The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-11
CHI L Es TON.
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH II, 1869.
What We May Expect.

Wendell Phillips is an orthodox Radical,
one whose Radicalism is beyond all re-
proach. Upon all the great questions
which have agitated the country during the
past ten years, he has, in the beginning,
been far in advance of the EXTREMIST men
of his party. But hitherto the party have
worked up steadily until they reach the
plane upon which he stood, making it nec-
essary for him to PROFOUND another doc
trine, more thorough and more bitter than
that which went before. Higher aud still
higher he has scared, making his latest po-
litical pronunciamento, in lecture deliv-
cred in Jersey City on Saturday last. The
doctrine then published may soon be press
ed upon Congress with all the force of
rhetoric and invective, as necessary to the
salvation of the country.
In his lecture Wendell Phillips said that
he was perfectly satisfied with the state
ment made by President Grant, in his in
augural address, that he would carry out
the will of the people. "All hail"-said
he-"to the chief who will carry out the
speople's will" And what is the will of
the people? AS explained by Mr.. Phillips,
it is to fire upon the Southern people with
cannon, to hew them down with the sabre,
to gibbet and burn and destroy. Mr.. Phil
lips says that q Ben Butler is wanted
slarge enough to cover thirteen States;"
and, we presume, with an arm long enough
to reach out and buffet our old men and
our women, and carpet Dag big enough
to contain all our precious metals and
jewels of great price.
In. the name of the people, Mr.. Phillips
calls upon Grant to play the role of Crom-
we'll, and make the name of Union man as
terrible to the South as the Lord Protector
made the name of Englishman terrible to
his enemies. The cannon s'now lying idle
ssin Washington" are to be turned upon us.
Scaffolds are to be erected as high as that
on which Haman hung. And all this by
the obedient Grant, the man from whom
some weak minds have expected magnanim-
ity, independence and sense All this raw
aging, and Staying, and polluting, is to be
the work of Grant; for he has pr aised
that he will carry out the will of the peo-
pie, and will vigorously execute every law
ssthat Congress puts in his hands" And,
says Mr.. Phillips, Congress should cover
sthe South with cannon, banners aud scat
:sfolds, till full security of person and prop.
oerty is enjoyed, and till it can be said
"with truth 'we will have peacc!"
We do not fear that the merciful sugges-
tions of Mr.. Phillips will be adopted by the
people of the North, whatever may be their
welcome at tn; hands of the ultra Radicals.
Nor do we fear that this burning and de-
molishing can be accomplished. We ere
able TO take care of ourselves, and will take
care of ourselves, even in the face OF the
great guns and big swords which it is now
proposed to use. All the Philips who ever
lived, from Philip of M.cedon down, can
not daunt us now. We know that there is
peace in the South, and that life and prop
erty are as secure here rs in the heart oi
Massachusetts. This, however, we do moi
expect 20 be believed by the Radicals, as
long as they can grow rich and their party
retain power by garbling and denying the
truth.
What we now desire is to impress upon
our people the fact that the most extreme
of the extreme Radicals is satisfied witt
Gram, and has implicit faith that he viii
blindly obey every decree of Congress; also
to reiterate our belief that we have no more
to expect from Grant than we should have
had from Wade, Sumner or Stevens.