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THE EFFECT UPON THE COUNTRY.

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THE EFFECT UPON THE COUNTRY
Those who have had the fortune to witness the
last ftful gust Of terrific West India hurricane in
its fearful diurnal circuit appreciate the calm
which has 30 soon succeeded that kindred political
excitement from which have just escaped.
Scarcely fortnight has yet elapsed since the pas
sage of the conference BILL and Congress in engaged
in the regular business Of the country with scarcely
sign of undue partisan seal even from the most
ultra quarters. The press beyond our exchange of
congratulations over the termination of fruitess
and disgusting controversy is singularly silent on
the subject of politics. 1t is the ebay of rest" to
the nation appointed to be observed after the psr-
formance Of good work and the discharge Of a pa
riotic duty. The republican and American journals
are engaged in schemes for the reconstruction OF
parties !" preparing, in other words, for new cam
paign the nature of which is yet all sealed up in the
future. tt4
II is truo, we are treated through the columns Of
an obscure city journal with pronsneiamiento from
tho National ~ Republican Rooms" calling on the
faithful to organize for the summer and fall cleo
tons, sin order that may secure about thirty
representatives from, the NORTH" in addition to the
present opposition force. This exclusive draught
upon s'the North would seem to indicate that the
contemplated Reconstruction Of parties has been
abandoned or else the South Americans, who were
80 recently their most zoalous allies, have been 50
used up by their vote against the conference bill
that they arc no longer worthy Of notice We can
no. pass this remarkable demonstration without call
ing ON tho South Americans for a proper display Of
indignation. 1t is exclusively "from the North"
that the republicans would gain sufficient strength to
control the popular branch Of the next Congress-!
why not 1T is contemplatedto enlarge the bounda
RIGS OF the anslayery party, and to make II national
ask an increase of opposition members from the votes
Of the people Of the United States .g
We are rejoiced to learn from the proclamation re-
ferred to that is the intention of the republicans to
devote their exertions in the coming elections "soe
ly to those districts now misrepresented in Con-
gress AN arrangement which, if carried ont, will
relieve the democratic portions Of tho country from
all interference with their affairs
The expense Of tho campaign is with great candor,
imposed wholly upon the North. The proclamation
(national) is explicit upon this point 1t says:
Whatever funds may BIO used by it for party pur-
poses is the se-M Offering Of free people in the free
States. = ..4-s-.44.s2sassas s.5s.e....ls.
We trust there will be no delay in sending this
national appeal from the "National Republican
Rooms to the Richmond Wing, the Louisville Jour
nal the Baltimore American, the New York Times,
and tho Buffalo and Nav York Commercial Advcr-
tser. We thus particular in referring to these
Journals because they engaged iii the work of
demonstrating parties making, in the language Of
the aforementioned paper, the republican organiza-
ton a nucleus around which a party may be got
enup on broader and less sectional grounds 81,
There is another remarkable feature in the appeal
which will command universal attention No men
ton whatever is made of Kansas and no reference
to tho conference bill just passed. -Four years ago,
when the Kansas-N ebraska act became law, no ref
erence whatever made to anything else than the
passage Of that act and its repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise, which was declared forever afterwards
to be the basis Of the republican party.
1t is also worthy Of special notice that the word
freedom only in the whole three-fou ms
Of column appeal. R 81 +
Now, We submit whether this is not playing Ham
let with Hamlet left outf A49elI st
Our anxiety to see a solid, compact, national or
ganization in opposition to the democracy must be
for bringing these matters distinctly before
the country. We have no earthly confidence in re-
publican patriotism stability. We can feel no
surance that battle fought and won against such
guerrilla forces--led under ono banner to-day
and another to-morrow-will not have to be renewed
at each recurring general election The defeat of the
democracy once in while may be regarded as
i
menaced with overthrow in some remote contin-
gency. We call, thon, fol- an armistce between the
republican, know-nothing, abolition, anti-slavery,
womensrights parties and demand that they hfa
be consolidated and we warn them against any
declaration of principles." fasin}a ~