Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-01-12
Conservation w., fsadlqaiisea,


he thought OF Radicalism and Con-
servalism, answered.: 3" When a man
is right he can't be to Radical, but
If he be wrong, be can't be too Con
servatiye." This we take to be the
true doctrine; no man can he too
right or too eager in the pursuit Of
the right, while if he be wrong, the
less he does to further bis doctrines
aud views aud to establish them. in
tie land, the better it is for the peo-
pie, In view Of this phase of the
matter, then, It appears eninenuy
proper that Democracy should re-
main conservative, so long as they
remain wrong-headed on the vital
questions OF Freedom aud Constitu-
tionaI Right, while il is equally the
duty of Republicanism tomaintain a
radical position, so long as their
actions tend TO the amelioration and
elevation of the whole human race,
to nobler and better existence. Ii
may, aud doubtless will be claimed,
that the parties bear directly con-
trary relation to the questions OF
Right and Wrong, to that in which
we have placed them. Let us exam
inc them for a moment, and see how
Radicalism and Conservatism have
affected all the elements, and the la
bor-saving appliances that have been
and are the blessing OF every house
hold. every workshop and every
farmers field.
When the old Radical German first
advanced the theory, that steam had
pnwer to drive machinery, Consef-
yatism seized, bound and imprisoned
hun. for his advanced ideas. so also
was the man who first discovered the
Earth's motion round the Sun, pro-
nounced Radical, who was about
to O, erthrow old ideas, that had
come down from the fathers rem
dnred Sacred by time. lie too was
disowned by the Conservatives oil
thss dav. Franklin was wild en-
thusiast, in attempting TO bride the
lightning, and u fanatic for his en-
Lphtened views with reference to
Freedom and Slavery. Yet Radical
ism triumphed and Conservatism
failed. The steam-whistle sounds in
every ocean, on every river, and
throughout all lands the Telegraph
extends and ramifies the whole world
bearing messages OF love and mes
sapes OF war, and the world moves
on round the Sun, in spite OF Conser-
yatiyes and Conservative ideas to
the contrary. SO has it been in
American politics. When the idea
of gradual Emancipation of Slavery
was advanced by Jefferson, Frank
lin, and other Fathers of the Repub-
lie. then Conservatism rose mp, TO
prevent it in the Country's infancy
and fastened it spon the Nation
When, in after years, Henry Clay
proposed his Colonization Scheme,
the same influences lay coiled like
an adder IN his path, to prevent the
accomplishment Of his benificent de-
signs. When the Missouri Compro-
mise would devote a certain section
of country to Freedom forever, Con-
serYatism steps in with the Kansas
Nebraska Bill, and begins war
which Radicals North and South,
decide by the sword, while tImid
Conservatism, astonished at the mag
nitude of the trouble itself has raised
cries let us not fight, let us be
neutral, let us not coerce any State,
let us put down the rebellion but
no, fight or hurt ANYBODY, that ls--let
the Seeding States go, that is, not
let them go-but let us not eoerce