The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-19
CHARLES 5 TON
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1867
The Devil and Mr. Stevens.

If Mr.. STEVENS were only as honest as ne Is
plain spoken, what great man he would be-
The times have gone against him, the conhsca-
tion hill lies over indefinitely, radicalism is
smitten and buHetted throughout the North
and West: but Mr.. STEVENS is cheerful still
and, like very Jack-in-the-bo1, pops out
new scheme of rehabilitation ere the old one
is cold.
With colored citizens, especially if they are
"Loyal Leaguers, Mr.. STEVENS is as gushing
90 pirl of sixteen and as open as candy
eating boy of twelve; and, in his interview
with the Loyal Leaguers of the CarolinaS on
Friday last, he wa, if possible, moro gushing
and open than usual. Frankly did he admit
that impeachment was dead and buried; but
he said. on the other hand, that he was about
to introduce a bill to provide that majority
Of the votes cast should be sufficient to deter
mine the ratification OF rejection of the new
negro constitutions in the Southern States
This is no more than was expected. No man
who looked back upon the progress of Ameri-
can radicalism and the course OF European
revolution, could have been crazy enough 10
believe that the Reconstruction acts were IN
tended for any other purpose than the perFet-
nation of Radical rule and the governing OF
the white man by the negro. Nor could any
nrudent man believe that the portent OF the
coming doom would make the arch Radicals more
lenient, merciful and just. The mask is finally
thrown aside. There was danger that in some
Southern States the negro constitutions might
bs defeated if the terms of the Reconstruction
aots were adhered to, and Presto! Mr.. STE
VEINS holds in readiness another supplement
which is to enable the loyal negro Lacquer to
dance upon the grave of the liberties of the
loyal white man.
But this is not all Mr.. STEVENS felt that
little basphemy would not be out Of place. vi
course he fears neither man nor devil, but ne
assumes meek and simpering manner, perks
his mouth and lowers hio eyes, and informs the
"Loyal Leaguers" that he places more rell-
snce on their prayers for his restoration to
health and strength than upon those of good
many Whlte people III 'he A'oA'H' ~
bling, mouthing revolutionist,-who lives
life of open and notorious profigacy,-who is
being dragged to the tomb by his own vicious
excesses,--dares to hope that he may be per-
mitted to continue his debauchery, and insults
the whole North from Plymouth Rock to Trim
ity Church, from WARD BEEcHER to CADY
STANTON, by saying that he has more conn-
dence in the poor negro who knows not what
he is doing-and, not knowing, prays for
him-than he does in the prayers Of those
who know what they do, and therefore care
but little what i'll betides the notorious THAD-
DEUS STEVENS.
The devil, however, will for time take care
of his own. Mr.. STEVENS may linger on few
more years, he may be permitted to witness
the fall of the party which he has dogged on
from excess to excess and injury to injury,
but, whenever the end may be, his last mo-
ments will be but the forecast of tortures, in
the thought that all his schemes have worked
awry, and that truth and justice shall prevail
though, for year or decade, wrong and rev.
olution may appear to be triumphant.