Wilmington journal., 1876-02-11
RADICALESM AND DEMOCHACg
WHICH WILL Y0B TAKE

WHICH WILL EtD E4 A. H
The following article which we take
from the indianapolis Sentinel, pre-
sents in very striking manner some
of the many points upon which the
two parties now before the counir-v are
at issue. How any honest man any
where can hesitate in choosing be-
tween the tn 0 it is difficult to see,
how any honest southern man hosl-
tate it is impossible to see.
The SelatiaeI says
1.-The Republican party has proved
itself untitled to administer the gov
ernmert on constitutional principles.
1t has time and again ignored that
great bulwark of freedom-the consti-
tution-and attained its ends by re-
sorting to the most revolutionary
measures When it desired a two,
thirds majority in congress, it did not
hesitate or scrbble to cast from Their
seats the representatives. of the peopls;
who had been duly elected. When
its interests required it, rules were
adopted and prccedents established to
be changed and reversed when the Oc-.
casion passed which called them into
existence. When it wanted to east Sen
ator Stockton, of New Jersey, from his
:eat in order to have the requisite
number Of votes to override the Presi-
dents veto, it prohibited him from
voting, on the ground that a Senator
could not vote in case which aft cted
himself. When it attempted to i'm.
peach Andrew johnson and remove
him from office, it changed this ruling
and permitted Senator Wade to vote
for the impeachment, notwithstanding
the fact that the removal of the Presl-
mt p aced the Senator in his vacant
chair. In order to get working two
thirds minority in the House, 1t un-
seated Mr.. Voorhees,, OF Indiana, and
Mr.. Brooks, of New York, without
other excuse, save party necessity. 1t
availed these gentlemen nothing that
they had been elected to thGiT seats by
large majorities-one of them by tie
largest of any member Of the House.
They were obnoxious to the Radical
majority. and hence must be ousted.
They had the ability to influence the
country, and their ability was a suffi-
cient excuse for their decapitation,
Had they been nonentities, without
talent, to lay bare the corruptions OF
the party in power, or to influence the
country, they would have been per
mitted to have retained their seats
until their terms expired. Such a
party may answer 10 direct the country
in the midst of civil war, when con-
stitutional law is held in abeyunce, but
it is unsuited to rule in time of peace
and Quietude. The war has ended
and the people want to forget the ami
mosities it engendered. They want
the government administered on con
stitutional principles, and hence have
10 use for the Republican party. The
Democratic party, by its traditions, by
its principles and its teachings, is a
constitutional party, and wants no leg
islation not warranted by the funda-
mental law of the land. The country
is in sympathy with its principles and
it's teachings, and will so pronounce
next fall. 1t is peculiarly appropriate
Jackson, after having been kept in the
background for nearly a generation.
should be restored to power with all
its ancient prestige il the Centennial
year of the nation birth. Whosoever
lives few months longer will see this
done, or all indications of the future
arc deceptive.