St. Mary's gazette., 1866-05-17
o.;do,+ Iobnaor ard the Radicals

President Johnson ard the RADICALS
This prosy oif subject 9 still kept be-
fore ns. more by accident, we oplhe, than
bx either principle OF raera. At the cif''e,
# the war the Sumncr-Stevens party WAS
the controlling Congressional Influence !;
and, the pcrpetui,y Of ies power, It Is low
apparcnt, has been the fec~llng suggestive
"a ;,s course Of legislation. The re-cotf-
struction OF the States, and tn: oenehcen'
rcsul,s which would tfrrefroia arise, have
been made secondary To thfS question oil
perpctuity, as the success OF the one ""'ia
inevitably result IN the downfall OF the oth-
er The Leading ralp,l spirits arc all1ye
n This fact and Mr. Stevens has had the
eandor to admit it. He admits that he
nrefers individual ACKNOWLEDGEMENT to the
Welfare of the country, and discord ana
anarchy to the loss of power. lie has even
had the temeri,y to proclaim this sentiment
from the hustings Sumner permits no
opportunity to pass to bclch forth his an
nthemas against the South. and the eNalta-
tion Of the negro is still the hobby he rides,
The Union, says he, has been preserved
by this class OF our population, and white
men have done nousht in behalf OF the
flag. indeed Buffers ghost seems sui
"a haunt him. Like that Of the murdered
Ranouo. it will not down at his bidding The
fear Of chastiscmcnt from'the OLD llugucn"t
blood of the South is still bugbear to this
.h;v,lrous son from the Pilgrim State =
Shades of the mighty Webster protect hm'
Let not the slaves sold by his brother upon
tho soil Of South Carolina rise np IN Jud9-
ment against him. Rather let HIM r'p'sf
IN the blessed consciousness Of beng ben
,factor of the human race, than these un-
nlcasaut occurrences of the past should be
broucht tn his mind But Oh, Sumner,
20 not beyond the confines OF your own
sterile and rock bound State She may
still cling to you in your folly and debase-
mcnt, but beyond her you have no refuge
upon the American continent , lou are
regarded by honest and sober minded men
as dcspicablc bcins-as p"ltroons only
fit to trample upon the weak and Cypress
IN. fallen You and Stevens are holster
Gus and vindctivc, onky, when men not
more brave, but more numerous, have V;ln-
uuished your foes upon the battle ifeid !.
Where were YOU, or either of YOU, when
the hosts of Lee were marshallcd upon the
soil of a loyal, and to one ofyou, an adopted
State. and when the issue of the great con
test was to be finally decided? Echo an
swers where. Bu, you are still in power
and have fancied wrongs to redress. One
of you bears scar which is dlshon"rahlc
to your manhood od-thc other has not tor
gotten the smoullering ruins of an IRON
foundry which he had not the manlIneSS
20 aid Gen Meade t" protect. Think well,
Mcssrs. Sumner and Stevens, ere You seek
70 60 further with your amcndat"ry pro-
positions. Remember that white men still
have rights to maintain, and that New
England still forms but an integral part of
the American continent The late war
VA fought and the result achieved by men
who still reverence the old Constitution
snd xho shed their blood to vindicnte Its
principles. They are not prepared to ac-
esps Jour plans for equality and miscese-
nation, aud will not assist you in carrying
them into effect We advise you to read
a little more carefully the veto messages OF
Andrew johnson, and to profit by the ma
turc and statesmanlike view. therein ex-
pressed Don't forget, we conJure YOU
that the Executive Department still forms
a coordinate branch of this Government
that .shite n.tn were the original touu-
ders Of this Government and that the pco-
rle of this Government still claim to have
some rights which even fanatics aid dem
agogues must respect.