The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-28
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they have not gainsaid it. But they are
laboriDg under difficulty in this connection
which would intimidate any man who had not
espoused cause utterly desperate. The
platform adopted at the Tammany Convention
on the 7th of July last ignored the fruits OF
the war. 1t was, to all intents and purposes,
mere reiteration of the Chicago platform OF
1864, in which the war was emphatically pro-
nounced a failure. On that PLATFORM and
with George B. Mcclellan for candidate, this
Democracy appealed to the people and to the
army. Decided as was the rebuke then ad
ministered to them by the people at large, the
almost unanimous repudiation which they
received at the hands of the loyal soldiers
demons trated the faithfulness of the army,
and the utter futility of placing upon it any
reliance for support thereafter on platform
of this character. Being unable to meet the
Chicago platform of 1868 by any half-w ay
issue; comprehending fully the fact that, If two
candidates avowing essentially the same prin
ciples should go before the people, the one
who became the standard bearer of the party
which preserved the Union would be certain
of securing the support Of the loyal North in
preference to the one allied to the party of
obstruction it appeared necessary and expe-
dient to the Democratic leaders that they
should join issue with the Republican plat
form in square and open way. Hence they
come before the people in the present contest
on a platform which ignores the fruits of the
war for the Union; which practically declares it
to have been a failure; which pronounoes
the Congressional policy of reconstruction
Unconstitutional, revolutionary. and void;"
and which repudiates the just and lawfully
incurred obligation, of the Government. This
platform was dictated by the unrepentant
Rebels, headed by Wade Hampton, who held
seats in the Convention; it was framed with
the express view of receiving the support OF
the Confederate soldiers; it could anticipate
no countenance whatever from the army of
the Union, save from such members of it as
were willing to repudiate their record and to
march arm-in-ar with the men whose hands
are still reeking with the blood of their oom
rades, in new crusade against the integrity
of the nation and the cause of liberty, justice,
and truth.
Placed on this platform, the Democra tic
journals and orators have systematically, from
the opening Of the campaign, heaped upon
the General OF the Army and his followers
the most unstinted and slanderous abuse. The
men who fought and bled in behalf of the
loyal cause have been denounced in the most
unmeasured terms. They have been taunted
with their devotion to justice, liberty, and
equality; they have been pursued with all the
resources of opprobrium at the command Of
their detractors; they have been arraigned for
the crime of high treason against the nation,
because they would not forget and forego the
past, and join hand-in-han with their late
antagonists upon the field of battle, in the
attempt of the latter to regain possession and
control of the Government which they essayed
in vain to destroy.
In this bitter crusade It has been reserved
for the Democracy of Pennsylvania to take the
lead, and in downright vindiotiveness and
righteousness to distance all competitors. In
proof of this we have only to reproduce the
following despicable document, which, in
accordance with the request at the end, is
being given currency by the Democratic jour
"Caution to the Democrats of this and adjoin-
ing Statet:--A 80. called Soldiers Convention Is
to be held in this city, under the auspices of the
radical party, on the lst and I'd OF Octooer.
The additional assessment of voters Is to be
made on the same days From Information In
our possession, 1t is believed that the conven-
tion was appointed for that time with view
to bring here persons from oIher places, falsely
pretending to be soldiers, and to assess and
vote them In this city.
"our friends in this and other States are earn
esly requested to furnish US, at the earliest
possible moment. the name and description of
every man leaving their respective localities to
identified should IL be attempted to register or
vote him. The fraud contemplated may thus
be prevented, and those who attempt TO perpe.
tra'e 1t brought 70 Rrpisn%ea'' %I2IIGM WALLACE
chairman State Central Committee OF Penna.
SAMUEL j. RANDALL.
"Chairman Joint Committee OF Organs zation
for city of Philadelphia.
democratic papers please copy"
The State Central Committee of the Soldiers
and Sailors of Pennsylvania have promptly
met this wretched appeal to passion and hate
by the publication of an address, which will
be found on another page of this paper. The
issue has been squarely met and fairly refuted,
and every intelligent voter should read and
reflect upon the response. But this scathing
rebuke will not be the only one which Mr..
Wallace's vile slander will encounter. Phila-
delphia in the past has made an enviable
record for hospitality and loyalty, which this
week is destined to be cast into the back
ground. The people of this city will welcome
the loyal soldiers and sailors whom