Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-01-26
The Radical Faction.

The Radical Faction.
The Hon. William A. Richardson, Of. Hi
MOS, has written letter, in which he strong
" opposes the policy of the Radicals. 1t is
dated from Quincy, and is as follows:
Ny Dear Sir,-I know of no reason why
I should not place in your hands, for such
use as you please to make Of them, my views
and opinions upon the situation" as you
request, in yours Of the 25th.
l have 10 aspiration for p1ace-no wish or
hope for Office. The public confidence, SO
often reposed in me by the people, entities
them to my opinions. | have no motive to
conceal them. The surrender of the South
ern armies ended the rebellion, and by the
stipulations Of the surrender both officers and
men made prisoners were protected from trial
and punishment for treason.
Nearly all the leaders were thus protected
from harm, and in my opinion it would have
been better had the President issued at once
a general amnesty proclamation, and restored
the habeas corpus, recognized at once the
fact that the rebellion was over, the States
still in the Union, and left the civil authori-
ties to do the balance.
This would have been better and speedier
This was not done, and we have to take things
as they are.
| had a very satisfactory interview with
the President day or two before the meet
I ing Of Congress. His message contained all
that | expected. Acts are more potent than
words, and the President, by Withdrawing
his Provisional Governors in North Carolina,
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and South
Carolina, and recognizing the Governors
elected as the proper officers to discharge the
duties Of the place, has, shown his desire to
do all he can do in the premises. [ repeat,
this is all he can DO now, re organizing them
as States in the Union, with the rights of the
States. The Republicans in Congress are
opposed to this. The Presidents says the re-
bellion is over Congress says no, the re-
bellion is still going on Between the Pres.
ident and the Radical Republicans there is
"a deep ditch and high wall" The Rad
ical Republicans in Congress don't want the
Union; they mean to keep discord and an
archy triumphant as long as they have the
power. Their expulsion from place by the
people is certain
There is not to-day in Che land Except in
Congress) any. opposition to the Union, the
| Constitution which makes the Union or the
laws passed in pursuance Of the Constitution,
yet the Radical Republicans say the REBEL
ion still continues; that it will last and con-
tinue until the II gro is allowed to vote in all
the States lately in rebellion. Negro voting
is now the test Of ''loyalty." All the States
and people opposed to this are in rebellion.
By this test Connecticut, at her last election,
placed herself in rebellion, so did Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Colorado Massachusetts, al
lowed the negro to vote. Rhode Island,
Vermont and Maine do the same; all the
rest Of the States, I believe, deny the negro
this privilege.
Thirty States are certainly in rebellion &C
cording to this test. Four, say six, are
''loyal." [ have heard the story of a Juror
who disagreed with the rest, when asked by
the court if they would agree to verdict,
said: "No, Mr.. Judge they are eleven of
the most contrary men I ever saw" Massa-
chusetts says there are thirty old States in re-
bellion. The capital, Washington and
Georgetown, by the almost unanimous vote
Of the people, are in rebellion.
| need not argue the question now that
the negro is an inferior race to ours The
history of all time proves this. The popu-
lar vote Of the people everywhere demon
strates the fact that we will not follow the
example Of other republics of this continent,
who have been plunged into and keep in
anarchy by comforting the right of suffrage
upon inferior races. I would not throw
straw in the way of the unfortunate African
'Fhe white race, perhaps, have done the black
and red races much wrong. In the contest
now to ensue the black man will disappear
as the. red one has done. Superior races ex-
terminate inferior ones. When in contact,
the inferior race only learns and practices Tire
vices Of the superior. [ am doing what ex-
perience teaches should be done, by exclu-
ding from the greatest privileges known to
civilized people all inferior races from the
hallot-box. They have never preserved it
when committed to them
In conclusion, | think it our duty in this
contest to overthrow the Radical party-a
mere faction, now controlling and running the
country.
Let us give the President an earnest sup
port in exterminating this faction.
am truly,
W. A. RICHARDSON.
! r, T. DoacdoU, Peoria, Ill.,