The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-17


in Italy or to despotism to those who were
with us in our struggle or against us; to Carl
baldi, whose residence in cur midst would
have made him citizen of our republic if he
could have ceased to be citizen of the world;
or to Napoleon, whose suppression OF the re-
public in Italy, in l849, was only equalled in
perfdy by his attempted suppression of the
republic in Mexico Is it not time for the
American people to speak 2
The One Thing That Can't Possibly Be
From the ~ Y. Tribune.
There is venerable gentleman who halls
from "The Beeches," Ohio, and concocts
large quantity of sapience for the New York
Times. His last effort is an attempt to account
for the result of the late election in his State.
Here is his first and principal reason why
many thousands of Republicans Che says)
were dissatisfied, and refused to go to the
polls:-
"The State ticket and Legislature in some of
the large counties were borne down by the
question OF negro suffrage, unwisely and un-
mercifully forced upon them, and put in the
worst possible form. 1t was coupled with
dsfranchise ment of deserers, many Of whom
SntrgS 5s1G ns sh
But entirely aside from this. the people of ONO
will not vote for negro suffrage till they change
.
of little or no importance, only showed that the
party leaders wanted to force it upon them
hs3rse fs%seSt to water, but You cannot make him
drink says the proverb. Peter the Great un-
anC could not do il. Party leaders cannot do
as much rs he could. 1t is perfect nonsense TO
talk about logical sequences and the right OF
suffrage to people who don't know what a lOgi-
cal sequence Is ana care nothing ABOUT suffrage
for others; besides, the doctrine itself is non
sense A man who has not now vote has no
more right to vote than those who have. The
single women of this county Numbering many
thousands, taxed for their property have no
right to VOTE In every precinct oGOhlo, theState
| Licke lost votes ION account of the amendmenG
Of Republicans who either did not vote al all,
or virtually voted against the whole tlckeE In
one word, you cannot force men to vote agalnSC
both their convictions and their prejudices. 1t
| is well that the attempt is made in year when
the lesson will be useful, and not do great
deal of mischief l regard this lesson as Ine
stepping stone for success in 1858. The RepuD- :
| lican party, If IL wishes to retain power, must
at once throw aside all the wild, revolutionary
war fever, have endeavored to engraft on the
| policy of the country. In other words, the slde
| issues, the moral and social questions, must De
| left where they belong, to the reason and con-
| science of the people. 1t Is not the ChrlsIlan
idea TO legislate men into anything On Ens
10 the higher tribunal of the conscience. Inc
| German must be allowed to drink his lager
| bacco; the negro to be educated (as he will be-
| TO a high condition. In one word, natlonal
| party must be national, dealing only with the
! general policy. We lost one of the largest
| Counties of Ohio for something about lager
| beer and the city OF Philadelph was lost from
the same cause The Republican party must
| at once return to it's proper business of provid;
| ing national measures for the restoration and
| prosperity of the country"
| Comments by the Tribune.
l. 1t is blessed consolation that the uni
verse is so governed that men are not at liberty
to evince in their conduct all the baseness that
turks in their hearts. Were it otherwise we
apprehend that what the Observer stupidly
miscalls "side issue" would be given the
go-by; the party managers ignoring all ''moral
and social questions" " devOting all attention
to the grand problem:-"How shall we retain
our present offices, or be enabled to exchange
them for better F' Thus, emancipation was a
''side ISSUE till it pleased God to make it pal
badly indispensable to the salvation Of the
Union; negro soldiership was a "side issue"
TIL 1t became impossible to fill the ranks OF
the national armies fast enough with whites
alone. And now the Republican party 'oaI
entranchise the blacks or die in the effort, not
mainly because three-fourths of its members
ardently desire to do it, but because the more
cunning minority, who would otherwise out
manage or betray the great majority, will soon
discover that they cannot hel themselves
that they have exactly Hobson's choice in the
premises-''to be or not to he.
H. Inc southern States must be restored TO
heir normal position in the Union. This is
tnot only right but urgent. Every hour Of
needless delay is national injury, and Of
course damage to the Republican party.
An attempt to postpone it on party grounds
till after the next Presidential election will
certainly lnlure and probably defeat the party
that makes it.
III. And, since reconstruction cannot be
postponed, the negro question cannot be
lodged. The blacks of the South must be
guaranteed the right of suffrage when theil
States are reconstructed, or they will never
get it-never All adverse talk OF ''side
issues, " ''moral questions" Irrational mea-
sures, general policy" etc. etc. is, in view o.
this fact, simple defiance of common sense.
~. For the Republicans are bound to 60
under (thank GOdD if they don't enfranchise
l tie blacks. Manhood suffrage. il no tsidS