The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-03-29
Political.

POLITICAL.
NORTHERN DEMocRAcY.- is nm
attempt being made &c weaken the faiih
of the people of the South in the Demo
cracy OF the North, and to accomplish
this the chief efforts have been directed
TO an appeal, rs matter OF policy and
expediency as matter of neccs-
sity-for II third party movement, and in
slurs upon the war record of Northern
Democrats. The great question of the
day is. whether we are to have national
consolidated government, or whether the
government as organized and ordained
by our fathers. shall be preserved and
maintained. There are really but two
parties in existence, however they may
be disguised, and these two have existed
from the foundation Of the Government.
They are the National. or Republican, or
radical party, and the Democratic party.
Now it does not matter how direlict to
duty portion of the Democratic party
OF the North may have been during the
war Tho immediate question of that
time is not the grand question of to-day.
Tho war Democrats who fought for the
Union. but now repudiate radicalism and
como boldly to the front to battle for the
reserved rights of the States-for the
letter and spirit of the Constitution and
its inviolability-are joined to the
peace" wing of the party, the only hope
OF the Southern people-the only allies
by whose assistance the South can ever
hope to conquer. The war record of
the Northern Democracy can have no
bearing upon the political questions
which now agitate the country; it is an
issue as dead as slavery itself. What the
SDnfh ppoGs ic frin,I t1 1,,l,, L.. -.
her unequal warfare with the radical de.
structionists, and that friend, that assist
ance, can only come from the ranks of
the Democratic party. What difference
does it make to the South whether Beast
Butler was States rights man in 1860.
if he now striyes daily to destroy the
principles which he then advocated; or
whether Hancock fought in the army of
the Potomac, and Voorhees, and Cox
spoke i'll favor of the Union, if they now
join with us in the struggle against q
centralized dcspotism?
augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
The RADICAL CARDINAL DOCTRINE
Mendoza Scott, under the spiritual in
fiuence of Washington rndicalism, has
been bold enough to utter pnblicly the
cardinal doctrine Of the radical party.
1t Is short creed, so simple and so plain
that he who runs may read. There is no
doubt as to It's meaning; not shadow of
doubt as to its design. It is somewhat
sententious, but that is becoming. 1t is
not new in principle. That bloody old
Spaniard, Mendoza, proclaimed it and
enforced it long, long, before our Men
doza Scott stood con the picket line. {"
But the carpet-bagger from Ohio, who
affects to rule the State Of Sontb Coro
lima by majority of free ballots, has
phrased it in the modern language of
modern radicalism. The Winchester
rifle is the best law This is the highest
effort of radical craftsmanship; the grand
climactcric of radical civilization. The
minnie ball takes the place of the garotte.
The unerring bullet will bring swift pu-
ri6cation or servile submission, and Sc
cure radical progress with plunder.
The turbulence of war and the waves
Of revolution throw such scum as Men
doza Scott to the surface. Like true
radical. he would perpetuate those con-
ditions which gave him life aud power.
Beyond all doubt he is true type of rad
icalism; and if his partizans elsewhere
than in the State he affects to rule, pos
sess more cunning, he is their superior
In audacity, for he openly and boldly
proclaims the revolving cardinal princi
pie of the radical party in the inhuman
diabolical utterance-'The Winchester
rifle is the best law"
augusta Chronicle and Sentinel