The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-12
Tho Sheeted Dend.
From tas Tribune.

from Glc ITlOWhc,
Many veteran observers of the shifting cur
rents OF American politics are puzzled by the
unconquerable vitality evinced by the Republi-
can party. GLOW is it," they ponder, "that
this party, which came into power through the
divisions OF its opponents who showed
majority of fully one million of votes, should
now be able to defy the most perfect cUmbina-
ton Of all Its enemies? How could it poll at
the iIagmcntary State elections of 1866, full
quarter more votes than in the arduOus Pesi-
DENTAL struogle OF 1860? Why should the result
stronger and more invincble than ever before
Does il bear charmed lie? Has it made no
bluuders, given power and patronage to no
en- oezzlers, developed no dsintegrating anti
palhes and aDtsgonlsms in its own ranks
What accounts for the dTmuess, the tenaCty, of
ITS hoid on popular cOnddenCe"
We anSNCr:-
The Republican party is mortal, like all
parties which preceded IT, and will die when
lta time comes. 1t has made great Mistakes 1t has
been mislPd inio putting Thieves and swindlers
into power, and has thus robbed the nation, to its
sore discredIt and injury. And the one para
mount reason for the prolongation OF its power
Is The hXed determination Of the Copperheads
TO succeed it, and the equally stern resolve of
the people that they shant.
Mcclellan would probably have been beaten
Tor President, anyhow: but he would not have
been utterly routed but for the COpperhpads
who insisted on showing under him a platform
wbcIeOn no man could stand. The Philadel-
phla arm-iD-arm Convention could hardly have
upset the Republican ascendancy, anyhow; yet
the effort need not have resulted in such sig
nal, disastrous failure, if the most conspicuous
and obnoxious COppeTheads had not insisted
on bossing the job. And the recent Eighth-oi-
JFnuary reviyals have shown the same tenacious
resolve of the most notorious and odious Cop
perheads not to let the Republicans give place
10 any rival asplrants 10 power but themselves
so II looks as though the Republican ascend
aDcy must be pretty safe for the next six years.
The lOpnpC1lCnt UaTI GrinG Ouifn l0pop
considering that no ticket was to be nominated,
and was reasonably earnest and spirited The
Hon. James Brooks made a long and fluent
speeCh-not coed as he used to make on our
slOe nor so lOrcible as his solemn protestaGOn
TN the Wing State Address of lS47) that he
would ReCeT consent to the surrender OF any
more free soil to slavery. Two or three others
spoke less absurdly than might have been ex-
pected. But here were Isaac TouCey, and
Thomas IL. Seymour, and William W. Eaton
'Insatiate archer could not one suGlce?"
al prominent, al speaking, or resolving, all
intent ON not letting the people forget that,
heneyer the Republicans go out Of power,
they must be succeeded by politicians vino tried
IN every possible way to paraly2e the national
arm when raised to prevent the iorclble disrup-
tiOn OF our Union by the sword Of the slave
power. Mr.. Toucey's completely as Secretary
OF the Navy in Buchanans betrayal OF the
national deIenses into the hands of the Rebels,
T. II. SeymOUI's and Baton's public, unqualified
sympathy with the Rebels, and hostility 10
coercion from the outset, probably insure the
Republicans of Connecticut an easy time in
Their State canvass at hand.
The Democratic dinner at Washington,
though honoIed by the Presidents presence,
and That of The Blair family, was in the main a
collection OF fossils from the DRIFT deposited by
the late war CONSPICUOUS among them was
Buchanan's man Jerry, who, as Attomey-Gene-
raj, gave Il solemn official opinion that there
were no constitutional means whereby secession
coulo be iorcibly resisted and who never heard
without sorrow OF q Union victory throughout
the gphuiOu Mr. hl0pl- found No ,pr, n
congen!al to his sympatbles rs the late release
by the decision OF the SupremA Court of Lamb.
din Z. Milligan and his cOnIederates, sentenced
TO death in 1864 by a Military Court for con-
sllring 10 spbVert the Union ascendancy in
lnclana, and hand her over TO the militant
Rebels. OF these uuhung traitors Mr. Black
saw Ut TO say that
"ThIee private citizens OF Indiana, perfectly inno-
cent oi any OiensGl say BeTJcctlg innocent because
up TO This tine no human being has ever legally
sworn even 10 a beiief OF their gui-the.e ciIzens
were arft sted kidnapped, and carried before body
OF men who ~ without power to meddle with them
NOT HnthoIized even TO swear witness Tor them
winch II would be mOckery TO call trial they
were orGert d 10 DC killed on certain dXed day In
this oonGuon of things the Judicial authorizes inter.
yened, and with the aid OF President Johnson, the
victims were rescued"
There aIe many very foolish, bad things
which the people can be ca oled and deceived
into doing; but there is one that tbey never
can and that is, putting their Government in
tentoDaly into the hands of Toucev, Black,
seymour, ana Oinef persistent, enVenOmpd
opponents of the war for the Union. ''If the
Court understands herself and she thinks she
dOes,n this will never be done. Wherefore we
pray those gentlemen and their compeers to
make themselves as conspicuous and voci-
ferrous as possible in all future gatherings OF
the enemies of republicauism
Public Opinion on the Impeachment
Question.
/ From the Times.
Flom the columns of our Republican con
! temporaries we have gathered proofs not ONLY
that impeachment is not demanded, but thai
| the pIoposiMons pointing 70 that end are denre