Weekly national intelligencer., 1863-02-19
REVOLUTIONARY RADICALrSM.

IL was to be expected that the autobiography Of
man SO rich in political experience as M. Guizot
would be replete With maxims Of political saga
city. On former occasion we cited from his
Memoirs, now in course Of publication, few pas
sages IN which the distinguished French scholar
ana statesman INDUCED in some philosophical gen.
ordinations on the qualities which are alone ade-
quate TO conduct nation through the perils of a
revolutionary agitation. Recent developments Of
radical thought and radical purposes in our own
country have reminded us Of still another aphorsm
contained in the work we have designated 1t is
expressed by NJ Guizot in the following words:
When honest do not know how to understand
and TO accomplish the desigus If Providence desperate
ones take upoa themselves 10 do Under the spur OF
general necessity and in the midst Of general hepessness
there spring up men, corrupt indeed but sagacous and
bold who mud out what be DONE and make hemseves
the instruments Of triumph which does not belong to
them, but OF which they succeed in appropriang the
frnits"
The history Of every revolutionary period abounds
with illustrations of this truth and if we may
judge from the wild and reckless measures espoused
by class in our own community, it would seem
that the present period of extraordinary agitation
is no exception to the rule Wendell Phillips
may urge, with the applause of listening thousands,
that the members of the present Congress should
"push the Administration from their stools, while
several Western journals, especially those which
reflect the sentiments of the German population,
have teemed with abuse of our present rulers be-
they do not yield themselves, with an entire
Abandonment, to the behests of fierce and de-
structve Red Republicauism. If these diatribes
against the Government were printed in English
they would scarcely less than reasonable, as
they certainly tend to create sentiments and foster
prejudces which are wholly alien to the genius Of
free institutions. As single sample of this
revolutionary invective, proceeding from radical
German journals, we cite the following extract
from the ST. Louis Neue Zeit, of the 9th instant,
onitting portion for the gross personal i6dig-
nifty it offers to the President, the Cabinet, and
the General-n- Chief
.Fremont's name is no more heard in Washington II
lie totally blown away He, too, has suffered the auorabe
opportunity pass By would be useless now to try
TO selze aga The pe"pe of the East bave become
party had the poer aohin its grasp then they did not
openly oppose the President but they la
bored for the Administration although was inmica to
them 1t broke with the best portion OF the Democr
which likewise by the obtuseness of Lincons admnstra
ton, driven into the opposition Now is too late
Possible is nevertheless that the last days of Congress
nay yet bring important ard decisive thngs Still poss-
BILE change of Cabinet although every member grasps
with camped hands to be money ypaying officer. This pos
sibty is however very distant, and becomes daily
iuI ropsbe The radicals now in great mnority-he
Democracy has the power He who knows the tough and
reckless character of the Democratic leaders knows
what that In Washington they only talk Of peace.
The separation into four empires would become most
probable In Virginia Ohio Pennsy vania Indiana, every
where Of loyal people, one hears the wish
peace And the boldest among the copperheads speak
already of annexation to the Southern Confejeracy
under the regime Of Jefferson Davis.
ia conclusion 1oud simply oeature the question he-
Msr organization Of the radical party loould Be
in time The Democracy in every State Of the Union is
firmly and closely organized Circumstances msy render
for it necessary which would have to war
against at every price Therefore, radicals organize your
selves, else all 10 lost"