Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1869-12-04
Communicated.
SPURIOUS RADIcA1Ism
~ ,f1 AND 5,fs.E
TRUE REPUBLICANISM.

we need hardly. insiS, that the laws. which.
constitute mans rule of action, must be
bounded in justice; but since ~instice, wears
many aspects, on account of the faliibiiity of
human judgment, and the inperfec,iou Of
human intelligence, we are, If necessity.
compelled to determine the law of Justice,
itself, by some fundamental and invariable
standard. The standard, we can not find in
human opinion, which is, itself, un,ixed and
unstable, and therefore has no binding force
inherently. Evidently then, we must fall back
on Divine Revelation; for that alone is i'm.
mntable.--" Ve'1tos Domini maHst in ~etinum."
No one who recognizes God as the author of
our being, will venture to deny the necessity
of this immovable basis for the individuals
rule Of action; and, as the social man is
identical with the 4. individual man, he is
equally answerable for his acts in society, as
tor his isolated acts; whence it follows. Tia
all social and political laws that do not recor-
NE his fundamental principle Of social
existence, are but sterile theories or whimsical
romances, totally snnsui,ed 10 a people who
aspire 70 Immortality; but greatly in accord 1t
must be .-esnfessed) with the intellectual
alterations Of our Radical neighbors, WHO
declare themselves ready to reconstruct the
Creator, Himself if His laws ctaer any ob.
slrnction to their designs! ~--
Now since (s We have shown social and
political authority mnst be exercised III ac.
cordalce with he Divine revelations con
cerning the law Of justice, il is incontestable
that the administration of Government should
be strictly founded on morality. Does any sane
man, not directly interested III the too no,ori.
Gus 'thieving" Of "THE PARTY or CoaRup-
TloN," pretend that the idea Of morality is
ever entertained in either the Federal or the
State Radical administrations? But as those
who are "smart" enough 10 Mieue, I'VE adopt
the word from the Radical vocabulary, as will
be seen Directly are seldom at a loss for an
excuse, let US put on record, from ten thousand
proofs Of Radical v%enality, a few items of
evidence ont Of their own mouths.
n: ost I . 4444a4ee:- a-feA+ea U. s. Senator
for The State of New Hampshire, in one of his
speeches in the Senate, during the war, made
the following declaration Gel tell you. sir, !
believe, and l declare it upon my RESPONSE
bility as a Senator of the United States, tina,
the liberties of this country are in greater
danger today from the corruptions and from the
prot1igacy p%ractised in the various depart.
ments Of the Government, than they are from
the open enemy in the field."C)
M. Halves, Il radical member for Massa.
r%husetls, said, at a subsequent period, in the
House of Representatives. gentleman
must remember, that in the first year of a
Republican administration, which came into
power upon the profession Of retrenchment
aud reform, there is indubitable evidence
abroad in the land that somebody has pzunlered
The public treasury well nigh in one single
year as much as the entire current yearly
expenses Of the Government, during the ADM.
nistration which the people hurled FROM power
on account of its (aIIe ged) corruplion.r
And now comes Don Plat, an out.spoken
Radical, and, at the time of his declaration
as given below, editor of the "blacacheek,
Ohio, Press, who says :-"From the time of
L'nco1n's first Inauguration, up to the time of
his death, The thieves were all in e6ice. 1t was
impossible almost to lay hands on an official.
and not touch a man made rich by his position.
This was especially the case with the m%oneyed
offices. Honest men stood aghast at the impu.
nifty with which stealing weM on. All cries of
shame at the outrage seemed unavailing. All
opposition was thrown away. Thieves were
turned out to be succeeded by there's, and Colossal
acre made in an hour! The amiab'e
old President cracked jokes over the rascali'y,
and said that in his appointments he had run
his hand into a sack of fifty snakes to find one
eel" C!D .
Here is a beautiful exhibition of Radical
morality, by Radicals ; Its truthfuluess, in
view of the sources whence it comes, must be
as undoub.ed. If such is Radicalism in
the green wood, what can il be in the dry?
Who will count up the millions c''pluudered
from .the public treasury.") that have stuck TO
the wei. practised digi,s Of Radical officials,
during the last decade of years? Who can
the grand total made by This piund.
ering from the treasury, combined with the
p'undering by means Of ''iobs'' and the Tune
cessary multiplication of offices, for the
special behoof of a party who, in assumine
he robesSof office, pretended that their chief
lin was retrenchment and reform +? Of course
'nch pretence isan audacious s,cindle. There
q no use in mincing words. No softer name
viii adequately describe il.
The social iniquities of that section of the
United States in which Radicalism most
hounds, have been often alluded TO in these
columns; and ii, today, we bring witnesses
rom their W ranks 10 testify against the
Radicals, il is not because the people Of this
section have any need Of the example of
unparalleled political Generalization which
we have %adduced, 10 convince them of the
RADICAL incapaci,y to reconstruct or rehabili.
ate their country (or Of THAT they are too