The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-20
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u-,v Movements sOuth-The RoPubll-
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Fyop, me Times.
rTbe Renublican Committee makes an appeal
sor money to aid its efforts to organize the Re
ibublican party in the Southern States. 1t
Sroes the necessity of sending speakers and
documents to enlighten and influence the
nublic mind, as well as Of organizing the party
for vigorous and effective effort at the polls.
The appeal will doubtless meet with a hDeral
response. It is in the highest degree deslra-
bile that any great and powerful political party
which holds or seeks political power, should
de national and not sectional in its organize
Lion and character. The Republican parry -
now dominant in the councils OF the nauon
and IL ought to have an organization ana au-
herents in every State and in every secNiOn Vi
This. indeed. is indispensable to It's usetul,
ness and prolonged existence. mo sectionoi
party can long remain in possession VI na-
fional power. Especially now CiaI sla.oiy
differences thus removed, will 1t be required
of every party, as a condition of public CONN
,denoe that its aims, its principles, and It's
sentiments shall be as broad as the Union, and
embrace the welfare OF the whole nation
rather than that of any particular section.
And the best service the Republican party can
now render the country is to extend its organi-
zation into every State, and to labor zealously
3o' he common good.
here is one thing preliminary to success in
S; a an undertaking, however, which must
ncJ Je overlooked If the Republican party
is { ecome national in its action, it must be
nrti, ual in its principles and its sympathies.
il III not answer to base its new develop
j. on issues of the past; it must have
d. act programme for the future. 1t must
no ly for support anywhere exclusively or
ana Y on what it has done, but on what it
1,ro es to do, for the public good. 1t is not
elufeh that it has abolished slavery; it must 1
nov make that abolition blessing and not
CT to the nation at large. 1t cannot base
Its aim to power on the fact that it has made
su4 ge universal to the negro race it must
viadIUate that action by showing that the
COZ try has been benefited, not damaged
the by And this can only be done by wise,
ben fcent, and judicious action-by practical
measures, and not by loud professions, and
still less by clamorous "reminiscences of the
I.st
Nor can the Republican party rely for con-
iinVed life and strength on the fact that it
st, ID by the country against rebellion-that it
c. ried the nation safely through the war.
I p to the present time, since the war was
closed, the Republican party has lived mainly
on ihe odium in which its enemies involved
tbraselves during the contest. That capital
WI not be sufficient always. The people
ne r keep party in power-any more than
tn keep an individual in ofice--from mo-
liz of gratitude. In the presence of the
frc n, new, and pressing issues to which the
ne ssites of the time give rise, the past is
always forgotten. The people have no time
dor recollections; they demand action in the
present and for the future. The Republican
party must not count, therefore, on maintain
OF their past transgressions and its own
patriotic conduct. 1t must show itself here
after to be as much wiser, more Just, more
patriotic and trustworthy than its enemies as
it has been hitherto; and that must be done
by the superior wisdom Of its measures and
its policy.
The Committee would probably meet with a
more prompt and liberal response to its
appeal for money, if the country knew a little
more accurately what are the specific uses to
be made of it. What is to be the policy Of
the Republican party in the Southern States,
rs represented by this Committed What are
the measures that party proposes to carry
out Does it second the efforts of the Hunni-
cults in Virginia, and of kindred demagogues
elsewhere, to plant bitter and eternal hatred
between the twor races in the Southern States
Does it lend its aid and its funds to stirring
mp distrust and animosity among the different
classes of Southern society Does it preach
Conhscation as Republican doctrine ! We
understand that good deal of the money
contributed hitherto has been used in the
distribution of Mr.. Stevens confscation speech
among the Southern negroes. Is that the use
10 be made of the money asked for now
These are questions which it is quite as i'm
portant to the success as to the character O.
the Republican party that it should answer.
We do not believe the people of this country
desire such a crusade of renewed bitterness
and sectional hate as a certain class of Repub
licans seemed disposed to inaugurate. NJ
public interest has anything to gain by it
the whole country has much to lose. The
financial condition of our affairs demands the
cordial, united, harmonious cooperation of al
sections and all classes of our people. We
must cherish and promote the industry of al
sections-not derange and destroy it. We
need peace concord--a common effort for the
common good. The Republican party car
secure this, and every consideration of interes
and of honor demands that it should do it
1t should not sacrifice any interest or an,
right; but it owes it to the nation that tn
sectional resentments and hostilites which le,
10 the war should no longer vex the publ
peace or check the public growth, now tina
the war is over.
Du ChaIllu ON the Negroes Destiny.
QFro1n The Tribune.