The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-07
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The Teudency Of Radical RuIe.

The manner "a which this nation i.
now governed is well calculated 70
shake ali faith In the value Of the rep.
! reSentaTive systSm of government, and
reconcile those who have been the ad-
yOcates aud supporters of that system
10 some other form which can give
I promise Of greater security TO popular
nights and better prospect of perma.
ueuce and stability. Aud il is not
much 20 be wondered at as would seem
from \ hasty thought on the Mbiect,
that the Radical leaders who now rule
Us should DC by this tine impressed
with the belief that there Is 10 limit 10
what the masses will endure in the
shape of aggressions upon their
rights. They have seen the peo.
pie look on with indifference while
one barrier after another erected for
, The preservation of their rights and the
protection of the institutions which
they professed 10 love and revere. were
broken down by the usHrpations of the
party II power, until il became evident
that the design was 10 leave nothing of
The original form Of government stand
ing, and still there have been 10 indica-
tlODs Of resistance. Success in one ag-
gTeS-iye move prompted the atse,up; al
aDOtber and still no appTeheus!ons be-
ing exhibited by the masses, tie belief
that a stupor had seized hold OF item
gave encouragement 10 the probability
that any species of lawieSsness: any
outrage upon the Constitution; any III
yaSion OF popular rIghis, aud any
usurpatioD Of power, was both possible
and safe
Acling upon ihs impression thus in-
spired, the Radical leaders have been
EN- nb~ideued and led on until their rep
reSentatiTes IN Congress have absorbed
all the powers OF the Executive depart
msnf, eIussculaTed the Supreme Court
of the most important part Of its aU-
thority, and DOW have the President ar
raigEed upon fraudulent and absurd
charges Of high crimes and misdemean-
ors, aad Will in Gll probability expsl
him from his Ufioe. Thep the whose
Government, with all its vast power,
Will be IN the hands Of the two hundred
men who constitute the Congress as ab-
solutsly As the Government of Russia is
IN the hand Of the Gar.
Yet the people do Dot Yet appear 10
be fully aroused from their lethargy,
aEd seem rather bewildered than indIg-
nant. With the ruins oftheir late Gov
ernment On every side OF them they OF.
fer no resistance and interpOse no for
uiida ble protest. The next stem in the
luareh toward anarchy and despOtism
viii be the establishment of negro SUI
frage anu supremacy IN the States Uf
the South, and negro suffrage IA tie
States Of the North. Negroes will con-
sIItUte = balance Of power II the Gov
ernment, and, standing between the
two political parties Of whites, will be
able 10 dictate their own terms aud OBJ
tain az they require. II NIA not do 10
expect that when the negroes find
themselves in this commanding posi-
tIOn, they will permit themselves 10 los
used or controlled by the Radical any
more than 10y the Democratic party.
They win stand between the two and
bold themselves up 10 the highest bid
Ger. IL this way they will secure such
number OF the public Offices as viii
correspond with the proportion which
their Numbers bear 10 those of the party
with which they affiliate. They are IL
norsnt a. s'l respects, aud especially 80
IN regard 10 See science of Government,
and could a. readily be won 10 the sup
port of despuIi,m Is 10 any
other form OF government provided
they were recognized as constituting
portion of IL This would of course Oe
the end OF constitutional liberty, and
the masses ostside Of the Radical part!
would be at the mercy of rnpriucIpled
l-aa.-S aNd -heIr black allies
Will the people awake TO a reallza-
ton OF these important factsi Will
they delay until they are Tied hand aud
foot, or Will they assert their Inherent
and constitutional rights, and sweep
from power the men who have sought
TO su6vert the Government and erect
= despotism within which there shall
be = negro aristOcracy upon its ruins