The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-06-10
A POLITICAL FUNERAL.

Washington correspondent of more than
usunl sagacity gives the following view of the sit
uation of the Radical party:
Sufficient time has now elapsed since the Chica-
go Convention to speak Of the effect of the nomi-
nations made there, and the political prospect as
viewed from this central point.
The ticket has fallen fat and produced no i'm
preston whatever. There are various reasons for
this fact but the main one is the identification of
General Grant with the Radical wing of the party,
and his full acceptance of oil their policy, lnclu-
ding impeachment, which he advocated openly and
even Violently, as is well known here, and as Gen.
Logan and Mr.. Judd, of Illinois, emphatically de-
cared at Chicago.
General Grant went over to the Radicals and
abandoned his previous conservative tendencies
last October, at which time Washburne came to
Washington to arrange the programme and Gen.
Rawlings was, sent West to make speech reveal
ing his chiefs conversion to the doctrines of Thad
Stevens and the "Mountain."
Ever since that time he has been losing ground,
and now is even weaker than the party, because 1t
is admitted that he brings no outside strength and
excites no interior enthusiasm, while old and
straight-laced Republicans will bolt his nomination
as On abandonment of principle.
It is absurd to suppose that Golfax adds @ par
ticle of influence to the concern. Any ward poll
tioian would be equally strong,. and he is OF the
same dimensions of ward politician, only raised
in the country. There are lens of thousands OF
the game class and genus scattered over the Union,
many of whom are vastly superior to the individ-
ual whose Sinking mediocrity occupies the chair
once filed by Henry Clay.
The Radicals relied upon the success Of impeach-
ment as their last and only hops of carrying the
presidential election. That defeated, they sub
stantially admit the game to be lost Their plan
was for Stanton to organize the whole South into
q compact Radical column, to declare martial law
in kentucky and Maryland under some fabricated
pretext in order to exclude their votes, and then
by coercion and corruption to secure enough OF
the East and West to count themselves into power.
This scheme required the aid of Wade to make 1t
a success. With johnson in the White House 1t
falls to the ground, and with it all the hopes of
the revolutonists,
Disguise it as they may, Wade men are intense
ly indignant, and will do little to help the ticket
Their cheif has given no such Endorsement as is
pretended by the Radical organs On the contra
ry, he swears like sour army in Flanders" and
SAYS that ho was sold out 1t is notorious that the
Southern delegates, who were pledged to him,
were bought by the New York obbers at various
rates, and many of them as cheap as ther hotel
bills. This open bargain and sale is now urged
here as reason against the admission OF those
States by many extremists, and If their votes
were not counted upon in November, they would
not be allowed TO come in ut all.
1t is now conceded by leading and competent
Radicals that Pennsylvania is lost by large ma
iority-frst, because of the failure of impeach-
ment: second, because the convention did not e1-
prcssly and by name e1communicate the seven
Senators who secured acquittal and, thirdly, be-
cause of the insulting and intentional omission of
any reference to protection or -home industry
That State is now demanding an increase of the
tariff, and the foremost politicians have written
here that without it there is no of attempting
canvass But as Congress has no idea of touch
ing the tariff, finance or any other large question
at this session, Pennsylvania is gone shook and
line"
the late Radical party will be held ut the Capitol
this evening, when measures will be taken for the
interment Wade, Wilson, Fenton Hamlin, STAN
ton and Curtin are announced as pall-bearers, to-
gether with Grant and Colfax as chief mourners.