The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-28
The Campaign In Pennsylvania.

The Campaign In Pennsylvanio.
From the Daily Neaos.
!, 1t is very evident that the alicals realize the
importance which attaches to the campaign now
going on in Pennsylvania They seem to be at
work, and are manifesting a determination to
carry the state; MACS meetings are being held
in various localities, and all the usual devices
resorted to for the purpose of arousing enthu-
siasm for their ticket. Torchlieht professions,
Chinese lanterns, and illuminatlons are again
being brought into play, showing that the can
vass is one of the most earnest and spirited that
has taken place in the State for several years.
1t is not probable that the radicals will be able
to scatter the green backs around as profusely as
they old in the last gubernatorial contest; for
the war is now over, ana the army contractors,
who were so plenty in that State have not the
inducement to furnish the greenbacks which
they had at that period. But what they lack
in green backs they are evidently trying to make
up in noise and enthusiasm.
The opposition do not seem to have fairly got
TO work since the adjournment of the Philadel
phia Convention. Several meetings have been
held, however and all the necessary pTepara-
tions are being made for a vigorous campaign
on that side. From these facts we infer that
the contest will be fierce one, and that every
inch OF ground will be disputed uD to the very
hour of election. As this will be one of the first
elections which will take place in the Central
States the result will be of the greatest import
ance, as indicating how far the reaction has
tent the movement to repudiate the usurpatons
of the present radical Congress has progressed
1t is apparent that the radicals feel that if they
|. do not hold their ground in that State their
case is hopeless in the November elections.
Hence this extraordinary activity on their part.
1t seems that they are directing their attention
more TO the Congressional candidates than they
are TO the Governor and are willing to sacrifice
the latter for the sake of holding their own in
the election OF Congressman; for il Is reported
that they are preparing to exchange votes on
the State ticket fol- support OF their candidates
Tor Congress. This is an important develop
ment, showing, as it does, to what extreme
measures they are resorting in order to main
tain their supremacy in the national legislature.
These facts show to the supporters OF the Phi
ladelphia movement and the friends of restora-
ton the necessity of active work on their part.
There is no time to be lost. If the State is to be
carried against the radicals. it will have to
oe done by hard work and a vigorous cam
paign. The radicals will leave no stone un-
turned, and will resort to all the lodges and
campaign tricks in their power. We know from
past experience that no set of men are more
fruitful and unscrupulous in this line than the
present radical leaders in the State OF Pennsyl-
Vanla. The conservative party should sec to 1t
that no advantage is taken of the Congressional
candidates. The Governor is of but little
account in this contest. The issues are all
made up with questions which Congress will
have to settle. 1t is the election of Congress-
men that is to decide the great questions
now presented TO the American people. The
ouCoo9o VI "a oOhseINdCLNe CduuludCe LOT OoV"
ernor and the loss Of the Congressional dele
CATION will have little or no effect. What is
wanted by the country is a Congress that will
c0-oPeTote with the Executive in tho restoration
Of the States and the adjustment OF our taxes
and finances on permanent basis. To this one
point the whole influence and strength OF the
conservative element of the country, and espe-
caly of Pennsylvania, should be directed. 1t
is here that the work will tell and the changes
that may be brought about by the reaction
made effective. We trust that the friends of the
Constitution and the Union in the Keystone
State will at least be as active and energetic In
the campaign as are the radicals, who are trying
to keep the nation divided and plunge us into
another civil war; for upon the result in that
State in October hinges in great measure the
verdict of the people in the November elections.