The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-27
"A 0atrs In TSnnessee-ThO Election To-
morroVy-Tho Anticipated Troubles

moTrovv-Tho Anticipated Troubles.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 26. =. Governor
Bro sGGT IN oS IL him to
meet General Thomas there for consultation as
to the election troubles, answers that General
Cooper, ofthe State Guard, has all the authority
to act iu the premises, and refers all parties
concerned to him. TIE Governor does not IN.
tend reoeding from the stand be has taken.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. 20. General rawtord
commanding this post, lett ior NASHVILLE To-Day
with all his troops.
General Logan on Johnson
General John A. Logan spoke at Cincinnati
on Tuesday evening, and reviewed the course
OF the Demo cratic party during and since the
war He then passed to the review OF the con-
elected by Republicans, and claimed to be
Republican. He had stated that treason must
be made odlous, and had promised TO be the
Moses of the colored people No sooner had he
come into power, however, than he undertook
TO reconstruct the Rebel states. and to do 1t In
such way as to leave loyal whites and blacks
in the South at the mercy of the late Rebels:
This was the issue between the President and
Congress. The President sought to bring the
Southern States back into the Union Rebel end
foremost, while Congress was determined that
when they come they must come loyal end fore-
most. He General Logan) continued by saying
that the Party NV was s hTt S Sa
back to Congress for forty years, 1t would not
be the fault OF the Republicans. In examining
the records of Andrew Johnson, we must ex-
anime that of the Democratic party. There
Was not an act OF Andrew Johnson that had not
proclamation of amnesty he had issued re-
Teasing traitors from their accountability to the
law had been endorsed by the Democratic
party. The Cincinnati Enquirer would proba-
bly, endorse all that he had DONE Andrew John-
gress in the interest of loyalty. He had
performed no act since he became Prest-
9ent tnat wo9e nIS R vetosd tbe
Freedmen's Bureau pill, the civil Rights bill,
the Reconstruction bill ,theSupplementary Re
construction bill, and, in fact vetoed every bill
passed by Congress in the interest of loyalty
The General said he sometimes thought that
Andrew Johnson ought not TO be found too
much fault with, because he had q little too
much of-of the-Democratic platform. and
unintentionally. Naughter.l johnson had
violated the law and disgraced the Presidential
chair He had held drunken orgies in the
White House; he mad gone over the country
like q reeling, drunke man, making black
had attempted to disgrace the Government Of
the United States; and for his conduct. his
in favor of treason. his dishonesty In his pro-
fessons he onght to be impeaG6ed pes , and and hurled
over the battlements OF Heaven.
Gloomy FOrebOdings by Wendell Phil
lips.
From. The Anti-Slauery Standard.
The Republican party is afflicted with half
men and half-measures. When IL should pre-
sent bold strong front, it hestates and is va
ciiiating It is in one of those periods Of wayer-
ing justnow. 1t is confronted in the Executive
has plainly forfeited all claim to the Office he is
permitted TO usurp and dlshonor In the interest
OF treason and msrnIe ssS,s ssS bts SiiS in
peachment Recently the tide In favor OF I'M
parchment seemed to be rapidly rlslng, Ing. 80
Post. and many other halfway journals,
were almost swept along by the e9eGtS%s nS0d
are near at hand, and there is apparent
again disposition to dodge the question, and
to avoid plain responsibility. Massachusetts
Republicans threaten impeachment, but do not
make it an earnest, emphatic demand. The
more il as much. We hold this sinking policy
to be not only wrong in principle, but Wretched
blunder in party management. Johnson I'M
peached and out of office can add but one insig-
nihcant and disgraced memoer to the Demo-
distinctly lily Within their fold He is disowned and
disclaimed by the World. But retained In office
to the end OF the term, WIN ms @ @TemTanlnlng Tng
Stewards and Raymonds, he is Infinitely more
serviceable TO the enemies OF Radicaltsm. In
sentatiVes he has power enough lie. t to give the
political necessity theory OF half men and half
measures the show of plRusibillty.
The Philadelphia Convention of last year was
apparently, for immediate results, ridiculous
failure. It is by no means certain, however,
that with the lapse OF another year it may not
reassert itself with strength su ufdctent to give
victory in the Presidential campaign TO the
Democratic party, or to force Republicans to
the level Of Grant for candidate. A Demo-
cratic victory in the name of Republicanism
To such q defeat the present Republican
management strongly tends, II is as cruel and
10 tue lOyhllhls Ol bue 6Oubus DlaCk anu
white, as it is impolitie at the North
1t is not alone in dealing with the impeach-
ment question that this shiftless, vaclilating
management is shown, but not less with the
question Of suffrage The action OF the Consti-
tutional Convention of this State is one of the
latest illustrations. By its adjournment the
question is again carried beyond the November
election to still greater uncertainty, whenever
the vote shall finally be taken, by the close
proximity of The next Presidential Gubernato-
rial elections. Having stutifled itself by adopt
ing an absurd, illogical report against political
equality for women, the Convention now votes
prolonged adjournment on the plea OF want OF
time, TO complete lelsurely its work after the
should have been submitted. There are most
urgent reasons, national as well as state why
the question OF negro suffrage should nave oeen
courageousy met and tiumphanuy seItleo
now.
II has as yet, reached but preliminary
stage at the South. There Is no Iunaa-
mental guarantee that this prellmlnary
rule may not be reversed at the next step, ana
the blacks of the South be again dlsfranchlsed
and satisfactorily settled at this time mere, ano
elsewhere at the North, would contrlDnte
largely to its fnal adjudication upon oorrecl
basis throughout the South. the suHrage ISSUE
is dedniLely before the people OF Ohlo ano
Kansas lin the latter for women as Wen aA
colored men), and for the sake OF justice u
those who are now disfranchised, for the honoi
account OF the national cause, we trust IL may
The cause OF Impartial freedom and OF uni
versal suffrage iR destined to go forward Il
complete victory. Agitation will not cease Til
this result is reached. The party that prove