The Anderson Intelligencer

THE PURPOSE OF THE RADICALS.

In an editorial last week, we endeavored to give an outline of the Radical programme for the Presidency, and expressed the opinion that the leaders of that party were not dismayed at the result of their overthrow in Northern States, since their newly acquired power in the unreconstructed States amply compensated for their losses in the recent elections. This is sustained by the following extract from a recent letter of the Washington correspondent of the Charleston Courier. That intelligent and well-informed correspondent says:

It is admitted by the Radical politicians and leaders and followers, that the supremacy of the freedmen and of their few white allies, has been established in all the Southern States, and that the political power, thus created, is now their chief reliance for the permanent possession of the Federal Government: with all its emoluments and its facilities for thieving from the public treasury. Were it a doubtful question, whether the Radical Party will be sustained by the now again united States of the South, their leaders would be less bold, presumptuous and despotic. But, as it is, in defiance of the bitter feeling manifested by the popular elections in the North, they will pursue their mad and infamous career.

We are made certain that Congress will pursue its insane policy towards the South, by the development of the opinions and designs of members who are now here. They blame each other for not having removed the President while they could have done it, with some hope of Northern approval. They regret that they did not establish, in due time, universal suffrage, by force, in every State, under the lead of Stevens and Sumner. The latter measures they will immediately attempt but they fear that the "untoward results of elections" have defeated it. They are, therefore, now consulting upon the expediency of proposing an amendment to the Constitution for the purpose. They think themselves secure of carrying the Africanized States of the South, and all the Northern States that may be left to them after to-day's elections.

The following paragraph from the New York Herald also corroborates the views expressed in this journal:

From all the signs of the times in the North, the radicals will need the support of the ten outside Southern States in the Presidential election, and it is altogether probable, therefore, that under the present system of reconstruction they will be hurried through the mill and reinstated in Congress in season to vote for President next November. The late Southern elections make this the safe policy, it is thought, for the radicals, and they begin to perceive that further delays may be dangerous.