The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-11-27
The Democratic Party and the
Constitution.

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favorable opportunity to earn an cnviable
and historic fame, by adhering with scru-
pulous fidelity to the Constitution, faith
iessly violated and treated as a dead let
ter by the Radicals A reaction in pub
lie sentiment, as manifested in recent
elections in several Northern and West
ern States, is sweeping over rthe land, and,
if the Democratic party be governed by
wise counsels, they can render that re-ac-
tion available for the restoration Of their
ascendancy and harmony to the Union.
The Radical programme to perpetuate or
secure their domination, by negroising the
Southern States, and rendering Congress
unconstitutionally supreme over a patri-
otic and resisting President and subscr-
Went judiciary, has revolted popular feel
ing and met with popular condemnation.
Let the Democracy then plant themselves
uncompromisingly on the Constitution, as
formed by the white race and for the
white race, and uphold the righttul SUI
premacy of that race, as founded alike on
it's great prcdominance of numbers and
superiority of intelligence; and they will,
ere long, seal the destruction Of Radical
ism. The obvious policy of the Dcmocra-
cy is to rally to the support of President
johnson, in his wise efforts, to restore the
Southern States to tho Union, with their
constitutional rights and equality unim-
paired, and in his manly determination to
maintain the independence Of the cXccu-
tive branch of the Government against
the attempts of u usurping Congress to
belttlc and degrade it. 1t is the avowcd
purpose of the Radicals to render the ne
gro clement subservicnt to their continu-
ancc in power, although ruin to the South,
agricultural and financial, and incalcula-
bic woes to both the white and black race
in the South, and shock to the general
welfare of the Union, be the inevitable
result Let the Democratic leaders i'm
press this truth on the Northern mind; /;
unveil the selfish and atrocious designs Of
the Radicals; show that their success in
wolves the overthrow Of the Constitution,
the destruction of State Rights, and a
substantial change in the whole frame
work of the Federal Government, trans
forming it from limited into consolida-
ted and absolute Government, supreme
over the States; and demonstrate that
white disfranchisement and negro supre-
macy in tho South is not only inconsistent
with the Constitution, but with Republi-
can government itself, and is an intolera-
bic oppression and iniquity rendering ut
terly hopeless the restoration of an
harmonious and prosperous Union-let
them do this and all may yet be well-let
them do this, and the doom of Radicalism
will be pronounced-it will be weighed in
the balances and found wanting, and sink
into insignifcancc and infamy
In closing this article, we once more
alludc to the Interpretation, put by the
Radicals, on the Constitutional guarantee
of Republican form of government TO
each State in the Union, viz that it I'M
plies the right of Congress to impose ne,
GRO or manhood suffrage on the several
States. Yet the same Radicals have vio-
lated their own construction of this guar
antcc, by denying the right of suffrage to
numbers Of the white race in the South,
and by providing for negroi-cd Convcn-
tions in the South, which may perpctuate
the denial of this invaluable right to the
white race, largely outnumbering the
colorcd race in all but two of the South
ern States. The success of the Radical
policy cannot fail to render the Union
curse, and hateful, as we'll as banefnl, to
the white race of tue South, and make of
them, however powerless to resist op-
preston, discontcnted subjects and politl.
cal slaves. instead of loyal citizens and
constitutional frcemcn.-Char. Courier.