The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-19


canno) would settle nothing, but merely change
the subject OF agitation. Ii 1t is so proper that
those who were Rebels shall do the voting
OF The South, then they ought to be at liberty to
elect men after their own heart-and they will
never rest till they do. We greatly desire set
tement that Will prove perfect and enduring,
because it removes all disabilities, redresses all
grievance ;, and secures all rights to all.
The New York 90 Times" Deserts the Con-
serVative Ticket.
From @e Worid.
In the structures which we feel il our duty to
make on the course of the Times, we cannot
recognize any confusing and unreal distinction
between that journal and its editor. In play
of Moliere's, there is o domestic who serves his
master in the double capacity of cook and
coachman. If tradesman had happened to
have an action of debt against the coachman,
he probably would have had no hesitation in
prosecuting it against the cook. Mr.. Raymond
is an active and conspicuous politician, as well
as journalist. He is prominent member of
Congress-; he claims to be the Chairman of the
Republican National Committee; he wrote the
address issued by the great Johnson Convention
at Philadelphia. He Is a leading representative of
that portion OF the Republican party which pro-
tesses to approve OF the restoration policy of the
President For him to claim thai he is moi
responsible In his character Of politician for the
course Of his newspaper on political questions
would be TO make frivolous and tastidious dis
tlnction would be interpOslng a cobWeb to
screen him from just censure.
TO come, then, at once, TO the point of our
aCCusatlon:-Mr. Raymond has decided to bolt
the Conservative nominations made at Albany,
and to crawl back on mis- knees into the Repub-
lican party. He published, on Monday, IL long
editorial IN the spirit of the following eXtract:-
'Ihere are thousands and tens of thousands
o. Republicans in this State who long for the
rnGfnp rot n mi nnH Nuh M nf1hf hat
ii shall be effected by loyal adherence to the
letter and spirit OF the Cons ttutlon, ana by the
admission to their seats in Congress of loyal
men from loyal States, who can take the oath
prescribed by law. But they will be quite likely
TO prefer taking their chances OF securing this
result from the action of the Republican party,
modified as it may be by reflection and mode
rate counsels, rather than seek 1t in the way
marked out for them by the Albany Democratic
Convention"
1t has been evident, for some time, that the
Times was trying to swallow It's shame and play
the deserter 1t is now certain that it has de-
cided to use the little influence that is left it to
defeat Hoffman and elect Fenton. We accuse
Mr.. Raymond, in putting his paper on this
course OF acting in bad faith. We do not make
this grave charge lightly, but deliberately. To
avoid misconception and show that it Is not
flung out at random, or IN passion, we will
define 1t with some eXactness and point out the
ground on which 1t rests. Mr.. Raymond's obl-
cations to the Democratic party as participants
with HIM in the present conservative movement
have been so recently assumed that if, with his
usual levity and tckleness he Immediately
throws them oh, his course is 50 in keeping with
| his character that it would be ridiculous to
complain.
Ii Democrats fancied he would keep faith with
| them any longer that he felt it would be Tor his
| interest, they should lay the blame of their dis
| appointment upon their own credulous simpli-
| city. The particular perhdy for which we ar
| raign MIR. Raymond is mis- perfdy to Mr.. Pruyn.
| 1t ls as aggravated a case of the kind as could
1 Nuan hn nnn No. De-, l.
of character, ability, and accom- plishments; he
was put upon the Albany ticket at the urgent
solicitation OF Mr.. Raymonds political associ
ates; ana he has right to resent the perfdy
| Whlch deserts and attempts to defeat the ticket
on winch lie occupies prominent place. Mr.
Pruyn's republican associates who sought fol
INN place on the ticket, thereby gave
hlm as strong pledge as could be given tha
they would support the ticket to which they
had committed his personal reputation.
The excuses which Mr.. Raymond trumps III
Tor lhlS peTndy to one OF the most esteemed anc
honorable Republicans in the State, are so fri
volous as to show that they are the pretexts. no
the reasons. OF his desertions. He takes evcen
ton to the form under which the ConVenuoI
was called. But that form was concurred i'm h,
both committees; and when the Saratoga Com
mittee had given it their signed endorsement
they precuded themselves, ana the party tine
represented from afterwards questiopinS tbi
| fairness or validity of the call They mich
| have refused their concurrence, had theI
so chosen, and have called a separate conven
| tion. But for MIR. Raymond to act, this late day
| as ii they were not bound by their decision am
| their signatures, is repugnant to every sent
| ment OF maniness and honor.
Another of Mr.. Raymonds preteXts for hi
treachery to Mr. Pruyn, is the fact that Gene
} | raj Dix was not nominated Tor Governor. Br
{ | If Mr.. Hoflman's nomination is a reason VIII
t | conservative Republicans should bolt a ticke
I | it became a reason rom the moment it wa
s made. Mr. Raymond's political associate
a should have bolted (if they had any cause
t bol0, there and then, or afterwards have hel
G their peace. But when, otter Mr.. Hoffman wa
. nominated, they pressed an excellent candidat
d OF their own for the second place on the ticke
they thereby waived their objections to M
Holman 0f any they had), and pledged the
e | support equally to him and to the honore
II citizen they proposed Tor his associate.
e This would have been the case, even if thel
e had teen some irregularity in the nominatlo
d OF MIR. Hoffman; even ii there had been son
e unfairness in the defeat Of General Dix, 81
I there was no such hregularity; no such unfai
e ness, To pretend that nomination which WI
e unanimous and made by acclamation was u
IS talr, Is an abuse OF language. If, as the Tim
alleges, General Dix would have been non
mated on the first day, If Nh. Church had II
n declared the Convention adjourned, the major
d would have acted with precipitation, as tn
le were no longer of that opinion the next NOR
e ing. But even if the Times pretenses were tru
ID they do not justify the per6dy to Mr.. Pruy