The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-20

mas finally disposed OF nothing finally settled
nothing. In his view, what has been done "A |
but. Temporary. The mission of the Demo.
cracy, as Mr.. Pendleton puts II. Is 70 nndo tha
work of the Union patty, and restore 40 tbA
former Rebel element OF the Sontb tbe coTtroI
of which it has been divested. He distinctIv
declares that his party will not recognize the
Sandlty OF measures carried, while Southern
Senators and Representatives are excluded
from Congress, but win struggle 10 restore the
Union as II was before the war. II his ,vords
have any meaning, they are an intimation 10
Southern Rebels and malcontents that tbe
, Northern Democratic organization is on tbeir
side and will help them when it can. In
some respects, then, Mr.. Pendleton is worse
than Vallandigham. The latter is engaged i'm
a vain effort to prove that he is not 80 black
as he has been painted, while Mr.. Pendleton
deliberately breaches rank COpperheadism as
the everlasting gospel of the Democratic party.
Nor does he preach to unwilling hearers. II
might be supposed that the State OF Minnesota,
whose every artery isflled with youthful blood,
and whose glory lies hidden in the future,
would cherish little liking for creed composed
altogether of idle remembraDoes of the past.
Even Democracy might be expected to realize
the buoyanoy of the climate and to aspire to life
and usefulness. II is not so, however. The
rotten plank, which serve the party in the East
are made to do service in the far-of West Mr..
Pendleton's apologies for disloyalty and dis
ullOU uTe C0eereO TO Jn6 eCIlO. Auu udlle-
less sheet which promulgated the filthiest Cop
peIheadism during the war, and to this day
eXults in the assassination of Mr. lincoln, is
accepted and circulated as a campaign docu-
ment. ... I'D. .'.
Can party which thus proclaims its inera-
dicable hostility to the cherished purposes Of
all Union men have any prospect of regaining
powerH Can party which deliberately plants
| itself on the side of the enemies of the Union,
aVfa xubi hau
acted for its safety, and pledges itself to dis
pute the binding efficacy of what has been
| achieved-can such party hope for the sue
cess which is contingent upon the acquisition
| of support from Republican ranks On the
| contrary, is it not morally certain that party
whose sole capital is derived from the extin-
| guished issues must gradually be shorn OF the
| strength it possesses
| Even in the simplest matters the blind OBJ
stinacy of the party management is apparent.
| The State Convention in session at Albany
| affords an illustration. The suffrage question
| comes up there ior revision and adjustment.
In view of the fact that impartial suffrage is
| now to all intents and purposes a national
y principle, adopted by the South under duress,
and made condition of territorial admission
| to the privileges of Statehood, there would
| seem to be no reason for delaying its applica-
ton in New York. So far as the South
| is concerned, not only impartial but
universal suffrage is an accomplished fact,
with no likelihood of reversal. It's extension
to this State involves no disturbance of
the voting forces, and no concession
that should not follow the acknowledgment of
the civil equality of the races. But the Demo-
cratic delegates cling to their old prejudices,
and insist that New York shall withhold what
| Virginia and South Carolina are about to
grant, Universal suffrage for whites, a pro-
perty qualification for blacks, is the sum of
the philosophy to which the New York Demo
Gratis have attained. They give no sign of
progress-nO token of emancipation from the
prejudices of days before the war. A party
of comprehending the teachings of the time, or
of rising above the low level of the past, can
have no lasting hold upon the country. Its
issues are as dull as the rattle of dead mems
bones, and its chances in the future are worse
than those of to-day.