The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-08-12
The Radical Keynote for 1879.

With the view of imparting in
derived from the enemy,
we insert, heading, catch-lines and
all, as it appears in a Radical eN-
change, the authorized abstract
Of "facts" made up from the tes-
tiunony taken by the Congress
sional Outrage Committee, by the
Executive Radical Committee res-
ident at the city of Washington.
This is document deserving the
attention and study Of each and
every one of orr Democratic
readers. It emanates from the
very highest Radical authority in
the Union, and must be, of course,
the acknowledged exposition of
the plans, motives and even Sc
cret movements of our enemies,
in all Of which are actively partic-
ipating, with earnestness a@ zeal,
some of the individuals whom we
are accustomed to meet every
day, and whose political move
nents it is our duty to investigate
and remember. This document
becomes, therefore, a paper of
great public interest and value
as much SO as the plan of battle
OF. an enemy upon the eve of
general engagement,
1t is not proposed to enter upon
a refutation of the charges made
in regular order against the peace
'ss;a,,s;;5==.a;s;s!ss:aracter and orderly be-
havior Of the people 81 Tie 'ssss1n
by the Executive Radical Com
mittee at Washington, Or to at
tempt to rebut its ex-parte mis-
statements of the condition of the
South by the testimony taken in
behalf of the people Of the South,
By, the Democratic members of
thu Con gressiona, Committee. Tt
is worth while however, to OBJ
serve as commentary upon this
showing OF laWiessltefss at the
South by the Radicals, that under
every principle Of law and ac-
knowledged rule of human action,
the Radical party, its adherents
being in absolute power, is alone
responsible for whatever disorders
and disturbances may have eX-
listed at the South, and that it has
succeeded, by its own showing,
only in a most damning exposure
of the fallacy of the Radical plan
Of reconstruction, and of the ras-
cality and worthlessness of the
agents to whom was confded the
execution of that plan. The Rad
icals have demonstrated an inef-
ficiency, weakness and rottenness
in these agents, which ought, upon
the principal that no one can
plead his own baseness, to throw
them out Of court before reaching
the merits of the case.
What the merits Of this rormi-
dable bill of Indictment against
the Southern people, are, any in
telligent citizen Of the South is
perfectly capable of determining.
In the whole eleven counts, we
are at a loss, upon 4 careful anal
ysis, to find even one suggestive
fact or truth fairly stated. The
writer-the Hon. Job Stevenson,
Of Ohio, no doubt, who is known
as first class fanatic-seems to
have had but two leading ideas in
view first, the success of the
Radical party in 1872, and, sec
ond, the further enforcement of
the policy which is to smother the
electoral voice Of the people of
the South in that year, and to
give their vote solidly tor the
Radical candidate for the Presi~
depcy. 1t il probably true that
witnesses were found to swear to
some of the statements made in
the paper we have copied; but
the appearance, character, ante
cedents aud cross examinations
Of these witnesses. We dare say.
IN no case failed TO convince any
Intelligent observer that they were
unworthy Of belief, contradicted,
as they must have been, by the