The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-15
THE POLITICAL WORLD.
The President and the Union Party
The Presidemt,s DecInrntions.

HORACE GREELEY Esd.-Dear Sir:-ln a card pub
shed lew days since you state certain fqcts whch
the tin referred to- did not want harmony with CON
With the party Which had elected him and seek arthef
lease OF power through the favor and support ofi i'm
do not think the facts you mention warrant the in
Saye as other o declining to ac oS
suggestions than the one you assign But this the
certain facts within my personal knowledge which LED
me then and which ead me stu to believe that,
break win the Union party and that I he had no
power" through tho favor and support o. its enemies
conversed freely, though not frequently, with the
President upon the action ot the Union party IN Con
aress during % the winter. While never presumed to
la ed TO express sense the importance of relying
lie good Of tue country might require aud repeatedly
told him that while there was strong convection ia
TO the Union the only that practicable, a
great obstacle its adoption ound the that
lie was golnr over to the Democratic par y. ia Witch
Us political organization, The country hau lost conh-
failed in response to that all such appre-
tensions were utterly un.oundedIiha he had no such
on the judgment and good sense of tn party which
AT Baltimore, he should risdly adhere. tie said the
action of the Democratic parry, organization,
pGbe He bevd that gaGa sToceSs
T rE al aH Mto
by the through the aud the libe
WHO were oT Uuion now hat the war is over He ALWAYS
dsclaimed any intention OF DING yer TO the Democras
OF using he PATRONAGE of the Government their
beaefit-saying always mat he should fight his di
feIences with Congress within The ines of the Union
pIrty.
It is but just to say that he uniformv dscaimed any
wish for lie election, saying he should deem himself
fortunate 10 get successfully through his present
term and that his only was to secure the speedy
and eiectual restoration of the Union to peace and
prosperity. He always lao special STRESS moreover
tile Importance the Union party OF bringing the
Southern states back by liberal and friendly policy
WHY" said he, more than once, why cannot our
friends Congress see that the southern States will
be our friends five show them that we ave eirN Now
that slavery is abo ished" he ADDED, there is no
longer any cause Tor sectional division of parties;
can get rid OF that and under q aud iudicious
policy han the Southern States at least will vote and
act with the Union party. Why should we by hostile
action into their old alliance with the
Democratic party OF the North ?"
This tue uniform tenor of the Presidents lam
guage in conversation with throughout the winter,
and Ii satisfied endeavored to satisfy my friends
that he ther desired intended to break with The
parry hch elected him so long as should adhere to
the Union principles upon which that election was
carried And after the call for the Philadelphia
alto nal Convention had been issued the President
urged that could not fail to exert wholesome moral
influence upon the Union party by showing that men
from both sections could again unite on common
ground, and work together Tor common objects.
YOucs, etc, Ii. j. RAYMOND.