The Placer herald., 1866-10-27
The Tendency of Radicalism.

manly struggles of that Convention where
trial by right Of jury was achieved, to that
still greater security for personal liberty
the writ Of habeas corpus-w wrung from the
unwilling and tyranical House of Stuart, and
to consider BY what slow but ever ascending
steps the high pinnacle was obtained, which
suggested to the nobemiuded and pure,
hearted founders Of this great Republic still
another advance in human freedom. But
the subject is Of so vast extent that We can
barely allude to it, TO remind our readers
how near in those great commissions, out of
which came each blessed boon, their govern
ment came to shp.wreck; with what COM
mendable good sense and honesty of purpose
they retraced their steps when they found
them leading in a wrong direction; and how
cautiously they paused TO engraft each new
principle upon their system, and to become
familiar with lis operations before they en-
tered upon another onward move.
The wise men who made our government
under benifcent Providence, were familiar
with the great struggles out Of which liberty
was gained or lost and full well they knew
the danger to every community Of politi
cal convusion. This is made apparent to
US by the jealous care with which each de-
partment Of our State was hedged round by
safe guards, ard the sphere Of each so well
Defined that encroachments the one upon
the other could only take place through
revolution, hence ambition was confined
within legitimate and laudable bounds; its
aims could not reach beyond the execution
of the lee scripta, and this was made so
short and plain that "lhe way faring man
need not err therein" Yet, so difficult is it
to make any system perfect which man must
execute, tbat-simple and complete as ours
seemed to come from the hands of those who
had conqured the right Of self government,
two uprisings Of the people and two more
threatenings had taken place before our ma
tion was fifty years old. Happily these were
the mere ebultians of passion, growing out
Ol luleIest, anu WeIe uoL sulucltuI W marx
an epoch in our history.
Although our sages had sounded and map
ped out the reefs where danger lurked, yet
in an evil day, forgetting the counsels of
him, whom for eighty years we had called
the Father of our Country, party was Or
gained upon sectional basis, pledged to a
policy so revolutionary that for years its pro-
ceedngs were chronieled with temperance
meetings and woman's rights conventions,
and few men could be found with so little
sense Of justice aud right as to own they we're
Of it. Guided by fanaticism, and kept up
by persistent dupicity, they at last succeed,
ed in embroling the sections in civil war,
through which their object was easily gained.
While the sturdy men Of the country were
fighting its battles in good faith, these pot'
ters of mischief proving the maxim that sin
civil strife the worst Of men do rise," have
gone on from step to step with as much
speed as they could make, having Presi-
dent to educate to the point of falsifying lis
oath of Office and the principles of life
time, until we have indeed what they threat
ened to give us--a New Nation" But un,
happily they do not propose to stop here,
the sacred instrument that guaranteed liber'
ty to every citizen, but which they have
marred beyond recognition, is to be further
tampered with, and before the people have
agreed to adopt the last amendments, We
have furnished by the organ Of their leader
Senator Sumner-a proposition to still
further amend so that there shall be nc
Executive officer Of Government. Thu:
while we are discussing the new proposition
they will proceed to pass the amendment
making all casses-Negroes, Chinamen and
Whites-equal in all respects, for this viii
then be, they think, past issue with u.s.
So they propose to 60 on, to what end Goo
only knows. We fear, that as the empire
Of Caesar was blessing from the anarchy
Of Sylla and Marius, and Napoleon was hail
Sherman or Butler may be welcomed will
acclsmatons as the Military Ruler who is tt
bring order out of chaos to America.
Andrew Johnson thinks that this revolu
tiou has gone far enough, and earnestly he
and those of bis party who co operate
with him, would stop this wild disorder, this
tampering with sacred things. And al
though we are free from any participation in
the new order Of things, believing as we
have ever done that the government as made
in 1887, was good enough for us and oul
postsrity. we sincerely trust that the Pres
dent may triumph in tbis contest, and that
the revolution may stop.
The blind praise not the Glitter Of the di