Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-24

survey of the grand army. Old Renegade
observes him and thinking he hasa Radical
master approaches the dog with his usual
appliances.
"Come here doggy. Pup, pup, pup. Poor
puppy"
The dog stares at him. His extremities
lose their elevation as he wheels to retreat
looking back as he goes at old Renegade,
as much as to say,
| II am the dog of Mister Drew, .r
And pray whose dirty dog are you"
Old Renegade, for the first time since he
became a Radical, realizes rebuff. Poor
old contemplate Renegade. Miserable old
hypocrite and liar. His days are almost
numbered. The misery of the future is al
ready depicted upon his countcnance.-
Honest Radical, how do you like him?
The next character is the professional
Office seeker. He originated the Freedmen's
Bureau. He has more money than any six
of you honest Radicals. You pay the taxes
and give him the offices, and the country
will all be loyal. then. How glibly he
talks. How philanthropic he is as he pass
es postal currency to freedman and
pockets greenback, which he has just col
lected from you by taxation. Honest Rad
ical, how do you like him? ,ras
/ The next character rs the smooth tongueG,
unpretending, contracting, practical polit-
ical swindler. He wants no Office. He
labors for the good of his country.
He realized only few hundred thousand
by his contracts; but then he has labored
for the success of the Radical party. Each
mans share of the tax necessary to pay for
his little fortune is inconsiderable, when
contrasted with the amount required to be
paid for other purposes. OF course, all the
| Radicals like him.
But, hold! Who comes he:e? One of the
Commanders of the Military Districts.
The Dictator! bats off. The absolute
ruler of States. The law-giver, court Or
gauizer of once free and happy people
The title of States are subject to his will.
Millions of property and people are his
He can possess himself of whatsoever he
pleases. He can convict and execute who
ever offends him.
/ How proud and exalted his bearing. How
he realizes his Importance. He is Radical
pet. His once blackened character is gild-
ed with the gold of power. He lives and
moves in oriental splendor, paid for by tax
alton. Honest Radical, here is one of your
household gods. How d. you like him
| You have placed the lives and property OF
a conquered people in his absolute posses
sion, and you are accou ltable here and
hereafter for his heresies.
1 But silence, now, here comes the chap
lain, with sword in his right hand, Bible
in his left, with christian follower bear
ing gibbet. He proposes to proclaim
''glad tidings."
Here him preach. Unsheathing thu
sword he proclaims, "We will slay tn,
copperheads;" pointing to the gibbet, h
exclaims, " We will hang the rebels,'' ant
pointing to the Bible he sneers and asserts
. If we do not find authority for it here
we will have new Bible"
He prays for Radicalism; he preachc
loyalty, sings hallelujah over Bonds
Greenbacks and Taxes, exhorts his follow
ers to confiscate, cripple and kill the Cop
perheads, and pronounces benediction fol
the gloriication and aggrandizement o
the Africans.
Such a minister of the gospel! Th'
gospel of intolerance and hate. Homes
Radical, how would you like to go to th'
heaven he is steering for?
And here we have the Radical politician
that steps out next, to be considered. HI
is always to be seen. He courts notoriety
He labors earnestly to attract public atten
ton
The more inconsistent he is, the more no
tice is taken of him, and he feels f1attered
He thinks himself statesman. He claim
to be the author of the RECONSTRUCTED
acts, and until recently insisted that tn
Military Commission that murdered Mrs
SURRATr was organized at his instance.
But as the tables are t1rned now, he de
MES his completely in the matter, and i
hunting for HORACE GREELEY to catechis,
him in reference to the JEFF. DAVIS bon(
matter. Little he cares for the Republic
so he can have Office. Being of "smal
calibre," he manages more to be fired a
''long range" and thus having succeeds
in getting into the popular current no maj
enjoys his good fortune more than he does
He is the wire-working, spluttering, fiat
tering, stay at-home, fire-in-the-rear Rad
ic Il. and of course all Radicals like him.
But, then, here comes an honest Radi
cal. Oneof the center corps. He honest
ly believes what he says. He has followet
Radical leaders and crossed his own patl
until he begins to comprehend his incon
sistency, and feels like deserting. He hear
the clamor in the front and feels the pres
sure in the rear. and hardly knows how tc
desert the ranks. He is opposed to Negro
Suffrage, and tired of excessive taxation
and has no heart for the war.
! lie looks upon the Democratic army il