The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-26

Itpittcub GTeSlOeubl JOnnSOD rs desiring tne
election of Hawley, an av0wed radical, de
nouncer OF the veto and an enemy of his policy
OF restoration.
We do not propose to debate this matter. The
tribune ~ O1rS that President johnson does not
deslre the election of Hawley the enemy OF his
policy; does not desire the defeat of English, an
OLD and tried friend OF that policy. We choose
to 60 behind the daily deoelts OF the Tribune,
its arttully false despatchcs from Washington,
its eaThlne Misrepresentation OF the language
OF the Chief Magistrate. These are so indus
triously and SO jngeniously phrased that by
them alone we should discover II we had not
learned by eimpler mears that the Tribune,
that Dir. Greeley, kaOGS the wishes OF Mr..
johnson. Knowing his wishes, Mr.. Greeley is
yet capable OF the duplicity OF cUncealing them
worse, OF misrepreseDting them. In one column
OF the 1rj0sme openly waging war against the
Presidents restoration policy in all its essential
part In another column he labors tn throw Con-
ncctlcut into the hands OF the radicals by pre-
sentng them-his ouemies-as his supporters,
and by presenting him as sharpening the blade
with which they hope TO stab him.
Such Misrepresentation IN the Times surprise
us less. The ground is slipping from under its feet.
IL knows not where to look or whom to fly TO.
1t is dazed. Besides, it is journal not inca
pable OF conducting campaign on the theory
and with the avowal that its opponents were
traitors. But such duplClty in the Tribune q. G.,
duplcity so obvious that 1t is wasting time TO
expose it) plques ones curiosity to account for
1t. 1t is possible MIR. Greeley foresees the result
OF the election and wishes to damage MIR john
publican defeat as the consequence Of Republi-
can adherence TO the President.
Did we share the simplicity of those who be-
lieve Mr.. Greeley "honestn because ne has Tor
long lifetime profted by the loud pretense of
honesty, We should appeal to HIS pride OF charac
ter, aud ask him II he cared have no opinions of
ms own; Ii lew years OF accordance with an
administration had made difference with an ad
minlshation IN possible TO him, it be found his
cause hopeless because it was not led by a four
years President. We should remind him. in case
We did not fear his moral ideas had become
miAedby so long an enjoyment of the exterior
rewards of virtue and the inward pleasures OF
vice, that bis reputation for honesty, as well
as iOr exhibitions of vigor, had been acquired
in opposition; and ask him wherefore his pre-
sent reluctant and compromising spirit. But
we should 10 him injustice by such assumptions
and therefore we make none, and ask him none
OF these questions.
Yet as matter of curiosity, we might ad-
Or Sc HIM inquiries OF another sort. We might
indeed, desire to know whether his study Of the
triumph OF the ''party founded on great moral
ldeasp in The American CoDiic~ has at last
brought him to such an estimate of Jhe 1gno-
rance OF the common people "a his mlsrepre-
sentations OF President Johnson imply We
might desire to ask whether his experience as
manager OF this party of all the virtues and
all the talents, has taught him such a supreme
contempt Tor the simple notions oil plain people
about right and wrOng-such a conviction OF
thelr want OF penetration as these juggleries OF
his imply.
bul Jut s6tIGIS OF MI. GTeeley'S lTdu6 WI,
Greeley himself will never diyulee. 1t may be
that other people see the hand of q master In
it all. We confess our blindness. We are able
to see the duplicty; but duplcity in politics, as
in everything else, seems to us to be bungling.
The blunder of ii is as egregious as the crime
itself.
Our space is exceeded, or we should add here
some interesting figures received from friends
who know the political history OF Connecticut,
and who, having canvassed the State thoroughly,
assure U.S. with confidence, that the election of
Mr.. English and the Endorsement OF President
Johnsons policy are inevitable on election day.
We are ourselves persuaded of tins result but
would urge our friends to intermit no vigilance,
no effort. Nothing but unwearied effort and
sl2epless vigilance can overcome the maiorities
AGAINST which we have so long fruitlessly con-
tended.
IT is a satisfaction to know, as President John
sons letter about the New Hampshire clerk in
the War Department showed. that the Office
holders at Washington are not to be dragooned
pies, whatever they may be. Moreover, the sheep
are dividing rom the goats.
Postmaster N. ID. Sperry, of New Haven, for
five years past Chairman of the Republican State
Committee, and one of the most efficient pOllti-
clans in the State, has, like Postmaster Cleve-
land, of Hartford, declared his intention to sup
pOlt Mr.. English, simply because that is the
only way to sustain President johnson, whose
restoration policy he approves.
With equal honesty of purpose, we do nof
doubt, the present Chairman OF the Republican
State Committee declares that he cannot sustain
President johnson, but must vote for Hawley;
and he has shown his sincerity by resigning his
office OF Postmaster at Norwich.