The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-07-26

dDouI tht milking OF pidlIoiill- tllal
is a matter which will be sure to be
properly taken care of; bat the work
Of organizing and bringing out our full
strength, and disposing Of our forces
to the very best possible advantage for
the next campaign is, pre-emincntly
and exclusively, a work Of opr o,cil,
which we, o,ayc'r-s, must do by our-
selves, and for ourselves alone, without
any help from others, or suecor from
abroad.
We know that many Of our friends
are 20 dispcriled and discouraged by
the previous infamous c3nlac, Of The
coruptunscrGpu'ou- and unprineipled
( party in power, in heretofore defeating
by force, fraud and forgery, anything
like Il fair expression Of public senii,
meat through the ballot box, as to be
almost hopeless ofsuccoss in any future
contest with ,hat dospotic and ;yrannic
uovcr. But in connection with this
matter, it is a consideration which
ought greatly to encourage US in the
work Of rc-organizing for another cam
paigu to know that the democratic and
conservative party have never hereto
fore cxerted their full strength, or been
fully aroused in any Of their previous
conflicts with ihc radical party. 1t is
true that we have always polled votes
enough, had they been fairly and
honestly counted, TO beat the enemy in
every election held in the State since
The commencement Of reconstruction /;
but it is also true that we have never
pollel anything like our full vote, or
excr,cIs barely more than one-halt Of
our full strength. We, therefore, Go
not know what we can do until we try
to do our best, nor what will be the
effect upon our adyersarics when we
arise in the full might and majesty OF
our power and strike with all the con-
cen;ralcd strength and yigor Of oul
united and combined will and energies.
Were we to poll, or attempt 10 rcyists,
ani pail, .he full strength Of our party
vote, the moral influence alone, exerted
by so large and overwhelming a popu-
lar demonstration as we could make,
would absolutely appall the heart and
raralyze the hapd Of our aGiiehted
adycrsaries, aud ,hus crf0H from them
| that recognition Of oar rights. and lmt
due respect for justice and the sanctity
of law which less vigorous and deter
mined resistance on our part has here
tolore failed 10 evoke. We know, OF
course, that the radical leaders are
calculating on carrying the next election
by prciicng their old game Of force,
| fraud and ballot-box stuiling; but they
are also calculating on meeting with
only such a feeble resistance on our
part rs they encountered in the last
election, when. by reason Of our lack
Of Il sufficiently vigorous organization,
and the apathy and indiileronce of the
people, Clayton and his myrmidon-
were permitted to ride roughshol over
the rights and liberties Of the people,
ignoring all the sancttics and obliga-
lions OF the law, and setting at defiance
all the restraints Of common dcccncy
and propriety.
Let US see to it, fellow citizens, that
Gov. Halley shall not be permitted,
with impunity, unchaliepgcd ahd uu-
checked, TO rc.cnact the role and repeat
the horrid enormitics Of the infamous
and almost universally eXocraied Clay
ton. There is a way to prevent it
an easy, practical and cliicacious way
and that is simply by demanding ouI
} lawful rights respectfully, but with
frmness and decision, aud backing ouI
demands with an exhibition Of the
necessary and sufficient moral aad
physical strength to enforce them.
This is no novel idea, ornew discovery
il is as old as Che history Of political
parties and confirmed by the e2pe-
+ ricnce Of mankind in all nations and
in all aces Of the world. ia unity
t there is strength and "united "'
e stand, divided we fall, are maNims as