Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-09-06
The Result ut Phisadelp pin la.

The Philadelphia Bread-and-B Butter Con-
vention sat for few hours on three sue
cessive days. 1t served the purpose, which
is row plainly acknowledged by its chief
organ. OF enabling the Johnson members of
the Union party to join the Democracy
The convention was ostenSibly intended to
afford opportunity for consultation and
frank expression of opinion between fellow
citizens long alicnated. But no expression
was permitted. The way in which the
managers controlled the proceedings show
ed that they feared to allow debate. Ey-
cry resolution was immediately referred to
committee without discussion. SO that
there was never any question before the
Convention. and no debate was possible
AS soon as the assembly was temporarily
organized it adjourned for permanent or
ganiZation. and as soon as permanently or
ganiZed it adjourned until the managers
were ready. to report. When the report
was read il was instantly adopted-so. al
so, were the resolutions: and then, under
the same urgency of silence, the Conven-
ton dissolved. The whole performance
has now been pondered by an intelligent
people. We do not believe anybody is in
the least deceived 10y its purport or result.
Ii leaves everything exactly where il was.
That the old Democrats, like General Dix.
had returned to their party fold everybody
knew: that McsSrs Doolittlc and Cowan.
and Weed and Raymond, and Randall and
Browning had left the Union party and
would act with the Democrats in the Con
gressional elections nobody doubted.
Mr. Raymond's address is merely one of
his Congressional speeches, to which he
has somewhat accustomed us. Ii contains
nothing new. and states nothing old with
novel force. 1t is painful to remark that
it assumes the late rebels to be the only
citizens of the Southern States, and quietly
overlooks the whole body of Southern
whites who remained faithful thro' the war.
to whom Mr.. Lincoln entrusted the reor-
ganization of louisiana and Arkansas, and
to five thousand of whom in any State Mr..
Johnson declared himSelfwilling TO confidc
the Government. Every word of the adj
dress convicts the President of the most
stnpendous usurpation of power. Ii leaves
MY Policy" utterly without constitution
al justification. and betrays the absurd in
consistency of dcnouncing Congress for
daring to propose what the President has
already done.
The resolutions merely echo the address.
They are cordially approved by Mr.. Alex
stituiional right OF secession. They take
the original ground of the Democratic par
~, and they will be adopted by every Dem
Ocratic Congressional Convention. If the
Philadelphia gentlemen should make sep
arate nominations. il will be with the sim
pie intention of attempting to divide the
Union vote in favor of the Democratic
candidate. This is the sole practical result
of the Philadelphia Convention, and this
was obvious from the beginning. For the
question of the times before the country
does not change. 1t is whether those citi-
Zcns at the South who made the war and
those at the North who supported it are
more likely TO settle reconstruction more
constitutionally and more wisely for the
permanent peace of the Union than those
who sustained the war at the North and
sympathiZed with it at the South. Ii is
whether the policy of the Democratic par
ty. based upon a steady and contemptuous
denial of the fundamental principle of the
Government and illustrated 10y the late war.
into which Mr.. Seward truly said two years
ago it had plunged the country. is more
conservative of the rights and interests of
the American people than policy of CON
stitutional equality and justice.-HGrper's
WokL.