Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-19
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41dOtCh1 SttttCsAACMs
One by one the statesmen'of the Radical
party come to grief. ~ ~ ~
Their name is legion. They have ap-
peared In rapid succession, and for a brief
space of time dazzled the vision OF the en-
thusiasts of that party with meteoric
splendor, that inspired a patriotism so fer
vent and jealous that corruption became
gilded, and the demagogue, sycophant and
knaye appeared a soldier, statesman and
patriot.
But that brilliancy disappeared with the
same rapidity it was created,T and through
the sulphurous vapor of a consuming eIe-
ment appeared the haggard forms of those
who were suddenly made melancholy by
the revelation of debaucheries and crimes,
SO revolving as to intimidate even the bold
and reckless perpetrators themselves.
BUTLER, ''the soldier of the wal" "the pat
riot of the Union," and ''the statesman of
Massachusetts" was for a time applauded,
caressed and honored, but is now abandon
ed as coward, demagogue and thief, and
is an acknowledged disgrace to the army, a
curse to the Union, and occupies the same
position In Massachusetts society that IsH-
MAEL did in the family of ABRAHAM.
The afflicted MORTON, who but few
months ago, was the pride of Indiana Rad
icalism, is to-day without branch, and
ready for his last political sensation,-a pri-
vate burial and an obscure grave.
And JOHN A. LOGAN, disgusted with his
prospects of success with people that ap-
- 6loxr nd or
to curse him as a traitor tomorrow, In
stead of following the example of ABRA-
HAM, by sending his HAGAR alone to the
wilderness, has gone with her, and now
with his IsHMAELs around him, proposes
to establish a nation, the paternity oi
which will be traceable alone to the hon.
ored name of LOGAN.
BILL GIBSON, the BISMARCK of Radical
ism, the favorite banker of party that
inclines to permanent deposites, after his
brilliant oratorical career as the chosen ad-
vocate of Radical purity, has retired to his
home in Seneca, where like banishe6
prince he meditates over the faded visions
of the past, and cultivates mathematical
genius that enables him to convince his par
ty in Ohio that treasury minus, is equa
to a Canada plus, and that GIBSON minu:
BREsLIN equals square. -..
So the illustrious have fallen.
The area of New England would scarcely
furnish sufficient space for the Radical Gem
ctery. -.e .. ..-s.. .r
Even the immortal PHILLIPS, who has
"lived for the cause" has come to grief.
The redoubtable HORACE felled him at ;
single blow, and the philanthropist of yes
terday is the PROSTATE, lying, inconsisten
sycophant of to-day.
Such are the statesmen of the Radica
party.
Revolving at the slightest touch of th
hand that bestows anything for which the1
lust, they prescribe to-day those they vii
rising form shall become elevated above {
common level, at which friendship is de
stroyed, and the graphing hand of ieal
ousy tugs to preserve the equality tha
must not be destroyed, save by the eleya
ton of myself"
Willing to conceal and be concealed, tn
people remain in blissful ignorance unit
HORACE comes in contact with PHILLIP;
or BUTLER with a BINGHAM, when it j
proclaimed that HORACE is hypocrite
PHILLIPS an inconsis tent liar, BUTLER
thief, and BINGHAM murderer.
If Radical could be pitred against Radica
until the whole army of statesmen wer
engaged, what history it would furnish
Hiss them on.