The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-03

World dilating on the significance of the yeso,
thus expounds ITS purport;-
"In yetoiug that bin the, President committed
himself against the whole order of ideas, the entire
system Of rocy, of the predominant faction Of the
Republican party. Tho very core of the Republican
poicy iusSy philanthropy for the negro Ever
since that party was organ zed, 1t has mado the
negro the grand pivot which the whole politics
OF the country have TUNED. The veto Is vigorous
blow at that system. II Is tho striking the great
bell in the tower to mark the beginning of new
era. For the last generation, our politics have re-
volved about the negro; Tor the next, they are to
revOlve about the Union. The veto brings out, in
bold relief, q fundamental difference IN the whole
mode OF thought which prevails respectively IN the
Capitol and the Presidential mansion
I'VE do not see how, as politicians. the radicals
could pursue any other course than the one they
have adopted The President has done his bsst 10
render them and their policy Odiots If the Union is
restored without negro suffrage they have no future
Arithmetic enough to add the white voters OF the
South to the N o thern vote for General Mcclellan,
is all tbat is neeoed to demonstrate that the Repuo
hcan PARTY will be minority the momeht the Union
afterwards, nor anything TO expect MEANWHILE from
submission to the pocy OF the President II they
must sink into obscuritY, they had rather go down
as martyrs than as dpostdtes."
These asseverations of an enemy are in
essence honorable to those they assal and re-
proach. The "lussy philanthropy" which has
rescued four millions Of our Countrymen from
the auctlon-block and the collie, from legal
chattelhood with jealousy enforced ignorance
and wIeeted two millions of our countrywomen
from utter helplessness and subiecton to the
coarsest and most brutal lust, needs no yindi-
cation. When assalled, its devOtees should
simply point TO the pyramid OF broken shackles
rising from hell to heaven, and keep silence.
Estate RIGHTS" and the Union" were for more
than forty ears the alternate watchwords of the
champions OF American slavery, Whoever re-
sisted any OF its exactions or pretensions found
State Rights mteTposed in their behalf; whe re
this would not serve, they were menacnglv or
dered to desst, or the shareholders would dis
solve the Union. The potency OF these devices
has in good part vanished, but the habit of re-
sorting 20 them is inveterate; and the genera
ton which SO long found the invocation prohta-
BILE must not be expected to abandon it.
The Republican party was founded on a single
expansion OF slavery In our Union. On that idea,
it struggled through weakness and defeat up TO
strength and triumph. Slavery thereupon pre-
cipitated a conflict oil arms which necessitate ed
and resulted In its own destruction. In the pro
gress OF that conflict 1t became necessary to In
woke the assistance OF the enslaved and to pro
mise not only to establish but to maintain Their
freedom. That pledge we are now bound to
fulfil to The eXtentot our ability. II this sub
ects us to unpopularity and defeat, we shall
confront these as serenely as, and far les:
anXiously than, we assumed the responsibilities
OF success and power.
''The negro as such. is nothing to us; bu
humanity, Justice, equal rights before the law
are every thing. To oeuy justice and opportunity
to the humblest, the most despised or detested
is crime which rocks the foundation of the
add blasts. Not for the negro exclusively, BIZ
in the interest oil every human being, do we de
mand that the laws OF our country, and of every
part OF 1t, shall he contormed to the dictates o
eternal right, so that every one shall joyfully
feel and acce2 the obligations Of loyalty and pa
triotism.
The Republican party must ultimatly dissolve
and pass away, az al other parties have done o
should do. 1t will oie when its work is done
and not Till tOen. So long as four mlllians o
Our countrymen shall be ground under the hee
| OF contempt and oppression-denied the com
monest rights OF humanty-be parahs in tn
| land of their blrth-eXcluded, without ashadoS
| OF pretense or fault on their part, from al
| political tranchises-iorbiddeD to ride in pub
! lie vehicles, or prosecute lawrul and useful cal
| ines-be excluded rom places OF public amusC
| ment, and treated as outcasts even in the hous
! OF God-tbe party OF freedom and justice mus
not, cannot die.
| That 'restorationr which stiles the inhex
bly, loyal people of the South and falsifes tn
| public sentiment OF eleven States, by consIgnin
| them 70 the unchecked domination of the Rebe
! minority, will put the Republicans out OF powe
is quite probable. You can make three ms
jority OF seven 9I simply by prescribing that two
| the four shall not count. All parties have thei
campfollowers and vultureC, who are habtuall
''On the make" and who are CONSTITUTIONAL
attracted 10 that quarter whence the scent {
| prey comes strongest. We certainly, shall nc
be '.apostates;" nor shall we, il power and il
votaries leave us, be martyrs Office did ne
make us Republicans; Office cannot make I
apostates; but If the people shall see fit to civ
| power to our adversaries WI shall be relieve
OF weighty trust, not oyertaken by grievor
calamity. II is our simple duty to be iaithtl
to our principles; 1t rests with Others to give
withhold the power essential to their triumph
Not to sit on the Treasury benches, but to
true to our convictions nt right and duty, Is oil
guiding-star and, until this fails, we sha
noWise be martyrs"