Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-08-25
Serious Questions.

THERE are two grave questions before
the Radical party today is Ken
lucky; the other is North Carolina.
Their gravity is heightened by the fact
thst if something is not done-and prob
ably in spite of anything that cdnb be done
they win be followed BY about twenty
other precisely similar questions in No
vember. That Kentucky should stub
bornly persist in electing a solid delega-
ton Of Democrats 70 Congress, in defiance
of negro suffrage and the enforcement
bill that she should do this without any
maltreatment of negroes that would au-
thorize the government to send an army
into the State-is q piece OF ~effrontery
equalled only by the fact that North Car
| DINA should also vote the Democratic
ticket in spite of all the lawless efforts OF
| Gov. Holden and his man Kirk to prevent
such results. The two facts taken to-
gether are calculated to fill '1oyal" men
| with alarm indeed, they have already
filed that class of persons with alarm /;
and this is he true explanation OF the
strong partisan pressure now being
brought to bear on President Grant to In
duce him to CALI an extra session OF Con-
gress. It is said that an extra session has
become necessary by the European war,
five thousand miles away. We have no
practical business with the war on the
Rhine, and even if we had, the war may
be ended before an extra session Of Con-
eress could assemble. 1t is no menaced
peril to American interests that excites
such profound alarm in Radical circles
it is the mortal peril of Radical suprem-
acy revealed by the North Carolina and
Kentucky elections, and by other re-
cent expressions to public feelings. The
Radical leaders read in those elections and
popular expressions the probability OF q
democratic majority in the next House,
and the intimation fills them with dismay
They have not accustomed themselves Il
contemplate such q calamity, and they dC
not want to submit to it. They nave 81
long used the government of the United
States as q debased party engine, and hav'
so long been accustomed to use the who'll
civil and military power of that govern
ment to advance their schemes, that II
the present peril the idea of an extra ses
sion of Congress to prevent the peopl
from overthrowing them in Novembe
comes most naturally to their minds
Their logic has always been mormonic II
its simplicity and severity. The follower
of Joe Smith at Nauvoo were accustomed
? to preface their predatory excursion
the pious proclamation: The earth i
the Inheritance of the Lords saints W,
are the Lords saints therefore the eartl
is ours" The Radical syllogism Is no
!. less laconic and quite as unanswerable
The government wa made for its loya
citizens zoe are its loyal citizens; there
fore the government was made for us. Oh
. this piece of logic, three-fourths of Con
, gressional legislation for five years ha
: been based. The party in power ha
!. maintained itself in place by sitting tn
popular voice by despotic enactments hoi
? tile to the spirit of liberty ; it has subol
I dinated the peace of the country, the fret
dom of its Citizens the rights of State
and the good order of society to its part
san interests, and its supremacy has neve
seemed to require the aid of the army, c
q new statute that the army was not sen
and b needed statute passed.
The people have become weary of tn.
: harassing policy, which offers no prospet
of termination, and they are signifyin
" misinterpreted. The party has lost i
moral power and is losing its coherenc.
Even its OWL swarms of clerks in the d
partment offices at Washington have II
: VOTED against the usual assessments fl
i -electioneering purposes, and declared the
: will not pay them. In Alabama, Arkal
I sas and Missouri, the ",loyal" party 81
quarrelling like sworn foes; in Ohio the
! ablest men are declining to be candidate
for Offices they can no longer be electe
: to- and in Illinois their nominating col
ventions are scenes of violence inc &
|. mutt. The whole situation is alarminI
|, and the leaders of the party may well fe
Il i u~nedSlneSS, Anu turn In every Olr6CLlOn Il
relief that vii come from none. Franc
has not more certainly fallen from IL
hands of Louis Napoleon than has IL
popular confidence departed from Il
= Radical party in the United States. tt
n Radical Governors of South Carolina al
r. Texas may arm their negro militia
i. keep white men from voting in tho
States; Bullock may deny an election
# the people Of Georgia; the Radical re
istry superintendent in Missouri mt
again franchise one-third the white m,
a of the State in the interest of McClurg
Brown; but all will avail little. II
,e storm is coming and cannot be averte
se The ruling party has suffered a loss
white votes, and a loss of the confiden
81 of white men that all its accessions
colored auxiliaries do not atone for; Al
the utterance of North Carolina and Re
lucky are only presages of the more el
Of phatic and general voice of the North ne
observation-disclosures Republican, 4
L. gusts 8.
The North Carolina Election.