The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-08

THE MARCH OF THE RADICAL PARTY
UP TO ITs PoL1r1cAn GRAVE YARD.-Uu-
fortunately. the defeat of Republican,
ism III Missouri WAS SO general that We
have no remnant Of au army left to
rally around; no room to stand when
applying our lever to uplift aud over
throw mass which We may call by hard
names, but which, when last heard from,
was accurately estimated ut just 35. 443
majority. And if we turn abroad to see
what Republicanism is doing in other
States. il we seek to guide ourselves by
the light of the free aud triumphant
course OF our party, We do not see much
to encourage us to get up and make IL
square fight. The last State heard from
was Connecticut, and Connecticut has
cut her long connection with the Re-
publican party. We take it that the re-
cent defeat there means not that she
loves Democracy more, but thut she
loves Republicanism less; and the same
causes which have led to AL alienation
of the old and reliable supporters there
may very eaaily be assumed to inilnence
all other States equally. There is no
use going over the unpleasant record of
tue States which have declared against
the Republican party since Missouri last
uttered her opinion. Wisconsin was
almost as certain as Massachusetts,, yet
In Massachusetts there was very ugly
reduction in ths vote which approved of
Republicanlsm, aud corresponding re-
ductlon sent Wisconsin over to the enc
my. Undiminished and unflinchine
Republication is now to be found only
in tue District Of Columbia, where we
could readily conse ut to see Democrats
on the rack of Investigation instead,
and in the anarohies of the South, where
one Republican State Government is
barrioaded in tue State House and the
other issues its edicts from tue head
quarters over Jones' store.
As companion to the lighter votes
and tho frequent defeats, We have de-.
oided weakening of loyalty in the news
papers. which erewhile found nothing
in the Republican party that they couid
not honestly support. The Wholesale
detection of the Liberal Republican
visionaries has been followed by less
sensational but not less momentous de-
fection, which is going on slowly but
steadily. A paper like the Boston Ad-
uertiser cannot be read out of the Re-
publican party, and yet it is hard to read
it and rate its Republioanism much
higher than that of the Chicago Tri
6une. There is an uneasy feeling thnt
the New York Times is getting to be q
little e1acting, and Hurper'S Weekly,
which has it's whole existence bound up
with an answering. unbroken devotion
to the Republican party. tells unplea-
SAINT truths. aud, attempting tn look
facts in the face, does not fiud the ros.
poets at ull agreeable These circu u
stances wonld naturally render it rather
difficult for the Republican party to
maintain an appearance Of cheerful as
surance. Individuals may pluck mp
courage and whistle with no audible
quiver in their strains as they pass by
grave-yards, but purity cannot march
up to its political graveyard in the sums
manner. The outlook is uupromising,
and there is no uHe in dcccivinK our
selves by saying soft things.
81 Louis GiObe
SUDDEN DEATHS Mr.. Griffin Brea-
zsale. highly respected citizen of AT
derson County, died suddenly at his