The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-02-24
Radical Brotherly Love

Our Radical Legislators at Washington don't seem to
dwell together in brothery love, if the many reports
We get from there be true. 1t only short time
| ago tina. Colfax and Butler had regular tnsse in
which the latter out second best, though he oil
two 's in for kicking the Senate out in the cold
Sumner now comes IN for his share Of brotherly love
Mr. Patterson, of New Hampshire, on the Sd, gave
the gent severe castigaton, much to the delight Of
the whole body. His remarks. in which he character
sed the esfsy eoqucnce of the Senator from Massa
chusetts" produced smile of satisfaction all the
House. Sumner did not open his lips, so completely
was lie taken aback It IS said that Fessenden Dyed
| it very much Mr.. Hendricks also took hand in
lathering the Senator from the Old Bay State, much
| to the amusement Of the Senate From what" Mack,
the special correspondent OF tie Cincinnati Enquirer,
says the Radical Senators elected this winter not
over stocked with brothery love for their confreres.
He saws g don't know why it is but there is
diality of hatred and reciprocity of contempt be-
tween the great men OF the Radical party i'll the SEN
ate, that if fully known, would as,osh people
Fessendcu hates Sumner and says in private
sation he's fool. Sumner hates F,sscnden and says
he's Il wretch Harlan hates Grimes, and says he's
man Of no principle. Grimes hates Harlan, and says
he's s~indcr. Wade hates Sherman, and says hes
political coward. Shcrman-we, John hasn't blood
enough in him for either love hate. Conness laics
Cole (they are both Radicals from California, remem
ber and calls him all the evil he think Of
Cole reciproeates the favor by giving, his private
opinion of CONFESS, that be is the biggest scoundre
unhung TrumbulI talks of Yates as drunken fool
and Yates talks Of Trnmbull as a sober sneak. If
what ilams Of Oregon, says of Corbett Of Oregon,
be true, Corbett Of Oregon ought to be in lunatc
asylum; aud if what Corbett of Oregon says of VIII
liamS of Oregon, be true, Williams, Of OrcsGs ought
to be in States prison. And, o yc gods, listen to
Drake talk OF his newly elected colleague The humble
Schurz-he of the unlathomable German mind and the
metap rysical German conference.-the discp pie Of
Kant and the couu!ryman of Schiller. 4 Dutch iu
fdcl IAN unprincp'ed interloper "a potca
adventurer and all the names with which the Rad
cal tongue grace its speech when gets excited.
have yet heard the Hon. Carts opi:.ion of Drake
but if he stops short Of calling him id fool, he
will do hini great njtisGe.
- But Drake Sciurz is swcetened roSe-water
compared with Morton on Schuyler the new v P, or
Schuyler on Morton. They are both from Indiana,
you know, and each claims minute Acquaintance with
the others record. Nor is this all. The Republican
party Of Indiana to be divided into hostile arm
les under the banner OF Schuyler aid Morton rcspec-
lively The Schuyler fellows have long been indulg-
ing the hope that Morton would die, but he has no
notion Of it. He is better to-day than he has been
for four years, and likely he entirely well very
Meantime the war goes on. The Schuyler fellows spit |
nitric acid all the Morton faction and the Morton
aeton returns the compliment with strnug solution
Of verbal viirol presume each TO be correct in what
hey say OF the other and conclude from both that the
Radicals of Indiana are happy family indeed. The
3neS aud the Bluffs iii Pickwick, the Big Endians
md the Little Endiaus in CULVER are the only para
els in ancient Or modern political warfare for the Nor
ons or Scluyers Of Indiana"