Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-09
raK I'M ar,'i oSrY rKMocnAr1c DAILY ~ ann erArE
RADlCALlSM.

Ii anything in this world deserves to he detested
and hated by the men and women, and boys aud
girls of this country 1t is "Radicalism" Since
Its introduction into politics it has inflicted more
horrors and destroyed more lives and property,
and caused more evils and distress than all the
parties that have existed in the country, and
has been productive OF no single compromising
advantage whatevr.
The country viewed from whatever standpoint
Is comparatively worse off to-day than ever il was
before.
Democratic comprises and Conservative legis-
lation had carried the government through more
than three-tourths of century; adding empire
after empire IN extent, by purchase ana by
honorable conquest, until We stood IN the very
front rank of nations with treasury free from
debt and commercial marine that not only III
vailed but surpassed that of the long boosted
Mistress of the Seas" Another decade or two
OF such prosperity would have made these States
the richest aud the most powerful OF all the ma
tons of the earth.
But in an evil hour Radicallsm got the ascen-
dency, and the bad work it had long threatened
was commenced, and the fruits of the labors o.
kllf century have vanished; and the county
to-day is ''very poor" We come to this conclu-
sion with great reluctance. But the fact is fore
ing itself seriously upon the minds OF reject
ing people more clearly every day Since Radical
ism assumed the rens Of government in 1861, the
strides that the country has made toward poverty
and wretchedness have been only PARALLEL by the
single year 6f struggle between France and Prus'
sia. Even the commuuism OF Paris is not more
terrible than Radicslsm hes proved, when fairly
considered. We will pass over the horrors OF the
dreadful war with its millions of dead the VIC
tins Of Radcalismi and contrast the rich, peace
full and prosperous land that was actuaily "now-
ing with milk and honey" and rising Under the
care of q wealthy, cultivated and rehned hus-
bandry to an opulence that may be imagined but
cannot be described. If all the envy and malice
OF the evil one had been com bined AMI let loose
upon our country greater injury could scarcely
have been Effected in the same space OF time
The people Of our own State have INDUCED the
hope that we had escaped TO some extent the
worst evils of the scourge end in preventing
Radicalism from getting hold upon ovr State
government We no doubt have. And for this
with Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky our people
should be and no doubt are deeply thankful.
But II is deeply distressing to find the labors Of
whole life time destroyed In a few years by the
work Of Radicalifm. How many homes it has
swept frcm the possession of their owaers none
can tell-how many more it will render the own
unable TO hold caunot be escertained. But
the fact stares every man IN the face who owned
form before the era of Radcalism that he hoped
he had successfully clesred Of debtthat it is now
mortgaged to its full extent for debt that has
brought with it no compensating feature. The
single and sotary "truits" of The horrible product
OF Radical legislation is NEGRo SUFFRAGE and
NEGRO EQUALITY.