The Portland daily press., 1868-10-28
PENNSYLVANIA.
ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE.

ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
COMMITTEE
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. N.-The Republican
National Committee has issued the following
address:
NEW YORK, Oct. %. 1868.
Fello1- CitizenS:-On the Sd of November
you are to register decision at the ballot-box
which will control the government for four
years, and affect the destinies of the country
for all time. The Democratic party is enter.
ing into the campaign with practical repudia-
ten on Its banner, and determination to re-
open the whole question OF reconstruction by
declaring all the acts relating thereto void and
has met signal defeat in the States holding
elections in October. Aroused by the positive
condemnation of its policy, it now seeks to
change It's candidates. and to deny its purposes
as declared in its platform. Be not deceived
The men who met in New York ON the 4th OF
July knew what they intended to do if they
could carry the election to inspire their follow
ers in the South and their friends and sympa-
thizers at the Moth, they published their pur-
poses TO the world. On this declaration they
went into the canvass, and although they have
tried to explain away its full meaning, they new
or denied it till beaten at the polls. No change
OF candidates can change their purpose, They
mean to take from an enfranchised race its only
safeguard the ballot, they mean to repudiate the
national debt incurred at a time of greatest dap
ger to the nation, or at best 10 pay it in
manner which will tarnsh the national credit,
and make the great republic shame to honest
men, and by-word in the financial circles of
the world. The presidential candidate of the
Democracy declares that his purpose will be to
hold Congress "in check" for four years to
come, as Andrew johnson has for four years
past, and thus to stand in his position.
Fellow citizens, the country wants peace
1t has had enough of opposition from the ex
ecutive to the legislative department. The
people elect both, and mean TO have harmony
and good will between Them. The loss of the
States holding elections in October has shown
the Democratic leaders that they can hope to
carry no Northern State. In desperation they
call upon the people to come to the rescue
They place Mr.. Seymour on the stump and
mediate the withdrawal of Mr.. Blair, who had
too openly and boldly proclaimed their true
aims and purpose, and tardily say that they
mean peace and obedience to the laws; but the
spirit that really animates them may be seen
in the attempts to carry the elections by fraud
on gigantic scheme at the North and by in
timidation, violence and murder at the South.
We appeal to the people who have stood by the
Union in its darkest hours, whose faith has
never faltered, who have never believed the
war failure" or that those who stimulated
rebellion are proper persons to administer the
government they sought to destroy, and we
ask them to rally once more, and by an over
whelming majority show the Democratic party
and the world that there is no hope for the
lost cause. No one doubts the patriotism of
Gen. Grant. He has already announced his
desire for peace. This is no idle word His
election Will be the guarantee of harmony in
the different departments of the government;
of energy and economy in its administration :;
of safety in person and property to the citizen
everywhere, and of boundless prosperity fol-
lowing in the train Of peace.
(SignedQ VIM. CLAFLIN, Chairman.
WIN. Il. CHANDLER, Secretary.