The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-28
Address of the Union Republican state
Central Committee.
COMMITTEE Rooms, ll05 CHEsNUT STREET, !
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. %. 1867 l
TO me Voters of Pennsylvanfa.-

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PH1LADELPHIA, Sept. 2S. 1867.
TO me Voters of PennsylUGnfa.--
Fellow Citizens;-Once more to the rescue 7
The election is only ten days hence, and seldom,
II ever, were more momentous issues presented
Of our Supreme Court were elected before
cratic, State rights and secession platforms,
which were free charters for Rebellion The
war itself was legitimate consequence Of
these principles, and in strict accordance with
Lnese state rights doctrines When the con-
the party which elected them, stood fast by
Lhelr platforms, and in so doing deserted the
cause anu nag nag OF the country They denleu In, Ine
power OF the national Government to ooerce
Rebels, 10 Issue paper money, or TO ~ make IL
a legal lender or to make ana enIOrce ei
draft to fill up the ranks of our armies,
or TO punish deserters by disfranchisemeni: ana
In hundI ed other ways endeaVored, by State @
action, to nulllfy national laws; ana thus, % OUT
ing the whole war; kept up an unceaslng nre
in the rear" These dangerous dogmaas and
State rights heresies have Deen ONsIIhIOWh
and repudiated upon a hundred bloody battle
fields In the name of Heaven, ask us not TO
restore them or TO elect men VINO upnold ana
OF the same grave character Is the great and
overshadowlng national question OF reconstruc-
tion. This is the issue of the hour, and of the
contest. Who, under the Constitution, has the
right 10 make laws and regulations for States
and people lately in rebellion? Is 1t the sove-
reign people through their representatives In
Presidential chair These important questions
answer themselves Never were living issues
more plain. You ana the other loyal people of
this nation decided them at the box only
one year ago, in the election OF the Fortteth
Congress, and by popular verdict four hundred
people been executed and become the settled
faw OF the land2 Only because of the perfidy of
Andrew johnson. Instead ofeXecuting the laws
as required by the Constitution and by his
oath of office, he openly defes them, and en-
them. To this end he strikes down and en- :
deavors to humiliate and degrade our most
bonOred and beloved patriots, statesmen, and
heroes Edwin NJ stanton was a patriot, even
in the Cabinet of James Buchanan, and ever
since he has ph; been l9yal faithful and true
Scxles are patriots and heroes who have nobly
earned the gratitude, affection, and admiration
of their countTymen. The former, with his
loyal leg ions, stood in the valley OF the SheD
doah like a wall of fire between us and our ene-
mics, and saved our State from the foot of the
invader. The latter, in the front of battle, shed
his blood and lost his limb at the eliminating
battle OF Gettysburg. AS patriots and Pennsyi-
VRnians, can we ever forget them, or forgive
him who would wickedly strike them down :?
not only high crime and misdemeanor, but a
wanton insult to every loyal man, whether citi-
isbed as SUCH wait not for tbe tSTdy spT
of Impeachment by Congress, but to the polls
For want of facts and arguments our adver-
saIies usual, resort TO vain boastings of their
strength and loud assurances of victory. Be not
deceived by these stale Chinese tactics. By
Woodward, Mcclellan, and Clymer. during the
past five years, when, In fact at every recurring
election they were ingloriously defeated, and
never more signaly than in the last contest.
Rest assured, no modern prophet can make
Sucn Dry DOneS live. Ii, IN view oil our solemn
duties and responsibilities, we do but half our
duty, we can increase our old majorities. Dis
card all side issues and personal preferences,
and. as In the dark and trying hours of the war,
march straight forward in the pathway of honor
and of duty, To this we most earnestly invoke
you by the consideration OF your glorious
achievements in the pasi by the solemn reali-
ties and obligations OF the present; by your duty
to yourselves and to posterity; by the sacred
mem oriesof the dead, and by the precious blood
of the slain. By order of the Committee.
+. JORDAN, Chairman.
: GT9ReE R6aIrN W b8AsIIsoN 6A9EEsaX' Secretaries