The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-11

Union severed by excluding the Southern States,
and has so compl Gated the re- AZ sons of the pene.
raj Government with the So Al that 10 dav the
question OF restoration y more complicated
than when Grant diitst. ID the terms OF the
hepei surrender. This Glatemeut OF the case
fairly reflects the popuiP,e Teesina of the cuuntrs
Ii is seen that the policy OF CONGRESS is a policy
tending to disnnion. IL is seen that wnat
Jefferson Davis cou not accomplish is being
accompnsheu py 'hemoers OF Congress repre-
senting Northern constituencies And hence
the spread Of the conviction embodied IN the
Boston nfesOluticn-"That every national motive
oil pubic or rrtvate interest calls upon sober
aside Ordinary differences OF political opinion
ana ieeln 4, in order to restore to their former
integrity and vigor our republican institutions,
on the common issues OF the Constitution and
the Union"
EVerywhere throughout the North and West
there are signs As SIGNIFICANT as those which
come from Faneun Hall. The Saratoga Conven-
tion is not inferior TO that OF Boston in the stand
ing OF its members, or the ieliCitous blending of
AL shades OF the Union sentiment. Union
Repu blicans and Union Democrats meet to
advance cause which l. superior to party;
meet upon basis on which extremists whether
called Democrats or Republicans, cannot
honestly pretend to stand. At Saratoga. as at
Roston, only really National Conservative
delegates obtain prominent recognition. In
other states the same ball Is in motion,
with an ever-increasing momentum. Mr.. Seth
NJ. CAFES is not the only old AbolItionist who
has lelt the disunloniss and identified
is Thomas J. Turner, Chairman OF the Repub
lican state Committee OF Illinois, alone III
cutting adritt from local organizations now
prostltuted 10 radical uses, Each Is the type Of
a class. The conservative upheayal is general
widespread discomfort with the present
aspect OF affairs serves at once to Justify the
national movement, and to stimulate hopes OF
It's success. The suspicion with which II WAS
for time Iregarded by Unionists has disap-
peared under the influence OF discussion, and
AT this moment its moral force is unmista kable
There has been nothing like II since the struggle
which lifted Republican President into power
| The popular heart beats to the music of the
Union, and the radicals, who would sacrifice
the Union to their theories and passions, must
stand aside.
1t cannot be denied til at the increasing popu.
larity of the movement is in some degr rec result
OF the manner in which it has been responded
to by the South. Many who had credited the
hes OF the radical press we're apprehensive that
the southern delegations would be in the hauds
| OF "unrepentanr Rebels.n Others thought that
| under the gulse OF an effort to natonalIZe
| opinion something would be done to serve the
interests OF particular party. But both of
| these Impressions have been weakened if not
entirely etiaced, by the temper DISPLAYED upon
! the subject IN the Southern States. A more lust
| appreciation OF the spirit and purposes Of the
call Tor the Convention could not be desired. II
has been hailed as an olive branch prodered in
good taith by the national men Of the North
and the response OF the Southern people has
been worthy OF the occasion. Harsh memories
nave been allowed TO slumber.
Old controversies have been passed over as
dead and buried. The wisdom of sending mode
rate men to con er with moderate men has been
practically asserted. And, so far as we can no ~
! judge, the Southern section o. the great gather.
ing at Philadelphia will equal the highest ex-
peCtations OF the North in lts readiness to tOrego
| former causes OF difference, and to cooperate In
| the movement Tor national harmony on tha basis
OF a restored Union. The murm nrings of a fe W
| extreme journals do not materially disturb this
anticipation. They show that the Iolly which
| disdalns conciiiatlOn, aud would welcome
anarchy under pretense OF loving principle is
not confined to either section. But generally
| speaking, throughout the SouIn, as at BostJn n
| and Saratoga, the places OF honor and trust have
been assigned TO prudent, cons serVatiye men
| whose action may be awaited with confidence
without accepting implicitly dispatches that
nave Deen teeeraphed rom Wa hlngton upou
| tne subject, we have no doubt that the tone of
| the convent on might, from the outset be safely
| left 10 the Southern delegates. They know too
| well the importance OF the interests at stake to
| sacrifice them at the bdd no of trading politi-
| Clans, or to meet the promoters OF the movement
| III aught but concil utory spirit. Hence we
| apprehend little difficulty III reference to the
standard of admission. The controlling opinion
VIII be conservative, 30 conservative that
| should delegates who are Objectionable because
| OF their antecedents ob'ain admission, they will
| be practically poWerless. The few who NAV
| present themselves, we predict, will be North
| ern, not Sou heTn, n en-; a1d none will be more
concerned than the southern delegates in con-
| slenine them to back places, aud IN exclud ne
them al'oge her, If possible. Tn cir own sense
OF propnety, OF honor should cause them to
abb ent themselves. But whether in or out OF
the convention, thev will have no influence in
ITS proceedings. Their very presence will
necnssltate a more explicit expression of the
loyalty and conservatism which form the fOun.
dation OF the movement, and are the sole
guarantees OF its success.