The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-03

play OF Journalistic courtesy, more especially oy
the candid confession OF the Age. After ac-
1nowledging that radical journals possess awide
and general circulation, 1t adds, In italics, "the
| poison Aey thus eagerly distribute mast be met
| at ege,.v poiyt 6y an dntidote" and with COM
! mendabe and wholly disinterested zeal for the
| public welfare II declares that "this can only
| be done by giving prompt and liberal encourage
ment to the Democratic press of the country"
The people are now placed in as sublime and
Independent attitude as Cato, when he
proudly said;-"My bane and antidote are both
before me" and they have all the privileges
awarded by the expounder of the mysteries of
the mcnagerie-"You pays your money and you
takes your choice" The most confusing point
left is in reference to classification, and to the
establishment of distinct understanding as to
what shall be considered a 'bane" and what an
'antidote;" but the Ageis clear that the radical
doctrines are poison" For some posons
whisky is popularity considered one of the best
remedies, and if the Age thoroughly satisfies the
Democracy that its columns viii be made as
spicy and agreeable as internal applications of
this specific, we see no good reason why its
circulation should not become even larger than
that of its illustrious colaborer, the La
Crosse Democrat. The great feature of
the stimulating treatment, however, is that
it must be very thorough If whisky is to be
used, 1t must be used hot by the gill but by the
quart, and among the genuine Nasby Demo-
cracy by the gallon. If Democracy is to be ap-
piled as an antdote for Repubcanism, it must be,
in the classic language of Pomeroy, ''red-hot,"
and the Age, to ensure complete success, must
go the ''whole figure" When, for instance, the
mind of modern reader has become poisoned
by radical teachings in favor of abolition, let it
boldly advocate slavery-the perpetuation of the
institution wherever it eXsts-its speedy re-
vival in all the Southern States its extension TO
the Territories and its eventual introduction
into all the Northern States, and every other
portion of the civilized world. If it is good
thing there cannot be too much of IT. and the
radical poison is far too powerful to be neu-
traliAed by any small-beer attacks on negro suf-
frage or the appointment of a few negroes to
Office Let 1t fall back for materials for its anti
dote on the staple doctrines Of its party as they
were expounded in the days of its prosperity,
when it fomented the Rebellion for the express
purpose of perpetuating and extending the
favorite institution.
Patients afflicted with the radical poison which
predisposes them to pay the public debt must
be actively piled with heavy doses of repudia-
ton. The platform of the Tammany Hall Con-
vention is very good in its way, but it is scarcely
powerful enough for desperate cases. The great
Democratic doctor, Pomeroy, prescribed the
most popular well as the most effective
remedy when he administered column after
column of advice to wipe out the debt,
school-boys wipe figures off their states, and
when he held up the ''bloated bondhoderS" as
objects of popular eXecration. 1t is idle for the
Age to offer any rose-water antdote, any pre-
varcations about the exact terms of the laws
authorizing the existing loans. The radical
''poson" has thoroughly saturated the con-
stitution of all honest and intelligent men that it
must resort to the most desperate and drastic
remedies, or leave them to their unhappy fate.
| For the radical poison which predisposes
men to uphold the new Southern State govern
ments, the Age can furnish no effective anti
| dote less powerful than the proposition of its
recent candidate for the Vicc-Presdency new
rebellion; but from present appearances the
Southern people are becoming well satisfied
with the new order of things, that they will need
no help from the North to suppress such an out
break. If the "antidote" is not quickly applied,
the ''poison" will have done its work so
thoroughly that no remedies of the Age can
effect a cure.
In regard to the suppression of the old Rebel
lion, and the restoration of the authority of the
National Government, the radical poison"
which countenanced and sustained the mighty
movement for the Union can no longer be neu-
tralized. We suppose the Age will scarcely even
attempt to furnish 'antidote" for this success
full influence. Its best resource will be to bewail
the downfall of Democracy caused by the sur
render of the Confederate armies, and to inspire
in the breasts of the citizens of Pennsylvania
feeling of regret that General Lee was not sue
cessful at the battle of Gettysburg.
We beg our readers to remember that
all these, together with many Others anti
dotes too tedious to enumerate, can be had
daily for the sum of eight dollars per annum, or
weekly in clubs, for the sum of one dollar.
Ho, all We who suffer from the radical poison,
step up TO the Age office and be cured Learn
there how TO be sorry that freedom has sup
planted slavery; that reputation has been
spurned; that the Union has been restored.
'Macbeth" asked in vain for physician who
could minister to mind diseased, but in this
progressive century all unhappy radicaizcd
mental constitutions can seek the soothing com
forts Of the Age
HAGGERTY has been caught. He resortcd to
a neat device, worthy of his great genius, to get
loose upon another specimen of straw bail. But,