The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-06

IAvOr OF the uOmIuatiOu Oh MI SOuuSOn, snO1
be must be turned out Of the Custom House.
The Repubiiean Party In Danger.
The republican party is In danger. II Is
drifting about like ship without pilot, and
If not speedily brought up with round turn 1t
will drift among the breakers and go 70 pieces.
The radical abolition faction mustb cast over
board or the ship will be lost With the aboli-
ton Of slavery the public mind is disposed to
rest little ON the negro question. The new
radical movement for the immediate and I'M
conditional enforcement Of political equality in
behalf of the four millions Of emancipated
blacks down South has been sprung too sud-
denly upon the whites, even Of the Northern
States, and they are setting their faces against
It. The vote upon negro suffrage In Connect
cut the other day indicates the public opinion
Of the North. It is against the abolition radi-
Gals and in favor Of the conservative Southern
reconstruction policy of President johnson.
This is the direction in which the tide Of
public opinion, North and South, is now rum
ming, and the republican party must 60 with
and follow in the wake Of the administration
or the party will 60 down, never to rise again.
As a national organization it is impossible to
tell Just now where it stands. In one State we
find it on the platform Of negro suffrage, in
other States we find it astride the fence, and
everywhere it holds dubious position, except
in New York, where It stands fairly upon the
national platform chalked out in the foreign
and domestic policy of President johnson. But
this is not enough. No man is so well qualified
to carry out the policy Of Andrew johnson as
Andrew johnson himself The three years and
six months remaining of his present term Of
Office will hardly be sufficient for the work be-
fore him. Some important unfinished parts Of
his programme will in all probability go over to
the administration to be elected in 1863 IT.
therefore, the republicans of New York have
that confidence in Mr.. Johnson and his policy
which they profess, what is to prevent them
from declaring him their candidate for The
succession?
This is the question and this is the test which
the New York republicans are called to meet
If they lead of for johnson the party in all the
other States will follow, and thus, as national
party, it will become a unit and cohesive or
ganization, with fixed purpose and clear
course before it. Why, then, cannot the New
York republicans come together under this
banner of unity and victory? The answer de-
ponds to great extent upon what William H.
Seward, Thurlow Weed, Horace Greeley and
Henry J. Raymond may have 70 say upon the
subject, If we may believe one half OF what is
said of them and what they say Of each other
Mr. Seward Is the recognized head of the New
York conservative republicans; Mr.. Weed is
only too proud to be known as his lobby
manager, whipper-in and good man Friday in
every thing; Mr.. Raymond, as the protegs of
Weed, aspires to Stewards seven-league boots
when he shall cast them of and retire to the cul-
tivation Of potatoes and philosophy. These
three men are, therefore, the representatives Of
the original joint stock firm Of Seward, Weed
and Greeley. But here comes the pinch. Gree
ley is running an opposition boat-the high
pressure radical concern. He must be con-
ciliated and bought of in some way, or both
lines will be run of by the democracy. In that
event there will probably be change or two
in the Cabinet which will lay Mr.. Seward on
the shelf and disband the republican party root
and branch.
The advice, therefore, which we have to offer
70 the New York republican managers Of both
sections is simply this: that, without further
loss Of time, they strike hands under the stand
ard Of Andrew johnson as their candidate for
the Presidential succession. In a great crisis
il will not do to stick upon trifes, and this is
the crisis of life or death to the republican
party. 1t must 60 with Andy johnson or 1t
goes to destruction. It cannot stand apart
from the administration.
ADVANCE IN GoLD.-There was considerable