Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-06-03
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The Autopsy of the Radieai FATTY
OfiR'bRt 10 Dsd. ana by whOn b IL
60 be Buried.
A Washington correspondent Of more
than usual sagacity, gives The following
view Of the situation Of the Radical party
Sufficient time has now elapsed since the
Chicago Convention to speak Of the effect
Of the nominations made there, and the
political prospect as viewed from this CEN
IraI point. s ~ ga
The ticket has fallen fat and produced
no impression whatever. There are Yari-
Gus reasons for this fact, but The main one
IL the Identification Of General Grant with
the radical wing Of the party, and bis fall
acceptance Of all their policy, including
Impeachment, which he advocated opealy
and even violently, as is we'll known here,
and as General Logan aud Mr.. Judd, of
Illinois, emphatically declared at Chicago.
General Grant went over 10 the Radicals
and abandoned his previous conservative
tendencies last October, AZ which time
Wash5arne came to Washington to arrange
the programme, and General Rawlings was
sent West 10 make a speech revealing his
chiefs conversion 10 the doctrines of Thad
Stevens and the "Mountain.p s t&ta
Ever since that time lac has been losing
ground, and now is even weaker than the
party, because IL is admitted that he brings
no outside strength and excites no interior
enthusiasm, while old and straight-laced
Republicans will bolt his nomination as an
abandonmsat Of principle. fs-1t'i-
ItisabsuTd 90 suppose that Oolfax adds
a particle OF influence 10 the concern. ANY
ward politician would be equally strong,
and he Is Of the same dimensions Of ward
politician, only raised in the country.
There are tens Of thousands of the same
class and gems scattered over The Union,
many of whom are vastly superior to the
individual whose smirking mediocrity &C.
cHpies the chair once filled by Henry Clay.
The Radicals relied upon the success of
Impeachment as their last and only hope
Of carrying the Presidential election. That
defealed, they substantially admit thegame
10 be lost Their plan was for Stanton 10
organize the whole South into a compact
Radical column, tosdeclare martial law in
Kentucky and Maryland under some fabri-
Gated pretexi, in order TO exclude their
votes, and then by coercion aud corruption
TO secure enough Of The East and West TO
count themselves into power. This scheme
required the aid Of Wade TO make it a sue
cess. With johnson in the White House
II falls 20 the g,Ound, aud with il all the
hopes of the revoluiionists.
Disguise it as they may, the Wade men
are intensely indignant, and will do little TO
help the ticket. Their chief has given no
such Endorsement az is pretended by the
Radical organs. On the contrary, he swears
like "Our army in Flanders" and says that
he was sold out IL il notorious that the
Southern delegates, who we're pledged 10
him, we're bought by the New York jcbbers
at various rates, and many Of them as cheap
a. their hotel bills. This open bargain and
sale Is now urged here a. reason against
the admission Of those States by many ex-
tremisis, and il iheirvotes were not couated
upon in November, they would not be al
lowed TO come in at all.
II il now conceded by leading and COM
pelent Radicals that Pennsylvania is lost
BY q large maiority, first because Of she
failure Of impeachment second, Because
the convention did not expressly and by
name excommnnicate The seven Senators
who secured acquitted, and, thirdly, be-
tdtiSt VI Tic uuh AAAhNuAlOudA Wills
sion Of any referenceto protection or home
industry" That State is now demanding
an increase Of the tariff, and the foremost
politicians have written here, that without
il there is no use Of attempting canvass.
But az Congress has no idea of touching
the tariff, finance or any other large ques-
ton at this session, Pennsylvania is gone /
"hoolz and line"
A very kind aud even grateful feeling is
entertained towards Chief Justice Chase
and the Senators who contributed 30 de-
feat Impeachment, but they do not claim
TO have renowned. their political aftilia- |
lions or 70 have adopted the views and
policy Of their opponents. Quite the con-
trary. They defend their position by say
ing impeachment was not a party quesiion,
but a judicial one, and therefore that no |
was involved.
II il were at all probable under such |
"a il is not, 10 offer either |
the Chief Justice or any of the Senators,
who took more responsibility than he did, |
a place on the ticket 10 he named at New |
York, Il would serve to raise a clamor and |
TO give ground for the false assumption, al
ready spread abroad, that acquittal was a
matter Of arrangement and Of corrupt col |
lnsion. None Of these distinguished men /
conld afford TO take Office on such terms. |
They have higher and better reward now
in the respect aud gratitude of the nation.
A post mOrtsm examination Of the re-
mains OF the late Radical party will be |
held at the Capitol this evening, when |
measures will be taken for the interment. |
Wade, Wilson, Benton, Hamlin, Stanton,
aud Curtin are announ oed as pall-bearers, |
together with Grant aud Collax as chief |