The Van Buren press., 1875-07-27
TUESDAY. JULY 81. 1875.
~ Et iuBrutc.'

When the great Julius Caesar was assassi-
nased, he lifted his eyes. as he lay swelterine
in his own blood. at the base OF the pillar
where he had fallen, AMI saw. among those
who had been his murdercrs. his dagger red
with smoking blood, Brutus lie had been
C;rsar's constant companion. and the bond ol
affection that existed between the two wa,
strong. In war they had fought, side by side
and In peace their attachment was akin to
that OF Damon and Pythias. Cesar loaned
the glitter of his glory to Rrutus, and as the
former increased in power and splendor, the
huge mirror of affection returned to the lat
ter the unhrokcn rays. Yet ambition usurp-
ed the place oflovs and gratitude in the breast
Of Brutus, and he had driven the dagger to
the heart Of his friend. Watch the grief be
smearcd face OF the great King. as lifting hi,
eyes towards his assassins, he sees his friend
among the number; see his eyes fill with
tears, his lips quiver with emotion, his body
tremble under the weight of mingled griel
and pain, as he uttcrs with touching tender.
ness, ETTU BRUTE" AS ifhc had said. "thc.e
men arc my enemies; their dagger points
have never feared, but to be stabbed by thee
Brutus, Is the entering Of iron into my soul,'
The food upon which radical-repnbicanisn
has fsd,and from which 1t has received its life
vixor, was extreme fanaticism. The founda-
tion stone Of that political house, and upon
which Its stability and psrmanence alene de-
pended, was the existence Of slavery in tile
south. The matter became one OF political
strife, and extremists all over the north be-
came corpulent by the immense quantity OF
the excitement which they swallowed down
30 eagerly.
War resulted from the political strife; the
South was overcome, the slaves freed, and the
people ofour section, for ten long years tram.
pied under the heels Of radical tyranny. The
current of public opinion changed. The con.
servative masses of the north demanded a
surcease from the dreadful tyranny,and res
toration to the south Of all her rights ant
privileges. The abolition of slavery remoy-
ed the corner-stone OF the republican party
and the structure commenced tottering from
its base. The party was becoming rattling.
skeleton; its food and nourishment had Civ
en- out and something must be done, or tle
poor thing must sosn be numbered with the
dead.
As we said above, radicalism means ex-
tremism, and cannot exist without this kind
Of food. So they resort to all kinds Of eXpe-
dients to sustain their political existence II
seems, now, as a dcrner resort, that they will
attempt the resnscitation of know-Nothing
ism; and that is the point to which NC would
call especial attention.
1t is established, beyond the power of sue
cessful disputation, that, during the late war
over one half the northern army were for
eigners and that the final success of the gov
ernmsnt In the strife, was due more to the in
exhaustible draft upon the foreign popula-
tion that landed upon our shores during IFS
continuance, than to its native population
Again: Had it not been for the foreign ee-
ncntJhat naturally assimilated with the re-
publican party, 1t could never have been able
to control the politics of the country as they
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1t Is the holder Of the power-is to be stab
bed by Brutus-the radical party-whom it
has nourished, and without the aid of which
1t must have died. They have forgotten all
they owe to this great Caesar, and would stab
him to the heart.
Ii we had any reason to doubt our success
in the next presidential election, the verging
of the republicans toward know nothngism,
would remove 1t from our minds "ET Tt
BRUTE" AS it will burst from the lips of every
foreigner In the land, will be the signal for
the utter defeat of radicalism in 1876.