The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-21
Going Down!

Going Down!
The Radical party is badly aelnoralized
1t still busters and utters its old catchwordi
as loudly as ever 1t still claims to be tho
party of morality and economy, of philan
thropy and peace. But its pretensions arc
exploded, its pledges have been violated, its
credit is at discount.
The politicians and Legislators OF this in
famous caba!, in fighting with each other,
have torn off the>masks Of frespectabilty and
decency which have heretofore beguiled the
country. The colored representatives and
senator's and the white renegades and
Adventures at Columbia, make disclosures
which, if true-and they ought to know-indi-
cate that the State is ruled bya knot of imhe-
Giles and villains. The national councils are
controlled by Massachusetts, in the persons oil
Mr. Sumner and Mr.. Butler-the former,s q
conceited and ranting sophomore, whose
motley garb Of learning has long been the
amusement of scholars, and whose eXtrava-
gance and shameless Inconsistency, now ex-
posed upon the floor OF Congress, have dis
graced the party he leads; the latter, q
moral monster, whose nature is incapable OF
shame or principle or courage 1t is idle to
expect that peace and prosperity shall re-
turn to the country until these custodans OF
the public safety have ben deprived OF
power. They are incompetent for good,
potent for evil. So far as their statesman
ship prevails, they cripple the States, divide
the people into conflicting castles, lessen the
resources and multiply the expenses of gov
ernmeut and enrich the few at the expense
Of the many.
And as are the leaders, such are the fol-
lowers No philosophic, commanding poll
tician appears among them. No system
prevails. Every one drifts to and fro as his
individual interests or the expediencies OF
the hour require. The great man of Con-
gress is the man who has said the last sharp
thing. Thus Mr.. Farnsworth had days
fame from hitting Butler. Butler recovered
his control of affairs by hitting Cox. The
Generals elegant and eloquent reply to the
little Congressman-s'S s'Shoo, fly, don't bodder
!"-brought down the house. Such are
the political sensations OF Washington. And
Columbia can do quite as well.
Even the glory OF the "herocs" of the war
is tarniShed by association with Radicalism.
! Fitzpatrick was extinSuished in Peru; loose
rs the morals OF the South Americans are
said to be, they rcvolted at the saitics Of the
captain of Sherman's freeJooters. Sickles
is in Coventry among the proud spaniards,
and has succeeded by his diplomacy in pre-
venting the annexation, and perhaps the
liberation, of Cuba Grant lies in state al
the White House-a defunct President And
''Little Phil. Sheridan" true to the brutal in
stincts which ravaged and burned the fer
tile valley OF the Shenandoah, has now COM
mtted an outrage at the West, which, as
perpetrated upon Indians and not upon white
people, may perhaps be called into account
"a crime which the New York World de-
nounces as '.one of the crucllest, most cX-
''tensive and most disgraceful butcheries ever
'sknown in American history. A detachment
''of United States cavalrymen were dispatch
''ed by his orders to the winter quarters Of the
"Piegan Indians, stole upon them in the mid
''dle of January, when, as Sheridan says,
''they were very helpless, killed one hun
''dred and seventy-three Indians whether
''the women and children were spared to die
''ofcold and starvation, or were slaughtered
''indiscriminately is not mentioned ldestroyed
..fourty-four lodges, also a large amount OF
''winter provisions, captured three hundred
"horses," &c. Sheridan ordered his men to
s'strike to hurt" and they seem to have faith
fully carried out his orders Thus does Rudi-
calism carry out the policy OF peace.
Heroes and Statesmen OF Radicalism!
they are all making their recorq--devisinS
bills and official reports, which the future
historian of the republic will blush to han
die, and which the next generation would
fain, in the name OF liberty and humanity,
blot out forever.