The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-17
CORRESPONDENCE
Letter from Schuyler CoIfax.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 16.-Among the letters writ.
ten to the late Border State Convention was
one from the Hon. Schuyler ColfaX. But it did
not reach that body, having been personally
addressed TO the Hon. John L. Thomas, who
was absent from the city. After expressing his
regrets that he could not attend, Mr., Collax
writes:-
II shall watch the proceedings of your Convention
with the deepest interest The country scarcely real
the BoideT States esneoay n4n msa 9i
and Kentucky, the States Of West Virginia Fennes,
auspices Wien In Kentucky last june S just Before
tne Len meeting OF Congress was panied at what heard
and domneerlng conduct of the dominant Rebel SEN
resolved to DO into what kind Of Constituency had
councils a. the same session, although some OF
oeTed bis TesOTon KSe Of New KGI
Committee to inquire IL Maryland, Delaware and
mat me vote on secondng the previous question was
cause HSo1sc sae castng vote Ia the affirmative be-
n0SG Leiy INQUIRY II is tine to settle what
GhIses by the tens Of thousands every man who bore
eyer1 NJ uestToy the naIlon. and along with them
& a&S0eatea ~ G government which could only exist on the
chises by The enS ~ 9h1 at me same time dsfran
pse i Stzens or the United States aud Enthusiastically
l. would IKE some learned jSrisS to i9form us
whsI 81 afe %SuiS be an antepubcan government II
devotion to the Union in its darkest hours OF trial is
6tes and bio dss 50stty oa to 6e fS R
hup,c Is he surest passport to social distnction 70
Ptuc nonor ana to official rust-if thar kind Of gov
Is one that the United States rs TO guarantee
inat means 70 secure, to endorse 10 protec)
eFoIutlohary fat hers must sadly
ule meaning OF the language they placed 40 soIemny
,1t IN Pnatcally IN the CONSTITUTIONS will not In
Si ~ memories by believing it, have the fullest
hat a,d te gress which has dared to defy Rebel
ailoW such conduct to D lss unrebuked II is their
uu,,y 70 protect loyal men eyeryWhere and they
VIII 40 IT,. Sneered at and denounced for send
Tps dlhan.eeStigAiing commitees South when the
rinIs pollcy had ripened into that crop of
Mhlch grew out Of these investigatons has been
hS0I shhSS0Issu ssiihee by all who love loyalty and
,haIt lSoelllon throughout the land. And though
he 10 data hIss ouly, when they reassemble, VIII
@ ~ ~ whether the recent Executive action
aOooIously Nt the demand of unrepentant traitors,
Ro require them TO present the President ct the
~ te - nate as an enemy of the country in his
eVlVincalion OF the spirit Of Rebellion,
W PSAce III MS persistent obstruction
expressed Win agwf ng ana persistent defer Of the
sa, VII aiso execute that constitutional guarantee
,Sg pnu so thoroughly that hereafter Union men
states, as elsewhere shall realize that
bo,o ~ W country has not brought upon them dis
lie boia ana oppression, but that throughout
~ tha nv & every one who has proven his love
~ nun ana who reoices In It's preservation shall
o'a projected against all enemies by the
fo"eI oi 1he land he helped TO save.
"sCHUYLER ooLFAX."
senator Grimes and the Tariff.
me following letter, addressed by Senator
ITSELF -''''''S'' "a
, @ men-It 10 not true that have declined to
axe part IN the pending political can Yasa In this state