The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-12
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Tn. Next Presidenoy-Now is the Timo
for the People 60 MOVE
FSo,n ne Herald
From all parts of the country we hear OF the
rpontaneous expression of the people in favor
NJ General Grant for the next Presidency.
with the exception of the radical press-and
we do not discover that even that bitter politi-
cal element is swinging unitedly in an opposite
direction - the public journals are almost
unanimously in favor Of Grant for the highest
Office in the gift of the American people.
Talk TO men of sense and patriotism from the
New England States and you will find that
Grant ia the favorite, and that they Will de-
,,o,,,,oo tbe sbarp and coarse criticisms upon
1is character by such irreoonoilable RADICALS
as Wendell Phillips and others, in the seVerest
Tones of indignation. Talk to a Mlddle otate
man. from the heart of the great state OF new
York, and you will always hear the name OF
Grant mentioned approvingly when !, an inquiry
is made in regard to the next 1reslIeuoy: asS NY
Proceed farther West and you will find that
fhs public voice loudly proclaims for Grant,
Eifrst. last. and always" except here and
there where the weak voice of a Chase ofhce-
holder or a national bank director is heard
saying that he "is not prepared as yet to give
an opinion on the subject" 10 down South,
and the men who confess Grant TO nave peen
their conaueror select him as their standard
bearer and accepted champion in the next
Presidential campaign.
Therefore now is the time for the people,
irrespective of all parties, to Unite IN prenml-
nary action looking to a comprehensive and
powerful organization, one that Will COM
pletely revolutionize and overwhelm all mere
partisan combinations in the next Presidential
election. Now is the time for the people to
meet, organize, and communicate with each
other, without recognizing either OF the old
corrupt political parties or their rotten out
croppings of mean, shabby, and irresponsible
little factions. Look at the work of these old
parties-the Rebellion, with its untold horrors;
the alienation of one section of our people
from the other; the accumulation of a noun
tain of national debt that, "pile Pelion on
Ossa, - or the debt of France and England one
upon the other, you will scarcely find its equal
i'm magnitude and direct Oppressiveness upon
, the people. Look at a crippled foreign COM
meroe and stagnant internal trade. Look at
the corruption that blackens the national capi-
Lal, overshadows the halls of State legislation,
and renders insecure even the commonest but
most sacred ties of life and humanity. Even
a convention to reform by constitutional pro-
visions some of the grievances is met at the
threshold of its proceedings by the bloody
death of one of its most prominent members,
for the alleged commission of crime against
ClVll1Z6Q society. Iner6 Is no SaleCy, no JUS
tice, no law, no religion under the present
debased system of political management. 1t
is all crime-grabbing corruption, commercial
prostration, and moral and political prostitu-
tion-as the law is now administered and
society is now organized.
The parties that produce these political evils
and crimes demand thorough breaking up.
1t can be accomplished by the reconstruction
of the law-making and the law administering
powers. Under the influence of this great
movement the South can be more readily re-
constructed, and the prosperity of that moan
ing section of the country be restored. The
whole country will rejoice in this humanizing
revival, and the old corrupt, vicious, and de-
moralizing parties, with their intrigues for
Chase, Ben Wade, Stanton, or anybody else,
go to the wall.
Let the work at once be commenced in this
State, by city, town, and county action, for
the coming fall campaign. 1t can be done in
private or public assemblages, provided the
old politicians are kept out. The people will
thus be prepared to enter the field next year
well organized and equipped for short,
sharp, and decisive campaign for the Presi-
denoy, or, in the event of the radicals bring
ing their Rebel batteries to bear too strongly,
to declare, in the words of their heroic leader,
eve will fight it out on this line if it takes
all SUMMER