The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-10-29

first place, Intend to arraign the hadlcai pai
ty before the tribunal of the people, anu oy an
appeal to logic and to facts, nope 70 tas.en s,.
upon this party the very charges that tney
have made against the Democratic party. NY
first proposition is that the Radical party Is
anti-repubhcan. To prove this, let me ask What
is q republican form Of administrator AS
understand the question, 1t is where the pow
ers of government emanate from the goVerneu'
and are divided into powers executive, powers
;ndicial and powers legisatiye-where the laws
are executed by an executive elected by the
people, where the laws are construed and JUS
lice administered by O Judiciary duly empoW-
cred. and where the laws are made by le3ls-
lative body representing the population anu
wealth of the States, and deriving their au,
thorlty from the whole people. NOW. Wou
ask, are these conditions fulfilled in the Radical
scheme of Reconstruction The answer IS, No.
On the contrary, each one Of these conditions
is deliberately violated. Here. for instance, IN
South Carolina, we have an Executive forced
upon the white population at least OF the State
-au alien in sympathies and principles 10 q
large and influential portion OF the inhabitants
of the State. We have foisted upon Us Judi
ciary corps consisting OF Indifferent lawyers,
mostly strangers, and untitled to wear the
stainless erniine of OR former judges. AND
We have Legislature, composed mostiy or or
squatters from abroad, whlto ana coloreu, VI
native CaroIinians inexperienced anu recreuu.,
to be legislators, and most of them extremely
icuorant-a body which, with its Democratic eA-
ceptiops. represents neither the wealth, the ID,
telheence, nor the integrity OF the State ana
vet BODY like thls-the late COnveutlon-has
undertaken to franc fundamental laws Tor TINS
commonwealth; and this body, now IN exist
ence, is legislatlng for the State, and assumes
to Law upon you and me, upon your c1lluren
and my children, the burdens OF hcavy
taxation. This is anti-republican AGAIN. Onc
element of tue republicanlsm IS, that TAXA
tlon and representation shall go hand IN nano.
Upon this idea-.o vindlcate this PrlnclPieEr
our forefathers went into the revolution eL
1776, and succeeded IN e4throniS ~ ~ rne'
country Yet, under the Radical programme
we not only have taxation without representa-
ton, but, superadded thereto, we b I'VE repre-
sentation without taxation. Again Another
element that enters into JUST conception OF
republicanism is, that all citizens shall stanu
upon footing OF political equahty, II uuiy
qualified by virtue OF intelligence OF proP.rT' a
And yet, here in the South under t haueat est and
pices, we see some Of the wiseSt, the pese anu
the wealthiest of the citizens OF the country III
position of political interiorty, Whilst clasS
recently emancipated have all the privileges OF
the citizen, and in some States are virtually
given political control. In these respects, aiso'
the Radical party is anti-re .,nbllcan:
2. The Radical party IS revolutionary aliu
unconstitutional in it's measures. When THIS
government was established IN 1857, o comPIeA PnS,
but admirable system was lnaugurated. Inc
powers of government were divided between
the departments of the Executive, the JUDI
ciary aud the Legislative, and those were lnaue
coeaual and CO. o.ordinate branches OF the een
era. government. This system OF CHECKS anu
balances was wisely adopted and properly
deemed ess initial to preserve the public hpaf-
ties, What now has this.Radical party done' OF
attempted to do? They have encroacheu up
on the powers uf the Executive, and have TAX
en- away from President Johnson powers eA-
ercised by every President since the Gays Oh
Washington. They have stiiad the voice OF
the Judiciary. They have sought to uosUrO H2'
all the powers ofgoyernment IN congress. Inc
mont is assuming to berthe State. 81 am the
State" said Louis XIV, and this remark ex-
pressed tho spirit of an absolute monarchv;
'.We have encamped with our forces OUTSIDE OF
the constitution, said Thad. Stevens, and this
embodied The sentiment OF Radical leg1slntiVe
tyranny. ,.,.,
This is revolutionary and unconstitutional.
Again, when the Federal Constitution was
adopted, due relationship was established be,
tween the pc :ers delegated to the general
government and the powers reserVed-Go Sne
States- Tie principls OF State rights was Clearly
enthroned. This relation aud this principle
Radical Congress has utterly ignored. Ii ostap-
lished military despotism IN these SoutneEi,
States; it assumed to regulate the questlon OF
sufftage; it sought to destroy the stateshlp OF
ten Southern States; and thus IN those n
stances, and in many others that might be
cited, the Radical party has shown that IL -
party opposed to the constitution anu rc'olu-
tionary in its policy. .----,..
8. This R lcical party is disunion party;
After the storm of war had ceased III 1850, anu
thu smoke of battle had cleared away, 1t was
kl,a J., In nof
of secession and African slavery had beon dc,
cided against her, and the people acqulesceu
in the result fully. freely and candldly., fhe
Federal Executive, carrying out Llncoirs pro-
cramnle, required certain concessions prollml-
nary to the admission OF the Southern, States
into the Union, and these we're promptly conf
piled with. The restoration Of the Southern
States, and thus the Union OF oil the States,
was about to be consummated, when the evil
genius Of tbs country came IN and stopped the
work of restoration. Since the war, more than
three years have elapsed, and yet the Unlon Is
not restored Seven States stand upon q TOT.
tering base, and three are 'unreconstructed.
Hence, the Radical party is the party OF dls-
union. For party purposes, they have oDstruct-
ed the union Of the S!ates.to secure party as.
cendancy, they have sacrificed the interests OF
the country.
4. If there be a pro-slavery party IN the
country it is the Radical party. l proceed To
establish this proposition. When the emaucipa-
ton proclamation OF Abraham Lincoln was put
forth, it was distinctly declared to be war
measure, and justified on that ground. Even
the Radical party seemed not to have regarded
it of binding force, inasnuch as when the war
ended an amendment to the constitution,
known as the thirteenth amendment, and de-
claring African slavery abolished i'll the Union,
was proposed to the Southern States, and ratl-
fed by them all. Now the Radical party, be 1t
observed, takes tho ground that those South
ern Legislatures that adopted the thirteenth
amendment were illegal bodies. II they were
illegal, their adoption Of the thirteenth amend
ment is null and void. Thus, according to the
Radical view, Afric slavery has never beeu
duly abolished in this country. And thus, II
there be pro-slavery party in the country, 1t
is the Radical party. Again, the Democratic
platform adopted in July last declares the
questions OF secession AMI African slavery set
tied by the war. No such admissions appear
in the Radical Chicago platform. Inasmuch,
therefore, as the Democratic party hold that
those Southern Legislatures that adopted tie
thirteenth amendment were legal bodies, and
for the further reason that they have incorpo-
rated in their declaration of principles an ac-
acknowledgement that African slavery Is forever
abolished, it follows that such party cannot
be called prc-slavery party. But in another
point Of view I hold that the Radical party is
pro-slavery. By their strict party rules, and
their Loyal Union Leagues, they have sub
jected the colored people to bondage more
degrading than that OF the body. They have
subjected them to the bondIge of the mind.
The colored people call themselves free, aud
yet they are the abject slaves OF their Radical