The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-06-02
REORGANIZATION OF Political Parties.

TnE abolishmcnt o. slavery, has sont the Oh 20
Hncal parties slrn on tie ocein % poh1c- Win
gu, compass and without chart slavery has proven
a prolific subject VI aa,il,Gon and was the bone OF
contention for many years; but It is now dead,
,hs victim Of i,s friends, aud can never again be
made available As subse, OF pol teal controversy.
Democrats and Republicans site acknowledge this
fact. and now that The rebellion has passed into
history, tho question naturally Arisoa, what new
.heme for party discussion will suppsn. the ques-
.ion Of sayeryt Parties we must have for they
are an inevitable, aud indeed, necessary al
,unct Of republican government. Deos.ahle
questions mus arise, for parties cannot exist with
,u, topics for discussion and agitation. The ner-
sous activity Of IN. politicians 10 not likely 10 leave
abe people long In ignorance concerning The basis
ipon which political parties are 70 be reconstructed.
Already the al adows u coming events begin to
appear, and even in the chaos Of parties we begin
70 discern tho shape they arc 10 tato
andsr the shful manipulation Of the poll
.icians Tue party leaders must recsyo credit
ior economy In their political espita' II In nothing
ll,e. when thc.irugal houfokeercr breaks cook
M utensl, sho reyolves the question in her mind
she,htr the pieces canno, 10 msdo available for
come other use and politicians seem to proceed
apon the same principle. Slavery is dealt sod they
admit the fact, bu, the negro 18TH lives" The
ease Ia broken, but the scent NJ tbs rose stu ling
srs about .he wreck, and in thN scent there IL stu
'onsthng available. The negro Is now to he mads
.be hobby in the political arena, and ,ho chief
fiders arc slready preparing TO mount. The rad-
:sl extremists struck the keynote ~, the anti
slavery convention held IN BOSTON on "Wednesday
II this week. wEspaLL PmLiirs submitted re-
iolu,ion TO the effect thst "the reconstruction OF
The rebol States, withou, negro suffrage, Ia prsc
lcsl surrender TO the Con'cdorary." This Is the
position Of the mos, utrs type Of radicals and
nay lie taken AZ an article IA their new politi-
al creed, Chief Justice CuAsz the person
ihe,tion Of a mlljer degree Of radicalism,
and which 10 popular with large class Of people,
mas sounded tho wr-cry for his faction. In tho
speeches which he has delivered along the route o.
ois present tour in the seeded statoL no has uni
formly expressed tho conviction that the negroes
must BE- enitsnchised. At one stage of his jour
aey he went 20 lar ~ 10 qualify negroes to vote,
aud under his eye they voted for and elected .
own Mayor. In this, we have the political creed
OF the CaAss faction. The third class Of radicals
Gr,sn the question, bu, they nevertheless have
holiness enough to hint IN general way, ,hA, the
President acted very saAhh.'y toward Ne negroes,
In not providing for their o.irA CD semcni, in his
North Carolina proclamation. This class remain
In the background for the sake Of xIc .ieucy, la,
ihsir views are clearly defined In their u.n minds,
and sooner or later thcy will appear upon the sur
face Of politics. Here We have, therefore,
hreo grades Of rsdicsls-the positive, The
comparative, and tic bupcra,iye-esch di:
fering rom the others IN degree, tut all
united on one po'nt-thSt the negroes mus, be
invested with the RICH, of suffrage This "a the
rsdical platform, and upon It they are ready to
launch out Tor the battle n politics. Ga TIC other
nand, VIC have The conservative, also dvi led into
degrees, and differing upon miaor topics but on
This question Of negro ouftEnchis lment they are .
unit holding 10 the doctrine promul ,Atel by
ANDREW JoussoN in his last proc amation--that
the States have the constitutional, AMI niefeasible
rightto requisite questions of suffrage In their own
way. This subject, therefore, rs certain TO become
hs basis for the reconstruction Of political parties.
Every indication points TO il, the political s,raws
ali uow thN way, and tho evidence daily becomes
stronger thai the negro is to take the place lately
occupied by Slavery, IN tho realms VI party poll.
tics