Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1869-12-11
(Com municated.)
SPURIOUS RADIoALISM
AND
TRUE REPUBLICANISM.

- Nv.
AT this stage of our investigation, we deem
II OF some Importance TO glance a, the pagan
Ism OF Radicalism. "The paganism Of Radical.
ISM" - not, as some may Think, a figure of
speech, concoc.ed to support an argument. Il
49, on the contrary, a grim reality, fraught
with social devastation; and therefore totally
Incompatible with the elements Of Christian
civilization on which the political fabric of
these United States has been reared.
Were the pagan morality Of Radicalism,
merely a personal affair, or only the manifesto
ton of Radical religious belief as confined to
themselves, it need not, and would not concern
Us much; but as the working of our political
machinery has, by the permissia, of an
'nscrutable providence, fallen into Radical
hands; and as no people can bring into public
society, other morals than those they possess
~ private life, the moral turpitude of which
the Radicals stand self-convicted, necessarily
affects the whole community and i, cons
eequently, legitimate matter for public scrutiny
and public animadversion. NJ
For those who are accustomed 10 look only
at the boasting side Of the Proteus.like Radical
character, it may be difficult indeed 10 believe
tnat party obnoxious to the grave charge we
bring against them; and doubtless to al!
future generations, it will be a wonder and
an enigma, that in the face of the boosted
enlightenment Of the 10Th Century, any party
could openly enact the political farces which
characterize our era,-and call them 'RepuJ!ic-
dnism'!
For, Of q certainty, posterity will understand,
as All mddsTar1fy Intelligent people now under
stand, that the civilization Of a community is
manifested in the perfection of their legislation:
and as legislation is but the translation into
law OF lhe prevailing morals, how will future
ages comprehend the absurdity Of the corrupt
Radicals pretending to give laws and customs,
and manners, to a community inIleriting tie
traditions of the highest civilization the world
ever knew?
The closest parallel to Radical legislation,
which history furnishes, is that of the Pagan
''"e'o'" s'ot tutti klie Wulu VelOEp tle StiEiS-
tian era. With them the arbitrary will of the
Sovereign. or The absolntisrn of the governing
power, was the rule of p%o!ifca! action with
the Radicals, it is the absolu,ism of Congress.
Pagan Rome g|oried in her literature and her
arts, in her power and her wealth, in her
refinement of luxury, in the development Of
her industries, and in the conquests she had
made, and even in the polish and The urbani'y
of her people; yet the laws of the ancient
Romans wese atrocious, and their morals most
dlssolute : they were consequently, in spite Of
their Disqualification, true harbarians. The
same can be said of the ancient Greeks, of
the ancient Egyptians, and Of all other peoples,
whether Of. ancient or modern times, that
have attained material eminence without
recognizing the moral law of the Cfcator, o,
in designating it. In this classification we
may put the Chinese of The present time and
as the Radicals, morally rotten 10 the core, as
we have seen, give glory 10 themselves in
precisely the same manner and 70. The same
material possessions; and claim the same
exterior accomplishments, while incapable of
elevating themselves above the sphere of
sordid interests and sensual desires, they must
be catalogued with the distinguished barbarians
above mentioned. m gs
The pstaliel is perfect The Radical party
and the Pagan nations Of the world, are "birds
Of a feather" characterized alike for cruelty,
rapacity, trickery, RIGHTEOUSNESS, and lust OF
Jo,c::op (ln,I,. Ia. 49,. ,u.,. '- r.
II can not be denied that the majority Of
the officials spread over the face of the South,
by Radical absolutism, are men destitute Of
intelligence, and totally incapable of making
course. there are some exceptions; and this
we willingly grant. But herein lie the deep
misery and degradation Of a people subject to
Radical rule-,hat while most Of the Radicals
seem to be actuatsd by sordid motives, many are
also impelled by groveiing instincts; and while
the ignoramuses are unable to distinguish be-
tween the outward form Of Repub'icanism and
its essence, the intelligent among them dupe
the others into the belief That the %despotic
Radical Congress and Stale Legislatures, are
real Republican assemblies, and their
managers, true Republican func;ionaries!
So it wa in pagan Rome and Athens. They
had the name Of a Republic, and only the
name; for whether the Sovereign Power
resided in the Senate or in the popular Assem-.
blies, it was in either case unlimited, absolute,
subject to no control, claiming authority above
and beyond the law; even such as the
Radicals now claim for tho Congress Of The
Unitsd States! { ssh
Thus easily gulled and mis'ed (albsit not
unwislingiylby tho gultcathers-,hei masters,
the sninstrreted Radicals are clearly on =
level, in the scale Of intelligence and human
lily, with the pagan populations Of antiquity,