Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-06-30
A distinction with a Dinerenoe.

A prominent Radical journal, in sum-
ming up the prospects of political repre-
s~entation In the coming Congress, does
not hesitate to admit that the division of
the next House will depend very much
upon the action of the present House dur
ing the rest of this session. The admis-
sion Is significant in two respects; L. IL
Is a virtual concession that the course OF
the present Radical Congress has not
found the Endorsement of the people for,
otherwise, there would have been, rom a
Radical point of view, no reason 10 sus-
pect any great changes at the next cleo
ton of ConQressmen. IL. 1t is not less
a concession that the Radical politicians
must change their tactics, undo to some
extent what they have done, n respono
to the demands of the country IN the III
tie time that is left to them, or expect re-
pudiation at the hands of the people.
No one familiar with the peculiar nature
of the Radical politician will believe 1or a
moment that he will consent TO moony ms
own views in Difference TO those Oh tne
people whom he is supposed TO represent
His education has been in q school tnab Is
altogether different from that which useo
to be regarded as orthodox for repre-
sentative government. He has no ldea OF
a dutv toward constituency, and c less
any idea of serving the interests OF the
whole people. As he Is now, his states
mAnS0lD is dAIQO5b % HULL oAheO
army absolutism as is that OF q French
minister under the Napoleon regime. He
has become accustomed to regard the sue
cess of the Republican party as assured
under all circumstances, because OF the
close party ties of the war, with its &C
cessories of "loyalty" and army contracts.
That the acts of the present Radical
Congress attest this, is sufficiently con-
armed by the radical admission we have
instanced above. That they will scarcely
be modified during the rest of the session,
NAV be inferred from the indisposition of
the Radical politicians to open their eyes
to the progress of political events. The
people have demanded a relief from tax
alton, and their representatives have re-
fused to head them. They lave demand
ed especially q relief from the high tariff,
and the response has come in b shape of
a deceptive modification, which leaves the
mat6er fully as distastefol as ever. They
have demanded a final settlement of the
Vexations that grew out of h late war,
and they find that Congress has simply
allowed the unsettled relations of the
Southern States to remain as they were,
while it has devoted its time to the cor
rupt sbservience of private interests
The Radical newspapers, which, like
the one quoted, are forced into admissions
of he incapacity or dishonesty of the
men whom the Radical party has sent to
Will Str1Vc 10 make the people
believe that their demands may be salts
fed by the election OF other men from
the same organization But it is extremely
doubtful whether they can succeed in this
purpose. To elect other men in the same
party would be to approve of the party
management, and the newly-elected would
simply be encouraged to pursue b sam
arbitrary and high-handed course as theil
predecessors. Such journals an he Nea
York Times, the Oncinadtj Commercial ,and
the Chicago Tribune cannot continue tc
denounce the management and leaders OF
the Republican party, as well as many Of
its strongest principles, and then hope to
rebuild it with the aid of the same prin-
ciples and men who will conduct them
selves in q similar manner. There are no
longer the strong ties that held the Radi-
cal party so closely together during the
war and the subsequent struggle Tor uni
versal suffrage, and the denunciatiOn has
been too Just not to produce q total revo-
luton in the political sentiments of al
men who are anxious for such q remodel
ing of Congress as viii secure the people
and their true interests at least a faiS con
sideration.
The true meaning, then, OF b Nev
Times prediction that the Radica
apportionment of The next Congress vii
depend upon the closing acts of the pres
emit session, is that the Radical party ha
seen its most prosperous days, and that
hereafter, the people win be more hkel.
TO vote on real men and issues b tn
mere partisan distinction made in an cleo
tion.-Ch6ca0O Times Juno IA.