The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-02-14
new Revolutionary Movement.

New Revolutionary Movement.
The leaders Of the radical party in Con-
gress make no secret of their determination
to revoluticnize the political State. The
measures they propose, whether designed
to act inwardly uponthe Government, Or
outwardly upon the people, all tend in one
direction-to diminish local government and
personal free agency, and to eoncentrate
power in the hanIs of the central establish
ment, Weborrow from an exchange the
following description Of plan by one Of the
Senators Of Massachusetts,
"Mr Wilson introduced bill providing
for the national defense, BY establishing ap
active volunteer militia throughout the
United States; all able bodied men between
the ages of twenty and fouy-6 to be en-
rolled, with exceptions the same as those in
relatian to the draft. A bureau of militia
is authorized, as well as AJiutant-generals
in each State. There shall be one active
regiment of infantry in each Congressional
District, Territory, and in the District Of
Columbia, Of citizens between the agesyof
twenty on. and thirtyfve years, to be en-
rolled Tor six years or during the war, if any
is declared within that period. Officers in
the States will he appointed by the Govern
ors, and in the District Of Columbia by the
President. and shall be selected from per.
sons who have been examined by military
board appointed by the same authorities
RegimRntal commanders appoint their own
non commissioned officers. The last section
provides that the President may order the
whole or any part of the volunteer militia
into the service of the States, during insur'
rection, rebellion, foreign war, or obstruc-
ton of any laws, too stroag for the civil au-
thorities to overcome, or upon apprchcn-
sion of either; and any member failing to
appear, without valid excuse, may be tried
by rt-martial for desertion. ~
''The bill was referred to the Military
Committee. sg s.E '- 7 t'
When Mr.. Van Buren, was President, the
fact that he recommended the passage oil
some sort of militia organization in the
States, to be available to the General Gov
ernmcnt in cases of National exigcncy, q
great outcry was raised against him by those
who now constitute the material of the Re-
publican party. That party was then-or
at least for the time being it professed to be
in favor Of liberty. The, measure was
pronounced inimical to popular freedom,
and would, it was insisted, place the liber,
ties of the people in the hands Of the Pr:si.
dent, by whom they would infalibly be ovor
thrown, There was talk even of impcach-
ing the President for conspiracy against
the Republic on its account.
The Republican party is not now so much
in favor ofliberty as it was. The only free
dom which its members now care for is that
of the negroes and their own. An arrange
ment which would place vast military
force at any time in the hands of tho Presi
dent, he being the sole judge of the need of
calling it into activity, is precisely in accord
ance with their notions Of the wsy things
should be arranged. '''
1t is easy to see in propositions of this
kind the conception of tho leaders of the
Republican party of the political state Of
the country, and Of their own cxigcncies. :
They believe that the Union which, for
some purposes, they pretend has been, and
for some purposes contendei has not been
restored, only formally exists: that its state
is, to the last degree, unsound and prcca-
ricus. They know that their party has lost
its moral prestige among the people, and
must be atan end unless they can supply its
place with physical force. They viewed
the reduction Of the army with. great
dissatisfaction, and would nave done so with
still more, had they not desyaired Of pre-
serving absolute control over the President.
To supply the necessary physical power,
they rely upon the military rule and Freed
mems Bureau in the South, and upon a
militia organization in the North, tho latter
to De used and controlled as piece of party
machinery. BY these means they hope to
preserve themselves in power in the Govern
ment and keep the South from acting unler
thcinflucn;, Of tina. spirit Of revolt which
they know will exist under their supremacy,
Whether they win succeed, will depend up
on the regard which the people of the North
entertain for their own liberties, and the
respect which they feel for that legacy Of
freedom which they are said to have inher-
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