The Hillsborough recorder., 1870-11-30
P0LICY OF THE OPPOSITION.

Tbe Radicals have possession Of nearly all
the Northern States. They have the Sc
nate Of the United States. They have the
House Of Representatives. They have the
Supreme court. They have the President.
They have an election law by which whole
States may be DISTINGUISHED. They have
the counting of the electoral vote, and, If
suffered to run at will undivided and undis-
mayed, they have the disposition .olemploy
their power to its fullest limit. BY force ~
by fraud, trusting the issue to the Supreme
court, which they control, and, 1T the
worst, 70 the army and navy, which obey
their orders.
The man who does not see and admit the
danger, can see nothing, and is not a capa-
bic Judge Of affairs.
There is but one hope Of upsetting this
formidable combination Of organized power,
and that is 10 divide itwithin itself. Hence
it is the most obvious interest Of the Demo-
cratic party, being in minority, not only
to encourage the division of the enemy, but
to shape its own course so literally as to
absorb those moderate elements which have
been hitherto cast against it.
To- The head Of the Louisville Courier
Journal is well balanced, but if it does not
mind its P's and Q's some Of our North
Carolina conservatives (so-called) who claim
to be ..dictators, " viii charge it with being
radical" The views Of the Courer-
Journal Zone Of the ablest journals in the
United States, and conservative to the
core. are precisely the views we have tax
en- of,the. political situation from the time
North Carohpa adopted the reconstrnetion
Ismeassires Of c0ngress and resistance to their
enlargement became ''dem-phoSifsm. -
We clearly saw that the Radical party had
|us down Wit heels upon our neck-and
that the Only yay ip tLerworld to turn
thetaplesp oq them WAS luot by cursing
and abusing e7txybody That yoted with the
RAIDS. for these measures IS villains and
thieves, buf BY pursuing course that
would array the anti-radical Republican
against the Radical, and by this means split
the most powerful and formidable party
that ever welded the scepter Of tyranny
and oppression. Believing in the policy
Of winning from the radical ranks all anti
radical republicans and turning them a.
gainst the RAIDS, we 50 shaped our course.
And right here give US leave to tell ex-
treme conservative gentlemen in North Ca
rolina who are to-day basking their bones
in the sunshine of power and, for aught we
know. dissenting from the Recorder, that
but for this policy they would to-day be
fat on their backs with radical feet upon
their necks. What gained the Conserva-
tiyenxiStory in this States Listen, and
rs.. hA-ss.
publican votes. The votes ofmen who af-
filiated with the radicals in adopting the
reconstruction acts when we opposed them.
We said TO these men, you have carried
your point; We no longer resist but yield
and accept the situation: And now. gem
tlemcn, We want all Of you who are honest
and who are opposed to .-social equality"
ofthe races--all who believe this white
mans Government and will stand By his
colOr--to pitch in aud oust this radical
faction. They did il, and thereby the ra-
dical element sustained Waterloo defeat.
And but for this where would have been
the Conservative party Of North Carolina
to-days Listen: Precisely where il was
when the RAIDS carried the State BY 20, 900
majority.