The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-02

could have seen them Id before would have
granted It; For myself, the boot is on the
other leg.n
"Agaln, J" says the National b,tegiqenoey "mav
not the majority oil the Senators aud Represen-
tatives duly elected by the people, and who
have their certificates Of election from the Gov.
ernors OF the respective States, and who are now
denied their seats in the Congress of the United
States, organize and proceed to business as the
Congress of the United States ?r
This would be bold measure, but Andrew
Johnson is bold man. This year there was
celebration of the "Richmond Bluesp and
among other toasts that were PROPOSED we're
the folCwlng;--
Virginia, right or wrong.n
General Robert h.. Lee, the soldier the
patriot, the citizen, the Christian
Stonewall Jackson, the uuConq uered gentle
man and Christian hero, whom even his enc
mics revered.o
1.-THE Lost Cause,n which was drunk standino
and in silence.
And now, ladies' and gentlemen, come to
declare the opinion Of an American General, the
gallant hero of the battle of Nashville. and
what does General George H. Thomas say? In
answer to the questionable you know anything
from information OF report about secret organi-
cations in the South, said to be hostile to the
GoveTnmentY he replied, II have received
several communications to that effect.1
"The persons who gave me this information
have desired that their names should not De
mentioned. Steps have been taken TO ascertain
the truth OF the matter. The persons that COM
nunlcated with me are worthy and truthful
and l believe their statements are correct in
the nam, but how far this disafiecton extends |
cannot say
81 do not apprehend any real danger at pre-
sent, because the military authority and power
OF the Government is not only feared in these
States, but think it is ample to put down any
disturbance that may arise"
MIR. Dougherty continued his review of the
situation South, and concluded as follows:-
On resumng their seats, our peers in power
and masters in intrigue, aided by Northern
w thn tast nafh onp l.oI fI,n
pensions to the widows and orphans of the war,
repudiate the national debt, and take from the
archives and erase from the records every YES
tige of their infamy. They will tear down the
pictures and tumble over the marble statues OF
the heroes whose bright swords led our legions
to victory.
They will reafirm in State resolves and in
national conventions and enroll in laws the
doctrine OF secession. Breckinfidge NAV again
preside in the Senate, and Cobb and Thompson
rule in the Cabinet. Lee may command the
army he betrayed, and Semmes walk the quar-.
te1-deck under the flag tina: be roved the seas
10 destroy. Sooner or later the fires OF civil
war will be again ignited, and the days of
human progress be no more.
After all the sacrifices of this generation. shall
this be our doom? Just as the world is begin
ming to recognize the stability and blessings
OF republicanlsm; lust as the millions of
Europe are rising, shall the American people,
false to their duty, and to Heavens behest, fall
and be driven forever from the paradise of poll
tical liberty!
Ay, a hoodier vision rushes red upon my
sight! Ii we fail in the approaching elections,
ana our Northern opponents gam sufficient to
form with the south a majority, the traitors
who have access to the President will goad him
on to make good the threat to recognize the
Representatives and Senators of the Southern
States, with their Northern allies, as the Con-
gress of the United States. This will be the
signal of a war, not alone In the capital, but in
every Northern city, house with house and
friend with friend, ending with anarchy and
massacre.
Oh! then, my countrymen, fling away all
meaner thoughts, and rise TO the altitude of the
nations peril. OH for the sake Of the dead,
who died that America might live; tor the sake
OF The widows and orphans Of the slam, who, on
their knees implored you not to desert them in
their lonely poverty; by all the incentives that
can inspire patriot action in noble minds-ri7e
and rescue your country as she shrieks for help.
TEis is the fndt styYtqqIe. If we conquer nO,C,
the Republic from her ten thousand hills will
reverberate with the shouts OF Joy that in verify
and truth treason is at an end Rebellion crushed,
slavery dead, the Union preserved, and liberty
triumphant.