The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-25
The Approaching Dilemma of tn e RadI-
cal Party.
From the World.

From The World.
Once upon time California hunter trapped
an enormous bear. The trap proved insecure,
and the hunter, who had left his gun at dis
tance, conceived the novel idea of laying hold
with all his might, and keeping the animal
prisoner until he became tired out or starved
to death. The hunter himself was rather
fatigued by this process Of starving the bear
and, being at length surrounded by several
other bears, was compelled to let go and re-
treat. AS the imprisoned bear Immediately
burst out and joined his k inbred in simulta-
neous rush upon the enemy, the result of the
struggle may be imagined.
Thaddeus Stevens and his men, who have
got the Southern bruin in a similarly uncer-
tain trap, and who have about all they can do
in attending to their prisoner, had better take
warning from this little anecdote and either
choke the victim finally and quick, or loose
their grip in time. There are sundry menacing
growls around the horizon certain long
neglected dangers, lowering, like beasts of
prey, upon our borders and in our very midst.
An Indian war, which, if these careful keepers
had not been employing the whole strength
and means of the country in the oppressive
torture of the Reconstruction act, might have
been long ago prevented is actually waged
throughout the West The condition of Mexico,
and the growing contempt of the Mexicans for
the American Government as at present carried
on, are mortifying and alarming symptoms.
The interests of hundreds of American citizens
in that country are being jeopardized if not
ruined by the anarchy that has followed the
success of the so-called Liberal arms. The
lsthmus of Panama, a transit for an immense
American commerce, is the prospective prize
of British gold; while the construction of the
Pacific Railroad, upon which this nation relies
as a rival and profitable transit for the great
trade between Europe and the East, is hindered
and made costlier by the savage outbreak in
our distant territories.
AS the Indian riot has got to be quelled; as
Mr. Seward is understood to be anxious to
reconstruct Mexico; and as American interests
must be attended to in the tropics as well as
among the SHOWS of Sitka, it is pertinent to
consider how the sinews are being now ex-
hausted which are to cope with these porten-
tous evils. The expenses OF military recon-
struction in the South are sufficient in them
selves to constantly increase the national debt.
More than 100000 will be needed to de-
fray the cost of mere registration. Probably
$40, 600, 900 will not suffice for the Freedman's
Bureau business. General Sickles asserts
that 100000 is required to execute the Re-
construction acts in the Carolinas alone.
The expenses of the military establishment
almost defy calculation; but as the
bulk of the army is quartered in the South,
some idea may be had from reference to. the
expenditures of the War Department last
year, which were S2S4, 649, ,701. The support
of starving white people in many Southern
States is an additional drain upon the national
treasury and the purses of citizens. Aside
from the cost of maintaining this monstrous
tyranny which is at work under the guidance
and in the selfish political interest of the
radical leaders, it is scarcely necessary to
revert to the other enormous internal ex-
taxes to a high-water mark, and which are
now to be doubled by barbarous war.
The radicals will either be compelled to
let go the captive they have Gagged, and
face the evils they have brought upon the
country, or be utterly devoured by the dis
asters which are impending and the public
opinion they have so long and so persistently
set at naught