The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-19
The Threa.ened Radical clyll war.

The couniryis Informed, upon no less respect |
able authority than that of the Chairman of the
National Executive Committee of the Republi-
can party, member also of the House Of
Representatives, Mr.. Ray ymond, that the Radi-
calls, IN and out of Congress- have projected
and planned political revolution. are already
preparing a new civil war--a war not OF sec
tons, but Of neigbborhood 1t Is not possible to
oveTostimate the Importance OF this announce.
mCnl; and MI. Ray ymond deserves the thanks OF
all those who do not thirst TOR a hercer carnage
than can find parallel anywhere, save in Paris
during the revoi utlon OF 81, lor his exposure
OF the radical plots, made openly IN the Times
under his own initials, as well as tor giving
publicity to the violent and reckless
designs oil the revolutionary majority in Con
gress.
The objects which the settled determination of
the radicals aims al and avows with an audacity
which prevents their courage, If not their pa.
trotism, from being questioned, are the continued
possession OF the Federal offices, and OF their
majority in the FEDERAL Tx egislature 1t was to
a complish the first of these objects and to
give it a color OF Legality, that the radicals in
the Senate h1st b. cached the idea opposed by
the the letter OF the Constltut oy the decision
OF the bIst Congress, and oy the whole Practice
OF the Govemmeut from its foundation till now,
that the President has no power to make
movals from Office without tne advice and con-
sent or the senate. And since, the Senate not
being in session, removals might be made, and
rev appointments hold good at least until
rejected by the Senate when again assembled,
IT was with the same purpose tnat the
same PARTIES put upon its PASSAGE a reso-
luton forbldding the President to exercise that
power during the adjournment of Congress. The
doubt whether such resolution, ii passed,
could survive veto, or would be regarded by
the President, Being so plainly an usurDaJon by
one OF the coordinate branches of the Govern
meDt upon the rights and duties OF another
branch, led to the still more desperate measure.
which the radicals in their first and second
tnrnfp nnE IN thn rtt 40. and
to impose uroD the Senate, OF perpetual ses.
sion. To the proceedings OF those caucuses,
as reported by MIR. Raymond we refer our
readers. They derive an Importance from
the disclosures subsequently made by 1lr.
Raymond, III the letter to which we have
alluded. that they could not possess as his
vlDdlcation OF himself from the charge
OF political vacllation. 1t will there be seen
with what Gery zeal, IN the first caucus, Bout
well, OF Massachusetts, lngersoll, FarnSWorth,
and Eromwell, Illinois, and Kelley, of Penn
sliyania, depicted the dangers to themselves and
to thelr ofiice-bolding trends throughout ths
country OF an adjournment OF CONGRESS; what
unmeasured lnsolence of abuse they heaped
upon the ChieI Magistrate (as Tor like cause
they denounced aud vilided President Lincoln
be'ole his second nomination) because he aiied
to keep step with all their party violer ce IN pre-
venting lenlency or justice TO the South. 1t
vii there be seen also, in the doings of the Sc
cOnd caucus, with what earnestness and by
What arts Boutwell, sought to procure the pas
sage u the non-adlustm resolution 1.-THE pre-
arranged decision OF the committee appointed
al the previous CaucOs), aud with what pathetic
energy the old man whose inturiate hate towards
the South, the CONSIGNMENT OF some millions
OF tnem ito the penitentiary OF hell" could
alone appease, besought Iecalcitrant members
to remain in SESSION tor "three Years" TO "oo
the business teiore us properly" to 'protect the
people against the Vaccinations OF the White
House." and TO save his Office holding friends
from the lender mercies of The enemy
To accomplish the second OF their objects, or
Ar4I, I,~EH 1,l.N Ia
now affect no concealnlent OF their desperate
designs, il was that Mr.. Stevens long ago
broached his theory OF State-suicide. States
could no longer be kept out OF the Union which
were dead to the Union, and needed to be made
alive by the rump Congress, than II needing
only that restoration whose terms are prescribed
by the Constitution, and which nothing re-
mained to hinder after the suppression OF domes-
tic insurTecjIon among their luhaDitants.
But the law-abiding temper OF President John
son. and his efforts for the speediest restoration
to their normal relations OF all the States of the
Union, have thus lar frustrated the radical
plots and contrivings. He has made them rdcu-
lous. When they have said that the Southern
States were dead, he has shown them alive,
clothed, and in their right minds, having ac.
| copied the results of the war; having restored
older and established good government among
| their citizens; having renewed their allegiance,
and patiently awaiting participation IN all
! Federal functions.
In such a contest there is no hope left to the
| radicals. They toresee that the country stands
! by the President; that the great majority OF the
| people, North and South, desire a restored
! UnlOn; and that the coming elections will
proclaim the TACT. They toresee, TOO, that the
assembling OF convention at Philadelphia o
delegates from all the States will exhibit, tC
thirty millions OF people, at least, the symbol o
| their hearts desire, and will revive again the
passon ior complete Congress, traternal anc
| mdissoluble unity.
The time is short. Therefore they have nov
abandoned all the forms and hctions OF a pre-
tended legality, and, with the energy OF beateI
but desperate men, they have resolved to com
| nit their cause TO the arbitrament OF the sword
! and nave aheady, in the lang uage of Mr.. Ray
mond, tdad Their preparations for another Cto'
9cGT.n
Their "6rst step" is thus described in the dis
closure made in tuesdays 1inles:-
al DO not propose 10 comment upon the result o
such movement. IL iS obvious that II any sucl
sectional, the last: II would be OF poll
lcal parties ana oil nelghbOThoods Not only haV
the great booy of the Union party in Congress In
sympathy with these views ana purposes, but tnel
are in the nam ignorant and incredu Gus OF tnei
ex'slehce. 1ha5 the extreme radicals entertain
them, bowever there ls not The slightest DOUBT 9nt
We know, nom the experience OF secession in 1861
bow lew men 1t someIimes requires 10 plunge gTea
party or q great nation into war
"NCu may have noticed the passage in the House
o few days SINCE, Ot a resolution ohereu by Genera
PANE, OF Wisconsin, calling on the States to organ
ize, al ciplne and equip tIelr militia and direct
ing thai two-Ihlrds OF the arms, ordnance, bnI
ammunition now under the custody OF the Genera
Government be distributed among the States-th
distribution among The loyal States TO take pac'
Immediately, ana that among the States lately II
| rtsO uliOn came from the Commit go on Military
! Affairs and was pushed to vo' o, without debae o.
OelaY, under the previo rs question. lt attracted
little attention Congress 1t has in the country
auH doubtless