the loyal States went into
the war, while we feel equally sure that the
South, as represented therein. will subscribe
heartily 10 their correctness and will make out
sach case, then and there, as will disarm
Ihree-fourths OF the existing hostility to the
PIesidents policy of their immediate read.
mission 10 all the rights of States Of the Ameri
can Union.
Well may radicalism tremble at the prosnsc,
before it, in view OF the probable results of this
Convention.