The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-28
An1lIETasa
nfthe Union II Republican Congressionai Esecu-
live Committee 10 the People of the Stntes
sbnt are 20 vote i'm November


po,,o,y citizens;-The Importance Of your action to
the eanse of our common country sun mpeIlSSu Py
perfdious Executive on W. % 0tber 0 imneis ms TO
Ynshe this appea before the appIoNOlir ~ rossorai
THE members Of the Union RepuD lcl ssd Nons by lie
1a,iao Commitee have been so mpIeSyseu o5 * v.o t
Sns w enccess which has attended tne oivos @
in tbe nnrecopstructed States, ana Oy Iv ~ the an
Uees " yocs of the great party that eontr3uoeu 80
egectn9lly To tho overthrow OF lOido, lO ,,aorie are
Ihey eann%Tt % he enemies OF the republic to gather
new conrage i'm their opposition 10 @ Iie it; since
~ new n tbe basis Of equality and lusuce. o9ce
the Union on t,or of he 2Oth Of July last, in which
@ LA becore YOU an account Oh our steWai9shP W
we tbt ,bd date the cause Of humanity and 9l IL
mar we now look forward to an early reallsatoho o
r ,corddent hopes, and believe that not many
our ; eIanse afer the next session Of Congress be-
fore several truly Republican C0mmOhWeaiIns VIII DC
restored to our beloved Union anu uoCs ~ S, tbo
Indifference or hostility of those great communities
which have been alike the preseryers ana tne proLecl
ors of the public liberties. What motive can mslea9
n Republican who believed in Abraham Lincoln ana
who gratefully followed the victorious standards OF
Grant and Sheridan, to refuse to act with ms party III
crisis rs Great as any that awakened the patriotism
of the the courage of the others2 our enemies
are not only unsubdued but from the aposate IN the
Presidential chair to the perlured ana paruoIe,ui he-
bells, they are absolutely looking TO the hepuOncins
TO encourage them in new treacheHes ana a!roGues'
The effect upon them of the October reverses IN Penn
sylvania and Ohio should admonish and vtalize the
Republicans Of every other State and when we teuy you
that every mail brings US Intelligence o new 94ITages
upOn thcJJnion men of the South white and black,
aud that the difficulties that have beset these patriotic
multudes ever since Congress established It's recon-
etruction policy have been increased by the recent
elections, feel that we may impore you not TO add
TO the exultatons of our enemies and the burdens of
our friends. Every moral and material Interest is
deeply concerned In the triumph Of reconstructton
THAT measure is more than half completed and il will
be sad supplement to all their sacrifices OF blood and
treasure if the American people should prove indI-
ferent to their own duty or antagonstic to their own
welfare The Rebel newspapers do not attempt TO
restrain their ecstacies over the late elections. The
Charleston Mercury, of recent date says:-
to consider is thisshaH they urge this policy upon the
Southern Sdets and thus Keep IN action and intense
evaporation an issue which it is plain they have
been and must be beaten, and which, therefore, must
ial OF Will they give it up at once, and leave the
public mind to be engaged on other issues, which may
give them come chance of recovering lost popularity
and power? III they insist upon cingtng TO th1s issue
g negro srdge ana attempt 70 forGe u mo 2Peratton
1oiH only be deeper and more dananing. 10 may eUen
bring wth IL personal and bloody retributton on the
Tevoutfonfsts and grants whO shall attempt to en-
force Il
Iho Richmond Enquirer says:-
Negro suffrage will not be established here eDcept
through Oi0n fatal and mistaken co-oDeraion if
we will be firm, patient and discreet.
the other like Indications the knell of that plan
Of settlement" which is such only in bitter irony,
and the public mind will now turn to more rational
views. The road to national tranquility is still long,
tmay be- but it is shorter than it was now that we are
going to the front in the right direction The Radi-
calls had put up false fnger-boards, and turned the
backs of the people upon peace. and led them away,
while protesting to travel toward it!
This Radical faction is simply band of political
assassins and public plunderers, of whom blasphem-
ing BT6wn9w, the beast Butler and the devil ncar,
men, the ruest representatives and most acceptable
leaders. We cannot even feel Indifferent but must of
necessity hate so foul and miserable faction with
hatred that naturally grows more intense with each
new act of daily and hourly oppression. The Almighty
Ruler of us all is God of TRUTH of piety and of JUS
hands, and until he shall fit to change the eternal
standards of right and wrong it will be the duty OF
American Radicals those assasslns OF hpery ana eh
II requires no prophet to forete that ii the Novem-
ber elections should end in Republican defeats tne
threat of Andrew johnson on the 22d OF February,
1866 and frequently repeated since Will be luhed at
whatever hazard. Enabled from our opportunities
at the national capital and from our extensive cores
pondence with agents and friends in the southern
States to weigh the sincerity OF these threats, we de-
clare to you, counrymen that nothing more Is re-
Oulred by these violent revolutionary and desperate
men but the belief that they sustained by the puO
c opinion of the conquerng States to adventure an
other conspiracy, and to demand if necessary by
force their restoration to the power they welded at SO
terrible a cost to the public peace What patriot will
not shrink from contributing to such catastrophe?
That the American people are equal to any new trial.
however the ap9]SCdlgs ] & apv", iS w 3
in his overthrow and their perpetual disfranchse-
ment, may be confidently anticipated; but when, by
peaceful duty at the ballotbox in November you can
avoid further boodshed, assist the great work OF re-
construction, and perpetuate Republican ascendancy
few words of ours should be required to you to
instant apprehension of your country's peril and
your solemn OOn8aJOls. MHeu we can secure
everything by intelligent and discriminating exer
else OF the ballot, why shall we encourage the men
who possess the confidence of no party, and have
thousand times confessed that they deserved the Sc
Veres punishment for their crimes? There Is not one
commanding interest that is not deeply concerned in
the triumph of the Republican party in the coming
elections. Every of public securities national
or State every railroad corporation every bank every
every manufacturer every mechanic
and laborer with greenback in his pocket, would in
santyee the defeat of that party in the depreciation of
their property and in the decline of their business,
Bear in mind that all who are interested in the defeat
OF reconstruction and the Republican party are also
interested in the overthrow of the national credit
The recent speech of Jesse D. Bright is startling
proof OF their malignant and dangerous purposes.
That daring sympathizer, if TO confirm the justice
OF his expulsion for treason from the Senate IN 1861
recently declared at public meeting in Kentucky,
where he now resides "that the i0dr l0ds ufconst-
ttOdl; Congress unconstitutional bod Gts acts
null and potd the national debt is not binding sId
Sy is not aboished SLAVES must be returned to their
masters Southern must be paid for all losses
tained during the lDar and Hey must be gOUerned bythe
the people mot 10 pay another dollar Of ta1eS to the n
ttOadl government"
These the ideas cherished by leaders of the
bned opposition, which your Indifference in the COM
ing election will organize into q new, and possibly
into triumphant rebellion.
Had Andrew johnson been allowed to restore the
aitors TO their old possessions the ten States that
seeded from the Union, with Tennessee, Delaware,
maryland, and Kentucky, would now be solidly united
IN iayor OF the reputation of the national debt
less the Rebel debt added to it, and this load
Wouiu soon have been increased by other demands
n9I lesS iGlho9s and revolutionary The declaration
oi Mr bIgnt ls hardly necessary 10 prove a purpose
cherlshea ana daily ayowed by the Rebel leaders in
all the southern States, But the great measure of
loleu ana forever defeated this COM
pound Wckedness; and now, in the example of Ten
nessee, We anticipate the speedy redemrtion ~ aii
the States that We're led into Rebellion and the COM
plete salvation of the national credit and revepne
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