The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-28
victory Before us.

NACtOry BelOte US
THE prospects of a splendid Republican
triumph in our State at the approaching cleo
tions are daily growing brighter. is no
longer a question as to whether we shau
carry the State, but merely as to whether we
shall carry il by such majority as shall
thoroughly sober the accidental occupant of
the White House, and cause him and the base
minions who are whispering words Of vio-
lence into his too willing ears, to pause in
their mad career There t0dS danger, three
weeks ago, that the people were not sufa-
GENTLY aroused to the importance of the
contest before u.s. but that danger has
passed, and every day adds to the i'm
petus of the movement which even now
carries with it the assurance of vic
tory. The Copperheads have already lost
their defiant tone and bearing, and are running
hither and thither in vain efforts to stay the
rising tide which threatens to engulf them.
Their pilgrimages to Washington are of almost
daily occurrence, and Johnson has given
them what little aid in the way of patronage
he can. But it don't amount to anything.
1t is like attempting to dam river by scatter
ing leaves upon its surface-ths current moves
on. So now the popular tide is moving in
one direction, and the distribution of a few
handfuls Of public patronage by Andrew John
son cannot stop it. We have only to "keep
the ball rolling" until election day, and old
Pennsylvania will give an account of herself
that will gladden. patriot hearts to the re-
motest borders of the Union. Let every Re-
publican, therefore, be up and doing. Leave
no stone unturned to make our victory a
magnificent one. The peace and prosperity
of the country, its safety from oonvulsion and
civil strife-perhaps from another bloody
struggle-our business interests, all depend
upon the fidelity with which we do our duty.
MIR. LincOln's Memory InsuIted at a
johnson Ser made.
II was the fashion, for some time after the
apostacy of Andrew Johnson, to pretend that
he was following in the footsteps of his
lamented predecessor, Abraham Lincoln.
That subterfuge is now, however, laid aside;
and we notice that the crowd that serenaded
him in Washington a few nights since, among
the rest of its proceedings, cheered him as
'he President ooho not afraid Of being shot"
This sentiment, we are also told in the reports
of that occasion, was received with daughter"
Straws show which way the wind blows, and
an incident of this character reveals more
clearly than volume of argument could the
animus of the wretched men in Washington .
who now surround Andrew Johnson and
direct his course. An open and brutal insult
to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, an implied
endorsement of the foul crime that compassed
nc, ,a,,ffD DooIxx
cident of an occasion devoted to the honor of
Andrew Johnson And he listens to this
horrible insult to the nation, and the nations
revered martyr, without word of reproof or
remonstrance!
Well may these sympathizers with assassi-
nation assume that Andrew Johnson is in no
danger of being shot He is doing their work
too well, serving too faithfully the foul spirit
of rebellion and treason, to be in any danger
of the fate of Abraham Lincoln.
The public have been slow to believe that
the plot to assassinate Mr.. Lincoln extended
beyond Booth and few similar insignificant
characters; but it would require only few
more incidents like this one to reverse the
popular judgment, and to fasten the convic-
tion in the minds of people generally that the
murderous conspiracy was shared by those
who have SO directly and openly profted
by, and rejoiced over, its results. Cheers and
laughter by a ribald Washington mob over
the sentiment that Andrew Johnson is ''the
President who is not afraid of being shot,"
will go far with many minds in solving the
mystery which surrounds the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln.