The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-20
WHAT Is WAITED ARE WAR
POWERS"

to hight owe again. These are the
words of Wendell Phillips in a late
speech. "'What is wanted is wal
powers" Strange language this to
be heard amid the clapping of ap-
plauding hands. Strange language
in the country of Washington, JEFF
f~erson, Webster and Clay. What
would Andrew Jackson have thought
OF it? 1t is the language of a revo-
lutionist and a traitor. What would
be the worth of an oath of office
taken by a man holding such ideas
of the Constitution and laws of his
country? He demands war powers"
for what: "Unless we have them a
Democrat will enter the White
House. So Mr.. Phillips cares
nothing for the legitimately ex-
pressed will of the American people.
Though that people say that the
next President shall be a Democrat.
he is ready with the brute force of
war powers" to suppress that will
and that people. The majority shall
be crushed out, and the minority
with the army and navy, invested
with all the extraordinary powers of
war, shall govern this country. This
is Radical republicanism as defined
by its chief. If it is not counselling
treason and rebellion it would be
difficult to define it. Desperate.
critical indeed, must be that cause
that cries out by the tongue of its
~far-seeing prophet and leader for
martial law and bayonets to sup
press impending Democratic major
tiles.
1t may be objected that Mr.. Phil
lips speaks only for himself, and not
by authority of party or administra-
ton. Mr.. Phillips has never occu-
pied any such subordinate position
as this. For years he has led, not
followed. 1t is for him to speak and
Presidents and Cabinets weaken and
Congress obeys. In demanding
war powers" in this time of perfect
peace he proclaims loudly from the
hOuse-tops what Senators and Rep.
resentatives whispered among the
corridors and committee rooms of
Capitol last Winter. His speech is
the outspoken expression Of the
spirit of the last Congress; of a pol
icy transplanted from malignant re-
ports and bills to venomous statutes,
all tending to II object-the con-
c]entration of power in the hands of
the dominant party to keep a Dem
ocrat out of the White House"
'What is wanted is war powers"
John Quincy Adams caught the per-
feet hue of that aspiration in his re-
cent letter on the political situation.
when he said 'the Republican or
~ganization can rally to no cry but a
slogan, and conquer under no stan
dard but spear" VIVA is wanted
is war powers What to these con-
spiratOrs are the longings for tram
guilty, the quenching of this eternal
hubbub Of strife that has kept this
country on the rack for ten years g.,
Is there to be no end to this boil
ing blood. and blood letting? No
end to these war powers to wage
0 war upon our own country
and people? Surely we have had
enough of this never-ceasing unrest.
violence. persecution and hatred
which ought to have persisted and
persisted forever years ago. 1t is
not war powers this country needs,
but the powers of peace. These it
is clear this country can never OBJ
tain without a great political revolu-
ton. It is evident Nh. Phillips and
his friends care nothing about the
Republic; but he has a regard for
that power enabling him to embody
his ideas into force, and for an iron
heel to stamp political heretics into