Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1868-04-07
What will the Radicals in Congress Do /!

We have constant discussions
says the Mobile Register, about th,
future course Of the Radical majority
in the present incomplete Congress
and queries, suggestions and specu
lations as to whether they are really
determined to carry out the policy
which their movements for some time
seem to indicate, that is, to recon.
struct the Southern States so as to
secure beyond question their vote
for the Presidential election, and by
that means to bring the recusant
Northern States under their complete
control, to render the Presidency an
empty name, and concentrate the
whole power of the government, Ex-
ecutive and Judicial, as we'll as Leg
islative, in the two Houses Of Con-
gress. sss .u -.~#
There are none among US possess
ing the gift Of prophecy. nor is there
any one that, speaking of the future,
is authorized to say, this or that
event shall happen. But when pass
ing events are found to bear strong
resemblance to some that have &C.
Cured in days gone by, reference
to history, though it may not au-
thorize US to decide with certainty,
will sometimes enable us to form an
opinion as to what is most likely to
happen. 80
Had the French Convention hest
tated to try, condemn and execute
Louis XVI, the revolution of France,
and even the character Of her people,
could never have been carried out.
Had the Long Parliament Of Eng
land hesitated to dispose Of Charles
l., the Puritans would never have
succeeded in overthrowing the Gov
eminent. 1t matters not that mill
tary power in both cases puts it's
foot upon the revolutionists. Those
who sow the seed do not always reap
he harvest, and those who engineer
a revolution, if they live through it,
are very apt to see the results of
their labor rebound to the benefit Of
others. Those who, in their thirst
for power, inaugurate revolution,
seldom see the end of the road upon
which they have entered, but once
fully committed toit, they are hedged
in by surrounding circumstances,
and are compelled, as it were, by
the very necessities of their position
to 60 ahead, even though the road
hey travel may end in precipice.
They cannot stop, because to stop
would be to fail, and failure would
bring the loss Of power and disgrace,
he disgrace of having attempted
what they had Mother the ability
1or the courage to carry out.
Thus rejecting, our conclusion is,
hat the Radical majority in the pres
mt incomplete Congress will carry out
heir political programme. They will
ct aside the President, make the Of
ice a mere name, modify the Su-
rene Court into convenient instru.
nent Of their own, reconstruct the
southern States to suit their own
Jews, and secure the whole power of
he Government in their own hands.
md should it be necessary, to enable
hem to do all this, to use force, they
'lll not hesitate to do so. They can
,ake arbitrary arrests, and lnfict i'm
risoDment without charge, as Mr..
eward did, and if it be necessary to
trike terror into their opponents,
hat is to prevent them from erect
,g the gallows for them, as was done
'r Mrs. Surratt I? If they can man.
&c the army, there is no power they
snnot exercise
There is but one hope left for the
berries Of the country. If the men
the North love liberty as they pro-
ss to do, and desire to transmit it