The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-08-19
The Radical panacea.

1t has been a thousand times demon
strated that the leaders Of the radica
faction, who are responsible for it
manifold sIns and transgressions, are
hypocrites in their professions, anc
quacks in their governmental expert.
ments. 1t is just as evident. that they
Rave. by their mismanagement of pnb
lie affairs, brought upon the country
iunumerable evils, among which may
be enumerated, a debt of such vast pro
portions that the human mind stands
appalled, at a contemplation of it ; a
Union denounced as a covenant with
death, and a Constitution stigmatized
as an agreement with hell; a country
hurled from the very pinnacle of pros
periiy down TO the disgrace and degra'
dation of being governed by ignorant
and brutal negroes j.; and lat, though
not least, an unnatural conflict Of sec
tional interests, which by the impoyer
ishment of the South. casts unbearable
burdens upon the West and North,
paralizing and rendering the condition
of the people almost hopeless. To
whom, and to whose management are
these evils to be imputed? Not to the
Democracy, most assuredly /; for Dem
ocrats have, from beginning to end,
been opposed to :he policy and meas
ures which have led to these results.
And besides, being in a helpless minor.
ity, we have bad no power to stay the
progress of those decisions which have
eliminated in these disasters. The
responsibility, therefore, rests entirely
with the Radical party !; or, rather, up
on the headlong and uDprincipled lead
ers of that party. And all of every
way of political thinking arc agreed as
touching this one thing-nanely, that
evils of great magnitude have befallen
the country, and that we can never re-
gain our lost prosperity until these
evils are removed. One sentiment is
upr ERNEST in the minds Of all reflect
ing people to day; and that is, that a
change has become not only desirable,
but absolutely Indispensable to our ma
tional and individual safety. And
what's the remedy those political quacks
propose to employ to cure the evils of
which the people so loudly and so just.
ly complain? 1t is, to renew the lease
of power for another fouryears, to those
very men who have brought upon the
country the evils referred to /! This is
the panacca prescribed by those politi
cal quacks, aud the people who pay
the taxes and bear the burdens of the
G Government are expected to shut their
eyes and swallow the 'nauseating dose
without a question as TO its efficacy, or
a doubt as to the skill of tie doctors
who prescribes it. This is Homeopathic
treatment in allapathic quantities.
practical adoption of the somewhat
questionable maxim that the hair of the
dog that did the biting will cure the
wound. Not wishing to enter into an
elaborate consideration of this theory,
We respectfully suggest that, according
our obs ervations, there can be no eff.
icacy in the hair of Radicalism until
Is tail has been cut off close behind it's
'ars. And even then some doubts may
Re entertained as to whether 1T will
'ure or a%ggravate the evil. The peo-
lie want a change, and a change they
intend to have. Political char1etans
nay as we'll make a note of this. Plain