The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-10-20
Partisanship and PRESCRIPTION.

It doubtless appears inconsistent to the edito
LOT the WORLD for journal to exhibit any indie
lpendence orsanythiHg else but the most extrelni
partsanship and proseriptiveness, ike that exhib
tied by the Administrations at the present time
i Boise Statesman.
We certainly should think it most incon.
sistent, after the very many examples we have
known. for Radical journal ''to exhibit any
independence, or anything else but the most
extreme partisanship and proscriptiveness. .
During Lincoln's reign, he had only to blow
hot and all his organs and followersiu instantly
blowed hot; to blow cold and as suddenly
did they all blow cold. When their big ST.
mon said 'sup, they all went up; when Simon
said "down,n they all went down, and when
Simon said " wiggle-waggle, they all wig
gled and 'waggled. But in /" extreme parti-
sanship and proscriptiveness never have the
Radicals been anything like approached q.
They howled againstthe employment of, not
only men who were Democrats, but against
the employment Of the sons and daughters of
Democrats, in either public or individual sit
nations; they clamored for the removal Of
Democrats, who had been crippled ia the
Mexican war and war of 1872, from small po-
#sitions in the Federal and State Governments,
and for the dismissal of the widows and or
phans of dead soldiers who were Democrats
from places in the Mint and Branch Mints,
and other public Offices charitably given to
them; they mobbed Democratic newspapers.
imprisoned some and killed others of the
Democratic editors, and shut the mails against
over three hundred Democratic journals in
the North they had Generals removed, who
fought braVely and conquered trumphantly.
simply for being Democrats, and hundreds of
officers of lower grades for the same cause.
La brief, never did extreme partisanship and
proscriptiveness" run to such wild, barbarous
excesses, as during Radical rule; and, even
yet, the Brownlows and Stevenses, and other
foremost leaders of that party, howl and
shrek for the blood of men whose only Of
fence is their devotion to the old Constitu-
ion, and for the Acknowledgement and i'm
9overishment (by wholesale, atrocious rob-
oery) of men who do not bow in abject sub
mission to the wanton, fendish demands of
hose who would first totally disarm and then
destroy them.
The Statesman alludes to the prescription
# the present ADMINISTRATION. Will it be
,ood enough toinstance any2 Has the Pres
dent removed any Radical from Office, and
ppointed any "Johnson men" in this Terri
Dry? Would Lincoln have permitted in Of
ce here any man who was not entirely de-
oted to his policy? Would the present
sadicai Congress appoint to, or continue in
flee, if it had the power, any person who /,
7as not in favor of its policy and opposed to
hat of the President2 When the Statesman
az satisfactorily and truthfully answer these t
uestions and successfully controvert any t
hing we have said here, we shall be prepared v
show up some more of its own incongrui- In
es and errors: But, for it's own sake, it .
ught to say nothing about Johnson's paIti, !
anship and prescription.