The union Democrat., 1868-06-20
SeasherM Rsbslsr and Fsseign Prete-
spefss.n

extract from an article headed Specimen
Democracy" in the Sacramento Union oil
| 18th inst.
| Democratic journals of the sort not par
,icularly TO dumb iorgetfulness prey
have manufactured much sympsthy among
the proletarians who aid in making up the
the meaner qualities Of public opinion. by
holding up the wouuds of disfranchlzed
Southern rebels in juxtapoeltiou with the po.
litical privileges from justice as ceA as ne
cessity accorded 10 the mass Of tie blacks.
THIS Is tue oue great burden vi their political
song all over the country. The 'e4ecrabls
radicals have taken away the voting power
FROG, the traitor whites aud given 1t To the
ignpraut snI brutal Negroes The Demo
Gratis promise to urdo tkis thing >nd give
back the governing power to white traitors,
taking away the risat to vote from the 10y al
blacks. They charge the Republicans with
| legislating in favor Of Ignorance aud vice,
aud pro,plSe !, udiy that they will change the
rule aud give the country over into tue
hands of the intelligent aud sIriuous. Yet II
! is remarkable TACT that ia nearly all che
! great cities If America. tohere foreign prote
taries, ignorance and crime greatly prepon'
derdte, the Dem ,crurs have their heaviest
lnnjorities, whist ia the Interior, the rural
districts, tchere general education p'erdits rita
american manners, and where voters best
understand and most respect the institutions
Of their country, the Democrats are always in
the minority. II requires the rhole enltght.
ened interior Of the State Of NeT York to
counter6diance the great mass Of foreign
Democratic ignorance and disioya'ty in the
metropolis. They succeed in capturing this
mass of white irresponsibles on the di.
rect p ON Sc to them that, mean as they are.
tie blacks and mixed races. rithout regard
to Intelligence or moral qualifications, snail
always be treated by that party as below
them in the political SCALE"
This is fair specimen of Radicalism.
All the " eddication" and " virtoo" of the
country is monopolized by the Radical Phari.
sees. With one accord they exclaim, " Thank
God, am not Us other men," Not one Of
them who has learned to keount" " tew
and tew," and can demonstrate that the
result is four, but considers himself called
upon to enlighten the "rest OF mankind" by
virtue of his superior intelligence.
The people Of the South occupy very low
position in their estimation. They are SO
ignorant that they cannot look at anything
through puritan spectacles. But, then they
have not enjoyed the advantage of 3" Bos.
ting" education. We once heard one Of those
benlghted Southsrners, ct dinner table, ask
gentleman opposite to pass the salad: A
friend of tho superior intelligence" school
was sitting beside him and, plying his ig-
norance, proceeded to enlishten him by say.
ing: &" Down East We call it garden sass" &"
Il know you do, but then you are wrong"
was the quiet reply. However, it is crafty.
ing to know that there is short and easy
road to superior intelligence. Let the ''igno.
rant, arrogant and brutal Southerner" of to-
day, turn renegade, like Gnatt, of Arkansas,
Hamilton, of Texas, or Brown, of Georgia,
and, presto, change, his ignorance and bar.
barism sloughs of like the skin of snake,
and he becomes suddenly endowed with o
marvellous intelligence.
Naturalized citizens occupy q still lower
place in their estimation. They sre de.
nounced as foreign proletaires" and are
regarded as being inferior to the negroes.
The Sacramento Union with less policy than
some of its Radicals contemporaries says what
they all think.
Independent of the fact that the Radical
views of public policy are narrow minded, sec
tional, and ruinous TO the best interests of the
people and have nothing IN them. to invite the
support Of any but bigots and fanatics, We
wonder to find even corpcral's guard of nat
uralized citizens acting with them. If there
were no appreciable difference between the
two parties on national questions, it would
be unnatural for citizens of foreign birth TO
be SO utterly destitute of selfrespect as to
affiliate with party that would give to the
negro political superiority over them. Ju.
das betrayed Christ for thirty pieces Of silver;
and it is not astonishing, considering the
weakness Of human nature, to find, now aud
then, q naturslized citizen who for some
paltry otice consents to be tagged to the tail
Of the Radical party. Such men are either
so stupid that they cannot see, or SO mean
that they do not care for the degraded posi-.
tion they occupy. As long as they can be
used as tools, the Radicals will Aatter them.
They are " intelligent citizens of foreign
BIRTH" while the great mas Of naturalized
citizens are "soreign proletaires, "a great
mass Of foreign Democratic ignorance and dis.
loyalty"
In 1855, Gov. Andrew of Massachusetts, ,was
of the opinion that the honor Of the Ameri.
can flag should be sustained only by those
who were to The "manrcr bora" But in
1861, and subsequent years, sone lighting
had to be done. and for time the "foreign
proletaires' became altogether lOvSly in the
eyes of New England Radicals. The Irish
and Dutch went up like gold after the battle
of Bull Run if they had been raised on
clam chowder instead Of potatoes and sour
krout they could not have been treated With
more consideration. The were patriots. The
rich '.Irish hrogus" and the ''sweet German
accentn became almost ss musical Is the