The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-07-01
Not a neutrality-suspicious.

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Mr.. DRAKE, editor of the Times, an ably
and moderately conducted Mississippi joul
nal, recently paid a visit to Mr.. SrEvENs ~
his house In Lancaster, IA. Their conyer-
sation took a political turn, and among
other questions the editor put the follow
Ing query to Mr.. STEVENS;
asuppose. sir, Alabama should organize
government eufranchising the negro, pro-
viding for his education. and giving ample
guarantees for his protection before the
courts aud In society; under that govern
ment. should send good men, who could
taks the Test Oath to Congress, would
you admit her to representation 2"
Without n moments pause, he answered
with strong emphasis. No, sir and thus
ended the Interview
General HAYES, the Radical candidate for
Governor In Ohio, is credited with the
speech, that " Rddicdlism Is Goodness ~
This Mississippi editor prefaced his conver-
sation with THAD. STEVENS with "a por-
trait of the man and his household THAD
being the representative man of that party
a portrait of his "Godlinessn may be re-
calling to the connoiseurs of good pictures
Says the writer:
hNOlCNlh nave "a kbbh Ntdl " "a abphl
the close relationship some OF the former
slaves bear to their masters and their mas
ters' friends. They tell southern people
that numbers among their servile class ART
too yellow to be white, and too white to bt
black. They must stop this. IL Is horribly
unklnd to their great leader and master
In the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. IL
the godly north. nigh unto the pure city o.
Philadelphia, Thaddeus Stevens has fol
years lived in open adultery witha mulattC
woman, whom he seduced from her hus
band. full blooded negro. This mulattC
manages his households, both at Lancaster
and at Washington, receives or rejects hi
visitors at will, speaks of Mr.. Stevens anC
herself as "we," and in all things comfort
herself rs II she enjoyed the rights of I
lawful wife. | have no word OF unkind
ness or abuse for her. She is neat, tidy
housekeeper and appears to be as polite a
well trained negroes generally are. As L
Mr.. stevens connection with her, II - IN
own business, and entirely matter of taste
| only mention the fact that the ultra god
ly, super sanctiiied saints of the African
ascendency may get the beam out of thei
own eye before they gougc so mercilessly
at the mote in ours.
MIR. Stevens was in his fine library, quit
feeble physically, but intellectually NOR
vigorous, prompt and lucid than usual il
men of seventy-four years of age. He !
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now very thin in flesh. The face and hea,
are both gOod-the eye uncertain; tn
mouth, with its thin closed lips, and stron,
Jaw tells the secret of the bitterness AM
love of despotic power and revenge tina
fills his heart and keeps the man alive
Upon first entering the room by Il door
which gave me II tull view of the man, ther
was something like smile on his face, tina
thought his heart and his speeches, hi
conscience and his words, were not in har
mOny. This soon fitted, and from tha
time to the close of the interview the Who'll
contamination the grand arched fore
head to the hard chin-was the very idei
of cold, pitiless intellect. | told him who
was, the views | entertained, and request
ed that he would say nothing to me whic
he desired to be kept secret. As he ha
been talking great deal and was quite c>
hausted, was forced to question rapid
and confine myself to leading topics. II
most of the conversation was heard by
gentleman who called with me, and wi
can vouch for its correctness, which Is n
most verbal.
The conversation which was unreserve
closed with the quotation which we ha'
given--the purport, 'Ho Southern Repr
sentation" "No SIR
"Radicallsm is Godliness," holds Ge
HAYES Radicalism is diabolical Inferno
ism hold every genuine patriot and si
cere christian.