The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-09
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1866.
Words for Those Who Have Not Voted.

Words for Those Who Have Not Voted.
THIS article may reach the eye of some
elector as yet undecided how to vote. To
any such we would say, Go Immediately aud
deposit your ballot for the Union Republl-
can candidates. We say so simply because
we believe the policy advocated by the Re-
publican party to be the best calculated to
promote the peace and welfare OF the whole
country. Indeed, we should regard the
triumph of what is called the Presidents
"polcy" as a most serious blow to constitu-
tional liberty in this countrY-not SO much
on account of the inherent character of that
policy, in itself considered, as from the fact
that it is a direct and most fragrant trespass
by the Executive upon the rights of the
people, as represented in Congress. The
Executive has no right to legislate; yet the
Presidents policy is almost purely IegisIa-
tiue; it is in effect, If not in direct terms,
the making of lao, and the making of law
our Government belongs to the people.
We know of no better guide, where man
is in honest doubt how he ought to vote,
than to consider how those whom he knows
to have been the enemies of the country
would have him vote, and then to vote so as
to disappoint them. And can any sensible
man doubt as to how our late Rebel enemies
of the South would have him vote? Does
not everybody know that Clymer victory
to-day would be hailed with wild and enthu-
siastic Joy by every Rebel and Rebel sympa-
thizer in the landp This, of itself, ought to be
enough to decide the vote ofevery true Union
man.
Finally, let any candid man seriously ask
himself whether even the partial triumph of
the Democracy, with their persistent threats
of an illegal and revolutionary Congress,
would not be iraught with immense danger
to the countrya Of course, The attempt to
organize such a body would plunge the
nation into convulsion. Nobody supposes
that such a coup detGt would be tolerated
by the people. Is it BEST then, for the sake
of supplantiDg such able, faithful, and expe-
rienced men as Kelley, Myers, O'Neill, and
their compeers, with such men as Welsh,
Buckwalter, and Hulme, to run the risk of
civil WARP We commend this consideration
to quiet, thoughtful, honest men, who have
great and valuable interests at stake.
not according to passion, prejudice, or per-
suasion, but according to the enlightened
convictions of his own judgment and con-
science. This is a government of the people,
and their foles and errors react with fearful
rapidity upon their own heads. Let each
man vote, therefore, as a constituent part OF
this great republic, and as individually re-
sponsible for its welfare and perpetuity.
The Management of the Campaign.
LAST year we had cause to complain that
the campaign in our State was so badly
managed that the fight was won without the
aid of the State Central Committee. We
are glad to be able to utter to-day sentiments
the reverse OF those then held by us. We
have never had political contest in which
more system has been preserved, more care
taken, and more ability displayed. At the
time of the appointment of Colonel Frank
Jordan, by Hon. John Covode, to the posi-
tion of Chairman OF the Committee, we
stated our belief that he was eminently fitted
for that delicate and onerous position.
His entire management of the campaign
has been such as to more than justify the
know what may be the result of all his efforts,
but whatever decision the people of our Com
monwealth may make, no blame for a defeat
can rest on our Chairman; while, il we sue
ceed, to him belongs much of the praise. He
has left no stone unturned to gain the victory.
He has directed all the energetic efforts OF the
members OF the party, and, aided by the sec
retaries and members OF the Committee, has
managed the fight to perfection. We believe
that great victory will be won by the Re.
publican party to-day. We have arranged
every plan which could aid the free express
sion of the sentiments of the people; but
whether we win or lose, one fact is the same,
the managers Of the campaign have done all
that could be done to secure for our princi-
pies an overwhelming victory.