Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-22
RICHMOND WING.
MONDAY MORNING........JAN. p, lsc
Radical Test of Loyalty.


where so many editorial pen, daily engage ia
their discussion aud elucidatiou, every subject
is literally worn th7ead-bare in "a .,w short
bopr,. Such an eager and Unsuitable thirst I,
there for all such subjects that We resemble
mack eff hungry wolves constantly on the hunt.
No sooner is the game caught, vneiber bu.-
f,Io an elk. a mountain sheep. or simply r1h-
bit than few moments suffice 20 scar OH every
p,rti,Is of flesh and 10 leave &c % bare anatomy.
Where there are SD many person, 90 discuss
th.s. Subjects orally and I'm writing. they are
,,-.s.rteJ in every shade and variety of aspect.
Where so much ink is she'd. AMI where somauy
words are uttered, there is much that is good,
much more that is indifferent, and much more
sill that is worthless. Soimpctuou, is the rush
of events. and $50 eager ar, editors and poiiti-
,i,ps +, keen pace with them ia their cor-
oeuts and speeches, that constant race is
kent m. There is too much Impotence for
steady investigation, too much haste Toy careful
and profound reflection, too much excitement
for m, immediate attainment of truth. When
patience, leisure and caImness can be COM
m,ndcd. then the truth begins 20 he dcloped.-
Amer everybody ha, written and spoken diff
fnsclv. crudeIy and excitcdly, calm minds take
mn tine subject, weigh and viuuow all that has
been uttered, and present the truth clearly,
tersely and imprcSSiyely.
Much has been said and written upon the
subicct of southern restoration, negro suffrage,
and the intolerance and injustice OF radicali>m,
bpt we Il, not remember 10 have seen 50 much
clearncss of statement, aptucSs of illustration
and strength of argument condensed in a small
compass as we find in recent letter OF Hon.
WuL1AN A. RICHARDSON, OF Illinois Vol
ume, have been written 90 EXPIRES, what he ev-
dresses in the following brief sentences. lie
SAYS:
s. The President saws the rebellion Is over. |
O. Congress SAYS mo-, the rebellion is still going
on. Between the President and the radical
Republicans there is "a deep ditch and high
,,wan, The radical Republicans m Congress
" don't want the Union. They mean 10 keep
.. di>cord aud anarchy triumphant as long a,
they have the power. Their expulsion from
..pl,cc by the people is certain.
There is not toby no the land Except M
" in CougrcS,) any opposition TO the Union,
" the Constitution which makes tine Union, "f
" The laws passed IN pursuance OF the Con>i'tu- /
q" ton, yet the radical Republicans say the re- |
" bellion still continue, i". 20 '''4 ''''' 0'".
continue until the negro IS a-o'''" % r't' 90 ''
q" the States l9ie'y 90 r''s'o"' Nt9&' VOTING
" Is the TEST OBJ 'L"fAL1f' A" ''e states
-' and people opposed '' '"'S are '' 'IU''l''n'
" Ey this test Connecticut ~ her l'>' eI'''''n'
placed herself in rebellion, $" di' Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Colorado Massachusetts al |
"l lows the negro to vote Rhode island Ner-
"mont and Maine do tae same all tNe rest |
'' believe, deny the negro This privilege
I"'r'y states are ''''''''S ''' '''''''''' ''-
'cor''ns To TINS Test ''''--''S "''
loyal
mere 'o' "'''' >",j''.' 'S"'' ''''' mus
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ana ue'''" '"'m 'S "''"s'''"'> D'
T'cN "l I"S''' ana amounts 90 "''"''7' '"'
whole question refers 20 inc rlS", '' N'''N'''"'
10 the S"uther" states "'' NOT u'' ''S"' =" ~
ccdc, and the war was urged 10 Keep Them M
the Union, and TO demonstrate that the right oil
secession did not exist, and the North closed
all argument by complete success and indu'IA-
BILE victory, II Us IDLE Tor i"e North, just 20 gam
negro suffrage, To maintain that though II
gained the victory, it failed in the tcmonStra-
tiou. 1.-THE southern States had not the right
to Scccdc, the Northern States had uu right t'
let them sccedc. They did poo, let them
They fought To retain than 70. he Union, anal
succeeded
Nine months after oar surrender We are
gravely told that We seeded. The very men
who say this are the men who hold IL a desccra-
tiou of language TO cal. the war war, but al
,vavs sneak of n rs sstle rebellion and who Z