Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-05-28
I-xFTHArIoss or RADICAL
PohEOT.

strong stimulous TO keep Il alive.
It ls en- unhealthy growth, and
feeds alone on Inflammation. In
the moments Of cool, calm, retlec
ton which occasionally come to
all, even the most partisan Of the
honest members Of this party
realize that it survives alone
through excitement. 1t must have
some strong hobby upon which
TO ride. Some great question must
be presented to the people to pre-
vent them from calmly thinking
the public must be kept in a state
Of foment and disquiet, or else the
party dissolves and melts away
The cohesive power of public
plumber reconciles and keeps
together in apparent harmony the
leaders of the party, but there
must be some tub thrown to the
great public whale to keep it from
drifting Off into other waters
With a sagacity which commands
our admiration, the leaders of the
Radical party watch every change
in their party, and make, with
promptitude, provision to 'encour-
age or change it. They have
gagged the American people, and
knowing them to be an excitable
and impossible people much after
the order of the French, have
adopted the system pursued by
Napoleon, who endeavors to keep
the minds of his people
so completely wrapt up in first
one and then another excite.
ment as will prevent them
from contemplating or devising
treason. The leaders Of the Radi.
cal party with finger upon the
public pulse regulates by different
stimulants, the degree Of %feverisl
excitement necessary to Absorb
the people already united will
that party, in its new schemes, an'
thus prevent them from witnessing
and denouncing the corruption o
those who represent the party il
high places. T..
This party has ridden the ire
horses "loyalty," rebellion, ""treS
son." Fifteenth amendment" an
: the "pOOr down trodden and Of
pressed man and brother" unit
. they have almost ceased to moV
or have sufficient strength requisii
i, to sustain the great burdens und'
which they have heretofore bee
4 goaded into motion by the vigo
Gus application Of whip and spn
l. And hence the party mustiook f
n some other measures. .
b Senator Revels, in Philadelphi
q the other day, declared a part
L the programme, which is a "
J upon the Episcopal Church, VII.
I. in Congress on the 10Th inst, Z
, white leaders there very plain
4 indicated that it was to be by
a general assault, all along the lii
d upon the Roman Catholic ChurC
10 The fact that it is the design
the Radical party TO make q
10 ligious war was evinced in Co
a gress in the discussion which arc
"a on the amendment of Mr.. Brood
! of New York, to the Diploma
!. % Appropriation bill, to inclu
:. Rome in the mission Of ministC
a. resident.
General Banks had just war
NJ ed up the House by injecting
Of twenty minutes speech into I
e. general debate in favor Of the
70 nexation of San Domingo
Of administration measure-and I
n body was quite ripe for the d
ID cussion that followed. Mr.. BroO
&c in supporting his amendment,
a. luded to the proscriptive intent
of the Radicals in emitting I
70 mission to Rome, cited the fact
of the commerce in the arts and
.sy ences with which the ancient c
es. was interviewer, and intima'
we that spiritual, not temporal, obi
IT'D lions were the basis of the OH
we sion. Mr.. Cox sustained this
len sition, and showed that in
We very next line of the bill it
la' proposed to send a minister
- Turkey, q country of infidel
ice and polygamy. Bingham, of Oh
then made a ten minutes orati'