The national Republican., 1866-07-17
"CANNOT MAKE MILK PURSES OF
I gr.-r.a5 .u- NOSg'S EARS.~

a.. While the Southern journals generally
give q hearty endorsement to the Philadei-
phia Convention, they US generally hoot at
the proposition which the little joker in the
Times Office tells us is under the same thim-
BILE, namely, the proposition to "nationalize
the now sectional Republican Union party"
For example, says the Raleigh IN. O. .Senti-
nel.i af : II. - ..al = y. '..
.Hb suggestion fR.ymopd'sl Ia that the radical
fsct'on shall procesd 10 nationakss iiseLr or, to
use bis own language phail plant itssIi spon ms.
tiona ground discard all national fselingj extend
It's orysoisaton inio every Staisi and make the in
tsrssts riyhls. honor, and welfare Of all sections
its o~n' :" .'
(" How csn party. as such, attempt the work Of
nstionsiization, thai hoids it cardinal doctrine
that sevsn rtatss Of the aion have no rights un.
dsr the Constitution, except such ~ may be nc
corded ~ the pleasure Of miusering and ~ bi.
trsry majorityi that has removed the foundation
stone Of the great national structure the depend
eues Of representation up'n taxstion snd that has
sabvsrtsd the true prncipie Of the repsblie by ig
noripg the Execatsve prerogntive and ct empting
csatrAi,ssliou Of all the powers Of Government in
the hauds OF an irrespoi sibls Congrsss r..
'Ops feature Of Mr.. Rsymond's programme pre-
ssnts the chmax Of absurd,ty-we mean when be
sxhorts the radicals to extend their Organization
inse al sss States. 30 long - our people have
' their senses about them, preserve either thstr
reason the shsdow Of naniinsss and ssif.respect
thsJ csn only look with abhorrenee and dssstation
upon the wh are heaping upon them every
injury and indignity, and who would grind them to
powder ss Aue as the impslpabls dust. The only
aslAlistions that they expect at the South are
i fro,s and with lev mon, Who wiIi seek IN amy as
rsooiston some covert from the scorn and oontsmp p
with which they are regarded by the people among
whom they live, and which they have merited by a
courss OF duplicity and trsachsry!'-N y Void
= JAY 10.
D. With all due respect to all of these con-
temporuries, we submit that their controver-
sial proclivities are just now out of time.
The New-York World and Times and the
Raleigh Sentinel, oil know that the Repub-
lican party, as national organization, be-
came defunct as long ago as 1861, in the
manner and for the reasons mentioned in our
leading article Of Monday week. They ought
to be more careful than they are Of the use
Of designatory words, because they really
muddle themselves as well US their readers
by their lack Of precision in this respect.
Now, to the point Of the Raleigh article
Let us go back to the starting point and get
our data right before we. discuss anything.
The LINCOLN and HAMLIs ticket was alto
gether too sectional in appearance to suit the
A"ssoh.s 'eeoo W ouSh hotiohai otuteslutn us
Secretary SEWARD. The war which followed
their election rendered that SO apparent that
in 1864 Secretary SEwARDs friends in New
York urged the Baltimore Convention Of that
year not only to keep on under the National
Union name, but to place national Union
Democrat from border Southern State upon
the ticket. The Hon. PREsros KING noinina.
ted ANDREW JOHNSON for Vice President
We suppose that our Raleigh contemporary
lost this chapter Of history out Of bis mem
ory by reason Of the smoke Of the war then
raging. 1t should now put that significant
fact down in its notebook, Tor without an
ever-present knowledge Of it, and proper
regard for 1t as an initial idea, II will be
likely to plod along under the error which
now SO greatly embarrasses that newspaper.
Whether the pre-existing Republican party
was national or not the Union party which
nominated LINCOLN and JOHNSON at Balti,
more in 1864 certainly toas. The platform
I. of principles enunciated by the Ba timore
convention ,oas and so were both Mr.. LIN
COLIN and JOHNSON. And they were elected
and inaugurated as National Union men, the
statements Of the radical newspapers to the
contrary notwithstanding. 80 ',
- II vas not until full six months Altar the