The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-04

field. Such is the candidate presented for the
sunrages Of the loyal and patriotic voters Of Penn
As competitor the Democratic party has pre-
sented the Hon. Hester Olymer. He, too, Is re-
preventative man; but IL is of his party, rather
than Of his country His platform and his cam
paign thus far may be summarily comprehended
In the phrase, ''Up with the rebel and down with
the negro" He is lawyer by profession, and 1t
is believed he never held any office except that OF
short one, and consists entirely OF his votes and
speeches during his senatorial career. But that
term covers the entire period when the country
and when the State was lavishly contributing her
blood and treasure for her own defence and for
that OF the national government. In this tremen-
dous struggle where did Hester Olymer standl
And what did he dol He has made his record,
In 1851 he voted against the bill for the arming
of the State, and after the news of the attack
Fort Sumter had fired the hearts OF our people,
insulted flag, Mr. Clymer caused to be entered
upon the journals of the Senate his solemn pro-
test against the bill for arming the State.
In 1862, when reverses had overtaken our armies
and our credit was strained to the utmost to keep
men in the field Mr.. Clymer voted against the
joint resolution providing for the collection OF the
taxes levied by the United States.
In 1868 Mr.. Olymer voted against the bill TO en-
able our soldiers and sailors to vote when absent
in the service.
In 1854 he lodged the vote on the proposed con-
stitutional amendment allowing soldiers in the
field the right to vote, and after SAID amendment
had passed he voted against the bill to carry tnto
effect.
He voted against the bill to define aud punish
offences of reasonable character and against the
Dill to legaze the payment of bounties to volun-
In February, 1864, in speech IN the Senate, re-
| terring to the recent defeat of Nallandlgham in
Ohio, and of Woodward in Pennsylvania, Mr.
| Clymer said: 81 say now and believe that 1t was
| the greatest calamity that has yet befallen this
country that those two men were not elected"
Such is an outline of the inglorious record of
| Hester Clymer, and by it, as he declared on re-
| cent occasion, he is determined to stand. His
| whole public career and all his official acts and
| public declarations of opinion have been uni
| foTmly consistent. His record may be searched in
vain for q vote sentiment evincing true loyalty
| to the flag cause of the country, or which was
| not at the time in harmony with the prevailing
| political sentiment at Richmond and Charleston.
| Upon these records and candidates most con-
hdently appeal to the patriotic voters of the Key
stone state for most emphatic verdict in favor Of
| the right.
| Sundry dispatches captured from the enemy dis
| close his mode OF organization and plan OF cam
| paign The chairman of their State Central Com
mittee, as sort of head centre, appoints reliable
subordinate in every election district in the State,
and these, from the debris of the late "Knights of
| the Golden Circle" and such other materials
can be had, are required to organize "mystic cir
cles," or Democratic clubs, which are TO register
the voters, collect money for the party, distribute
documents and do various other things to insure the
full party vote. These are semmilitary secret Or
| ganiZations, and the members are admitted by ini
| tiaton, at which the candidate ''places his right
hand his lett breast" and enters into most solemn
| vows to "vote against all men who willing to
give the negro either political social equality in
this State, or in any other State, District or Terri
tory of this country" Their watchwords are
pity the great light of these magnanimons patriots
should be longer concealed under bushel, and
that they can find nothing more important to do in
this great crisis of our countrv's fate. But fore
warned should be forearmed. Guard we'll against
these insidious appeals to the prejudces of our
people, and attempts to mslead them by such
means Be not deceived by the stale clamor about
negro equality add negro suffrage. These favorte
hobbies were supposed to have been ridden to
death at our last election when, now, they were
declared by these same men to be the great issuee
of the contest. They are now raised and brought
upon the track again, mounted by the same riders
and destined to the same ignoble end. The consti-
tuition OF Pennsylvania permits only white men tc
vote. By its terms it can be amended only once in
every five years, and having been amended in 1864
allowing the soldiers tie right to vote, 1t cannot
in conformity with its own provisions, be amended
again until 1869. 1t is hoped, therefore, our Demo.
cratic friends will restrain themselves, and mo-
press negro suffrage upon us before authorized by
the constitution of the State.
Complete your township and county organiza
tions without delay revive at once everywhere
the Leagues and Associations which proved of such
vast service during the war let every friend fee
that he has something to do in the good work, anc
proceed forthwith to do it with all his might
Exclude side issues and suppress all local quarrel
and personal aspirations, and labor only Tor I'M
are made in due time. Be not discouraged by thu
boastng and clamor Of our adversaries they hav'
been ngloriously defeated in every contest fo
years, and cannot prevail against us. Nothing bu
our base betrayal by the President and the hope
office could have galvanized them into sufficien
vitality to make another fight against the vie
torioGs hosts of freedom. The physical conflict
for the time at least is ended, but the moral con
fiict between loyalty and disoyalty continues, ant
the grave question is, whether the the othe
shall rule the State and the nation. We urge har
| mony, energy, systematic, associated and indivi
dual labor and renewal of the fires of patriotism
The loyal and patriotic people of the State hav
| nobly sustained and the cause of the country
! under the heavy pressure and discouragements O
| drafts, bereavements, taxation and carnage, and
; when nothing but an abiding faith in the justic
: | of God could enable us to see the end Surel
. there can be no faltering now when the goal
: almost reached and when one more united rail-
= for our principles and our flag will enable us
the ripe fruits of the late dreadful coniic
. and TO garner them safely for ourselves and on
children.
We stand over the ruins of gigantic rebellion
= the most formidable enemy republican institution
ever encountered. We stand by the graves et thre
hundred thousand of our noblest men, who count
- ed their lives well spent when offered freely fo
liberty and Union. In the presence OF their speech
less but eloquent DUST in the presence OF the doubt
-, | ing and sneering enemies of free government
u home and abroad; in the presence of the oppresse
~ millions, who, from beneath crushing despotism
70 watched our flag with tears, hopes aud or tveIi
before the rapidly. coming millions OF the futur
- before God of justice, and in the name of a
y that makes taithfulness to Him and honor anon
% men, we stand pledged to secure and maintain fo
. ever the principles Tor which our brothers died.
- BY order of the Committee,
III F. JORDAN, Chairman.