The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-11-03
The Radical Party and its Demands.

From the Metropolitan Record !
The Extremists Of the North, fora
inga little more, even accordin"to their
own statistics, than onc-third OF oar
whole population, contend that they
have right, resulting from the war, to
force their terms upon the great ma.lor
ity North and South. Admitting for
the sake Of argument, and leaving ont
of consideration altogether the mon.
strous frauds and outrage. by which
thcv maintain their ascendency in some
of the States, that they represented
eleven millions ofthe white population,
with what consistency, with what jus
tice can they claim to speak and act TOR
the whole country. On one side We
have eleven millions and on the other
nineteen millions, composing two great
political parties, representing prnci-
pies totally at variance. 1t has N''a
the boast of the great Republic hereto
fore tllat minorties were certainty So
cure in their rights; bnt who supposed
the day would ever come when q dnm-
inant, despotic minority would ]"r,' 1t
over two thirds Of the whoi" uopnI"-
ton, DISTINGUISHING millions OF whit"
men in one section and forcing upon
them system Of government rs lnto!-
crabc as that 10 wEi.h the oppressed
nationaitcs Of Europe have been sub
icrted. Setting at defiance the very III
strunent under which they hold their
authority while in Office. they adopt
the policy Of European dcspo;iams, anh
establish 'rlllcs and regulations which
are in direct conflict, not only with ail
anteccdent, so far as the histor," oftou9'
country is regarded, but subversiYe Of
the very principle which lies at the ha-
sis Of our institutions, the Principle OF
Self government.
1t was all right for the men of '!o,
who were subjects, colo"'oi subjects Of
Great Britain, to sccedc from the moth-
er country. from the power 10 which
they owed their origin, which had so
to speak sustained and protected them
in their infancy--it was all right oi
these Colonists to take up arms against
the imposition of what they considered
an unjust system, by which, while com
PEELED to pay taxes, they were denied
representation. But how is II now
In this age of progress. We not only
deny the right of eight or ten millions
of white men to form a separate gov
ernmcut, in which their own interests
will be protected, but we force them to
pay more than their share OF the gen
eral taxes, and we have placed them,
in almost every respect, in worse po-
sition than that occupied by the Colo
nies previous to and during the war OF
the Revolution There is hardly one
of the grievous complaints enumerated
in the Declaration Of Independence a
gainst the tyranny of George the Third
that it is not applicable in the present
instance to the atrocous and devilisl
policy of the Radical Party That Par
ty has literally sent into the South
sswarms of officers to harrass the pco-
ple. and eat out their substance. Vi
such a character is the Frcedmcn's Bu-
reau. They have also in the Southern
States "rendercd the military superior
to the Civil Powcr;'' they have sub
iectcd them to q Jurisdiction foreign to
our Constitutions" they have ''quarter
cd large bodies ofarmcd troops among
them )" they have "deprived them ii
many cases of the benefits Of Trial by
jury" they have, to sum up the whole
list of charges, "suspended their Legis
latures," '.ravagcd their coasts, burnt
their towns, destroyed the lives oftheil
peoplc, melted domestic insurrection
&C., &C."
All this they have done while pro
Tossing to be the exponents of the Rlsh
of Sell. Government and to be inspired
By the pnrest devotion to human liber
, ty. What party was ever more bla
! tant In it's advocacy Of free speech, fire
press, free soil, and free men, aud VIA
! party has done moro for the snbyersiol
tloraiE these, than that whidh calls itsel
E.Republieans'1 Il hos suppressetLovd
8 three hundred raperss lit las, withor
9 svehcthe thockery Of ATRIAL, flung thor
J, FsAads Of men into prison for attemp'
!! Ing 10 crlticizethe Unconstitutional ac'
q Of a despotic administration; it. hs
y stolen or made away with ihillions
!: acres Of the public lands, which wei
e ins;ly designed for actual settlers, an
Y it now depriyes over eight millions
e white men Of the right misrepresentation
e 1t is fitting coinmentary on The cha
e acter Of the party. that It il to-day
Ie direct antagonis,n with every pTincip
of the political creed which II rrohV
gated when it first presented is cialii
n. to popular suprorI.
,g Ii is well ut this particular time wii'
it asks for q new lease Oi power, 10 81