The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-04-26
Monday RTsnins, April go, 1859.
HOW RADTCALIsM IS PR0PAGATED.


The public has grown familiar with Radi.
cAsm in the pulpit, in the school room and
in school books, in the lyceum, and almost
every other place which should be exempted
from the banoful influence of politics Pros.
citing from right political principles has
generally been confined to the living, but
the grave is now made to teach Radicaism.
A Radical edition Of Noah Webster's die.
tionary has recently been issued, in which
that great photographer IS made to echo
partisan definitions Of important terms
descriptive Of our form Of government di.
rectly contrary from those he wrote when
living.
In Mr.. Webster's edition of his dictionary
is the following definition Of CoHgresI
"The assembly Of Senators and Repre-.
sentatiyes Of the United States Of America,
according to the present constitution, or pc.
litica compact, by which they are united in
federal republic; the Legislature Of the
United States, consisting of two Houses, a
Senate and House of Representatives
Recently, and since our form Of govern.
ment has been practically changed under
Radical domination, new edition Of Web.
sters dictionary has been brought out under
the editorship Of Prof. Chauncey A. Good.
Tich and Prof. Noah Porter and other ultra.
lists in politics, wherein Webster is made to
reflect the politics of New England Radi
casm and modern Repubicanism by Civ.
ing the following definition to the same
word
The assembly Of Senators and Represen.
tatives ofthe people Of a NATION, especially
Of "a republic, for the purpose of enscting
laws and considering matters Of NATIONAL
interest, and constituting the CHIEF iegisla.
tire body cfthe NATION
A comparison and analysis of these two
definitions will show the character Of the
transformation which this work has under
gone. Webster would no more have defined
Congress as these Radical tamperers have
than he would have defined democrat to
mean q monarchist.
In Webster's own edition be defines the
word compact thus;
"An agreement; contract between par
ties a word that may be applied, IN a gen
eral sense, TO any covenant or contract be
tween individuals; but il more generally
applied to Agreements between nations anC
states, as treaties and coufederacies. s.
the constitution # The United States is Il pC
tticIt contract bettOeeH the states or m
ti0nll COMPACT
Under the new dIspensatiou he is mad
to Say compact is:
"Au agreement between parties: a GOV
naut or contract, either between individua
or nations
Again: Webster himself defines consiit,
ton to be:
The established form Of government /
state, kingdom or country system
fundamental rules, principles aud orjinar
ces Tor the government Of state or nation
IN tree states, the constitution is paramour
to the statutes or laws enacted by the Lei
ls.atnre, limiting and controlling its power
and IN The United States, the Legislature
created and its powers designated by Il
constitution"
Mr. Webster by his revisers says cor
sttution is:
The principles or Fundamental, law
winch govern a state or other organize
body OF men, and are embodied IN write
documents, or implied in the constitution
ana aSayes otthe country or society,""
The constitution Of country is some
thing implied in its constitutions and usages
definition Of which schooboy ought t
be ashamed. This vague and clumsy nor
sense must be substituted for DR.. Webster
excellent definition, because the latter il
wolves unpopular doctrines!