Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-08-23
An Appeal to the Radicals,

official and unofficial" and forcibly
urges that they must see the policy
they have inaugurated in New Or
leans lis producing the most dis
astrous consequences in the South. ="
The effort to overthrow the State
institutions and the entire social sys-
tenn at the South by revolutionary
means, by arming bands Of desper-
ate negroes, by inhaming them with
incendiary addresses, by forcing
them into conflict with the white
race, in order to obtain the singu-
lar Utopia of universal negro suf-
fragc, is a desperate and dangerous
measure, which threatens the most
alarming train Of evils. eve are
unwilling to believe" that they have
q set purpose to bring about these
bloody collisions, ''but their policy
inevitably forces" this terrible state
of things, at which humanity shUd-
ders. ''Certainly they had not an
ticipated this effect of their policy
when they announced it, but it is
now fully developed before their
eyes, They see it in the blood
which has flowed in New Orleans;
they hear it in the dying groans Of
their unhappy dupes they feel it
in the portentious excitement which
pervades the land.
We would appeal to them, then,
by every consideration which may
be supposed to be potential with
men who love their country, to pause
in their mad career. They cannot
carry out the policy Of subyerting
the institutions OF the Southern
States by revolutionary violence
without producing the most terrible
contests. They cannot arm the
negroes Of the South, and infuse
into their ignorant and brutal nature
hatred Of the white, race without
running the hazard OF the most cruel
and heart-rending cOnvulsions the
world has ever witnessed. We
would remind them Of the horrors
of St. Domingo, and we would en-
treat them not to make q St. Do
mingo Of the unhappy South. We
would remind them that the white
race South, though it has commit
ted the crime OF rising 'iagainst the
best government the world ever
saw" has been more severely pun
ished, by the universal ruin which
has fallen upon them, than any peo-
pie in modern history. We would
remind the Radical leaders that they
have endured every horror Of IN
successful war; that their wealth
has been consumed, the flower OF
their youth destroyed in useless bat
ties, their whole land made one vast
cemetery, and vale of sighs and
tears. We would remind these
leaders how the pride Of the South
has been humbled; how their slaves
have been placed upon ,e@al equal
ity with them; how the hand Of
military power has been and is still
held over them. We would remind
these Radical leaders that there are
millions of females, OF the young
and old. who are innocent Of any
guilt in secession, but who might be
sacrificed in the event of a general
war Of races at the South. We
would remind these same Radical
leaders that a white community with
four millions Of enfranchiscd slaves
is in condition for political or So
cial experiments; that it may be very
easy to SOW the whirlwind, but very
difficult to allay it. We would sub
nit to them the Importance Of fos-
tering good will between the two
races South, instead Of discord
that if the war of races is thorough
ly inau@urated at the South, it must
end with the extinction OF one or
the other. We would appeal to
them to have mercy on both races
South, and not for the sake Of mere
selfish political purposes to lay the
foundation of incurable evils.
We would especially call their
attention to the solemn announce
ment of their purposes in Congress
in July 1861, when they declared
''that the war is not prosecuted up
on our part in any spirit of oppress-
ion, nor for the purpose Of conquest
or subjugation, nor for the purpose
Of overthrowing or interfering with
the rights or established institutions
Of those States; but to defend and
maintain the supremacy of the Con-
stitution, and all laws made in pur-
suance thereof, and to preserve the
Union with all the dignity, equality,
and rights Of the several States I'M