The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-07-22
BLAIR AND nsvoLUrioy.

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Gen. Blair was Republican, but has,
for the last two or three years, been a
bitter Copperhead. The following
letter, of very recent date, embodies
Gen. Blair's bid for the h NOR he has
achieved, 1t will be seen that he
takes ground distinctly for ovcrturn-
ing the new State Governments at the
South by force and violence. A Demo-
cratic "President elect" is to treat
those governments as nullities, EN-
ploy the Army to overthrow them,
and allow Others to be set up wherein
none but Whites are to have any voice.
And then Congress is to be "recon-
structed' accordingly. Hear him;
From The World of Julya.l
GEN. FRANK p. BLAIR DEFINES Ills
POSITION.
WASHINGTON, June 30.
COL Jas. 0. Broddhcdd.
DEAR COLONEL: In reply to your
inquiries l. beg leave to say that l
leave to you to determine, on consul
tation with my friends from Missouri,
whether my name shall be presented
to the Democratic Convention, and to
submit the following, as what con-
slider the real and only issue in this
contest: The Reconstruction policy
of the Radicals will be complete before
the next election; the States, so long
excluded, will have been alm,ttel;
negro suffrage established. and the
carpet-baggers installed in their seat,
in both branches of Congress. There
is no possibility of changing the polit-
ical character ofthe Senate, even il the
Democrats should elect their President
and majority of the popular branch
of Congress. We cannot, therefore,
undo the Radical plan of Reconstruc-
ton by Congressional action the Sem
ate will continue a bar to its repeal
Must we submit to it? How can it be
overthrown 1t can only be over
thrown by the authority of the Execu-
tive, who is sworn to maintain the
Constitution, and who will fail to do
his duty if he allows the Constitution
to perish under series of Congress
ional enactments which are in pal lpa-
bic violation of its fundamental
principles.
If the President elected by the
Democracy enforces or permits others
to enforce these Reconstruction acts,
the Radicals, by the accession of 20
spurious Senators and 80 Represent
ativcs, will control both branches of
Congress, and his administration will
be as powerless as the present one Of
Mr.. johnson.
There is but one way to restore the
Government and the Constitution, and
that Is for the President elect to declare
these acts null and void, compelhe army
to undo its usupations at the South,
disperse the carpet-bag State Gorerm-
ments, allow the White people to rcor-
ganize their oun governments, and elect
Senators and Representatives.. The
House of Representatives will contain
majority of Democrats from the
North, and they will admit the Rep
resentatives elected by the White peo-
pie of the South, and with the coope-
ration of the President, it will not be
difficult to compel the Senate to sub
NIT once more to the obligations of the
Constitution. 1t will not be able to
Withstand the public judgment, if dis
tinctly invoked and clearly expressed
on this fundamental issue, and it is
the sure way to avoid all future strife
to put this issue plainly to the coun-
try.
l repeat that this is the real and
only question which we should allow
to control us: Shall we submit to the
usurpations by which the Government
has been overthrown, or shall we ex-
ert ourselves for its full and complete
restoration? 1t is idle to talk of
bonds, greenbacks, gold, the public
faith, and the public credit. What
can Democratic President do in re-
gard to any of these, with Congress
in both branches controlled by the
carpet-baggcrs and their allies? He
will be powerless to stop the supplies
by which idle negroes are organized
into political clubs-by which an army
is maintained to protect these vaga-
bonds in their outrages upon the ballot.
These, and things like these, eat up the
revenues and resources of the Govern
ment and destroy its credit, make the
difference between gold and green
backs. We must restore the Consti-
tuition before we can restore the f.
nances, and to do this we must have a
President who will execute the will of
the people by tramplng into dust the
usurpations of Congress, known as the
Reconstruction acts. l wish to stand
before the Convention upon this issue,
but it is one which embraces every
thing else that is of value in its large
and comprehensive results. 1t is the
one thing hatincludes all that is worth
a contest, and without it there is
nothing that gives dignity, honor, or
value to the struggle.
Your friend, FRANK P. BLAIR.
Americans! if you want another
Civil War inaugurated, vote the Blair
ticket! He tells You just how he will
set it going. 1 t..
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