The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-18
Radical Stimulation.

Radical Stimulation.
The nocturnal conferences Of the Radlcal
party in Congress are intended TO sthula
he weakened and bring them to the SUCK
sng.point. The leaders are Praet'clng the
treatment of DAcKEs, who commanded tne
British frigatc Guerrtere captured from The
| FRENCH, which was captured by the Conss''
tuition, under Captain HULL. The Eeracious
historian states that when DAcREs was about
to fight his ship against the Constitution (ex'
/, actly y to make his men fight better nc gave
them "to drink gunpowder mixed with
j bran dy." At that day it was thought that
! gun,,owder infused into the blood salt
pete irish courage that feared nothing ana
! dar ed anything.
| So the Radicals are dosing one another,
! pr obably with HAZARDS best. They hazard
| great deal, and must be screwed up TO a
hi gh point to confront the rerils ahead. 1t
is for this that the nightly plotting aud
SC heming conclaves are held They have
| $ acceeGed in bringing some to the scratch.
: some are uncomfortable, and some won't
all. Each night the saltpeterish carpet-bag-
gers and thieves from the South endeavor to
dose the more calm and rejecting members
of their party with their inflAmmatory pre-
parations. BY dnt of raving and threaten
ing it is feared enough have been inspirted
with birthstone to 90 far in the work of reck-
iessness and public ruin to make show OF
terocity in Congress, and We may expect to
see the worst men in Congress taking high
and hectoripg sway in the few remaining
| days Of the session.
The extreme nature Of the Radical Gnu
cuses may be reasonably compared to yet
more desperate plan Of pIcdging and testing.
Some conspirators have in times gone By as.
s elnblcd around the bowl, to which each
contributed some Of his own blood, and
e lch afterwards took a sip OF it as pledge Of
&c atty to one another in the most perlous
en- terpriscs. Figuratvey at least, we may
su ppose these conspirators against their
70 untry to he cndeayoring to bring one an
eth yer up to this terrible pledge. Some stain
the. lips, as did Mr.. HALE, OF Maine, when
be : aid in late Radical caucus that he be-
.liese d call the reports about the outrages
widclr existed in the South" Hcassuredly
stained his lips then, for nobody can believe
that his heart approved what the lips ut
tered.
Niis belief .nf Mr.. HALE was evidently
smp,ated-so luch so that CoNGER, OF
Michigan chow 1uch more opposite would
be :" Congo y she cred at him and binted at
his unreability. with the Congosthe motto
is. Brink deep or 'aste not" No man Is u
Congoite who will no! go the Whole length
Of rule or ruin: Civ. us all, or, remember,
'.hlood, fire, rapinc."
uayLEY. of Con, ,ecticut, would not
touch the bowl, Neil her would ELAINE.
DAWES, who ever appea rs amongst the low,
cumming Radicals in 4 diSguise-boTowed
plumage-m Of styles nough TO MAINTAIN
4 sort of association with 4 hem-Saw bus face
in the bowl but could not G rink.
The result of tue noctu,N maj conferences
has been to increase the des pefAt:on OK The
{. bunpperso and those " 10 know shat
there is no hope for them OBJ earth save IN
the accomplishment of sci OF measures
which would sacrifice the cou TRY TO theT
sordid and base ambition.
The desperate condition of the Sc people is
such that they can only hope is triumph
through the distress and discord Of the land
only through treadiug in the dust the laws
and uSages of the country aud the CO ntlnulng
Of deSPot at the head of atllrs. IT ley nave
to do things SO desperate that it is . won
der that each should doubt the cour, ge and
tesltv of the other. md that tho mos, bind
ing pledges should be eXacted of all. IL IS
his that calls the plolters to their nit 'ntiy
1t is this that eXctes the 81 arp
'eproaches OF the bloody consprators To-
wards all whose better natures and wiser od
nore patriotic minds make them hesitate ~
propositions to destroy the Constitution q n
hurry the nation into discord and ruin.
These conspirators have a short tim e.
" hat bad thing they don't do within tW,'
weeks will never be done. Work, demons,
,efore your doom is sealed. To US comes '
he consolation that there is majesty OF
Judgment and power in the people OF the
United States that cannot be destroyed by
hat base combination of fanatics, carpet
'agsers, negroes, and the vile aspirapts
10 hesitate not to ruin the country TO
,ratify their ambition. That combination
will be only the more odious as it grows +
nore impudent and exacting, and the further r
hey 90 the more certain their overthrow and {
he more terrible their fate. ;