The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-11-25

those who have faltered and fallen by the
way. We could not have stood still If we
would; we had no choice but to
advance; for the Southern States
must be somehow restored to selfgovernment,
and to restore them on a white basis is to con-
sign them evermore to the keeping of our
implacable adversaries. We have lost votes
in the free States by daring to be Just to the
negro; but we have saved thereby eleven
States (inoluding Tennessee) to the side of
liberty and loyalty, which we must else have
surrendered to Rebellion, caste, and the impu-
dent fraud which misoalls itself Democracy.
And now, if we reoede hair's-breadth from
our most advanced pasition, we surrender
these eleven States, with their electoral votes
(nearly or quite one hundred) and seats in
Congress, to our enemies-we betray the loyal
blacks-and we do not regain what we have
lost. Those who went against us this year
will, with few exceptions, go against us next
year, no matter whether we reoede or
stand firm. We can throw away Virginia, the
CaTolinas, Georgia, ETC., by abandoning the
blacks to their foes; we cannot thus reclaim
Maryland, Kentucky, and the negro haters of
the North. They are against us anyhow; but
they only hate and fear US now they will also
despise and scorn us If we throw them the
rights of the blacks, in the vain, base hope of
thereby propitiating their favor. We can thus
ALLEVIATE and throw away ten States by reore-
but can gain ne'er one. We may possibly
be beaten next fall upon the platform dictated
by our history, our principles, and our con-
viotions we certainly shall be beaten If we
lower our nag and seek shelter behind the
ramparts Of our adveFsaries. And our defeat
will be embittered by the consciousness that
we have deserved it.
press these considerations upon the trim
ming, Belf-seeking politicians who pride them
selves upon the distinction that they are prac-
tical men, looking contemptuously on abstrac-
tions, and uninfeoted by isms. Men who are
governed by principle will only need them as
weapons wherewith to confute and confound
the other sort. But timid, inoonsiderate, weak
principled men will often be moved to ask,
"Are we not doing too much for the negro
Are we not sacrificing to his exigencies our
power to do any good at all 2" And wish
even these made TO see that we cannot afford
to surrender the rights of the blacks--that the
attempt would only furnish another instance
of the folly of whosoever vainly essays to gain
the whole world, and thereby loses his own
soul.
Edwin d. Morgan was the first chosen Gov
ernor of our State in 1858, when he succeeded
over Judge Amasa J. Parker by IT. 440 ma
jority. He urged in his first message the abo-
htion Of the constitutional disabilities of blacks
in our State; and-two successive Whig legis-
latures having passed the requisite amendment
IL chule DeIVIo Ln0 people IOr raLlncatl0n at
the election Of 1860, and was rejected by the
heavy majority of 140,4S1. Yet at that same
election Governor Morgan, the avowed, well
known author Of the amendment was re-
elected-receiving ITO, 3l4 votes more than he
did in 1858, and 43, ,5l9 more than the aggregate
vote Of his two opponents.
This is no solitary case. Ohio has just
elected every man on the Republican State
ticket-al known to be openly for impartial
suffrage-though she at the same election gave
some $4,000 majority against the Suffrage
Amendment. And Minnesota, in 1865, and
again this year, elected the Republican State
ticket, which was pledged to impartial suf-
frage; and at the same time gave q small
popular majority against such suffrage. Con-
nectiout in 1865, and again in 1854, elected
the Republican State ticket, openly for i'm
partial suffrage; and at especial election half
way between the two State elections, voted
down impartial suffrage by heavy majority.
So we shall triumph in 1868, not by adapt
ing our principles to the prejudices of our
weaker brethren, but by constraining even
these to respect eur courageous fidelity to
principle. We shall triumph because we
stood unshaksn in adversity and undauntedly
dehed the peril of defeat. No party can ever
be good for much until it deliberately prefers
being right to being victorious. We shall
triumph because we shall win the respect alike
Of timid friends and manly foes; and our
triumph win usher in reign of justice and of
peace IN our lOng-distraoted country.