The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-20

boih the Government and Union have no right
TO sit in q Union Convention, and unless they
are excluded, good, and true men will exclude
themselves. - .. a
In any event, therefore. disloyal parties will
not profit BY the Philadelphia Convention.
1Lat Convention was called Tor patriotic pur,
poses. II, by possibility, bad men get control
oil it, they will be Ieit 10 do what thev so efpc.
tUally accomplished 10 all the Conventions they
controlled during the war-use their party
and themselves up.
The Plotted Civil War How Numerous
aIe the RadicalsI
From the World.
The Albany EUening Journal OF which Secre
tMy Stewards son is the proprietor, protests
vigorously against the distinction the Times
attempts TO draw between Conservatives and
radicals" asserts the employment of such
terms TO be ''miscbievous and unfair;" and
unut rtakes 10 show that the radicals are
the true, legitimate Republicans, aud vast
majority OF them.
It's Chief statesman and principal represen-
tatlves, the JouTnd' proves "Radical" thus:-
Before the organization of the Republican party,
the great men VINO have SINCE been its prom nent
leaders were col sp cuOus tOr their nounced and
'Iao ical" oppos uon 10 every form of aggression
BY the save ol Parchy. There is 10 pIouder record
than that made by William H. seward the United
states Senate whtn-slngle and alone-he met the
CONFINED adberenis OF the barbarOus iAsu,utOn,
ana step by sep, c0mbatted them with v,Qor,
y, wer oil will and brillaIce OF talent hitherto
unparalleled. kIoE. the time when he was the only
advocate IN the upper House OF aboliI on of
slavery IN tie District OF [ Ou bG TO the day when
that grand reform was accomplished by the chosen
Fel resentatlvcs OF q freed nation tine ela was one
OF constant struggle, of repeai ed ac.iice. Upon
the question OF the annexation OF ieXas, upon ,he
compTCmise measures VIII On followed, upon the pro-
DUsai TO Il pea The Missouri COmpTUms upon all
the issues which grew out OF the organization of
kausss as Territory, the men who have right to
be Je~alded as the ORGANIZERS of he Republican
party were "radica," to the Iast degree
It's national conventions. in their purposes
ana platforms, the journal proves RADICAL
thus:-
"lhe Pttsburg Convention and the Philadelphia
CoLvCnnCn, which gave shave and crvstahzatI0n
to the sentiment OF the North, were both radical
Doc es-in The sense Ill v hch we assume the term
to he employed tho Times In proposed fun
Camenta changes in the policy of our Government
10 accomp Ssh these. tney dec ared war upon
slavery Instead OF conserving" rnat inst tut on,
they IoOk measures wh'ct every political obs rver
knew must, IT successful, result ITS ultima
tinction. With fu understanding of the fact that
tner platform, g. rec soil, frte sLeech, free men,"
was All invitation to southern revolt, and that tue
election OF the cand'dat, would precipitate crisis,
they went INTO tie coLtesI which had become q
necessity OF national preservaIOn aud integrity.
BeaeD IN the first national canvass, they continued
thc fight in Kansas and upon the foo of Congress
and returning TO the charge in 1860 with ''raii.
splttel" candida Tor the Presidency, won signal
triumph.
The admission of the Journal is worth noting
for the Republicans denied 1t in the contests OF
'56 and 6O The ,JolanGt admits, be it obseI we'd,
| that the Republ cans "proposPd fundamental
clared war on slavery (0hereveI it existed, not
! n erely in the TerrtOries), took measures wbIrh
they ''knew" would 're,ult in its final extlnc-
ton" precisely what Southern secessionlsts de-
claTed as their justification, and the Republicans
| then denied), with full understanding invited
Southern revolt" (this was before The war, before
secession, observe), and deliberately determined
| to recipitate CrsisW
"ItS measures since coming into power, the
Journal proves 'radiCal" thus:-
II we look ut the leading measures which we're
inauGmateO and accom- lished by the Unioa party
ou'ing tie war we shall flnd tUat they all come
unoeI the dt tnttlOh OF rad CAL" as how used IN
Conu adistnct on TO conservative. 1t was q
| "raGIca," assau uuon The "pecu institution"
to abo lsn avery IN Ihe district OF Columbia; vet
that vas dCnc. The aiming OF slaves AID their
EMPLOY meDt in ,he army as so e,s to fight aga nst
,LeI foImer masters, was 'radIcal" revo utioI in
| puOhc LoicY 1t was "radlcai" measure OF tie
mosr denounced character TO conhscate The pro-
perry OF Rebels ard turn 1t over to the possessiOn o
Iegroes Aid finally, We have, the perfection
anu quntessence OF rad cali m" IN the Consh
Nhich passeO by a RepuDllcan Congress, ap
p owed bs Republican Pres denr ana Endorsed bT
every Republican Legs ature IN he Union
The DO 10, OF the parts since the war has been nc
less significant. t Civil Right
bill tie FIeedn ems Bureau bill, and the tes oath
are al radical The first two OF these easure
have not the Executive Endorsement II the sup
port OF a certain ass of men IN the Union ranks
ut the' are supported by majority go large ant
J earnest thai the exceptions only prove the rule o
unan. .mlty.
On such abundant authority the Jound
aSkerlS the TlRut Vi Ju0 W DC, anu "
! speak for the Republican party
They have maj rlty Of more than two,th,rds ii
Cor gress. They are represen ed bV the Governor
al Legislatures OF all the loyal States They con
stitute at the North OIep eponderaIing force.
II will be seen by this showing tLas the rad
calls. who are preparing civil war, who, upon tn
testimony Of Mr. Ray nond himself, have a
ready taken the hrst step in their preparation
Tor civil war, are by no means the feebl
minority which the small conservative fragmeL
OF that party and Mr.. Raymond himself datte
| Ives arai Tie rul Inn ami rit
in council, IN Congress- in its past history, in il
present power and th,ir blind, Obedient, an
ianaticaI followers are vast majority OF tn
party at the North. The civil war which thes
men not merely threaten, but are preparing an
have taken the first sCep in, would, indeed be {
| no doubtful result but let its flames once be IN
and every town and county and city of tn
| whole Union would be deluged in blood.
would assUIedly be crushed, but not wlthoU
great expense and great slaughter. We IepeS
again, the country demands OF President Johl
son any aud every lawful measure to crush OF
this infamous treason ere the flames of civil ws
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