The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-25
Alarmed Al The,r Own Shadows,

Alarmed at Ihelr own SnauOWSs
VIZ are getting very tired of hearing the silly
cry uttered by the Democracy in regard to a
radical scheme to destroy the Union. II 1t was
originated for the purpose of deceving nation
of uneducated HOttentots, or of binding the
perceptions of the lower hands of a British
mandatory, we could see its object; but BY
what right the leaders of a party claiming to
represent the people dare to treat their con.
stituents as though they we're idiots, we cannot
see, II Is positive insult to the intelligence OF
every reader of a Democratic journal to be told
that the men who have carried the Union safe
through terrible war have now, at the hour of
their trium oh, determined to ruin that nation
which they have sacrificed so much to save. 1t
amounts to the same thing as though their
leaders said to the patrons Of their papers:-
''We know you have not mind enough to Judge
for yourselves, and we have decided to control
your passions by giving you watch.word,
which, If it does lack intelligence, at least has Il
popular sound" Such is really the appearance
of such appeals, such invocation in favor OF the
Union, such denunciation of those whose course
does not run parallel with their own.
There is, to a thinking mind, an almost ludi-
crous inconsistency to hear HENRY A. WISE and
G. L. VALLANDIGHAM accuse the Republican
party of opposition to the Unlon VINO are they,
and who is their party, that they set themselves
up az judges OF the action of the Northern
masses? Is their record so pure, is their devo-
ton to the nation so undoubted, that they need
not fear to have their reputation sullied, and
are thus enabled TO devote themselves to watch
ing and lecturlng their opponents? We do not
think that il the question of loyalty was to be,
left to the decision of one or the other party,
that the people would lean on the Democracy,
and trust their assurances in opposition to those
of the tried de lenders of our political faith
The thunders they illuminate have been forged
for them by timid and jealous member of the
Republican party, and with the eager faith of
desperation they are repeating the RAYMOND
bugbear with variations. The absurd story
about the causes of the passage Of General
PAINE's resolution, directing the delivery to the
Northern States OF their quota OF arms in the ma
tional armory, has been exploded by the Demo-
cracy itself. What possible cause of alarm there
can be in the adoption OF custom which has
existed since the foundation OF our Government,
we cannot detect. The very action over which
they are now so much excited is the same which
they so bitterly defended in 1S6O and under
rather more suspicious circumstances. 1t was
complained against JOHN B. FLOYD that he gave
their quota to the Southern States, knowing that
they would be used to destroy the Government,
and vet his action was defended on the ground
of custom.
1t was from the ranks OF the Democracy that
his vindlcstion came, and now, when the war
is over and peace restored, it IS dreadful plot
of evil men to destroy the land because to the
loyal States is allotted their proportion of arms
and ammunition. The fact that the previous
question was moved has fearfully alarmed the
Democracy, totally forgetting, as they do, that
almost all measures have OF late years been thus
adopted. In fact, we do not believe that RAY
MoND or the intelligent portion OF the Demo-
cracy have the least belief in the existence OF
this bugaboo. They do it to blind the ignorant
and they laugh in their sleeves at the panic
their absurdihes have created. And upon this
bare suspicion they have erected all their dis
coveries OF the treason of the Republican party;
and on this groundwork are those who have
fought with us during the war expected to side
with those who have sought to ruin in the past
and are seeking to rule or rum now.
The assault upon fortress is often best re-
pulsed by sally, and such should be our
tactics. Let us not let the enemy recover from
a homeless attack upon our immovable bulwarks;
but not content with holding our own let us
seek to rout them in their own camp. VIII the
writings of these false prophets of the people
since the conclusion of the war bear inspection?
win they not rather show that treason turks on
their side and not on ours? Did notthe Chicago
Times and other leading Democratic Journals
urge upon the President the propriety, the
necessity of inhicting upon the country a coup
Tetat? Was not Congress to be broken up, and
some other substituted in lis place? Does not
the World daily instlgate such conduct, by term
ing the legal and loyal representatives OF the
people the 'Rump?" Do not all their actions
and all their advice tend to alarm thinking men,
when they imagine the possibility of their get.
ting into power?
Let the Democracy first clear its skirts of all
the contaminations of treason, let it purify its
garments and stand forth spotless, before it
seeks to cover us with the slime with which it
has been for years dlsfgured; and that ii has not
as yet purified itself is evident from its tone, its
principles, its afilIation with treason, ana its
defense and friendship for traitors. Until it
does, let us have no mere tgnis fatiuS coniured
up, to teIriiy the weak and deceive the simple.
The American people are a thinking people, and
will Judge Tor themselves. They will feel 1t an
insult to have such concoctions forced upon
them as RAYMOND and hs Democratic friends
have sought TO administer, and will force back
upon the insulter the poisoned chalice which
was being held to their lips.
The SALUTE OF one hundred guns, the cheers
of the Republican members, and the shaking Of
handa which preeted the aduniseinn of tho Tan