The New York herald., 1868-01-17
The Revolutionary CondMct or Consress-Its
Effect ON Our Trade aud Finances.

The Revolutionary Conduct Of Consress-Its
Effect ON Our Trade aud Finances.
Congress might as we'll spare it's time upon
the various financial measures that have been
brought forward during the sesslon-frst,
because hardly one Of them has any practical
value, and next, because the best that could
be devised would do no good while the
tonary condition. How is II possible for the
people to have any confidence in the future
How can capitalists and the business COM
munity venture to do anything when they
know not what disasters tomorrow may
bring? The Jacobins Of the French Convention
did not march with more rapid strides than
our radical Congress in the way Of revolution.
They did not break down more rapidly, one
after another, all the landmarks Of civilization,
law and order. Their violent measures did
not involve such radical change in the
political and social condition Of society. There
is no parallel in history to the atrocious
and destructive conduct of Congress
Though the world looks with horror
on the frightful orgies and bloody des-
potism of the French Jacobins, perpetrated
in the name of liberty, equality and fraternity,
these insane monsters Of destruction had some
excuse for their conduct in the monarchical and
aristocratical tyranny which had in q measure
goaded them to excess. But with US there is
not the least shadow of excuse for the revolu-
tionary conduct Of Congress-
We have the best government in the world.
Our constitution, with its admirable checks
and balances, is Incompatible. There Is no
public enemy in or out Of the country to en-
danger our institutions Every mans liberty,
properly and rights-those of the black man as
danger If Congress will let them alone. Yet
The infamous Jacobin party in power are re-
solved to practically abolish the Executive and
the Supreme Court and to make the barbarian
negro race controlling element in the gov
ernment. The voice Of the people, as emphati-
cally expressed in the late elections, common
sense, decency, justice, the memories OF the
glorious past and the work of the great found
ers Of our government, and patriotism-all are
ignored and treated with contempt by these
Congressional revolutionists. Nothing, how
ever sacred or good, is permitted to stand
in the way of their ambition and party pur-
poses. They have destroyed tho fairest por-
ion of our country in order to put the white
man under the barbarous negro, for no other
object than to perpetuate their power; they
have created q military despotism that cndan-
gers the liberties of the Northern people as we'll
as makes slaves of the Southerners they
have put us on the high road to Cesarism /;
they have violated the constitution 80 far that
we hardly know whether we have one left
| they have usurped the constitutional powers
of the President and virtually abolished the
| Executive, making him inferior and subordinate
to the officials under him, and they have
resolved seemingly to mako the Supreme
| Court of the United States mere political
machine to do their bidding. At the rate
these rabid revolutlonists are going on there
will not be left in few months q veslige Of tho
glorious government handed down to us by
the fathers. 1t may be nominally republic,
but actually despotism, as fully as the
government Of France was under the Con-
vention.
Under such q fearful state Of things the
national finances must remain disorganiz ed,
taxation oppressive and the public credit
shaken. Business OF all kinds must 'cel The
paralyzing effect. Capital will take alarm and
enterprise will cease. In fact, the prospect
before us is truly alarming il the radical party
in power continue their destructive course and
| the people do not rise up as one man in their
might to check this tide Of Jacobinism. Un.
happily, these radicals will be In power for
some time to come, as they boast of being, to
defy public opinion, and they may do vast
deal Of evil before another general election
takes place. To hold them in check, then, tho
people everywhere should rise and dcnouncc
their conduct. In all the cities and towns-yes,
even in every little vllage-there should be
public meetings for this purpose. The country
is in a terrible crisis, and tho universal voice
of the nation should be raised to save
tue constitution and government from the
sacrilegous hands that now threaten to destroy
both.
THE New WHIsKEY LAw.--Thero is weeping
"a Of L.