The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-07-01
From the Hartford Times. I
The --latest Outrag

The outrages Of tho Radical majority
in Congress, in turning out Democratic
members who were legally and clearly
elected, and putting in their places
Radicals who have been rejected by the
people in their respective districts. vii
rccoil with damaging effect upon the
party guilty OF such injustice. There
was never u grosser act of poltica
wlckedness, or more wanton exercise oil
arbitrary power, than the unseatlng o
Mr.. Voorhees,. So shameless was the
proceedings that when the vote was ta.
ken, Mr.. Deming, of Connecticut rose
and LETT the House, saying he would
not be a partysto such injustice NJ
more excusablc was the expulsion oI
Mr.. Brooks, ofNew York, Mr.. Bald.
win. of Michigan, and Senator Stockton,
of New Jersey. 1t was done in accord.
ance with the order of Thaddeus Ste
vens, who told his party friends that il
would be necessary to reduce the Dem
ocratc strength in order to make sure
of a twothird vote for impeachment and
other extreme party measures. None
OF these extreme Farty measures were
then deemed probable by majority Of
the Republican members; but Stevens
assured them that they would be
brought up, and the crime of unseatng
Democratic members without Just cause
was duly pcrpetratcd. Now it is fol-
lowed by the expulsion Of Gen. Morgan,
the popular Democratic member from
tho 18th district Of Ohio who was elect.
ed by clear majority Of three or four
hundred over Delano, his Radical com.
pctitor. AS in the case Of Voorhees,, so
IN that of Morgan in order to make
out a case. the committee was obliged
to throw out the entire Democratic vote
OF whole precincts, and count the Re
publican vote
The latest Git NAV not be The last) OF
these wanton exercises Of party power is
the decision Of the committee to let in
Mckee, from the 9th district of Ken
lucky. lie only received 1868 votes
against 1904. There was no question
of Mr.. .Young's election, and the onlY
excuse tho Radicals could invent for
turning him out was the assertion that
he was elected by "rcbel' votes Ken.
lucky had never seeded, and they
might with as much propriety have IN.
seated ht:. TruUuaIu, .,- i..--~.... g.
of the First District of Connecticut, on
the plea that "rebel" votes had elected
him. But they were obliged to add
that while Mr.. Young must be- expelled,
his Radical competitor, not having been
elected, could not be adnitted. So said
their committee. Now, it seems they
have changed their minds: they report
that Mckee must be admitted
One thing is certain. The manifold
crimes Of this Radical party--thcir or
ganized spy system and their suborna.
ton of perjury, to hang innocent people !;
their wicked impeachment schemes !;
their forcing of negro government on
the helpless States Of the South, while
they reject it at home; their shameless
gerrymanding of States and cities to
overcome tho peoples will their un.
seating of em,ocratic Congressman re-
gardess OF Eight and Justice, in order
to retain two. Chir DIS power-thcso, and
other crimes ofthc Radical party have
sealed their doom! Death awaits them
as party: and it is death which has
no resurrection a,..,