New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-10
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, ooropER .lo lgoe
LETTERS FR0m WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON, October |, 1866.
The coming election in the Keystone State is
now the great topic of interest. The avenues are,
crowded with congressman, and those who expect
to be congressman, big with their histories of the
battlefield. The excitement Of the struggle per
gades every district of the State and the prominent
leaders on both sides are canvassing with might
and main. The fatal error Of the campaign has
however, been already committed, and is now
wholly irretrievable, Clymer the conservative
candidate for governor had what the radicals call
=" bad war record "a stigma sufficient to ruin
his chances of election. His nomination was CON
6ldered by some particularly iDjudicious, when it
was known that Geary rather inclined towards
the Union cause, wanted to be governor, and was
ready to listen TO reason from both sides.
The truth is, too much was given to party, and
zoo little to the cause, in the course of the can
yass Even now Democratic candidates for Con-
gress are besieging the White House with applica-
tons for the removal of good johnson men--at
the same time conservative Republicans-whOse
preJudices are too strong to permit them to vote
Tor partisan nominees. The quack politicians
must remember that if they are too narrow minded
to renounce partisan ties, they can scarcely de-
mand more abnegation from the voters.
These facts have become SO plain that the CON
servatives perceive the impossibility of securing
success in the gubernatoria contest. At the
same time they very properly claim that such an
event is no indication of the resultin the elections
to the legislature and to Congress. It is generally
believed that the Pennsylvania delegation, at the
next session, will exhibit an increase Of Johnson
men, and more astonishing still, the legislature
will re.elect Mr.. Cowan ia his nresent nosition in
the Senate. Let us. therefore dednce fine natural
inference from this state Of affairs That men
and Hut PRINCIPLES, now farm the nredorinont ele
ment of success. The weak man who snnnorted
the Var il a mare available candidate than the
strongest statesman who onnosed it. There il no
wisdom in saIIinp victory, for the saleof indivdu
ais. The +rrest man MAT ever stunned State
now changes His bue ike litmps in the acid of
nuhlie oninion The apnreciation Of this fact has
become so clear that the administration canvass
ers willingly trade off,, Clymer's men for Cow
an man. They aorce with a johnson srinnorter
that he can vote for Geary if he will only cast his
suffrage for the rest of the conservative candidates
with rood war records. Bv forcing tbe old Dem.
ocra4ic wire-nnI]ers on the RenrhIicans We will
drive them in+o the enen,v's ranks
How can we eyoect the N6ytb II vote FIR con.
didates who opposed their war? Wemnst not he
rairc+on+ n ,aae+ ia o,,osto, s,,,oroI,, ~ IL
+lo+ 10 IF
this side If tho potornac We bonnr tI,oT, IL oo5
10 for tfair advocacv ~ +ba ~ Cansa,, An.
ina it's darl,ast dars Int lot ocI,,o,yo1,,a tho
cttI,at tIat advocacy yos fntiIo Anvcan5a nov,
dcnendinr nm thair nriocinat snn,ort will also
meet Tia same fate II is natural tbo+ +ba nano.
cra+s NJ +la Nor+t, sho,,ld dosirn - ,o+oir +Ior
en1endid organixation and tbefrforme prominence
Tba Fact +tat that ,nan,tb fons,b+ a. +o ITnior,
in fnitno within tho same ola marty 1iras
dence of the wonderful cobesivepass Of the nam.
ocrotin gririt rbay ara MT IN he 1,o,,ed ro srs
+airing tieir marty il is Grand Ia rortv vail
worth snstafninr Tbev are c,,InatIo bov;eyer n
boIding torether "a tenacona1v "a hat +o nermit
the salvation of the connrv hy the election If
sarvativa RannbIicona o. yvar democratic Tboy
aIIow tba nettv local snoils to ovarhaiance +he
,rea+ ir+aros+o Of +bo conntr,, ,Tbo,, 800 H.
Sontb into nositon .,vhnro sbo ,,,st ooyg5av
yvbatbar tlis ia mare ooI+izop ,,ostio,, NJ M, in
vo1ving ter essential nrosnerttv Pan e+lI iaft Il
bar de,ords ON +ba, o,,ant If +bis oo,,4,,t ,to
ynust ranornca +ba nan,ocro+io ,,or+ - a.. Nyr,t
mr. raoornca srocesq
Tbaea truths NAV, NOT ba na1o+oblo br+ INV
f7pty would he nnfaithfullv nerformed If von rvors
Lert in Ignorance of tbair avistarca Tba sor+t
should itnow that her friends II +ba Nor+b a.
nursuipg n suicidal noIicv tbav are eacri6c;no
the destipes of the sopth TO their own schemes
FINALLY however. if thew are nermittad IN CON
tinue. thew will lose their own national nrestioe
as party, and sink into mere local insipnificance
The decisive period is yery near at hand and ther
the truth will be written in historic letters Thf
wirepnlIers, with their contracted ideas. imagine
that the victory il to he gained nv the old trick
of the trade. 1t entirely wrong men as broad
in their ideas as the principles thew sppnort arr
reduired for successful standard hearers. If i
strange if Americans cannot understand that tht
times are changed, and men must he CHANGED
with them, If the Southern press and peopl,
will take this ground. thew NAV bring the neac,
Democrats to their senses. NV language NAV b,
strong, but it is the strength of sincerity and o
hearty desire for the success of the constitutions
cause,
There are numerous Inquiries about the effec
of the PHILADELPHIA convention, and some disap
point1nent expressed in reference to its practica
results.
The genuine manner in which that convention
should have been constituted was by preliminar