Year: 1866

rhe Revolutionary Caucus a. w -shing-


ton.


The Jacobins Of Congress have been in
council at Washington, and they have openly
declared revolutionary policy have un-
blushingly placed at defiance all sense Of pa
triotism, all censure Of public opinion and
every consideration which governs ths actions
Of honest men and elected servants Of the pso-
pie. The spirit Of the late radical caucus Of
Congressman cannot be mistaken. Itindlcates,
nay more, 1t shamelessly afirms, the determine
tion Of these men 10 disregard the sentiments
of Their constituents, to ignore the interests OF
the country and the government and proclaims
them band Of spoil hunters and office seekers


Since the present Congress was in session
we have seen how the radical element has been
of the good Of the country how 1t has been
drawing tighter and tighter the bands around
the President, in the hope Of crushing out the
authority Of the Executive and concentrating
power in the hands of clique Of unscrupulous
politicians. For this end the radicals have





unworthy of the lowest class of society. They
have heaped taxations upon the people in
every shape without mercy. They have kept
the country disorganized, advocated and in
sisted upon disunion, crippled the resources Of
an entire section, kept up the prices Of the
necessaries Of life to the masses, checked the
progress of the nation for whole year, and set
on foot jobs of the most scandalous character
which involved fabulous sums Of the public
money for their own benefit If this Is not q
fair epitome Of the action Of Congress we want
to see more correct record.


And now, on the eve Of adjournment this
faction holds caucus whose action can only
be compared to that Of the infamous revolu-
tionary clubs Of France preceding the bloody
days of 1889, and not dissimilar in the violence
of the language used at the meetings Of those
bodies One member calls upon his colleagues
to strip to the waist" to fight the battle out
on the radical line against the President
Another threatens to demolish the Cab
met. Another designates the Chief Mag
!strate as this madman.n, Another,
taunted by his friends for his repeated tergiver-
sation, makes drivelling apology, and pro-
misses to 60 in neck and heels in any future
revolutionary measures that may be adopted by
the party. And for what is all this unseemly
and dangerous business done To prevent the
President from exercising his constitutional
right to make appointments to Office in the
absence of Congress, lest the radical party
should lose its grasp upon power and the
spoils. There is not even the pretcnce of any
other object, except opposition to the Philadel-
pha Convention, set forth in the resolve that |
while the House virtually adjonrns TO look after
The fall elections, the Senate shall remain i'm ses-
sion to block the wheels of government. We
should not be surprised to hear next that these
disunionists propose to seize upon the person of
the President and take th3 reins of power en-
tirely into her own hands. 1t would be going
only one step further in the course of revolu-
ton than they have already taken, and the
whole tone Of the caucus points In this direc-
tion.


From the reported proceedings Of this radical |
caucus OF Congressman the reader viii perceive
that its purpose was to head OFF and bring into
hoi OPusS onC PioPoScu HhtSI~huNhs Shaoh
in Philadelphia next month. II will
be perceived how vehemently Thad Stevens
insisted upon his resolution. which was adopted,
hat 1t was the duty Of every member Of the
republican party to oppose that convention by
very means possible. And why oppose it
Why endeavor to bring 1t into disrepute? Be-
cause the combined forces Of the conservative
republicans, such as are left of the Northern
democrats, and all the loyal men of the South,
would give the final blow to the decaying |
radical faction. We may regard this violent
at Washington-this bowling |
md gnashing Of teeth--as the death struggles
,f party which, during Its enjoyment ofpower,
has not done q single act to commend 1t to the
respect of the people, but which has won for |
Itself universal execration. The object of this
caucus was to damage the approaching conven-
ion, but it will not be at all surprising If II |
has the effect Of making it vastly more popular
and more important.
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