The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-04-29
From the Mobile Register
Domineering influence Of RndicaliSm.
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tnc terms or inc pnllOSopny Oh >reitei'ti
Lees surrender ut AppomattoN, that
required Jefferson Davis to put seal
on his lips and forever after to hold his
peace? There are those who think so,
and who are in Il twittcr of nervous OK
citcmcnt whenever he uses his tongue,
even to thank his friends for their civ
ilities to him. They seem to think
that he cannot speak without offence to
the sIoyal" of the North, and the con-
scQuent damage of Democratic pros
poets. The Democratic party has moth
ing to expect or hope for from this style
of "loyalty.' Radical 'loyaltN,' in
deed, means treason to free government
in this country, and 'loyalty' to an
Imperial dynasty under ''Grant the
Little" These same ''loyalists' will
equally curl their lips and be equally
offended, as if something had come be-
twixt sthc wind and their nobility if
the Constitution of the United States is
so much as mentioned in their pres
encc. That constitution docs not form
an element in their ideas Of the "Ncr
Muion," which, as they hold, grew out
of the war. 1t is in the way, in short,
of their Imperial plans and purposes.
Mr.. Davis can afford to be SnecrCd at in
company with that charter of Amcri-
Democratic side would only excite
laughter, were they not an indication
of il serious f;,ct-tlat fact being the
do,ninccring influence that RadicaliSm
has acquired over the public mind. 1t
prompts the H'""tion: Are the people
nsaGon hat 'ls>7' lf,ally conquered by
Oh tnlS country mora. t0line of battle
Grant d Co.? When the
was being formed at Pcrryvillc, there
was :: momentary tluttcr at Il point
where Gen. Bragg stood. He restored
instant order by the brief question,
"Didnt you come here to fight, men ?''
and we repeat it to the Democratic
party: arc we going to .f1ht Radicalism
or not: Did VIC come out to soc 4 reed
shaken by the wind, or to assert and
stand to our principles: Now, if we
are afraid of our own great cause, and
make haste to hide it's light under a
bushcf, so that the enemy cannot seci it;
if VIC trcmblc every time Grant and
Morton and Butler shake their Ku-
k1uN locks ut us, and go into Il tit of
deliri,tnt trenacNs if Mr.. Davis says to Il
party Of scrcnadcrs, "Thank you, my
friends - VIC ask in what fighting con-
ditiOn do we come to the front to save
our country from the hands of its de-
spoilers: 'Thricc is he armed whose
cause is just is an adage of universal
acccptatiOn. The modern reading seems
to be, the more wn hustle our cause out
of sight, and the moro we quake with
fear in the presence of our bullying foe,
the surer wc arc Of victory If the De-
mOcratic party means to win, it must
pluck up courage, raise its banner with
every great principle it fights for bla-
ZOncd upon it, ttnn assault Radicalism
along its whole rotten line. Their"
never was IL more vulnerable party than
the Radical. 1t is covered from head
to foot with fostering political sores, and
stepped i'll crimes against the inStitu-
tiOnS our fathers established and sol
cnnly bcqucathcd to our vencration
and defence. In this contest s'au'lacity
is prudcncc,' and the battle is to the
bravcst. In ton years of power the
Radical party has brought the country
to tho verge of ruin. 1t has loaded tn"
people down with taxes, beginning with
the cradle and ending with the very
nails in the coffin it has oppressed the
poor and exalted the rich; it has made
food, raimrnt and every necessity of
life dear to the consuming millions and
flooded the favored classes in Govern
ment bOuntics, stolen by its Legislation
out OF the profits of the people; it has
insultcd and tramplCd upon
the fundamental laN-thc Constitution:
it has made open war upon the rights
Of the States it has surrounded the
ballot urns, even in the ''l0yal' States,
with bayDnrtS; it has refused to accept
the union of the States, which it mem
daciOusly and hypocritically aNowcd
was the only object of its awful waste
of life and treasure it has, with a cow
ardicc unparalleled in history, broken
it's treaty of peace and violated its stip-
ulationS when the South laid down its
arms; it has disfranchiscd nearly one
fourth of the white citizenship of the
country, and subordinatcd them to an
African race, incapable OF intelligent
political action; it has exercised II ruth
less power in excluding from their seats
in Congress members endorsed by their
constituents, and seated nOn-clcctcd
creatures of their own shade of parti-
Zanship. and it has disgraccd the char
actor of the American government in
the eyes Of all civilized nations, by the
most reckless, unfccling, unStateSman-
like and tyrannical use of the power
of a conuucror over the conqucror, re-
corded in history since the days of At
tia and Alaric. We repeat, the body
of that party is full Of putrid sores. 1t
is Il stencil in the nostriIs of Justice and
humanity, and is an Achilles heel from
top to toe. Did over criminal stand so
naked before Il tribunal ofjusticc: Did
ever political party before present so
weak and inviting a target for the shots
of its enemies: And yet we are coun-
scllcd not to PRONE and expose these
sores, not to dwell on and lay bare their
criminal measures ia the pcDnlr lest