A telegram from New York of the 12th inst. announces
the death of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, the leader of the extreme section of the Radical party. As a consistent and sincere abolitionist, a determined foe to secession, and the best friend the common schools in America ever had, Mr. Stevens was entitled to respect, and to some of his influence in the Republican party. He was, however, a very ignorant and extremely violent man, who thought hatred a duty and cursing sinless, who could not compromise even when compromise involved no sacrifice of principle, and never by any chance listened to anybody but himself. His original advice, to consider the South conquered territory outside the Union, would, we believe, have worked better than the policy the party adopted ; but he was no statesman, and we are not certain that his removal will be an injury to the Republican cause.
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