The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-24

accepting the standard there erected for use in
the fall campaign, That is to say let Republ-
can candidates ward off the consequences of the
movement by adopting the policy in relation to
southern representation which the authors OF
the movement have made its foremost feature.
Well, we have TO objection 10 the recommends
ton. IT is eminently sensible. 1t evinces Just
conception of the popular power of the move
ment and OF the fate that awaits its an ag mi ts
Moreover, Its adoption by Republican candidates
will obviate much trouble. II they will honestly
accept the situation, and subscribe TO the decla-
ration of the principles OF the National Union
novement, they will thenceforward be parts OF
the movement, and will no longer have reason to
fear lis guns But the non-commttal trick Will
not save them. If favorable TO the admission of
the South they must say so; their declaration
must appear on the record; they must go before
their respective constituencies with this purpose
inscribed upon their banners. No lodging
behind inierentiallY good intentions will serve
them in the canvass. The point Is plain, and
the avOWal in reference to 1t must be decisive.
Otherwise they will be held to be opponents
of the right which the Republican admits to be
constitutionallv impregnable, and the Phila-
delphia guns will be brought into action against
them.
There is-as our contemporary in effect con-
iesses-no valid reason for opposition the Phila-
delphia declaration of PRINCIPLES on the part of
staupCh Republicans. The platform of the Ma
uonal Union movement and the platform
adopted by the Republican party at Baltimore
in 1864, are substan TALLY identical, as we have
already proved; and therefore we do not out
rage probability when we assume that the great
body OF the honest supporters of the Baltimore
nominations will now be found among the ad-
herents of the Philadelphia movement. No
other course is open TO them unless they are
prepared to repudiate the principles and pledges
on which Mr.. Lincoln was reelected, and to
ally themselves with the radicals. How does
our Springfield contemporary propose TO escape
from the difficulty?
There might be some hope from the next
session if the members who were most prom-
in fhn nH nj fGrn HAL oil INV
upon the Republican party had evinced any
change Of mind or heart since their return
home. We look in vain, however, for tokens
OF repentance. Senator Trumbull, and Speaker
Colfax, and General Schenck, and Mr.. shella-
bar2er, and other notaDilities, have been
heard from, and all Of them oppose the adms-
sion OF the South until the radical conditions
be complied with. The men who managed
concilatoIy, are growing more aggressive.
They are every day going further from the
moderate standpoint OF the Springfield Repubii-
can, and nearer the ultra,sm OF the Forneys,
the HamiItons, and other characte
hangerson OF the party. The State Conventions
soon to be held will be useful bsrometers of
party opinion. We shall see whether the same
tactics that put down conservative Republi-
cans in Congress will avail to reVolutionize the
principles OF the party, and Consign ii TO the
tenoer mercies of the radicals.
We repeat however, that no evasion of the
issue presented by the Philadelphia movement
Will now satisfy the country. The old plan of
feigning moderation during canvass and
scouting moderation after the election cannot
be repeated with success. 1t is tavorlte radi-
cal manouvre, and worked marvellously we'll in
more than one instance last spring. A platform
which even opponents describe as constitu-
tionally impregnable is before the pco-
pie, and the candidate who does not
meet its leading requirement will have no
claim upon the support Of National Unionists.
The guns of the Philadelphia Convention are
too well guarded to be spiked by dsunionsts
in disguise.