The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-04
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1868.
The End of the Rebellion.


of the Rebellion, an inevitable consequence of
the successful prosecution of the war for the
Union as It is and is to be. According to all
preoedents in the history Of the world, the
debt of gratitude under which the nation has
been placed by his extraordinary services
must find q means Of reward commensurate
with the character and extent of these services.
Republics are proverbal for their ungrateful-
ness, but in the long run only, and not while
the full tide Of military glory still dazzles the
eyes and leads captive the hearts of their peo-
pie. While the record Of heroic deeds is still
as fresh in their minds as at present, no COM
munity could SO utterly ignore the first
promptings of human nature as to refuse a
substantial ovation to a man who had achieved
suoh signal triumphs upon the field Of battle.
It is, therefore, in this superficial light Of an
acknowledgment Of the great weight of obliga-
ton under which General Grant has placed
the American people, and Of grateful recog-
milton of his military services, that his cleo
ton yesterday to the Chief Magistracy Of the
Republic will be viewed in all time to come.
There are some men who cannot or will not
see, in this overwhelming testimony, anything
more than such desire to square the account
by entrusting to the most illustrious soldier Of
the age the controlling voice in the govern
ment of the nation. OF this class the Demo
cratic party Of the North is largely composed;
and while they will concede, in measure, the
logical force of the event, If not its inherent
justice, they will stoutly maintain that the
elevation Of General Grant to the Presidency
embodies no Endorsement of the policy of the
great party under whose auspices and as
whose standard bearer he has been borne into
his exalted station.
But the Democratic party has arrayed itself
SO frequently and so zsalously against the our
rent Of the worlds progress towards a better
and nobler existence, that it does not afford
US matter Of surprise to find it closing its
eyes to the clear significance of a fact which is
as unequivooal as the fact itself.
The election of Grant is the final blow
which strikes the fetters from the limbs Of
awhole race, the termination Of "the irrepressi-
BILE conflict between freedom and slavery in
the New World, the death-knell of oppression
in all it's forms and phases in every land
under the sun, the harbinger of liberty and
the dawning of the new career upon which
humanity has now fully entered. 1t is the
end Of the war for the Union, the utter COL
lapse of the infamous Shareholders rebellion,
the suppression of all attempts to fan into a
living flame the smouldering embers of civil
strife, the coup d6tat which precludes the pos
sibility of the counter-revolution. 1t is the
dafaat 0f Horatin Sauanur Tho
of Frank Blair, the rout and ruin of Vallan-
digham and Hampton. 1t signifies that the
war for the Union has not been unsuccessful,
that it has not been waged in vain, that the
fruits of victory shall not be wrested from tn.
hands of the victors, that a man is man
although his skin may be as black as the heart
of a traitor, that black man is as good as q
white man in the eyes of God and before the
law, that a loyal black man is better than
white Rebel all the world over, that treason
is q stencil in the nostrils of all honest ami
loyal men, and that loyalty and perjury are
not synonymous and convertible terms. 1t
endorses the Reconstruction policy of Congress
in all its details, and consigns Andrew John
son and his policy of reconciliation to
oblivion. 1t declares that the Union of these
States is perpetual and shall be eternal, that
the word liberty is not a hollow mockery,
that the plighted faith Of the nation shall be
kept inviolate. II warns the uurepentant
Rebels OF the South that they m ust look to
the other world, and not to this, for forgive
ness; 1t warns the Northern allies Of these uu- =
repentant Rebels that their league with the
nations foes is an unholy one, unsghtly and
offensive to both God and man; it warns the
assassins Of loyal white men and the butchers
of helpless black men that their fac will be
swift, sure, and just without the temper OF
mercy. 1t proclaims the peace for which we
have yearned 80 earnestly, the peace for which
we have prayed SO fsrvently, the peace for
which we have fought so desperately, the
peace which, by the blessing of God, we have
fairly earned and fairly won at last.
& The spectacle of great people rising in
their might, aud giving utterance to this
solemn verdict, is an imposing one. 1t re-
doubles our faith in humanity, it strengthens
our hope for the future, 1t reconciles us to the
bitter anguish ofthe past. And shall we not be
thankful that the word has gone forth with
such startling emphasis, with such uucon-
querable force Shall We not rejoice aud bs
glad, and all the people of the earth with us
Shall we not praise God, who hath 80 wrought
upon the hearts of His people as to promp
them to choose the right path rather than the
wrong one, peace rather than war, Unior
rather than discord, liberty rather thar