The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-26
What the Country Needs.

we have repeatedly said that the Presi-
dent ought to put down the Radicals BY
the use Of such means as the Radicals
adopted during the war to secure and pre-
serve their own ascendancy. Last week
we insisted that the President should LOT
this purpose employ all thepowers "n's sa
the precedents set by Mr.. LINCOLN nA'
,aueh, him belonged to the E1eeu ~.
ofice-namely, any and all poM''. -.
had ever been exercised oy any pm"
king, potentaie, or emperor. i"ls ~
hos attracted the attention Of GREELEf'
who re,nonds. by way Of threat '"''
there Is not much of either" m,,'a's VI
,s.sns,s in Richmond, and of F"RSEf'
10y nreserves strict silence as 10 the
VIZ, W." ouestion, but raps us over the
n"m".,es on a side issue. We are pleased
% see that our neighbor Of the Times con-
ours IN the opinion which we have ex-
messed upon this subject. In his paper OF
Yesterday he says emphatically:
:, T,.rs seems to be but one outlet Of safety
,ot, ns-but one avenue Of escape from tnat
;rnncnding ruin and utter disorganizauon
which will surely follow the consnmmatioh VI
Radical designs. II is to bsyouad IN gor6,n;,
net ,ci. s str0sosss sese% cs,ii aeaa ds.potis
IL YOU choose, but TO this complexion mus.
America come at last II revolutionary excuses
be not arrested"
If this be o despotic government, we
are not responsible for its new form
The Radicals themselves led the way
Mr.. LINCOLN emancipatcd three millions
of slaves by a mere stroke Of his pen, III
fragrant violation of the Constitution. Nu'
merous cases of utter disregard Of all the
principles of republican government
might be cited. One other will suffice
Mr.. SEWARD rang his little bell, and by
telegraph ordered some of the best men III
the land to be imprisoned. lie Is SUN ~
the Cabinet. and understands the routine
of arbitrary arrests perfectly. Let nm
make use of his experience. The suppress
sion of the Washington Chronicle, the New
York Tribune, the st. Louis Democrat, ana
one or two other papers, would result in
the destruction of the Radical party. All
the other Radical journals would hold
their peace or else come out IN FAVOR OF
sustaining the Government" just as the
Democratic papers did when Mr.. LINCOLN
had suppressed few Of the more out
spokcn of their number; and the people
who are always ready to stand by such
men as are not afraid to "take the respon
sibility," would rally to the support OF the
President. By judicious administration
Of this excellent Radical physic the bod!
poltic north would soon show abundant
evidences of the setting in Of "healthiu
rejection"
That we have not misrcprcscnted the
theory which the Radicals held during the
war is evidenced by the following declara
ton made by one of the most celebrated
Radicals in the Union. Rev. DR.. BELLOWS
said two years ago:
..To rally round the President-withou'
ouestion or Disputes the first and most sa
cred duty of loyal citizens, when he announces
that the national life Is IN peru. lie Is III,
Official Judge Of this, and II we 40 not aecep
his testimony we have nothing to trust TO-
, There is the whole question III nut
shell. The President is the sole judge -
the "official judge "-and we must trus
him or nobody. That's our present plat
form. And every Radical in the Union
according to his own. teaching when othe
mems rights and opinions were concerned
deserves to be punished by fine and imprl
sonment.
We again commend the subject to tn
serious consideration of the President.