Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-04-26
Radical AbOlitIOnBsm-Fa
Cian Ram pant,

D
Cism Rampant.
We End in the Lancaster (Pa. Intelli-
gencer of the 1lth inst, the proceedings
Of meeting held in that city, to rejoice
over the surrender Of Lee aud the prospect
Of an early peace. Tbaddeus Stevens
presided, and made a speech. In the
course Of his remarks he gave utterance to
the following significant sentiments, which,
as will be seer, illustrate the favorite the
ory of the ultra Abolitionists, which is
the perfect equality, social and political, Of
the white and black races. He said
uAsa punishment for our misdeeds as q
partial atonement for our wrongs TO an in.
| iured, outraged, and enslaVed race, just God
has seen fit to- lead this nation through a red
sea Of human blood trust we are near the
cad Ii remains for you, the people, the in.
structors of statesmen, aud the ptompters OF
those whom you have chosen 10 make laws
and to rule over you, to see TO II that this gov
ernment is not loosely reconstructed. IL is
for YOU to see that it is purged OF all detrimen-
ial elements; that everything is eliminated,
cot loose, and caste away forever which can
| lead to accession or to revolt II Is for you to
SEQ to II that il is firmly established on the
great principle Of the equality OF all men, aud
the universal and unrestrained liberty evory
human being Hereafter there must be no
distinctions in this land; neither those OF ar
Iisjooracy and cast, nor those OF birth aud col
or. There mustbe no difference no distinc.
tion between men under tho law, All must
be made to stand on the great broad plat
form of human brotherhood and universal
equality Let there be, from this hour hence
forth aud forever no difference, no disnnc-
lion between men, on account OF racs or color
under the law of this land Of ours. Do not
understand me as prescribing to any man
who shall be bis social companions, Each
man has a right to choose for himself in that
matter, but before the law : ~ men sbould be
on the same level, aud each man the peer
and the equal in rights OF any other.
This is the doctrine and the policy Of
the Radicals. The Intelligencer, COM
menting upon the remarks OF Mr.. Stevens,
very appropriately says "TheHegro is his
hobby He. rides it in season and out ot
seasUn 1t is not strange that the burthen
Of his story should be the wrongs Of that
race. 1t is asubject of which he should
be, by this time, complete and most
mpetent Judge Neither do we very
much wonder at the intensity of his ma
lignity, and the bitterness Of his hatred to
every man, woman and child in the South.
1t is not strange that he should advocate
general conGscation and a complete de-
struction Of the white. race in all the re-
volted States. AS he stood in the
Court House yesterday, and gnashed his
teeth in impotent rage, lie reminded us OF
sick tiger in jungle, famishing for blood,
but utterly unable to reach the prey that
feeds in unconscious security within sight
of his death lair Poor, pidable old mani
In him all the milder and more-bumane
sentiments of humanity are dead. lie
lives but to hate"
They had Reverend" orator there al
so,-a Mr.. Wedekind--who delivered
; himself of some choice sentiments in the
same strain, only little "more So" He
said
This contest of ours, which is nov about
being ended, is one for the equal rights of all
men Hereafter neither station nor color is
to be a barrier 10 the perfect and complete
equality of all men before the LaD of this
land This doctrine of equal rights for all
men will be from this day and for all time in.
scribed upon our flag Such is the rightous.
ness which shall exalt US as q nation"
That's decidedly refreshing, even COM
ing as it does, from an abolition parson.
The Intelligencer thus graphically sketch
es the portrait Of this Reverend" ANAL
gamationist, and we have no. doubt it is
true to the life "He is one of the unctuous
: kind of orators. He looks as if he lived
we'll, and oily sentences flow from his
tongue with an ease which should make
him popular modern pulpit orator. We
imagine he would begreat on revival occa-
sions. That he is out of place in such a
, meeting as that of yesterday we think he
proved most abundsntly by his speech,
which we have tried to report faithfully in
another column. The most of 1t was
, made up Of commonplace platitudes, such
as would scarcely have been looked for
elsewhere than in the maiden speech of
some unAedged sophomore. He only
startled the audience once. That was
when he boldly announced as part Of his