The national Republican., 1866-07-21


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RADgCALIaM RAMPANT. zH
Two of ~ most nstsa stump speakers in
the ,ssdisal list, Provisional Governor HAr.
nfox, cfTexss, and General LOGAN, Of ILL.
nois, who are a. sure to mako their appear
ance In the large towns and cities once year
- VAN AxsuRaH's lions or DAN RIoE's IA
nous ;circus, had an exhibition the other
night,in. this city, The showwas held in the
building lately used for fair for the orphans
Of the soldiers and sailors Of the United
States; and II the spirit, temper and doctrines
advocated by these gentlemen are well cal
culated to produce yet more orphanage be-
fore the unfortunate offspring Of our brave
veterans on land and sea are properly cared
for. The performance consisted mainly Of
the most unlimited abuse, the stalest anec-
dotss, and the most puerile attempts at wit
against TIE President. No metaphor was
too gross, no illustration too vile, no in
vective too severe TO lavish upon the Chief
Magistrate, who has sternly endeavored to
restore the republic again to unity; to
have the Constitution Of the land embrace
every State and to have the people taxed
under this Government represented in it by
loyal and unexceptionable delegates. The
most majestic crime in radical estimation,
is to religiously adhere to the sacred Consti.
tion Of our fathers and for doing that Messrs
LoaAN and HAMILTON illuminated at President
JOHNSON their bitterest ire. ~ .. ...
The orgie Of passion and prejudice which
held It's revel on Thursday night commences
the radical camraign for the vindication Of
the Thirty-Ninth Congress, and for the un-
constitutional and unlimited dissolution Of
the American Union. The character Of the
approaching animated convass was then and
there forestalled. It is to abound in the
fercest personalities; it is to awaken the most
unbridled passions; it is to be waged in open
defiance of the fundamental law; and it is
to blast every hope Of fraternity and concil
iation. If the spirit Of that meeting is to
dominate, then we can bid farewell to rec
onciled nation. The slogans most frequently
on the lips Of the orators, and which were
applsuded 10 the utmost, were those which
catered 10 tho worst elements in human ma
ture, and which can all be summed up in the
statement " We haze ohipped the South, now
let us make Il bite the duS." That senti.
ment entered into every sentence uttered by
General LooAH, and when consolidated into
political triumph it means reckless, un.
checked exercise Of power by one section,
and humiliation and degradation for another
section of this land. More sectional conten-
tion; more angry feuds; more encroachments
ON constitutional liberty; more unsettling Of
the foundations Of government; more bur
dens upon the debtpressed population of this
country; more anarchy and more bloodshed
is the horrible echo which comes back from
the utterance Of that meeting.
Demagoguery is vile and offensive enough
but IN IN orator trained TO suit the tastes Of
the not over-fastidious or enlightened sover.
eigns Of lower Illinois, we expect to find il
the principal staple Of violent stump ef.
fort; but we were not prepared to hear from
General JoHN A. LOGAN remark SO wholly
barren Of justice that it was unworthy any
American citizen, and certainly his fame as
an American soldier, to the effect that the
men who intend to go to the Philadelphit
convention will march into that body to tn,
emusic Of treason" II the young hero o
the Northwest. upon whom it is said the man
tie of DouGLAs fell! is reduced to such
minimum of argument or Of eloquence as t.
resort to that miserable libel, we advise hin
to retire on his past laurels.
The Philadelphia Convention meets in thu
name and for the purposes Of loyalty. i
gathers with the sublime intent of maintain
ing the Constitution inviolate. 1t carries
the American asg, with no star blotted from
it's field Of blue. It assemblies in the majes
ty, and to forecast the destiny, Of NOR
than thirty millions Of human souls. 1t will
represent majority Of the voting popula
tion OF this Republic when those who live un
der the law are permitted to assist in maxim,
the law. The immediate object of that con
yention, and the one to which it is impelle'
by the generous mercies Of life, by the high
est teachings OF Christian civilization, ant
by the consecrated demands of patriotism, i
to repair the ravages Of war and reunite tn
lately warning people Of the North ant
South. 1t is somewhat strange that Genera
JOIN A. LOGAN, an old-time Democrat o
the Egyptian type; devotee to the doctrine
Of State rights; one who few years age
could be counted every time for the South
when to go for the South meant tc
fawn to the Moloch Of human slavery; VIII
probably more than any other man of hi
age helped mould and foster those insan
ideas of Southern chivalry and Northern du
plicity, which led the South into the blood,
path Of treason; who declaimed all througl
the civil struggle that the armies of tn
Union were seeking no other subjugation 70
the South than subjugation to the laws; VIII
NJ late as last autumn heralded to the peopl
~ Nav Jersey the fact that ANDREW John