The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-02
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1868.
To-Morrow and Its Duties.

1T ID ult6 10 say tnaJ never III tne ntStoTy VI
our country has there been an election Of so
great moment to the future Of the nation as
the one on the eve sf which we are at present
standing. We are not prepared to say that
the present exceeds the past in the great issues
at stake. The second election of Mr.. Lincoln
had momentous results far more closely con-
neoted with it than the one which is now ap-
preaching. But we doubt whether ever
there has been a time when the decision Of
the freemen of the land will bear more ulti-
mate fruits of Importance than that which will
be made tomorrow. The only correct way
in which we can estimate the Importance of
electipg Grant is to look at the results which
will follow the election of Seymour. We can
give an idea of the positive good only by
considering the negative evil. II Seymour was
to be elected, what thenf Upon whose faces
would we see the smiles impending? Upon
whose faces would the dark scowl of indigna-
ton and humiliation restY 1t is no difficult
task to answer Every face which wore a
smile when Bull Run was reported, when
Charlottesville came to hand, when Big
Bethel was the latest news, would smile at the
not had sn opportunity to be glad since Lee
surrendered at Appomattox would then re-
ioice with exceeding great joy. The Rebel
sympathizers, the lurking assassins who
sought to strike the nation in the back, the
would be traitor had he not been a consttu-
tional ceward-all these would join hands in
OoDgratulation. And upon all the rest of the
for utterance. We need no other argument
to cause united opposition to Seymour. Mr..
Stanbery, Mr.. Johnson's Attorney General,
said four years ago, "Any man for whom
Jefferson Davis would vote, had he a vote,
should be opposed by every lover Of his
country We accept that sentence. We ask
the great masses of the North: For whom
would Jefferson Davis vote, Seymour or
Grant, And which would have his vote,
deny that candidate yours.
The triumph of Seymour and Blair would
be a Rebel triumph. We would hear 100
guns fired in Charleston, and hear them re-
echoed through every Southern town and
through the Rebel city of New York. l. would
be victory of the 'lost cause" and it would
be followed by the same results as would have
followed the 'lost cause" had it succeeded.
When we look at the barbarities inflicted upon
the helpless loyalists of the South, and the
defenseless negroes there, when We read OF the
bloody deeds of the Ku-Klux, and of the
murders and beatiDgs and every form Of op-
preston which, under the semiloyal admins
tration of Mr.. Johnson, the rutiians of the
South attempt, we tremble to think of the
fate of these poor people should the RebslS
be in power through Horatio Seymour. God
save them, for the help Of man will be of no
avail There would be revolution aud war,
States would be overthrowD, mob law reign, and
if we did not have San Domingo, it would
not be because we had failed to court
it. Join with this natiopalrepudiation, and the
picture of Seymour's success stands before us.
With sach a fate staring at us, will the loyal
people tolerate the election of Mr.. Seymour
We answer, No There will go Up to morrow
from every village, hamlet, town, city, and
State of the loyal North such voice of con
demnation of this man and his friends, and
their views, that will startle the lurking Rebels
in the South and cause them to pause. 1t will
tell them that General Grant is the next Pre-
sident. 1t will tell them more than that. 1t
will leave no doubt as to the temper OF that
North which, in the days past, crushed and
whipped rebellion into subjection. 1t will say
to them, If you value your property, if you
value your tolerance on this continent, il you
value your lives, cease the course which you
have been adopting. The army will be no
longer handled by weak, if not traitorous
President. The navy will no longer have an
old dotard for its Secretary. Vigor and deci-
sion will characterize every department, and
woe to the men who commit Camilla riot
or a New Orleans assassination There will
be peace though the sword being held over all
evil-doers; through the encouragement which
the. certainty OF defense will give to the loyal;
through the assurance which we will extend
to the suffering loyalty OF the South. "Be of
good cheer. The strong right arm of the
North will be your defender and aVenger."
All this will follow the result of to-morroW's
election.
In this glorious work will not all have a
partf Will there be one man who will not
desire to say to his children and his friends
hereafter, 81 voted for Ulysses S. Grant in
1868 7" We feel sure that in the ranks of the
Republican party there will not be one that
every voter will turn ont, and cast his suffrage
for the greatest general of the age. II will be
something of which each Of us shall be proud
baraaftar and in the glory of which each will