Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-03
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i fHR RADICALS AND THE RENIASsai 9li
The Radicals are most ardently at work,
endeavoring to secure the, whole Fenlan
vote of the country. Extravagant 1attery,
shameless falsehood, splendid proniises In
regard to Irish freedom, and lit lie saidDl
| large bribery in money, are the means by
which they hope to carry. their purpose.
But as far as we know the Irish people,,
and our acquaintance with them9is, extenn
4 1sivesthey.eannOt be politically sedueed by
| these tempters. The Radicals, the Aboll-
tionists and the Know n Nothings, are all the
same herd of anti Catholic, anti-1rish, pro-
negro, .pro-church and convent-burntng,
evil and wrong minded men. The Irish
understand this from bitter experience. 1t
is impossible to deceive them in regard
to it. They are not degenerate enough to
step, with their eyes open, to the polls with
q faction which, hitherto, has done all In
! its power to Danish tlIeir religion tiom the
| United States, to totally disfranchise them
at elections and whose chief aim now is to
command the Offices Of the republic by the
hideous, unnatural, unconstitutional design
of giving political equality to the black.
All we Irish people can place no trust, can
center no hope can lodge no confidence In
the Radicals. They deserve nothing at our
hands but utter condemnation, utter repu-
diation, utter dispersion. If we can vote
to-day, it is because we have triumphed
over their nefarious plots; if our suffrage
| is to continue. It Is because they shall new
er be able to deprive us of that inestimable
right; and il our faith is to flourish
in peace, it is because they cannot
drive it from the soil. These men
Thaddeus Stevens, Speaker Coltax.
Boutwell, Greeley, Oglesby, and all 4
the rest of the hOrde-what do they
care for Ireland Have they not again and
again violated the Constitution ofthe Uni ed
States-is it not their cardinal principle
that the Constitution is a compromise with
inquityY What deep interest can they,
therefore, have for Ireland? This new
| Radical love for Irish freedom is svlrtually,
substantially, and entirely love for
tile offices Of the country, blended
with love for the negro. If there
we're no Irish votes, there would
be no Radical declaration in favor Of Irish
freedom. Therefore, the Radical declara-
ton in favor of Ireland is all a scurvy
trick, all base perfidy, all a perjured,
chicaning design to catch the Irish vote.
Are the Irish ounces? Not they, indeed.
They are the keenest-witted people in
America. Nor are they traitors. Thus far
they have stood in unbroken ranks by the
Constitution. They cannot now be either
bribed or seduced to dishonor that most
honorable conduct by chicaning, pejured,
negrOphiliZed faction, who have the ruin of
| the Constitution, the emolument of them-.
selves and the, unnatural elevation of the
negro for their chief principles. Oh, no!
D. NnfI,f a. hrih
and secure the placehunters, but they can-
not either buy OF tempt the keen-witted,
| independent, patriotic Irish. And if they
did, would they. Keep their promises? and
\ If they promised In good faith, how could
they eros wn their promises with execution
AS, if there were no Irish votes, and there
| would be none, had these men
succeeded in the 'sdark lantern"
days, the Radicals would not trouble
themselves about Irish freedom, it
is self-evident that their promises are
| made to be violated !; and as, according to
the present condition OF the public mind,
they are politically dethroned forever, it Ia
equally self-eVident that though they had
honest intentions they can never realize
them. ,... -. ... .
Nor is this all. The Radicals mean rev.
Oultion-anOther dreadful civil conflict
Here is the evidence, positive, unmistak-
able declaration of another war by no less
a man than Gerrit Smith. Said he in re-
cent letter: .' tot. By ~ ...N
"The war will break out again if suf-
frage is withheld from the black man. 1t
will, in that case, break out in revenge up
on the loyal whites South, in persecution of
the blacks Of the South, and, but too prob
ably, on a much broader if not, indeed, on
a national scale. .HH1d sai gunJoJ a.
"In all probability our nation will learn
no more of righteousness until she shall
have dTifted ON to another breaking up
| In all probability she must reach another
bloody catastrophe before her sunken soul
shall feel another upward impulse. ,',.r ~
"In closing this letter let me say that l
would not underrate the present Congress.
In the main it is composed of men who are
neither ignorant of the right nor indiffer-
ent to it. UnhappilY they We're not sufi-
ciently resolute to follow up their convic-
tions and insist on harvesting the fruits Of
our dearly bought victory Alas ! that
Congress has, but too probably, left it im-
possible for these fruits ever to be harvest
ed. Alas, that its mistakes have, but too
probably, rendered vain all this expendl-
ture OF blood and treasure, The nation
must pass through another season of sor-
row ere It shall reach its season of joy
Seed must gain be sown IN tears aud blood
! ere this nation shall reach its harvest OF sal
Yation." 'n' 1908 50t'l H..N sf- ip G.ubus
Smith, be it remembered, is a generals
?, simo among the Radicals. Nor is he alone
i'm his declarations. The following Is from
a Knoxville telegram to the radical Chicago
|. @Gov. Brownlow spoke here to-day. He
/ said the rebellion headed by Andrew John
son would share the same fate as thatheaded
| by7Jeff Davis. II attempted one million of