The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-10
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", hive received the advance shcct1 OF
"Putnam's Magazine for November, con-
tanning carefully prepared article with the
above ute. The article is polished effort of
amastcr mind, hLd 10 well worth the strictest
attention OF the reader. The writer Gays:
The triumphs of the Republican party have
her,i ofOre been won upon questions remarka-
bic, like all moral issues, Tor their simplicity
of statement, and for the vast consequences
they involve. "Shall we extend slavery ~
asked the nation in 1850 fhe Republican
party sprung into life TO answer, NO
''Shal we subdue the rebellion ~ asked the
nation in 1850. The Republican party with
the Bible In one hand and sword IN the other
replieu, with malice toward none, with
charity for all, BY Gods help we VIII su3iue
the rebellion" "Shall we restore the nation
on the basis Of equal rightsi' asked the ma.
| lion in lsfH For, more or Less plainly, the
! platforms Of both pa,tiCs in that year Hutici-
| r,tr,i The +, licIrs which were afterwards en-.
! acted iatI law. The Republican lrr'y carried
! ty,ry lulHl state for Cluf! r!Fh's. Having
embodied in Legislation the previously cS.
pr, eel " III uf the people, She same parry NOW
comes before the cuuu'ry IN spirit which its
convention has expressed less hsrpily than
its candidate. Its Platform declared that,
Reconstruction on the basis OF equal rights
for all men shall be consummatcd and carried
out; and that the national faith towards iis
creditors shall be prCseFvcd.
hut General Grant, in the closing senii.
mCnt OF his brief letter OF acceptance, has
hsppily struck the keynote of the campaign
In the brief, tersc Saxon words
"Let US have peace"
After speaking OF tho spirit Of the Demo
cratic marty. IA brcathel I'm tho words of thcir
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| shall be enjoyed by white men only, or, NJ
| they express II, under "a white mana govern
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| bic TO have government wholly white, q
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| and Blair, Ard in spc king OF the exclusion 0
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