East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-01-27
q lie Gonrier.
"Wednesday. january. 81. 1903.
"Rabid Radicalism..

radicalism which our ncighbors dis
like may DO stated briefly as follows !"
and the remark is followed 10y a ''plat-
forhI, as the wiitcr ..tcrns il, which
though in the main bad enough,
equivocal and evnsive, falls So FAR
short of Indicating tho true character
istics of that concern that lbs best
friends fail to see the resemblance
If paper which cannonizcd as
Saint old John Brown who was hung
f,r nrmder- IN Virginia, gloated with
de,noniac glee over the prospect of the
death of the pure and upright Chief
Justice fancy, and rc-produces in
every number in editorial form, and
with editorial endorsement, the ex-
treme doctrines of Wendell Phillips,
needs further specifications as to its
''rabid radieolism" they will be found
in the following extract from an arti-
ele on the "Next Presidency" which
appeared in the Enterprise of Jan. 81:
Had he, President Lincoln] in
formed the Kentucky blockaders on
the start that their boosted neutrality
was only treason, and that any oppo-
s.tion to the national forces passing
over kentucky soil should not be en-
siured for an instant; had ho told the
Shareholders distinctly that their war
on the Union would bring war, not
protection, TO their doors; had no sus-
tanned Fremont's Missouri proclama-
tion--we believe that early and dccis-
i've blows might have been struck
against the rebellion, and a vast
amount of blood and treasure saved
1t is true that Mr.. Lincoln has be-
come progress,rc and has learned to see
more clearly the wants of the age;
but the army and the people are a
great way ahead of him. The nation
at large has interpreted more readily
than he, the great lessons of the war.
He is not entirely free from those con-
-~--.>t:--> :.,a"onans which have been
the bane of the war. His proclama-
ton of freedom is good. but it would
be better were not large districts of
slave territory excepted from its pro-
visions. His offer of amnesty to the
rebels is very kind--to hem--and on
the whole good thing, butwe should
like it better if it did not offer pardon
to hundreds of bloody-handed muir
derers and criminals, with no other
evidence of repentance than taking a
compulsory oath of allegiance.
We believe we are able to appreci-
ate Mr., Lincoln's honesty of purpose
and patriotism, but there are other
men we should prefer for the Presi-
,!ency. We should prefer one who
has something of the spirit of leader
--one progressive enough to keep at
the head of the column instead of
waiting to be dragged along. The
country needs, in our opinion, a Pres
ido..s onsiloiy floo fiOII. the l9a,on If
COnrav0tism. As to mho this individ-
nal should be, we arc not particular,
so long as he is of the rightstampand
metal.
Of the particular belief of the edi-
tor of the Enterprise indicated in the
platform" or elsewhere, we know lit
tlee, and care less, and, after the man
ner of his illustrious prototype, we
"spit upon his platform. The exor-
dunn which prefaces the platform
article is sound 1t is loyal and pat
riotic to advocate complete sup
"pression of the rebellion and restora-
''tion of the whole Union. We be-
'lieve that the constitutional authority
"of the federal government should be
restored in every foot national terri
"tory; and so restored, that men who
'haye always been trne tn the Union
''can live in peace on any portion OF
'our national soil, but if this is effected
and only those who have Railways
been true to the Union" can live in
peace on any PORTION of our national
SOIL" pray where and how will those
abolition ,co-workers of the Enterprise
editor abide who have uniformly de-
nounced the constitution as "league
with hell, "dorided those who would
stay the progress of disunion, advoca-
ted tho right and justice of secession
las has the n. Y. Tribme-belied,
vilifed and denounced the Southern
States, and sought by all manner Of
misrepresentation to cngender dis.
cord and bitterness ? those mon who
have for years 'lil1e pestilent rats, ap.
piled themselves assiduously to the
4'task Of gnawinS asunder, one by one,
'the ties of consanguinity, the loves Of
kindred, the amenities Of sociaI
intercourse, the cordialitics of friend
"ship, the cndearment of Christian
communion, and the genial knot OF
common memories of the past, com
''mon material interest in the present
''and common hopes for the future
''these were the strands composing the
''strong bond of fraternal union upor
(which our republican institution
''must rest and without which oul
''whole social fabric must crumble Il
ats fall"
The proposition that the existence
of treason silences tho constitutions