The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-03-01
Radical Differences Amongst the
Radicals.

W ShdSii h44AIE1s Als DeeA a--14A 4 III (
to act the part Of "whiPper in" for The
Noaion--a paper which was supposed In
the past to be ultra enough to suit even
the most radical of those who pin their
faith to the sleeves of Senator Sumner
and leaders of that stamp. TIE Notion
resents, the attempt to coerce 1t; and
turns upon these mischief makers and
dictators, telling them that the consid
Grafton of the condition or the negro at
the South is not SO much a ''negro ques-
ton" now n s.n7tioraoi question; and
that in that view it must he discussed
Tie Nation says;
The freedmen OF the South arc not
to Us simply freedmen They are part
Of the American commonwealth, and We
seek their education, elevation, and
happiness. not simply from pity, hut he
cause we believe the continued degarda-
ton of any portion of is people to he
dangerous TO the State, scandal TO free
,rovnrpment
The negro has been for generations rob
bed, and murdered mentally, as well as
physically We have all stepped in 10
deliver him from the hands of his as
sailants He is weak, bewildered. de
meraliZed We are debating the que--
ton of restoratives We think some
nursing, some education, and above all,
the protection of the police are amongst
the first things he requires. Mr. Phillips
wants TO send him out into the street
again armed with pistol to protect
himself: and accuses everybody who
doubts the efficacy of this style OF remedy
of being in league with the robbers,
maintains that the question of medical
treatment Is moral question, and that
anybody who says tonics are OF any use
is n traitor and blasphemer."
This will do pretty well. as betwixt
TIE Nation and the Phillips and Sumner
school, per Sc, when it was understood
BY the public that that paper was estab-
lished because the old organs Of the rad
icals were not radical enough But who
can expect to please, when every day
some new difference discloses itself,
going TO show that amongst those who
act with Mr.. Sumner, there are growing
signs of revolt? Tie Nation continues:
IF there be one duty more than an
other which an upright and Independent
journal is called upon ut the present
crisis to discharge zealously, it Is the
duty of opposing by every means IN its
power the growing tendency to raise
party leaders above the criticism OF those
who happen to agree with them as to
general ends
We are now called upon
nearly every week to swallow some new
-. f,;t tab all hfy an
some new expedient devised by this Sen
ator or that representative, in order TO
avoid being denounced as traitors or
time servers"
Let TIE Nation take comfort unto itself,
for the world is advancing, and if the
great revolution which has just swept
over the country has accomplished moth
ing else. it has set men to thinking and
acting independently in the multiplicity
of opinions it has necessarily sprung
upon the country. With new develop
ments constantly occurring, and the need
of an independent expression of opinion
as constantly occurring along with these,
it Is quite too late to place men in lead
ing strings to compel them to defer TO
this or that magnate, who fancies him
self for the time being, the dictator of
public sentiment. OVERRIDING the matter
utterly, who does not see that such intol-
Grants as Thaddeus Stevens, Sumner and
Phillips are at last losing their influence.
their power to tyrannize; aud should
not their fate be warming to all who
adopt similar methods of compelling
opinions? A great national party
composed of all the true friends of re
stored Unions the only remedy
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