The national Republican., 1866-11-28
THE TRUE SPIRIT.

TINE TRUE BHIHtTs "a n
The letter below was written by distin-
gubhed wsstsm soldiss, nov In this city,
who believes d the Adnhistratsn policy q
ressorssiol BE utlDrs ne sentiments Of ~
conservative loyal pssple Of she UnioA.
North and South. We are daily receiving
letters breathing similar spirit from differ.
ent sections Of the country: ---s-
wAsniSsroS, D. O.. Hov. Is. lses. 4
EDITOR RkPuBLIcAs: / am truly glad 10
see your influential paper, one that has been
true and loyal during all the days Of our late
troubles, and that remains SO still, speaking
out freely upon the subject Of party and par.
tisanship. hope to see you contihue the
good work.. We,. the truly conservative
friends Of the President, have just sunefed q
political defeat in the Northern States by
reason Of the partisanship Of faction calling
itself Democratic; whereas, had the men
composing II been true TO the professions
made at Philadelphia in August, and true to
the platform Of the Convention Of the 14th
Of that month, and ignored their fealty TO
the party which gave comfort and succor to
the rebellion when the nation Was fighting
for existence, the result would have been
different s,r rIr-! Ha..f a.l sli,-aas,
Men who went into that Convention as
Democrats and pledged themselves to 60 out
Of il a. National Union men, standing upon
the National Union platform, returned to their
States, ignored their pledges to ignore party.
ism; kept mp the old and al but defunct Dem.
ocrstic organisation; forced conservative Re.
publcans and other anti Democrats to sustain
Democratic party nominations; basely and un.
generously undertook to capture the Admin.
istration, President and all assumed the
control OF the Executive patronage; thwarted
the patriotic intents Of the true conservatives
North and South, and the result is, that
through this unfair and impolitic course, the
Administration and its earnest friends are
weaker and in worse condition than before
the grand Convention at Philadelphia.
True, the principles enunciated by that
convention still stand a. the Shibboleth o
the conservative masses; thus much we have
on hand as capitol for the future. But it il
equally true that there are Democrats in oil
the States. who regret that they ever went
into that convention, hecause II was not, and
because they could not make 1t, Democratic
convention; and judge that hereafter the
National Union men who stand unalterably
pledged to the President and his policy ant
the National Union platform, will be forced
to fight the great conservative battle OF the
Union both against the Radical Republican,
and the Radical Democrats in common.
trust the Administration will see to /
that the recreant neutrality-suspicious.
who 80 basely deserted the National Unior
party and its platform throughout the North
do not succeed in the effort Of subsidizing /
to their schemes Of party and personal po
litical aggrandizement. The Administration
owes nothing to the coplerheads who sough
McClelland's election, except more disas
trous defeat during the late fall elections thai
it would have sustained had we all kept clea
Of them. Let us all learn wisdom by tn,
past, and that wisdom will dictate that thos'
who have broken their faith as the copper
heads did during the late canvass are not I,
be trusted SO long a. they maintain part!
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