The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-03-23
The Downfall of Radicalism.

bAN"'J A0uuOSui VI lulheu dSalllSI their
party. This sad and alarming state of
affairs has prompted a large number of
Radical organs and speakers to seek for
a solution of the why and wherefore this
great political revolution has been
brought about The most of them, in
~endeayoring to give excuses or reasons
for these untoward results, attribute the
cause to some blunder of Grant or his
Administration, directed by his Cabinet
or other advisers, Some say it is be-
cause Grant has not introduced that re-
form and economy in tie army, navy
and civil service which he should have
done and others that he has been self
willed and self-opinionated, and has not
given sufficient heed and Importance to
the advice Of his friends,
Now, it is true that Grant has not de-
meaned himself with the dignity and
propriety becoming a President of the
United States. He has accepted too
many valuable presents that have been
the fore-runners of office to those who
have bestowed the gifts so that it is
proverbial and well understood through
out the nation that the surest passport
to office is by a liberal gift to the Presi-
dent or some one of his relations. Fol
lowing the example of the President, if
reports be true, his venerable father, the
renowned Jesse, has set up q brokers'
shop in Covington, Kentucky, where
the illustrious patriot is postmaster, for
the sale of Offices. These things, it is
true, are unpalatable and disgusting to
u large number of the people of the
United States, and are humiliating and
degrading to all who take an interest
and pride in the reputation Of our COM
non country.
But oil this does not strike the secret
or the root of the reason for the waning
popularity Of the Radical party, 1t can
not be well attributed to the unpopular
ity of Grant or the manifold and impair
donable, stupid blunders of his Admin
istration. It goes deeper than this.
Radicalism, of which Grant is merely
the representative and exponent, has
played out. The Radical party is doom
ed and booked for destruction as surely
as if it had taken passage ON the
Pandemonium train. 1t has had it's
day, and the people have become dis
gusted with its rule.
This party has laid not only onerous
and unjust taxes on the people, too high
and iniquitous to be borne, but promi-
nent and leading men of the party have
become totally depraved and corrupt.
The Radical party has also shown that
it is composed Of tyrNnts and usurpers.
Contrary to, and in open and palpable
violation Of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, which they were sworn to
support, they have usurped the rights
and privileges ofthe different States, and
exercised over them a despotic power
and tyranny that is unexampled in the
history of the world.
Ever since the party has been able to
secure power, they have endeavored by
every illegal and unconstitutional means
within their reach to goad the people of
the South into some act that would af
ford apretext in using force and tyran-
ny to coerce them into what they called
submission. They have sent imbecile
and corrupt carpet-baggers, spectators
and Adventures to rule over-to rob
and plumber them. They have disfran-
chised the intelligent white and enfran-
chised the ignorant negro to govern
them. They usurped authority and sent
the army of the United States Govern
ment to control elections and destroy
the freedom Of the ballot-box.
They have also so managed the enor-
o monied power of the Government
as to depress the Southern and Western
States i'll their trade and commerce to
the benefit of New England. Through
this action these New England States
have one hundred and four millions of
dollars of banking capital, while South
ern and Western States, of many times
their population and business necessities,
have only ten millions!!! Summer, of
the Senate, Beast Butler, of the House,
and Boutwell,, Secretary of the Treasury,
are all from Massachusetts,, and have
ruled the country as they saw fit, and
they saw fit to rule it with a rod of iron,
for the benefit of themselves and their
constituents.
But the day of reckoning has come.
No II now has any confidence in Sum-
ner's pretended patriotism /; none have
any i'll the honesty and integrity of Beast
Butler, and Boutwells blunders and
mishaps will soon cease to afflict the
country. The despotic chain of the Rad
ical party that has 81 long tyrannized
over a free people, and destroyed the
hopes and peace and quiet of our citi-
zens, is at last, thank God broken, and
we may how look forward to increased
prosperity, and better and happier days.
The New Hampshire Election.
The result of the New Hampshire cleo
ton, is q timely rebuke to President