The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-17
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Prss,dentiaI Candidates.

The selection OF the admlnlsIFauOh iVA "'AA'
next four years is the work of paramount I'M
portance before the country. The elements
for exploitation by political adventures nave
largely increased in the last few years, ana
,re NAV be sure that the class of noisy, un-
prinCipled demagogues who lie IN wat ior
onnortunities TO make capital will not over
look them. To begin with, there is the large
class of negro voters in the recons'ruc'eo
States, some half million in number, ana
controlling absolutely some OF those oVateS'
These voters, as body, are precisely OF the
sort that oan be reached by the most vulgar
arts. Naturally susceptible to delusions OF
the imagination, and stimulated by Inc
wonderful changes of the last six years
70 Mitch of excitement and expectation
that steps at nothing, they are open 10
any sort of imposition, and those VINO plo
HIGHEST will carry the mass OF them IN any
extravaganza. A few years OF educatlon
and the self-command acquired In the ex-
ercise of manhood rights will correct this;
but it is an element of present trouble, II not
of danger
There is also, all through the North, large
class unsettled as yet in their purposes and
pursuits since the war, open to appeals to ap-
parent self-interest which may lie in the dlrec-
tion of disorder, and disposed to extravaganza
of thought and OF action.
The entire laboring population of the coun-
try is in an uneasy condition. The weight of
taxation and the high prices of the necessaries
of life have unsettled this class and predls-
posed it to excitement. Then, again, among
men of ardent moral convictions, but unbal-
anced in Observation-Disclosures by constitu-
tion--there is readiness for extreme mea-
sures, for hazardous experiments, in even
<yraatar deuraa than 11gual. Earnest r0fOrm0rg.
Seeing the wonderful results of the past years.
have become giddy, and say, "Now is the time
to make over the world in conformity to the
requirements of divine justice; now is the time
TO extirpate wrong and to usherin the glorious
reign Of truth and love-" while all the time
the work of individual regeneration, that lies
at the foundation of national progress, is
neglected or overlooked.
These are the circumstances and elements,
or some Of them that predispose to violent
political excitements, and that offer opportu-
mites and inducements for demagogical ap-
peals. But, in opposition to these, all the
necessities of society North and South plead
for wise and peaceful measures, and urge the
allaying of excitement and passion. AT the
North, industry must become settled and the
relations of society be readjusted. Local
affairs must receive attention, and local ad-
ministration be purified, and burdens of local
taxation be lightened. In the South, there
are four millions of blacks, suddenly raised to
citizenship, but destitute of all the qualifca-
tions and requirements for their new situa-
tion except that of an instructive devotion to
the Union-sufhcient for great crises like that
through which we have just passed, but not
good for everyday use.
In the same section there is nearly or quite
the same number of whites, perhaps more
difficult to deal with, because, while equally
illiterate with the blacks, they are animated
by the inveterate prejudices against the new
order Of things that belong to ignorant dislike.
Then there is the class who have heretofore
lived on the proceeds of slave labor-in which
class is to be found nearly the whole of the
education of the South--numbering three or
four millions more, also prejudiced, natu-
rally discontented, and unsettled. This is the
class active in the Rebellion, but towards
whom both mercy and policy dictate course
calculated to soothe and to interest in the ex-
pertinent of free society.
These bare illusions to the elements of poll
tical disturbance and possible cOnyulsion,
and to the circumstances which render mode
ration desirable are sufficient to enforce the
necessity of prudence and forethought in the
selection of new Administration.
Suppose man oonstitutionally an agitator-
narrow and impracticable and bigoted-say
like Wade, of Ohio, to be put in nomination
by the Republicans. His nomination would
be the signal for rallying of all the Wild dis
orderly, and fanatical elements in the commu-
nifty. Does any man of reflection imagine
that the election of such man would not be
ct the expense of the best interests of the
q oau1 'tryY 1t would mean the indefinite con-
-tinuan ce of the excitement and restlessness
that nov pervade the body politic-the intensi-
fyine of political and sectional animosities
Wade and his school of Republicans having
declared in fa vor of the division of the estates
of the late slav eholders, as bid for the negro
vote, now. we see from a recent speech at
Lawrence, 90 furth er, and say
''Coneress 1yh,o,, as done so rnuob for tba
slave, cannot opietlH regard the terrible dis
JUNCTION which exists be Ween the laborer and
the employer. Property not fairly divided,
@n9 more equal division hust De wrought
out; Al your dull heads W. VIII nsaid, cant
vassers upon the eve of an elect On VIII nave to
tell the laborers what they win 90 foi them.
Men should not be compelled t. labor Sntil
life is worn out and being is eurA 9; nor cao
is capitalist TO q certain extent 4 hhese in.
euualifies are not feltEas they are in the East,
Every man, then who was subject 10 a capital
list, ought TO leave him, ana geL Two hours
nearer sundown forthwith. He (Wade) pledged
himself to advocate boldly and persistently
the natural rights of men, and predicted the
most 1mportant c0mmerGial results from the
completion of the Pacific Road"
The report adds che was frequently ap-
plauded, and that "Train ana CoYode made
fiery speeches." Wade and his associates and
sympathizers now openly bid for the support
of the laboring element in the North, in a
style that can hardly be paralleled in modern
political history. ga more equal distribution
of property" is the induOement held out.
Such demagogues will be rebuked by the very
men they appeal to- but the facts illustrate the