Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-25
Sauce for the Gander.

When General Grant wrote to President
Johnson-"This is Republic where the
will of the people is the law of the land /
beg that their voice may be heard" he on
ly put in other words the great rallying
cry of the Radical party. Whenever an
excuse was wanting for any public enor-
nifty they had only to point to their i'm
mense popular ma jorities througho the
Northern States, and its consequent pow
erful representation in the national coun-
ellis. to find plausible justification of all
their acts. That they became intoxica,
with power and strove to override the Con-
stitution in face of their great succes :,
was not to be wondered at. The only
strange feature about it being. that in
spite of daily continued encrOachments up
on the Fundamental Il liberties of the people,
the popular torrent should set so long and
so steadily in their favor. No parallel is
found to their success in the history of any
previous party in this country. 1t would
seem as though 1.-The King could do no
wrong with their followers. Conserva-
tive people stood aghest at the prospect, 6
majorities rolled upon maiorities in indorse-
ment of their iniquities. In the popular
will and determination so expressed they
could see no possible check. no obstacle to
the triumphant establishment of all their
fanatical dogmas. and the ultimate surren-
der of all personal liberties. The light of
hope went out, and resignation usurped its
place. The history of the last few years is
simply that of the French revolution,
without its euillotine: the English pro-
tectorate, without its civil war.
1t must not be considered strange, there
fore, that the result of the recent elections
took everybody by surprise; the wonderful
change in popular sentiment was so Marked
so unexpected, that the press all over the
land, even at this lapse of time since
the elections, abound with speculative ar
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it. Radical and Conservative are alike
eager, but doubtful in their efforts to solve
the curious political problem so suddenly
sprung upon them, and their opinions are
announced with the roar of the sucking
dove rather than that of the lion.
Upon one point, however, all seem
agreed, that a popular disgust of negro
equality is stronger in the sentiments of the
North than the tenets of any party. If it
is ever to come, they at least have shown
by the Ohio and Pennsylvania elections
that they are not yet ripe for it. Now, when
we come to consider that the people who
have just set the stamp of detestation upon
the measure, were the very ones who rivit-
ed the objective fetter upon the South, the
time has certainly arrived when we should
be allowed to speak without being consid-
cred guilty of rebellion; and if such a
halcyon day shall have dawned, we have
certainly much, very much. to be thankful
for. Possibly the ears that heretofore could
hear nothing but the rawlings of treason
sweep up from the South, may now gently
and graciouslv incline to little mild re-
mOnstrance against some of the most
Objectionable features of the military
bill, nor find in its utterer an 'obstacle" to
he swept aside with the kick of a military
jack boot. AT all events we find the gilt
ter of the shoulder strap not half so daz
Zling as it was before these late elections
and we take considerably more pleasu-e
than we did in receiving daily assurances
of President Johnson's continued and OBJ
stinate good health. We have more, and
that is an abiding faith in our fellow-citi-
zens of white descent, and are confident
that the people of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
and thI Ioughout the North, will soon come
to the rescue and relieve us of the innu-
merable expressions they have so nObly
and thoroughly condemned when applied
to themselves. Recollect, gentlemen, that
charity Legins at home, and that sauce for
the goose, gentlemen, should be sauce for
the gander.-Ne,o Orleans Times.