The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-11-24
Radical War Upon Grant and
sherman.
tbc Mctropo,itan Record

Sherman.
From the Metropolitan Record.
Wendell Phillips has taken another
step forward, and sounded the battle
cry of the next campaign. He has
given up rebels and niggers for the
nonce, and "pitches in to Grant and
Sherman in his usual style. Grant, he
saws. is ga servant Of the mobocraL OF
the White House. and so unpopular
that "to-day his name fails to cause Il
cheer on the prairies," Sherman
e;okes q bitter feeling, "lle has all
the narrow prejudices and absurd opin-
ions of the South" HE has nothing
but curses and contemptuous criticism
for Massachusetts" lie is "bigoted,
half informed, Intensely sectional. y
Ellis mind is incurably Southern in its
bias and opinions" ellis narrow sec
tional hate has smothered his logic,
His old bitter aristocracy OF the skin
still clings to him." and so on. Ol
course if Grant Will not take sides
fairly and squarely with the Radicals,
and if Sherman still continues to be-
lieve that he is better than a darkey,
Phillips will continue to denonnce both
for faith in the negro is his creed,
faith in his mental capacity, his physI'
cal superiority, his moral excellence
faith in his glowing tropical nature,
and faith in his future, founded on for
getfufncss Of his past. "Aristocracy
Of the skin is more intolerahle to him
than any other form of aristocracy. A
man may pride himself on his wealth
without arousing Phillips ire; but to
pride himself on belonging to Il race
that has changed the very face OF ma
ture, that has rendered the elements
subscrvicnt to control, that has leveled
the forest and made towns spring up
in the wilderness, that has made high
ways on the deep, and paths through
the atmosphere, that has made thought
immortal by securing for it perpetulty,
and liberty high and holy by clarifying
it with triumph and sa%nctitying it with
martyrdom--a race that, in every CIR
cumstance and under every ~disadvan-
tagc. has asserted its superiority, that
is the honor of the past and the hope
ofthe future-to pride himself on be-
longing to such Il race is something
Phillips can neither understand nor ap
pr,ciatc. If "%aristocracy Of the skin
.,rrc but skin deep, he could not have a
greater contempt for it; if it were but
the difference between black and white,
he could not deem it of less account,
What but base toadyism to the "ar!s'
tocracy Of the skin can account for
our placing Shakespeare above any sto'
lid African savage.
What wonder that Massachusetts
should return two gentlemen of col
orr to represent her in her halls OF
Legislation. Respect for the aristoc-
racy Of race is not the only thing she
has lost: she has lost respect for vir-
tue, and honor, and principle; she has
lost that sensitivencss about the char
actcr other representatives, which $50
n State what personal honor is to an
individual, or how could she send Ben
iamin +. Butler to Congress, the man
whose name renders o%pprobious cpl
thets unnecessary, and beside which
they sound like Il compliment. Grant
did not cork the bottle tight enough
that held the Imp Of Massachusetts. 1t
should have been Theoretically sealed.
As long as he can breathe, the air will
be poisoned with his tUtid outpour-
ings. 2.
1t will be curious to watch his pro
ccedings in Congress, and it will be
amusing to hear Phillips dcscant upon
the two leading Generals Of the North
outside. Grant may adopt the plan Of
mastery inactivity with reference to
his attacks, but that is not Shcrman's
rule. However, let each fight it out in
his W way. Phillips and Butler
against Grant and Sherman will, we
fear, have the best of it in q war Of
words, for Phillips has an unlimited
command of Billingsgate, and Bntler
could OUTAGE the Dance dc Ia MtHe
themselves. lie and Stephens will add
a wonderful zest to the debates i'll Con
prcss. With two men to do the spirit
ING of Phillips, what an arena there will
be in the Capitol? What a session we
will have? What a stormy, exciting,
vindictive debate! What classic dia.
tribes! What polished invectives .!
What cpics of abuse! What pleasant
personalities! The Forticth Congress
will stand out prominently in the rec
ords of the Republic and add new glo-
~ to the American name. We confess
we expect rich developments, and look
to next month with an interest sllar-
pened by curiosity. The names ofBut'
Ter, Banks, Stevens, Sumner, wilson,
are guarantees for strife, and n reason
ably might we expect the sea to re
main calm under the scourging Of the
winds, as Congress to preserve its de
Lucrative dignity when stung with the
vcnomous spirit AMI dashed with the
scorpion tongue of such men.