The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-01-15
RgcoRp OF pRoM1NENr RADICALS.

ton they have assumed would be amusing, when
contrastcd with theirrecord, individually and col
lectively, before the days of Reconstruction and
Freedman's Bureaus. These unscrupulous char
acters are cumulative of prominent lights in the
Radical party on the other side of the Potomac.
Take, for instance, Beast BUTLER, once the deepest
dyed Democrat in the wooden-nrimeg region, and
whose laudations of the Hon. JEFF. DAVIS in the
celebrated Charleston Convention were revolving to
refined TASTE This Incompatible thief outvled
Southern men in defending their cherished princl-
ples. and forsooth he was the ready tool to serve
their purpose, so long as the Democratic party re-
manned in power But when the war came, Office
and emouments were no longer at the disposal OF
Southern politicians, and BUTLER plays the role of
tyrant and despot at the earliest practicable mo-
ment, that he might win favor from the ruling dy-
nized the world over, to need recapituaton here.
The Haynau of America stands convicted in the
face of civilization, and wears brand Of infamy
that cannot be efsced.
Another prominent instance of Federal General
fasifying his record is that of JOHN A. LOGAN, of
Illinois. He was Democrat of the straightest
sect, but entered the Union service early in the
war He was upbraided by party friends for en-
listing against the South, and after open hostili
ties had progressed for months, We are assured
that Gen. LOGAN made the declaration, that if the
abolition of slavery became the chief object of the
war, he ,pould tur1, his strord North! But long
before hostiles ceased, and almost uninterrupted
! ly since, there has been no louder-mouthcd SLAM
derer of the Southern people than this Radical
! leader. His constant theme embraces 'rebels"
and the horrors of slavery. eLodAN and DuTLER,
par Mobile fratrum = Their brilliant examples are
widely copied, in more respects than one, and to-
day We find the most mischievous Southern Radi-
Gals rejoicing in similar records.
| BRowNLov, who vas once almost as blasphe-
nous against abolitionists and Yankees as he is
now against Democrats and rebels, has been re-
varded for his treason by being elected Governor
and U. S. Senator in the Radicalized and negroizcd
State of Tennessee.
HUNNIcurT an extreme Radical, leader in the
| reconstruction convention, and chief fugleman of
| the negro party generally in the Old Dominion,
was once so bitterly opposed to allowing negroes
fessedly religious paper in Virginia at the time ho
denounced the building of African churches. AT
the commencement of the war, he was an ultra Sc
cessionist, and actually devised plan to seize
Fortress Monroe before Virginia seeded. lie is
now looking to be rewarded for his loyalty by
seat in the United States Senate.
HENDERSON, of Missouri, who was once so ex-
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views that he advocated the selling of free negroes
into slavery, is now raving Jacobin and advocate
| of negro equality. He is also rewarded for his
renegadism by being made United States Sepa-
tor, and leader of the Radical party in his own
State
In otr sister State, Georgia, the examples are SO
numerous that we can hardly name them. Per-
haps we have more intimate know ledge of their
record than those of other Stacs but the facts
truly astonishing as TO how many of the present
Radical leaders across the Savannah were once
known as Southern patriots! The most prominent
is JoE BROWN, who has gone over, 'horse, foot and
dragoon," to the negro -worshppers. He is the
selfsalnc individual who seized forts and arsenals
belonging to the United States, before Gcorgia
withdrew from the Federal compact, if are not
mistaken. He raised troops and supplies, and
made more noise over his achievements than any
other man within our knowledge; and failing to
secur high office in the Confedoracy, was one of
the bitterest enemies of the DAVIS administration.
At the close of the war; he was arrested, and after
wards released by President JOHNSON. lie now
denounces the President, and unitcs with the
Radical horde in abuse of him. In all probability,
the senatorship from Georgia, under negro supre-
macy may be allotted to this immaculate politician.
Another case is FOSTER BLoDGETT, of Augusta, n
captain of 'rebe artillery in the early part of the
war; When the feud arose between Congress and
the President this man scented The breeze strongly,
end sought the organization of the Radical parGs
in Georgia. He received the appointment of Post
master, and afterwards Mayor of Augusta by order
of the military authorities Ho has lately been in
dicted for perjury in taking the test oath. by
grand jury composed of men required to take the
same oath.
We have singled out these notable instances
merely because of their prominence heretofore and
now There are doubtless men within the limits
of our own State who could be branded with like
spostacy. Indeed we aware that some of
these would be leaders of the Radical party in
South Carolina once entertained very different views
of patriotism and love of country. But they have
been outstripped in the for office by Northern
adventures or simon-pure Africans, and their in
Auence .grows small by degrees and beautifully
| less" Whether this be from superior advantages
in the art of trickery, or whether the negroes of
South Carolina have been educated to believe that
consistency is becoming to all alike, We arc not
prepared to say. 1t is possible that the large pre-
ponderance of.negrO voters (?l has inflated the
minds of that race to such an extent that they
determined to have proportionato share of the