New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-30
POLITICAL.
PADICALISM IN ALABAMA
LETTER FkUM JUDUE NIIE'
EX-,Julge Samuel L. Rice has address


following letter to the people of Alabama
Certain Radicals selfstyled Democratic editors have
recently attempted TO make an impression upon the pun
judge Ss Rce !e' whether he be guilty Of crime can best
be determined by examination OF Radicasm and It's
actual results upon the policy OF parties and the policy
OF Goyernment The course Of conduct uniformly puT-
sued by certain other Radicals calling themselves Re
of hosities 1865 proves that they here not in
any spirit Of genuine citizenship or unsesh patriotism,
fratcrna feeling but 10 acquire for themselves and
their fayorites "loaves aud hshes." IN me FORM
s Of sil''@ alike Of the best iniSTesis Of
the white and colored people who are real Aa6amians
wen knew their selfish schemes would fail unless
they could themselves into the confidence Of the
c0ored people and freely the cOOred voters their
tools They well knew they could never gain their conf
denee upon their own merritt nor upon any eam
well knew that the only mode In which they could
if not hostility on the part Of the coored people toward
the white people with and among whom the colored
diligently pursue that mode, and to add to it the in
EQUITY Of the fase petese that they have all the while
been animated by devoted friendship to the eolored
UNFORTUNATELY for the people Of this state white and
Democrats whose resentments have blinded then, =
their actual condition and TO the folly and injury OF
indulgence OF their inpotent rage There has been no
method craftsmanship In the madness OF these Rad
cal Democrats Their conduct aud words have been just
desired; for these Radical Republicans well know how
short their rule would be, how soon their overthrow
would come they could not be continually supplied
with these contributions SO essential to them, which
from the mntstratOns TO passion ana folly
found SO often in the conduct and words OF Ridl,
cal Democrats. These two classes Of Radicals added
together, constitute nsgnifcance in number, when
compared with Tie entire BODY OF our people But their
nsnilcance in number, well as In merit Is In strk
Although each theoretically hates the other with
fashionable bitterness, yet each IL the practical alder and
minority OF the organization to which it processes ae
yet eachhas just practical enough to make its
actual control OF the Organizations to which they respect
lively profess to belong and thus to sfh and suppress
nTagt igalF al q
Radcaisn is not confined to either party organization
1t exists In both. IL is in miserable minority in both.
But working upon the passions, and not upon reason or
patriotism its result thus far is that small minority Of
Radicals each Of the existing parties actually controls
the majority in each in shaping and framing party pol
icy well governmental policy. The fruits OF Radi-
casm ought by this time he and known and
and known by the honest people, Will bring
Republicans Democrats is the bane and enemy Of the
people and the country. 1t Will destroy the best
the peope destroy soes for se and its
minons, not for the country the people Il hates and
prosei6es all that will not do its bidding IL dishonors
the people by treating them its tools, and not
having and virtue enough TO discover and prevent
batteries and dcceits Before the Democratic Convention
OF june 1868 at Montgomery become convinced that
listing political parties and that it BODIED good to the
conquered and afflicted people Of the South In that
Convention, OF which was member advocated IN a
public speech the nomination by the Democrats OF Chief
Justice Chase for the Presideneya known opponent OF
Radicasm, though distinguished as Republican and
friend Of Universal Suffrage and Universal Am
nesty Radicalisin trumphed in that Convention
ing notice that its determinations, II Radical,
would not bind felt bound IN good faith to yield to
ingy supported Seymour and Blair in 1865 did this
from the obligations arising from my having gone into
wise would have been the course OF my own Judgment
dictated and approved Iconcede that In this yielded
Weld to It again. being better acquainted now with its in
eytabe results than was then. Experience has proved
that Radicalsm eannot be overthrow by any anneees
sary or ayoidahe Welding TO its dlCtatiOn. Inc
practical question is, whether the honest masses
Of both ss s1s assd s To
their own detrment by the impndent minority my
impudent minority each organization has been steadily
opposed by me since the close OF the cam
December 1862 and letter of February 1852 as deib
crate declarations OF hostility TO them And hence they
From the Radical Democrats (whose practically tn
Smphan kdeasm IN 1ae haye seeyea non
measured abuse and reving II because OF their own
prescribed The Radical Republicans during the session
of the late Legislature made deliberate Dut unaVahS
n Horace greeley is Republican if he understands
and correctly describes Republication, am Republi
proseriptive order Of Radicals Like him. am for the
Consultation Of the United States as L reads today in
Amendments and for the removal OF all political disable
ites Like him. am for the Union as az PIN,
am for universal suffrage and universal amnesty in TACT
az S a. % sg the ss Se LIKE R@
i scorn the ignobie policy OF putting shackles Of
any kind upon a minority and then, q. In
time OF peace, waging war upon those thus
shackled Like him, am for progress, internal improve
ment, education, and actual genuine peace with the
manifold blessings OF all these dnused like the dcws OF
Heaven, among all people Like him. oppose Radi-
calism. because II IL bears rule win exclude these
blessings from cur people and tarnsh the bright
cutcheoR OF country Ispeak with painness OF the
Radicals of both parties but without malice toward any
OF them personally am willing to treat them honest
fanatics, who believe that whatever they lind IL
pedient To do Is right The end have In view s 10
hazards, from the ealamities which are INSOFAR
able from the permanent rule OF Radicaism.
Ny ardent desire is for the permanent and universal
rule OF Republicansm above described, aud for the
entire overthrow OF Radicalism. Ny "crime," in the
view OF Radicals 10 earnest aud persistent labor 70
compsh this desire TO 10 the people the benefits
Of Rrpubcansm, and 10 them from the Ills Of Radi