The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-01-04
Partisan Servllliy 0i the Radical
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Leaders.
Not the least among the evils which
Radicalism has inflicted upon the coun-
try is the development and encourage
ment of the most abject political scrvili-
ty No other party ever rewarded with
such muni6cence the doers of its "dirty
work" Distinguished ability is out
strippcdin in the race for Radical honors
by INSCRIPTIONS partisan zeal What a
political aspirant may have done for his
country sinks into nothiagness when
compared with what his rival has done
for his party.
Such creature as BRowSLow, for in
stance, could have risen to prominence
in no other party than the Radical. He
has all his life been a clerical hypocrite
and 'fdirty work" politician. The re-
spectacle old Wing party let him severe
~ alone. But in the Radical party he
crowded himself forward, and by tramp.
ling down laws and constitutions kept
the State of Teahessec for years under
control of the Radicals, end-hc is now
United States Senator.
Ben BUTLER understands this charac-
tcristic of his party better than any OF
his fellows. Hundreds in his party have
more ability; hundreds of thousands
have more merit; but he has performed
with more unscrupulousness aud more
alacrity the detcstablc bchcsts of his par
ty, and, as consequence, he is to day the
very foremost man in that party, 1t is
absolutely humiliating to see HORACE
GREELEY, himself an ardent partisan,
going-not to the President, not to the
Cabinet, not to the Senate, not to the
House--bu. to Ben. BUTLER and humbly
begging him to allow the severity Of the
Radical party toward the Southerncrs to
be relaxed! One GREELEY, with all his
faults, is worth a purgatorv full of Bur-
LERs, and yet we see GREELEY confessine
that he can only influence the policy ot
his party by first guiaiRg BUTLER to biz
measures.
Other conspicuous examples Of splen
did reward for dirty services are the car
pct-bag and scalawag Congressmen from
the reconstructed States. These mer
almost without exception gained theil
first notoriety by harrassing. and, with
the aid Of the military satraps, tyranni
zing over their neighbors-those who
were most lawless and domineering be
ing made Senators, and the others Rep
rcscntatiyes. Their sole claim to the
gratitude Of the Republic being the ser
vices they rendered in enabling minor
Iity in their several States to tyrannlzt
over the msjority. These Radical pet:
may fairly be measured by the gusg'
which the Radical leaders furnish US
Whenever measure more than usually
Iiniquitous is to be passed, the BurLER'
count as absolutely certain for It oil th'
scalawags and carpet baggcrs. II 1t b
found desirable for some partisan purpos'
to break down the Executive, or to de
stroy the Judicial branch Of the Govern
ment, or to pcrpetrata some additiona
atrocity upon the Southern whites, tht
Buffers commence counting the chan
ces of success; and the first thing they
do is to set down every scalawag ant
carpes-Ssgger for it--surc. Then the.
lcount.the BUrLERs, then the ScHEScKs
then the GARFrELDs and so on up th'
linc-the only ones, besides the BUTLER
and ScHEScKs, about whom there can b
mo possibility of mistake being the car
pet baggers and scalawags.
A few days since ScHENcK found al
opportunity of bidding for the applais'
Of the intensely loyal which BUTLER ihat
loverlooked.ss A resolution was pending
to honor the remains of the great phi
llauthro,,ist. GroRGg PEABoDY, whicl