The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-05-09


son, secretary of the army said that 1.-The
republican party was school of education"
He does not specify what kind of a school 1t |
is or what kind of an education the scholars
are given We agree with him in the main |
proposition that the radical party is "a
school of education" Such a school we
have never had in this country before, and
such peculiar education is the result tb at
no one born since the advent Of the sys' EN-
is as yet old enough to bear witness u the
full force of it's teachings. Gen. Wade
Hampton, in a recent address, or perbaps
message, to the South Carolina legislature
exhibited proof OF the beauti' Is of radical.
ism as an educator. He held I'D in his hand.
that all might see the curiosi .ty, a certificate
to teach given teacher Oy school board
composed of three perso ms, with cross marks
for their signatures. Rad icalism has had the
"run of South Carolin' a. for eleven years; il
has filled nearly eve'fy office, important and
unimportant, in tb e state during all of that
time, and the results show that radicalism is
as great fraud as an educator as it is as
financer or a statesman
In other states of the south the great at.
tractivene:s of educating the colored radicals
drew many friends OF education into
the philanthropic scheme. We were all
here in the north stricken with admiration
at the unanimity with which the proposition
was received. Even the radical carpet-bag-
ger fairly glowed with enthusiasm-or per-
spiration-as he unfolded the universal
| off Iu fba sod
was borne northward by degrees, and in
limited quantities at first that it was the
school funds that were the chief attraction.
Townships and entire counties were robbed
outright of their school funds. Radicalism,
with its Aminidab Sleek like innocence, its
protestations of being the peculiar friend
and educator of the colored man, and with
its divers other forms of hypocrisy, has at
length been driven out of every southern
state, and a universal feeling of exultation and
relief is manifest throughout the country.
To-day the presidential pretender is receiv-
| ing compliments and adulation because he
has ridden South Carolina and Louisiana of
this school for education" which Dick
Thompson talks about. That sort Of talk is
comes sometimes after the three score and
ten OF secretary of the navy has passed.
The radical party is a school for educa-
ton of another kind. 1t is school which
has taught the American people at last that
the good old idea-which part of the
religion Of our forefathers-that the candi-
date who received a majority of the suf-
frages of his countrymen ought to
have the Office was fallacy.
1t has taught us that there is a trick by
which the man who gets the fewer votes can
hold the place of honor and emolument,
even the highest seat in the nations gift.
1t has demonstrated by the very strongest
kind of demonstration that four radical
rascals can shut themselves in execu.
tive session, we believe, is the name for it,
and swindle a successful candidate out OF
| 10000 votes and the presidency. Verify
radicalism is an educator very school
for education" and its head professors are
Jim Blaine, Morton, Chandler, Dick Thomp-
son, and tutors and snder tutors of the
same stripe al infnitum.