The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-01-06
THE REPUBLIC IN HER1I.

Gen. Morgan, of Ohio, in his speech
in Congress, echoed, we belle Re. the fast
growing conviction in theH minds Of
many men, that the radical n baders have
far deeper and more dangerdJus designs
in view than the mere reteI btion of the
Government patronage Sin CO the yery
beginning of the anti i.slaver] agitation.
forty years ago, the policy of the radicals
has been uniform and con- sistent Tt
commenced with striking q b several of
.,tSs,r ,tSs,%rndamental provisions IL the consti-
narty ha.c compact; and as the radical
another of f. r,sased in pows r, one after
can system have OF tour Republi'
down. The events ooaqttas oqttta I'd and torn
radicals full control - 26e 3 eS aS. gave the
~ tha Gororn,,ent years tas bran>,,es
suppressed; tbels 1aaut;Ue nautUesi =! a cinhs;
uIaS"1 ~ udiciary is shofn of its inde
1fdence. Another dangerous innova
IN has been the direct interference o
Fhr radical lenders, by means of Con
Sfess, In tho i-tArn al efs,;,, ~ +hz Stot.a
Ten years ago there wou] ]gDlve been a1, an
dutburst of popular indAAs1ation if onn
prominent statesmen hH p.~pvssu to
regulate suffrage in the Ststes. Now. as
the New York Neus sayb not only does
Congress dictate who Shall and who
shall not vote. but it actdlly goes to the
length of overturning Stae governments
and setting up new. nehwhioh will be
plant to its will. This fas done last
month in the case of Geo} p. The pre-
tense was that the State " pot yet fully
reconstructed. The on srtunity has
served, however, for Ell hing a new
wedge. The next al nee move
ment is already au rent Just
before the recess, lical intro
duced into the House of presentatives
proposition to overthl j and re-or-
ganlze, on a radical basil the internal
government of the State bf Tennessee.
1t Is heralded from Washington that the
Dali will be put in naotiJh by Butler as
soon as Congress re-assd dmbles. If any
State has been recognized as in the
Union during the past five years, it GER
tainly has been Tennessee. II Congress
lnterferes in that locality there will be
no question of its design to interfere ul-
timately in the other States. From Ten
nessee, the radicals would, if thew dared
to, turn to New York, where an obnox.
lous Democratic Governor and Iepisla.
lure are In power. If tho people submit,
rs they have submitted hll along. to the
shcroaohments OF radicalism, it will not
DC many years before Std dte individuality
will be suppressed entiHely, and eyery
part of the country will be governed di-
fectiy from the centrd authority at
Washington. This will lbe q pure des.
potism, just such as e4ists in Russia.
where the headship is id the Czar; lust
auch Us existed in Franco in 1893, when
Inc National Assembly was the sole
power in the land. I'd this end. the
American republic is beng rapidly hur.
RED The design of thk radicals, from
the outset, has been to shbyert our insti- |
tutions, and they have al Aeady thrown off
the mask: Are the people prepared for
their fetters? asks the Mos. Will thew
ai,o" oil tnelr constitutidnal rights to be
'aAen from them, without bloody re-
distance?
Several State Legislatures are now in