The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-15
What Radlcalism ~, When In
Power.

u Is hAlting them In their rushing career
Of madness, nj least long enough To take
n retrospective survey of what their party
has been aud what Il surely will continue
to be, II power Is much longer tolerated In
their hands. vide the Pittsburg gazette
ut must be confessed Says that paper
that the election indicates u reaction, not
strong and decisive, but sufficient to excite
inquiry and cause remedial INSTRUMENTAL
ties to he sought after promptly"
The Gazette anticipates a similar result in
Pennsylvania, and puts forth the following
rs "a strong reason for It's dread
"lnstead of rejecting credit on the Re
publican party, the General Assembly has
brought that party into disrcpnte. lt has
been courageous In the pursuit of plumber,
but base and cOwardly In the defense Of
essential principles
The composition Of the Pennsylvania
Legislature Il more than two-thirds Radi-
cal, aud Is universally admitted to have
embodied more riscality In its legislation
than any Of its predecessors, IN that State,
which Is saying u good deal. But this
dccp-seatcd corruption and Generalization
is not restricted to Pennsylvania. II pre-
walls in every State under Radical govern
mcnt. Horace GREELEY thus exposes the
villaiuy and ~lncapacity of the Republican
Legislature Of New York:
During all the many years that | have
been accustomed to observe the character
of legislators and the proceedings Of the
body, | have never seen anything to COM
pare with the present assemblagcs of rep
rescntntivcs In point of shHmclessness,
capacity, aud rccklessuess of consequences.
The predecessors have often been noted for
v~enality and greediucss; but these people
sell their votes openly. Maggie about the
price without protcnCe of ConcCRlmcnt, and
then boast Of what they have been paid,
and all with the knowledge that they are
within reach of the criminal statute, and
that \ tclon's cell would be their fate Il the
law should be enforced against them
The Albany correspondent, even, spcci-
lies members OF both Houses, who, when
large Interests Of the New York Central
Railroad were involved, openly arraycd
themselves against the scheme, till they
were boUght-S2,OOO. $4,000, and up to $25,-
OOO, cash, being handed over to them il
person, to silence their opposition ant
enlist their support.
" ~ lNA'll' hllNlll lhlN7N lllf IthllN NNlll'l
when the people rule, Radicalism dies
Look at Connecticut!
The Negro when Left To Himself
Jamaica and llayti, oncc So fertile an,
wealthy, under the slayc-system of labor
have lorcshadowed in their history-bcfor,
emancipation took place and sincc-wha
our southern States will be involved in, il
the event Of STEVENS wicked couilscatioi
scheme prcyailing-thc portioning out q
the plantations and lands of the Rebel own
ers among their late slaves, now Gale,
freedmen.
Respecting Haytl, In 1890, says the Phila
dclphia Age, three years before emaucipa
ton, the total value ofeXports was S27, S2S,
600. The two prominent products of tn
island at that time were sugar and cotton
In 100, there was exported from Haytl O
sugar lG3,3lS,sli pounds, and Of cotton Z,
~ GIG pounds. In 1926, the growth Of 81
gar had decli"ed to 32,sGI and that OF cot
ton TO 629,072 pounds. The expectation o
sugar had ceased altogetl er in lsI9, Will,
of cotton but 5i4,slG pounds were sent t.
other countries. The value ofexports from
Hayti ut the present time is unknown, bu
it is fair to suppose that II still further re
duction or decline has taken place.
In the meantime, while morality is de
caying, and the productions of the islam,
fast diminishing in volume and value, tn
people are being made the tools of dema
gogues, and one ambitious leader after mn
other mounts the seat of power, robs tn
treasury, and degrades still further the M
ton. Then comes revolution blood is shec
property destroyed, and a new drama is be
gun, TO end like its predecessors. If sue
cessor Is chosen In the place of Presiden
GEFFARD, he will not long escape from th
tempest and whirlwind Of revolution. Tn
decline of Hayti Is n lesson full of fearful
import to the people of this country. VIII
its lessons be pondered Mt this crlsisg
Bounty EqualizatiOn-A Humbug
The New York Sun shows up, In n pun
gent way, the tricky inequality of what /
termed the Soldiers Bounty Equalization
Law. II produces the case of II soldier VIII,
enlisted for two years and was mustered
out of service one month previous TO tn,
expiration Of his term. lie made applica
tion for bounty under the law which Il
miSnamcd the bounty equalization measure
and was denied on the ground that he hat
been In service less than W years. Tn,
decision Is technically correct, but II serve.
To show that the law in question is II com.
pletc farce, as far as cqualizing the bountle,
is concerned.
Is there any reason why n soldier VIII,
served twenty tour months should rccciv,
II bounty while he who serves Il month OF
even u day less should receive nothing
Some soldiers were worth more in u yeaI
than others were during the whole war
and there Is no doubt that many who nov
obtain the bounty are far less worthy THAI
Others TO whom II is denied. The Sm
justly remarks that "the unfairness of tn,
law led to the introduction of something
like half II dozen a%mendatory bills durin,
the last session Of Congress, but that bod,
wa unfortunately 80 earnestly engage,
with the negro question that the needs o
the soldiers were overlooked, and nothini
was lone toward Il revision of the bount,
law
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