Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-01-24
The Onward March Of tho
revolutionary Party.

IHE march OF the Radical and Tevolu-
tionary party in our country has been
from the beginning steadily onward. -
Every position they have taken has been
preparatory to new step ahead, Meas
ures which they onoa rePudiated and dis.
claimed they have, in short time, ad'
vanced up to with unflltering step. In
each Of their aggression8 and uaurpa.
lions there have been conservative men
10 their ranks who have hesitated or re-
fused to adopt this fresh demand upon
their party fouIty. But throwing them
off, as snake is said, at stated periods,
to discard its old skin, and coming forth.
in new ska of RQdicaIiem, 1t has
moved forward to tie goal of its desires.
Ltia always 50 in revolutionary PARTIES
that the more violent .aDd to9kloss, the
more eztravagant and audacious, con
staoliy keep the lead, aud that al rff1rts
to control them in their own ranks uni
formly fail, and result in the discom6t.
ura oil those who Afiamat it, When a.
Revolutionary party ceases to march on il
is untrue to the law Of its being, and
must cease to exist. The truth of this
has been illustrated 10 all history, from
the earliest down to the latest times.-
Consequently, nothing ever stands in its
way that it respects. Constitutions, sa-
cred charters, reserved rights and privi.
leges, individual liberty, all have to yield
to its imperious demands when they, inI
the least, impede its progress. No such
considerations as these are going to stop,
in the least, tie Radical revolutionary
party in the United States. Neither. wei
repeat, will it be checked by any con
servative influence in its midst.
There is q striking and wonderful par
alle between the American Jacobins off
1866 and those OF France 10 1793.--l
Each used the same stereotyped phrases
about the natural and inalienable rights
Of man In each case the first result of
the usurpatiOn Of power was the eman-
cipation Of the negro race. Each de-
rived its main support from secret polit.
ical clubs and party organizations. IlI
the one had tho Jacobins, the other had
it's Union Leagues, and its Boys in
Blue and. Soldiers Of the Republic. =
The French Jacobins were in the habit
of bafrying their measures, and obtain,
Ing majority in the Assembly when
they were in the minority, by making
raid upon it, seiziug aud destroying
enough of their opponents to accom-
pliSh their purposes Our JaCobins ef-
feet the same result by the exclusion of a
large portion Of the representative body Ii
from their seats, and by the expulsion :
from the benches of others of their most 9
active and formidable enemies. The
French Jacobins were in favnr Of an d
lid establish centralized imperial des- a
ootism, under the mock semblanoe of "a q
If republic. This is precisely what
,ur Jacobius are doing, and will accoms i
,lish, it there is not brought against 1
hem the superior force of counter I
evolution, The only constitution and r
aw which the French Jacobins obeyed Ir
we're their supposed party necessities for Q
he moment, and this is the great dis y
festure of our Radicals
Both tie American and French parties I
which we have been comparing were ac' b
'ustomed to rule by employing the rig. 8
RS and terrors of martial law. The i
french Jacobins would have no ex-
cutive that was not their tool, and this 5
md this is what our revolutionists are =
determined also to accomplish. Their 6
'lan is to make Of ANDREW JOHNSON, 81
Q far as his fate is concerned, Louis s.
XVI. With the deposition OF the Pres
dent comes series Of measures far more
evolutionary than any we have yet seen.
fhey are che reorganization of the Su, h.
rene Court and its reduction to q mere
'arty tribunal, that will register all the ]
ecrees that may be required of it.-4liN;
'hese are the reduction Of the Southern @
'tates to Territories, the disfranchise- 2
nent of the white people living intham, a
nd the handing over Of their politisal| ]
over to the great mass of negroes who q
,ere latalv slaves rhon will co,na N