The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-07-29
Responsibilities Of the Radical
Party.
From the Pittsburg (Pa.l Post.

[From the Pittsburg (Pa.) Post.
That decentralization has greatly spread
in this country, within the last three or
four years, no intelligent person can deny.
That it is still spreading and disseminating
its most baneful influence through all the
interests of society, is equally notorious
War, such as we passed through, is of
course, in it's very nature demoralizing, and
some of the usual wickedness in high pla-
ces may be fairly attributed thereto. But
the war itself was political party measure
the vile work of unconstitutional Adolf
tionism-induced primarily by the lowest
motives of partizanship. It's demoraliza-
tions, however, might have ceased, or might
have been materially reduced long ere this,
but for additional action, not only keeping
them up, but greatly aggravated them.
During all these years, onr government,
in all its important workings, has been un-
der the absolute control of the Radical
party, though it first called itself merely
Republican. 1t matters nothing as to the
mere name,, except to designate the men
and their measures. The men in Congress
calling themselves Radicals, and their meas
ures for several years past, constitute Rad
icalism, the thing against which the Demo-
cratic party is protesting.
Radical action is, therefore, what our
country has had, and nothing else, since
the close of the war. Meanwhile, instead
of cessation of public generalization, we
have seen it grow from month to month,
until it has assumed such huge dimensions
and power as to control even the action of
the dominant party in Congress-.
Rottenness in the Congressional majori-
ty, the greed Of gain and the thirst of pow
er having first demoralized that body, ex-
| hibited itself through its legislation in con-
0ection with the South, the currency and
The system of taxation; and equally un-
scrupulous men, out of Congress, were not
slow to take advantage of such unwise and
pernicious Congressional acts, and by
means of the same to inaugurate the most
gigantic schemes of fraud upon the pockets
Of the people all over the Union, North
and South.
This Congressional majority, and these
men outside of Congress- have actually
made the American Constitution O by
word, and the subject of ridcule, and JUS
tice has been driven from the land. BY
means of Infamous special taxes on whis-
ky, &C., which it is impossible to collect,
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taxes gathered from the people, for the
benefit of few individuals who are thus
eating into the very wtals of public pro-
tperty.
Through the same spirit of corruption,
we have the Freedmens Bureau the main
tenance of military government in the
peaceful South, and unnecessarily costly
navy, all tending to PROSTATE and destroy
the industry of the North, and to prevent
the South from aiding us in paying the
proper expenses of the government.
Our taxes instead of relieving us from
national debt are FILTERED away in useless
and hurtful expenditures, and our burden
some public Indebtedness, instead of d.
minishing, is actually increasing in time of
peace. All these things are demoralizing
in the extreme; and for all of these Radi-
cal party action, and that alone, is respon-
sible. 1t therefore behooves every good
citizen to study the present aspect of
things, and to sustain the only party which
can by any possibility break up this vile
Radical system, and bring back proper
government.