The New York herald., 1871-03-15
OF EN- w AR.
The Radical Fight Against
the President.
Wendell Phillips and tho New Radical Depar-
ture- Southern Millionnaires Must bs Shot
at tho Drum Head-"A Democratic
President May be Impsssible"-
A Radical Gap for Blood.

[From the National Standard (antladministrationl
this week.
blow sometimes stuns drunkard into sobri-
ETY.. Possibly the insult offered and the peril
brought to the republican party by the removal OF
Mr.. Sumner may have this erect on the nation.
We may see the loyal men OF the North rally to the
defence Of the Union. II not then there is but one
thing more for Congress to do In order to sign the
death warrant OF the republican party and possibly
of the Union. Let Congress now adjourn without
authorizing martial law Az the South to curb the Ku
Klux, and trey have assured the election OF demo.
crat to the Presidency. Indeed, the mood Of
Washington regard to the anarchy OF the South
such that we consider the matter about settled.
The thirty.thrce republicans who last week removed
Mr.. Sumner from his post elected democratic Pre-
sident for 1872 Whether Grant win consent to run
badly he does not himself know yet. But evidently
But ers bill on the hu kluX Is not likely TO become
q law. The same suoservency that ate dirt in the
sumner matter stands ready TO defeat that. Any
substitute that sends Southern aSsassns to be tried
by o jury OF ieiiow ASA Sins is mockery. Nothing
short OF shooting haJa dozen southern glRonnaires
at the drum head oiu a,ce the K Kux into submits
sion.
Congress or at the White House. The ST. Domingo
collar on Senatorial necKs shows that they belong to
man who has entered on the course where Andrew
Johnson persisted. How far he intends TO advance
on that pathway he does not himself now know.
But the descent IS fatally easy: We dld not expect
IL
peotedly rose to the level Of craftsmanship in the
matter OF the fifteenth amendment and Of
Tue Indians we smotnered all m our doubts
months capped by this insoent interference OF Con-
gress, reveals the man. We persisted In believing
until Mr.. Secretary Fishs clumsy letter dlspeed the
illusion. That ACT, seen in the light OF this attack on
SOLELY by se toward the great
tor. James the First said, when he came to London
to mount his throne and found only laundering OIL
ri hoU mo- n w 10 n nnf
write and speaker who cannot speak,"
Grant is ulders ood to be In the same afliction.
Fish to his boyish rhetoric did his work so poorly
that he betrayed the secret and let the world see
tna ae no SIX acsnt Inc
credtabe act was n0ating away into oblivion comes
this usurpation, which puts the present Executive
JOhnsol's attack on Stanton. The revelation
it makes OF the servility Of the Senate is
disheartening to all lovers Of free government
EUeiy man kQotos that each Senator tch0 UOted J0r
Mr.. Su,nne,'s removal qua so solely because the
President had let him understand thai 0ilv on that
condition could he hope TO hare any Influence at the
Departments IN securing Office yor his friends. We
tell only what Is an open secret at washington.
Congress, use words in Pickwlckian sense and
varnish base acts with comely phrases But 1t Is ut
the people should kSow ~ the plain truth the
refusing all winter to listen, In the matter
or appointments. TO the recommendations OF
ner. The only excuse individual Congressmen make
for changing their votes that to be ignored the
departments when asking Offices for their support
ers, Is death To their political hopes. II 81. Do
mingO Is annexed Grant secures it by threats ana
brloes. The poorest memory win need but little
effort to recall the very embassy that bought Key
stone vote-the JudgeshIp which won Wolverine
and the herring post that made another Senator put
ON the Domingo collar.
or course when party becomes merely ssrngn
to divide the spoIls 1t touches its downfall. 1t is
sad 10 think that the power OF great party should
have fallen into the hands OF such low, mercenary
selshness 1t Is said that We can oppose to outlaw
assassns at the South banded together, mercessly
and at every sacrifice. for at least great object
secess 0n-that we can oppose to them only gang
OF Swiss shamelessly exhibiting themselves lor sale
to the highest bidder.
And So cheated Of half our gains betrayed In the
house OF friends, must rally for another such
fight IS that which crushed Davis and banked
Johnson. To prevent the choice OF democratic
President may be impossible. But effort must
60 deeper than that. We must begin to educate the
people into the determination that II encouraged
by rebel President. secession ever lifts its head
again at the South, the North will sweep rebeldom
with the bosom OF utter destruction and leave 1t no
ruler but the sword until every now living white man
Is IN his grave. WENDELL PHILLIPS.