The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-03-18
wendell phillip. ana Grant 4,

Wendell Phillips and Grant.
The fanatleal horde which has already
bruugh sagh uutold woes upon this country 10
beginning again 10 aestir itzsif, nov that sup
Poses thai there Is . President IN the White
House who ID disposed 20 execute It's hehests
~ ,recalrnt lsadsr aud nouih,pises, Wendell
bis adhesion o General Grant. has al last ae-
Septed Aim e dtiing Representatives Of the
Radical extzcmists, and 10 characteristic dia-
Tribe sgaiast the South he calls upon the Pres
tdent 70 ureak upon that hsplsss section q
further and more remorseless vengeance. The
wild aud 20 savage that Il mig ht be passed over
a. tho raving Of some maiesolent iRnatic, but
for the SD TACT that he In reality represents
party which now sxercises no Uncomfortable
inaaones in public Affairs. This man, by ma
ture an agitator and demsgogue, indacced
people 10 believe, in the earlier part Of his
career, that in his vehement denuneiaiions Of
the South he was moved solely by an impas-
sioucd ioyeso civil liberty, and an intense pity
for the negro slaye. Hos hypoeritical his
preiensions were, time has fully proven. The
war had no sooner taken from him, BY the
extinction Of slavery, the pretext on which be
sought notcriesy daring twenty clamorous
10 propagate thu new evangel OF universal sui.
irage. Finding now that Congress has nsurped
control over that subject, and thai his ranting
about Il attracts little or no attention, he has
taken In hand the future Of the white people Of
the south. In yindictive article In the AAfi-
Slavery Standard be appeals TO Grant, the
negros President" 10 at oaee assume the Juno
tons Of a Robespierre In that part OF the ooun-
Try While be still retains 30 much Of that
gushing humanity and love Of freedom be once
professed, as TO move him To rejoice that the
Indian has now some one TO watch his rights"
be breathes nothing bat pitiless rage and ven
geanee towards our brethren bsyoupd the
Potomac, "At last" exclaims this rabid rev.
olutionist, s'the ku-kiax have left the White
House" aud With this insane peslude he pre-
scribes the obligations resting on the new in
eumbent He e In no hurry about regulating
civil stfairs, or the removal or appointment Of
Government officials. 'sShoot and hang iirst, /"
say this amiable apostle OF humanity. I'VE
beseeeh Grant" writes this champion Of RIG bit
aud Justice, "to send MN South whose very
names shall mean vengeance, deep, terrible
and most effective vengeance. Put aside sham
Governors and paltering officials, and give US
the peace which IL sure 10 follow the sword in
the hands OF a prompt, honest man." "Sach
q man as Butler, in New Orleans" bellows this
expcupder Of the higher law, ''is worth now
more than mule load OF laws" Such Is the
infamous outcry deliberately uttered by one Of
the leading men of New England, and re-echoed
BY large number OF iis people. Aud all this
scream for blood originates from 4 myriad OF
seansalous lies invented expressly to produce
It. That the people Of the South are thirsting
for the blood Of every Northern man among
them, and that they are In reality but a nation
OF Thugs, are faisehoods Of which Wendell
Phillips himself does not believe 4 word when
he utters them. There never was another pe0-
pie, since the world began, that has presented
such a spectacle Of diguided submission to mis-.
fortune and heroic endurance OF adversely. A
proud and brave race, comprising millions oil
| men, has not only met with al overwhelming
defeat Il has been despoiled of its olden
rightsi II has been deprived of the protection
OF its accustomed laws; Il has been for years
| subjected TO the government Of the soldier, OF
| the stranger, or the negro, as the shifting ca
price Of the conqueror has dictated. Il has been
| vilihed and Knocked at BY 4 thousand spouting
patriots OF the Phillips school, and il has been
| insalted and betrayed by hundreds Of the venAl
adsenturers who are even now prowling about
the South in search Of place and plunder.--
Under these circumstances the Southern PEG.
| pie have made no foolish threats nor unaTail.
| ing moan. Conscious Of their helplessness
they have nevertheless neither cringed to the
| faction which can still further destroy them,
nor confofmed TO It's insolent demands. With
calm fortiiude they are facing future which
| they are mot permitted TO assist in shaping. II
| would be no matter for wonder if Northern
men were unsafe among such a people, but save
some few brawlers and advcntarers Of the low
| eat stamp, scarcely any Northerner has suf-
fered injury 10 that section. Nearly every
railroad train and steamer from the North or
West has carried scores OF Northern travellers
to the South every day for three years past,
and they have returned unmolested. Thous-
ands OF Northern men are to-day sojourning or
living permanently In the south in great con
tentment. The frantic falsehoods which Wen
dell Phillips circllaies are mainly coined BY
the Northerners there, who have gained or are
striving after Office, and the very fact that
these men can thus openly lie about the South,
would, IN an ordinary age suffice TO carry with
u the refntation Of their ISLANDERS. But the
Radical party has become 50 debauched that
is leaders know they can safely test is credu-
lily to any point, pnd having their own imme.
diaic ends 20 serve BY fostering in the North
enmiiy towards the South, they hail the labors
Of Phillips and bis eoadjators with liseiT salts.
faction. What the disastrous and frighlal re-
suit OF all this may be In the future, they little
care. Their sole interest is in the present.
That the purposes of the Radical party are
such As must lead them to resort 10 such a
bloody and despotic course as Wendell Phil.
lips has Swallowed forth, We shrink from be-
ueving. We should dismiss the idea without
an instant's hesitation, we're il not for the ter
rible fact that the President has already sent
to the South, as rulers, men whose names
''mean vengeance" lie has taken the tirst
step IN the programme OF Mr.. Phillips. He
surely cannot take the next, unless be l. fully
prepared 10 strike down ell further hone Of 4
restoration OF the Union and the Constitution,
and 70 inaugurate q prolonged era OF strife,
revolution and anarchy. Aoaday's Bait. Gas.
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