The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-17
The Appeal of the Republican Party to
it's Members.

The Appeal of the Republican Party to
its Members.
THE National Union Committee has issued a
powerful appeal to the Republicans of the
North, for which we gladly make room else
where in our paper. The address is written
with an earnestness of style and decision of
tone which will doubtless fully impress the
reader with the vital Importance of the subject
on which its treats. We cannot but add our
convictions to that expressed by the gentle
men of the Committee, as to the urgent need
of immediate attention to that appeal. The
cause of the Republican party is hanging in
the balance. 1t is idle for us to supinely con-
gratulate ourselves on our power and majority
in Congress. A single breath can remove
our present majority. We only deceive
ourselves when we say that the Democratic
party is dead 1t has made grievous errors; it
has committed actions which surely merited
death, but it still lives. 1t betrays vitality
truly remarkable, with its hideous record
during the war, its wilful catering to treason,
it's subserviency to and sympathy with the
South, in opposition to the North-With all
these facts attached to its history, and written
so as never to be blotted out, yet it is to-day
strong and active, waiting but an opportunity
to once more come into power.
It's conduct of late has been such as to show
us the necessity for the utmost vigilance. It's
attempts to secure the negro vote, and the
complete summersault it performed to make
its past enmity to the black man appear to
Co. 1. III
show us that the Democracy is desperate and
willy, and only needs an opportunity to be
afforded it for winning a victory. That op-
portunity can never arrive if Republicans
do their duty. We have the thunderbolts; it
is our fault if we do not use them. We must
meet the enemy on his own ground. We
must send speakers throughout all the South
ern States. The dastardly attack on Judge
Kelley was intended to intimidate Northern
orators. Yet there are hundreds of able men
who are willing to run the risk for the sake of
their principles. Let the whole South be inun-
dated with political publications setting forth
the true principles of our party. Let us take
the advice of Ward Beecher, and 'plough up
the South and SOW it with books" By diff
fusing intelligence we secure stronghold
for our principles.
To do all this money is necessary. The
Committee appeals to the members of the
| party for their aid. 1t appeals to all, both
rich and poor. We earnestly hope the urgent
appeal will not be passed by unheeded, and
that no one will excuse himself on the ground
of having but little to give. The Committee
answers all such objections by addressing ALL
''If you are rich, give generously. If poor
send us whatever you can afford. The gene
rousI purpose and the noble aim sanctify the
humblest efforts. At all events, act promptly
and let us feel that the sympathy of the Re
publican party is with us in our purpose O
making this great land the home of true Re
publican principles, where distinctions of race
and color are unknown, and where Liberty
Virtue, and Intelligence form the enduring
basis of our greatness and prosperity"