Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-09-18
The Purposes of the Radical
Leaders.
Impeachment Of the President.


Correspondence Of the National Intelligeneer.l
BosToS, Sept IL, 1S66.--The result of the
election in Maine surprises no one who is
aware Of the great depth Of the Radical
feeling in the Eastern States. Radicalism
pervades all political, religious, social, and
even business institutions. 1t is the basis Of
society shifting basis, for it is now very
different from what It was when Il was con-
fined to abolition Of slavery and war for the
Union. Radicalisn assumes now the simple
form of hostility to the States lately slave
holding and rebellions To punish the
Southern people is the issue al radicalism,
and it will be persisted in even to the de-
struction Of the present form of government
If the Union be nominally preserved, it will
be BY such change of our institutions rs
will enable portion Of the North to subject
the Southern States to the arbitrary rule of 4
Radical Congress.
Some Of the dominant party would be con-
tent as is the New York C0mmercial, with the
establishment Of territorial governments
over the Southern States. Others claim it
necessary to hold theIn under military rule.
Confscation Of rebel estates for the benefit of
the freedmen is an incident of the Radical
policy and Mr.. THADDEUs STEVENS is not
premature in proposing it. Negro suffrage,
SO far as It can be applied to the late slave
! holding States, is the very cornerstone of
radicalism,
The Southern Loyalist Convention con-
/ fused and perplexed the Southern Radical
leaders by dissensions on this subject. Uni
versal negro suffrage for the South is, how
/ ever, the generally received doctrine. I'M
| partial or equal suffrage cannot be tolerated
/ by the Radical leaders upon the eve of an
/ election for members of Congress. 1t is
| promised, indeed, if the Radicals win this
| fall bat in that case, the promise viii be
/ forgotten, and universal suffrage will be
| forced upon the Southern States as a eondi-
! ton precedent to the admission of their rep
resentatives. Radicalism will assume anew
! phase in Congress at the ensuing session. 1t
will assume higher stand. 1t is now far
ahead of Lincoln Republicanism, and even
of the advanced republicapism Of the past
year. It must follow the lead and keep
! pace with the progress of extreme men, like
Mr.. STEVENS, and Mr.. SUMNER, and Mr..
| WADE. This is the law of its existence. 1t
! will aim at such a reconstruction OF South
erF Society as will secure the mastery to
those who were lately held as slaves. 1t is
now pretended by all the Radical chiefs that
this is the only guaranty for the safety and
| prosperity of the North, and the people are
ready to believe and act upon it.
! The clamor for negro suffrage is as great
among the people of the North as it was at
| the Southern Loyalist Convention. Nothing
but negro suffrage was listened to with any
patience or applause by that motley body.
| The Southern conference delegates" are
obliged tc apologize to their constituents
for their backwardness in accepting it. They
would lose Pennsylvania by it. They would
! lose the next House of Representatives by
| ii; and, as they declare, ifthey lost thatthey
would lose all. Besides, they urge in ex-
cuse for .heir conduct, that the Southern 10y
alst delegates who urged this policy repre-
scented nothing and nobody, and would not
] even dare ever to return to the Southern
States. These delegates will speak for them
selves here tonight. Some of them, at least,
who are to be heard in Faneuil Hall, are ex-
pected to hear the imputation by exposing
the dough-faced politicians who have mis-
represented Northern Rndical sentiment.
| Next to negro suffrage, the most impor-
! tant of the immediate demands of the Radi-
| cal faction is the impeachment and removal
of ANDREW JOHNSON. In this matter the
| Southern Radicals and their Northern allies
agree. You saw and heard enough at their
| late Convention to convince you that this Is
political fact.
/ have learned here that Mr.. BOUTWELL,,
| who is good authority on this point, has
| given assurances that articles of impeaeh-
ment will be offered and carried by the
| House at the next session.
The grounds of impeachment have been
: l. II A
| his recent addresses in Maine. The general
charge is to be the usurpation of power be-
| longing to COngress-with many specifica-
tions-out of which, as Mr.. HAMLIN says, a
| "misdemeanor," within the meaning Of the
constitutional provision on the subject, can
be substantiated. It is absolutely necessary
| for the further purpose of the Radicals that
the President should be removed, and hav-
ing the requisite majority in the present
! House of Representatives, they will not
scruple to attempt it, and carry it out at
whatever hazard. Hence it is that they
spread the rumor that the President intends
| to put Congress under arrest as soon as they
manifest a revolutionary purpose; and hence
| their extreme anxiety as to the political po-
sition of General GRANT. 1t will be re-
membered with what a tumult Of applause
| the recent Radical Convention received the
intelligence that General GRANT had then
left the Presidents party. The fact that he
still accompanies the President, together
with some rumOr Of his sympathy in the
Presidents policy, have confounded and
abashed them.
Pennsylvania is the battle-ground for the
campaign. That State is to decide the issue
now pending between Congress and the
President