Year: 1869

There is tide in the affairs OF parties,
which, taken at the food, leads to-the
devil. And, if all signs do not fail, the
Radicals have struck that tide at its
highest, and are being borne rapidly and
certainly to their party, who is none
other than Old Nick himself, though
the venerable Jesse r. puts in strong
claim to the honor. Two gigantic
strides in that direction were made yes.
terday-the first in Mr.. Boutwelps pro-
position for specie payments, and the
second in bills introduced into the Sen
ate for the practical abolition of the
Supreme Court. All history may safely
be hallenged to match this for days
work on the down track-the first to-
ward financial ruin, and the second to-
ward political anarchy.


1t was scene worth witnessing in
the Senate-Drake and Sumner compet-
ing for the palm of superlative idiocy;
each keeping his ear set for the "amen"
of the heavenly stump-speech where
with the proceedings opened, aud each
palpitating in nervour anxiety lest the
others infamy should get priority on
the calendar. 1t was question of lung
power. The recording angel hal scarce
taken down the peroration of the Chap
lain's instructions to the Almighty,
when up jumps the Great American
Brawler, from st. Louis, with his bill
in his hand. Sumner was about neck
behind. Brakes bill was read for the
edifcation of the Senate. 1t simply
proposed to take away from the Su.
preme Court all jurisdiction in cases in
volving the constitutionality Of acts of
Congress. And, strange to say, the
Senate listened to its reading, and not a
man in the body had the sagacity to
move that the author be sent to a lun-
attic asylum. 1t was quietly ordered to
the calendar, to be considered as pro-
per subject for deliberation and legisla-
tion. Then came Sumner with propo-
sition to take away from the Supreme
Court all appellate jurisdiction in cases
involving the writ of habeas corpus; and
that, too, was listened to as something
entirely within the bounds of reason,
and to be classed with the many other
infamies which are bundled together on
the statute books, and labeled, in loyal
parlance "a logical necessity of the
war;" l think, too, it will pass into a
law before long; for your first class
loyal Radical believes Habeas Corpus to
be vile copperhead, who should have
been arrested with Vallandigham and
tried by military commission early in
the war.


History repeats itself, and the men of
one revolution are reproduced in an
other. France had her AnachaIsus
Klootz, "the orator of the human race"
whose fundamental principle it was
that democracy would be chsaply pur'
chased at the expense of the annihila a
tion of the entire human family. We
have our Drake and our Sumner, who,
lacking the courage of their illustrious
prototype, have more than his insanity
and tell us that "loyalty" must be pre-
served, though it cost liberty to do it..
And so we 60, rattling along on the
down grade of anarchy and destruction
all the brakes off and the engine at
full tilt. And heaven help the luckless
individual who shall swing the red
lamp of danger across the track. He is
q copperhead and q traitor, and should
be accursed of all nen. So let the
train pass. The swifter the speed the
sooner the end and the greater the
crash.-Ndck.