The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-26

of order in the coming canvass. They know
that under his administration impartiality will
be secured, which is precisely what the other
party do not want.
The same caution that is necessary in udp-
ing of the complaints against General Ames,
is required to prevent mishpprehenson as to
the position of the Republican party in Mis-
sissippi, The prevailing idea is, that there,
as in Virginia, the party is divided-that in
one case, as in the other, the terms "Radical"
and Conservative signify opposing sections
separated 10y some well-defned principle.
There was ground for this separation in Vir-
ginia, where the proscriptive provisions of
the Constitution were in controversy. There
IS an equally Ineligible ground of conten-
ton in Tennessee, where continued disfran-
chisement or the immediate removal of disa-
bilities is the issue to be determined by
the election of Stokes or Senter. But i'm
Mississippi no preteXt Of the kind exists.
Those who, in the absence of more
felicitous designation, are known as "Rad-
ical' RepubGcans-comprising ninety-nine
hundredths of the Republicans Of the State
have pronounced against prescription as de-
cidedly rs Walker in Virginia or Senter in
Tennessee. They are the declared supporters
OF a liberal and conciliatory policy-ready to
vote down the harsh provisions of the local
constitution which, under General Grants
orders, viii be submitted separately, and to
make reconstruction the occasion of genuine
pacication. In this respect the radical
platform is unObjectiouable save TO the enc
mics OF the Republican party. It aliirms only
propositions to which the party throughout
the country is pledged, and indicates a course
Of procedure in local affairs which commeuds
itself to all who would have the influence Of
the State eXerted in harmony with the Grant
administration.
As a matter Of fact then, the alleged Re
publican division in Mississippi does not
exist. As a matter of principle, there is no
room for division, since the distinctive points
Of policy in national and local affairs which
belonged to the conservative organization
in Virginia are embodied in the radical
programme OF Mississippi. That programme
leaves nothing to be desired from the Repub-
lican point of view What purports to be the
"Conservatiye Republican organization,
therefore, is in this instance a mere pretense
IA fraud by which opponents of the party,
| with handful Of its ollice-seeking followers,
| to keep up appearances, seek to mislead
| the administration and wrest from honest
| friends of reconstruction the fruits of its
| success The use of Mr.. Dents name is q
! part Of the same device. By these agencies
| combined-the adoption Of q conservative
| Republican title, and a professed willing.
| ness to make Mr. Dent a candidate for the
| Governorship-it has been supposed that the
| influence Of the administration might be Won
| over TO the side which is really anti-Republi-
| can. A mistake so grave we cannot consider
| probable. For though not the duty of the
| Washington authorities to interfere with the
election, or in any manner regulate the result
they are at least bound to secure fair play tt
the Republican party, and to do what the Law
permits to render the proceedings held unde
it final and satisfactory. They are not called
upon to make common cause with the Repub
lican candidates, whoever they may be. Blu
they cannot, without incurring serious re
sponsibility, permit what may be designed t,
be neutrality to inure to the benefit of a com
bination hostile to the party whose triumph
alone can bring peace to the State.