New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-10-28
Address

OF THE Union REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE PEOPLE OF
THE STATES THAT ARE TO VOTE IN NOvEM-
BIER.
FELLOW CITIZENS: The Importance of your
action to the cause Of country still mperod
by perfdous Executive the hand and the defiant
spirit OF rebellion the other mpes 10 make this ap
peal before the approaching elections The members of
the Union Republican Congressional Executive Committee
have been so impressed by the extraordinary success
which has attended their efforts in the unreconsructed
States and by the vital necessity Of strengthening these
efforts by the approving voice OF the great party that
contributed so efectualy the overthrow Of the Rebel
lion that they cannot believe the American people
ready allow the enemies OF the Republic to gather new
Union on the basis ofequaty and justice Since circu
lar letter Of the 10th OF July last in which We laid be
you account OF our stewardship up to that date
the OF humanity and OF liberty has so rapidly al
in the South that we now look forward TO aneary
realization Of our most confident hopes ana believe at
not many days will elapse after the next session OF Con
gross before several truly republican CONFERENCE.-The WIZ
be- restored to our beloved UhOhi ana HohE can arrest
this magnificent political cOnsunTnatOn hut the lndner
ence or hostility Of those great communities which have
been alike the pieserVers ana the tOec'0Is OI te pun
lie liberties. What motive can mslead Republican VINO
believed in Abraham Lincoln, and who gratefully fol
lowed the victorious standards Of Grant and Sheridan To
refuse with his party In crisis as great as any
that awakened the patriotism of the one or the courage
of the others Our enemies not only unsubdued but
from the apOstate in the Presidential chair to the per
iured and pardOned Rebels they absolutely looking
10 the Republicans to encourage them In new trcach-
cries and atrocities The effect upon them Of the
monish and yiaze the Republicans OF every other state
and when tell you that every mail brings us ntel-
Oence of new OntTages upon the Union OF the SOUTH
white and black and that the difficulties that have bcset
these patriotic muttudes ever since Congress estab
ished lis reconstruction policy have been increased by
fhe recent elections feel that ipore you not
10 add the exultaons OF our enemies ana me burdens
of our friends Every moral and material interest Is
deeply concerned in the triumph Of reconstruction Ihat
measure il than half Completed and IL viii be sad
supplement to all their sacrifices Of blood and treasure
the American people should prove ndlneIent 10 ter O"
Jnty or antaeonstic TO their own welfare The Rebel
anprsd do mol
over the late elections The Charleston H0c"yo OF re-
The only question for the majority in Congress now TO
consider IS thisshaA hey urge tbs policy upon me SonI
tion an issue on which IL is PLAN they have been and
must be beaten and which, therefore, must fall; or viii
they give up at and leave the public mnd TO be
engaged on other issues which may give them some
chance OF recovering their os popularity ana power
II they insist upon cn0ng to hiS issue Of neqr0 sugTdg
and 0ifeBDf 10 operation M tep0tuHOhdry
roie,ce aid The 6oyone heir ial oH otg be deeper and
more ddnniRg IL MAY erea BRING run ~ Perso'm nI I
J0ody retribtiiiOn DE rerouio'tSs and tTd"S who
sL0H attempt 10 enforce a.
Negro suffrage win be established here, except
through our Jatal and mistaken cooperation II we VIII
be firm patient and discreet I'm short the results III
Pennsylvania and Ohio with the other Ike lndlcatons
the kne Of that plan OF w n,1 Is Sntn
only in bitter irony and the public MIND WI now Iudn 70
more rational views. The road 10 national tranquility -
s long II may be- but IL y 'SreF gb Ths
Radicals had put up false ngerpoardt anu tuIneu ne
backs OF the people upon peace ahd led them away "ne
protesting to travel toward IL!
The Memphis Araionche says ,..,.,
Radical faction Simply DhDu OF
aims and nnbllc plunderers OF whom disappearing Brown
low the beast Butler and the devil incarnate Tbad
stevens the genuine types ana mead hen tne uese
rsnresentatves and most acceptable leaders We can
not even feel Indifferent but must Of necessity nate
40 foul and miserable faction with hatred tnat natl
euv more iDtense with each act OF daily aud
honry oppression. The Almighty Ruler OF us all 10 "A
God OF Truth of Piey. and OF Justice ne therefore,;
raCres snch antpatby nj hands and until He shall
ses NJ 10 change the eternal standards OF right and
wrong il will be the duty OF every honest man 10 actesI
and make upon the American fa1cais-'nooo "Se"e
sins 81 liberty and enemies Of mankind
Itrequires prophet TO forete tha,, 1S a g,
Andrew johnson on the 22d Of FebrIsry iss ana IRE.
auently repeated since, will be Iuned az wna ,v,
2szar1 Enabled from opportunities al the Naonhi
Capal and from extensive correspondence win our
aets and friends in the southern states 10 weigh the
ncer, ~ these fhreos declare 10 you our county
tst nothing more is required by these violent rev
oluIonary aud desperate but the bellei tat tney
are sssinrd by the public opinion or the cohqnerug
states 10 adventure another conspiracy, anu 70 ue
nand n necessary 10y force theit restoration 10 me
power they welded al terrblo cost 10 tac pup,c
nracr WHat nariO viii nOt shrink foIG contributing 10