The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-02-17

Appropriations were. resumed, ana con
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Radical Disintegration.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette thus views the political
situation: ,r.i, ~. g.. =, .r,. =.
I have taken some pains to ascertain
the status of members of the Senate and
House upon, the question Of further ag'
eressive measures by the Radical leaders.
and am able to state that the majority in
the House of Representatives and mi.
nority of considerable and increasing
strength in the Senate are disposed, at
last, to pause before taking another step
in the direction Of civil revolution: The
negro has been set at liberty. He has
been accorded the ballot (when millions
of whites have been disfranchised y hehas
been put in the jury box; allowed to tes-
tify in courts in cases civil and criminal,
where whites alone were concerned; the
the children of his race have been provl-
ded. ut henpublic expense, with ample
means of education, and bis equality en-
forced by law in all public conveyances,
theatres, houses Of entertainment and
public edifces /; and, finally, he has been
lifted to the highest positions in the gov
ernment-executive and legislative. Cor
respondingly tho whites have been de-
graded. ~,
It would be difficult, indeed, tor the
dominant party to 60 further on in the
direction of elevating the negro or op'
pressing the white race. Yet it is felt by
many astute Radical leaders that to pause
for an instant. in this respect, would be
death to their organization. This argu-
ment (unquestionably sound) has thus tar
dragged along many unwilling votes,
which served to swell their Congressional
maiorities. But i. am now assured, by
many in whom have the utmost conf
dence, that even the certain disember-
menu of the Republican party will not in
duce an effective majority in Congress
(cyen as at present orgauized) to follow
Sumner and Butler an inch further in
their road to inevitable and final ruin.
The negro, whoever may say to the con-
trarv. has all along boen the sheet-anchor
of tho Radical party. Upon no other
question could it have been made unit
under the lash of New Eng land. The hal
lucination of the Northern mind upon this
one point is the most marvellous phenome-
non the world ever witnessed. at this
moment many Northern voters (who
know nothing at all of, tho race) would
not hesitate 10 60 the length of it's delft
caticn. Hitherto every other question
has been.made subservient to this one
idea. Even hatred of secession and ven.
geance against secessionists owe much, II
f not all. of their demoniacal malignity to
the perfect madness possessing the popu-
lar mind upon this subject, constantly ex-
cited, as it has been, by the lies of pur.
chased and unscrupulous press. The end
of the tether has at last been reached
aOthello's occupations gone" @
No one can exaggerate the Importance
of the reaction that has taken place in
the past few days. Freed from the incu-
bus which weig ghed so heavily upon mem
bers. and from caucus dictation, its ac-
knowledged effect, the great questions of
the tariff, currency, taxes, &C., may now
be discussed and voted upon with respect
alone to the interest of the country at
large. If Western and Southern mem
bers shall, therefore now bc found voting
for the Eastern money changers, bond.
holders and manufacturers, the excuse OF
party shackles imposed in Difference to
the eternal and internal negro question
will not avail them. They must stand
out in bold relief as purchased cattle at
so much head.
It must be acknowledged that the evil
dent reaction referred to has been pur-
chased at heavy and degrading price,
But it seems negrophilism, like the n'orus
muzticaulis fever, must needs run it's course.
It has now eliminated. Tho day is not
far distant when the whole country VIII
look back with wonderment at its lnfatu'
alton, and hasten quickly and effectively
to retrace its steps. In the meantime we
must havo patience, and do the best we
can aI'v under % improved prospects.
You will SEQ that Democrats ana Con
servatives in Congress arc becoming more
lively and independence than when "a short
time ago) they were under the daily ap'
nrehension of expulsion or worse. Their
conduct to-day has been unexceptlonbIse.
Let them hereafter hold up their beads
manfully. Tho threats of Morton and
Sumner, and Butler and Hoar have be-
come vapor indeed. Such men are no
longer the Robespierres, the Dantons and
Murats of America. They arc forever,
from this moment. shorn of their strength
for further mischief
Several persons have lately been ar
raigned in York County, Maine, tor VIOLA
L. lnnnr ln,u md mnch inpanu-