The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-07

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greater extent than have the Republicans ever
damned Johnson. The reason Tor this is that
be will not be made the tool for the benefit of
very many of the seedy adventurers who
would steal by driblets. For a seedy adven.
turer elevated to power has no love for others
like him. Grant will rather be a partner of
those majestic thieves who travel in style, and
who rob by the Wholesale. We do not
say that Grant would steal or rob, but he
will be very apt to choose his companions and
advisers from the ranks OF those who are the
most skilled in the art of aocumulating the
wealth of others. With them his sympathies
will be; to them he will go for advice for
them he will dispense the patronage at his
disposal. There are so many theves-smsll,
tadpole swindlers-in the Republican party,
each one anxious to make great grab, that
they will come upon him to the tune of three
hundred thousand more every three months.
They will rush to see him at Washington
faster than they ever did when he was in the
army. Many of them will be disappointed
and will turn from him in disgust. Grant
will be an Andrew Johnson, only little
more so.
To remedy this evil we propose to the Re-
publican electors that they cast their vote for
Seymour and Blair. They will then secure a
man on whom they can rely. They will have
Christian, gentleman, and statesman for
President They will have man to whom
point with pride and say: "There goes a man
whose daily walk and conversation betoken
honesty and intelligence" They will have a
lover OF his country, man more in sympathy
with the workiDgmen than with the robbers.
And they will have in Frank Blair one who
has long been a Republican with them, who
was a Republican when Grant was not, who
perilled his life oitener on the battle field for
his country than Grant ever did, and one who
is quite good enough for Republican Presi-
dent or Vice-P President. This will save their
turning over, as they certainly will have to
within the next four years, to the Democracy.
Let them by grand coup d'6tdt secure the
Democratic party by this means. Some of
the Democrats propose that we give ourselves
to the Republicans by giving up our organi-
cation and lying down before the car of the
mangler; but we propose this as better way
altogether. The Republicans can thus secure
the Democratic party for all time TO come
simply by instIuctiDg the electors to cast
their votes for Seymour and Blair. This
will put stop to all quarretling in the
future, insure us men in office who can be
trusted, and secure that peace, goodwill,
and prosperity which will never again come
to this country till the Democratic party is
in power.
Seriously we make the above suggestion,
and trust that it will have due weight with
those who are to meet before many weeks for
the purpose Of choosing President. Should
they choose Grant he will not live out one
halt his term. He will refuse to yield that
implicit obedience to the Republican party
which Lincoln was willing to give. He will
propose to have mind and ideas of his own,
and the result will be some radical politician,
diseusted on account of his refusal OF some
office, will serve Grant as Booth did Lincoln.
The Democrats never will kill him. They
never were known to kill one Of their kind.
His only danger will be from the hands of
wicked Republicans, and there are thousands
and thousands of them in the country, whose
hearts are as full of murder as their pockets
ever were, or could be, of plunder.
In view of all these things, will not the Re-
publican electors cast their votes for Seymour
and Blair, that Grant may be saved to his
country for the great good he may do; for We
would regret exceedingly to be compelled
during the next four years to record the deep
dampatiOn of his taking off by some ungOdly
Republican hand in the manner we have set
forth,