The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-15
TUESDAY EvE'G, APRIL 10. 1873.


re drew between Conservatism and Radical
SIN. 1t wants TO know when, where, by
whom, and under what unmitigateo eircum.
such supremacy by the negro2" Never mind |
,bout any claim that has been laid TO 1t, but
ook to Louisiana and South Carolina TO see TINS
result of the Radical policy of the Radical par
Iy Is not the negro above the white man in
both States And if so, are we not borne out
in saying that Radcalism means the negro
above the white man |
And THE STATE JOURNAL is especially annoy
ed, affecting too, to be amused, at another part
of our definition of Radicalism "the adventurer |
in.place of the patriot 1t seems TO suppose an
'adventurer," as we spoke of him, must neces- |
sarily be one who is not native Frginian.
Why so2 There was nothing in the paragraph |
quoted from The Enquirer, or in the context, 10
Justify such a conclusion. 80, |
In treading on our neighbours corns we didn't
know they were so sore
THE STATE JOURNAL turns to Paley for the
"retort courteous" lest it may stir our
"quick ire" We have only to say that our Ire is
not peculiarly quick but we expect all re0rts
to MS to be courteous whether they are COPIED OF
original Enquirer,
THE STATE JOURNAL has neither
wi,ced, nor had its withers wrung. 1t
only fell into pleasant admiration OF
the definitional gleries of Conservatism,
as given by The Enquirer. That journals
definition was so admirable in quality
that we must not omit its repetition even
here 1t is "a recognition of the necessity
for generous disregard of all other
questions" than those which Radicalism
necessarily forces upon its attention.
All its own little family feuds are to be
hushed up at once, and its party plat
form is to be an abnegation of all polite
cal asperity and individual selfshness in
The future. The political millennium is to
dawn in unclouded brightness upon the
November election, when the Democratic
lamb is to lie down with the old Wing
lion, and they are both to be as innocent
and lamb-like as pair Of sucking doves.
The old lava-beds, in which the fires oil
political animosity are to be mutually ex-
tinguished, will be deserted for the brows.
ing hill-sides, where the lambkins skip
and play,o and such happy family will
not have been seen outside of Utopia, the
new Atlantis, or even the golden Hesperi.
DIES themselves Instead of "wincng''
under this happy prospect for our political
opponents, we rejoice at it, knowing, as we
do, that the salvation Of the wicked is IL
the tabernacles that make glad the heart
The Enquirer calls our attention to Lou
isiana and South Carolina, and wants t
know if "Radicalism" does not mean 9Th
negro above the white man." there? This
interrogatory may admit of a variety G
answers, according to the sense in whic
cur contemporary uses, or designs to use
the prepositional part of its inquiry. To b
ADORE another is to be higher in charactel
superior in place or standing, or more M
merous in point of numbers. If mol
numerous in point OF numbers, it
not Radicalism that places the negro abo,
the white man, but law Of propags
ton for which the Conservative party
quite as responsible as its defintional OF
posite. In both of the states named, II
colored population is considerably mol
numerous than the white, and we do M
see why the Republican party is at fault fl
this, except SO far as it may have int
fered with the benevolent Kuklux d
signs Of equalizing the numerical streng
of the two races. Here, we admit,
some slight ground of complaint, al
when our neighbor specifically prefers tn
as charge against Radicalism," '
shall endeavor to meet it with such e.
tenuating arguments as we may be ab
TO command.
And so, if the negro of Louisiana al
South Carolina is higher in point Of cha
acter than such white men as Warmot
Bob Scott, and others we might name, it
not the fault. as we can see, OF the Repu'
lcan party. We did not create the negr
and are not responsible for his SUPERIOR
over such "white trash" as have disgrac
the political records in these two stats
g.. Should The Enquirer, therefore, prefer Il
as specific charge against Radicalism,
more positive element in the Conservati
party to-day than in the Republican, !
shall meet it with the same prompt den
of responsibility as that in regard to
negroes ascendancy, numerically.
But this brings US to the last and on
remaining objection-that of the SUI
riority of the negro in place Or stan
ing" Here, again, we might answer Il
the Republican party is no more at ia
than the Conservative, since the politi
ascendancy of the negro is determined
his numerical ascendancy, and not by a
distinctive principle put forth by the ]
publican party. The fault, if any, is
our system of government, and not in
political party administering it. In be
Of the states named, the negro largely o.
votes the white man, except when 81
rascally frauds are resorted to as the
practiced by the Warmoth party in
last Louisiana election. When, the
fore, The Enquirer shall present the ISIS
between honest colored voting and rasca
white voting, and shall insist that the lat
is essential to white supremacy in tn
two states, we shall be ready to NEE
with such facts and arguments as ian
ventuter in place Of patriot" may
justified in resorting to.
THE STATE JOURNAL will Away
in the "retort Courteous with or with
resort to Paley. But when our contt
porary attempts to place US, or the pa
we represent, in false position before
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