Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-04-11
'd0Cc OF the CO0s6T-
vatives.

out foundation in fact As in The popular
elecuons Of IasI Spring, as in the votes OF
The houses OF Congress for the las, four
months, so also in the contest Just closed in
ConDecIicub. the Black Republicans con
stllu.e a solid mass. From the crown of
its head 10 The sole of it's foot, that party
contains not member thai is not radical.
MIR. Thaddeus Stevens and Mr. Charles
Sumner are It's true exponeb's, and speak
The language of its heart when they sneer
al all preIences of It's moderation as mere
twadde. Enem Of The Government,
every one, as The compact ranks That follow
al the heels OF those gentlemen are now
seen 10 Le beyond all cavl. We trust lha,
the country has heard the last oil The mis-
! erable pallerine which, exposed 10 uniVer-
sal contempt by the polling IN Connecticut,
all who Fraie OF any division OF those
ranks as conservative"
| II is evident 10 the eye of the most IN.
observing, ina, The conservatives" sane
| lion the unconstitutional test oath, thai they
furnish a conservative platform for such
meE as Gsary, of Pennsy ylvania, and Haw-
ley, of Connecticut. who was supported
not only by the Radicals, but by the Con-
servaiiye Republicans, and that his election
elicits as loud shouts of JOY from the New
York Times, which is the exponent OF the
conservatism OF Seward. ThurIow Weed
and Raymond, as from The Tribune, thai
! speaks Tor Greeley and Stevens and Sum
( ner. The conservative Republicans intend
| 10 caich The Gsafecied of both parties aud
when the time shall arrive, throw them
| back into the cess-pool Of Aboilionism.
| Lei the earnest friends OF Democracy look
| beyond the Struggle which is now almost
won-lel them lrown down the intermediate
and treacherous conservative" parry, and
| sird themselves up tor carrying forward
their onslaught without pause, until they
| shall have borne down The real barrier in
/ 10 lhe path of reunion.
The Democratic party cannon be ,aunIed
with bigotsd adherence to lis organiza-
! lion for refusing 10 coalesce With the So
called CONSERVATIVES" Even though such
a wing of Black Republicausism have any
! actual existence, even though il constitute
/ real power in Congress or al lhe polls,
the Democrats could accomplish ROLLING
! by conserving TO disaPPear uuder ~ shadow,
SO long as j; stands pledged to that fatal ob
| strucIlon 10 reunion-lhe iess oath. ratri-
otism aud parry are considerations 'ha, IN
the present jnnciure OF political aHai.s. ne
Democracy hold more Than ever, IN nl.-
mae alliance. The restoration cf The I'm
ion, pnre aud simple. while granting their
country repose, grants Their party breadth.
That purpose must therefore be held sub
ject uf The most earnes: wishes OF the De
mocracy; and though the only one for
whose accom- plishmsn, they could be asked
without absurdiiy, 10 coalesce with any
party, il certainly does not present Itself 50
long as the Slack Republicans sand urrayed
in solid front, ia suPpon o! the uRconsli-
lutionai aud ani.res,oralioa of The test oath.
MIR. Ray mond was SAID TO be the leader
of The Republican Conservatives His
vote in support Of the Civil Rights Bill
has, we hope, sci that preiense al rest. As
editor Of the Times he crumplss up his al
legged "conservatisn" with the cooiness
of man who appears TO have been una
ware that il had ever any real existence.
He moves oVer-ii, indeed, in doing SO, he
had aay distance 10 fAvel-in Monday
issue of the Times, 10 the column headed
by Messrs Stevens and Sumner. He does
so in manner which has led men who
were 20 weak as 10 believe IN Ralica! NJ od-
Grafton 10 suppose that re merely contem
plaies trading off his 'iconsersausm" 10
favor of the compromise which be pro
poses wiihzhe President. Be his ba-gac-
ing for compromise worth what il may,
Mr. Raymond has, virtually, surrendered
in Mondays Time, sli iorther pretense oI
division in The ranks OF The Republicans
and, while taking his place with becoming
humility in the rain OF Mr.. Stevens, merely
ventures 10 whImper out lew words ol
petition that his leaders deal lenderiy with
tie Executive
The country has gained by The termina-
,ion OF The prelense of Black Rspu ohcao
conservatism" The issue between par
ties has become By thai means, all the
more clearly defined. Congress, with il
dangerous designs upoE the lsiiiuiIoEs oil
The country, w.rh lis hostility 10 the rssto-
ration OF the Union, with lis devotion 10
The cause oil enforcing negro suffrage On
the Souih, stands championed before ali
comers by the solid mass oil The Black Re-
pubIicau' party TIE President, with bis
anxiety TO restore The Union. with his ad-
vocacy OF coHcIlIa!ior, with his devotion 10
| Democratic government is henceioTh rep
resented in the contest with revolution, BY
that only embodiment oil conservatism The
Constitutional Democracy Ths Tact thus
established broadly, viii soon find it's way
TO The hearts OF the people; and, our life
Tor it, will. before very long. assert itself in
the popular verdict that the Democratic
party is The only preventative OF Ameri-
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