Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-25
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SATURDAYS issue of the Tribune gives the pub
lie glimpse behind the scenes in the Repub-
can party. and the revelation shows the situation
between the Radicals and the Conservatives TO
be far from harmonious. The terms in which
the call for State Convention Is couched is de
cidedly Conservative. The reconstruction policy
of the President il endorsed. negro suffrage is
tacitly ignored. and merely from the reading Of
the call no one would suspect the existence OF q
Radical faction in New York. But Mr. Greeley
il not willing that his wing OF the party should
appear so insignificant, and he accordingly dis
closes some interesting facts connected with the
issuance of the call by the said committee.
lowing TO sudden conversion, those who are
not Radicals had majority of one" in the com
mttee. says the Tribune. BY this We are to un
derstand that the Radical wing expected to gov
ern in the committee but we're finally defeated
by the sudden espousa OF Conservatism by one
of the membeas upon whom they counted for
support This indicates about az close a contest
between the two wings OF the commietee, as il is
possible to imagine, and we see how near il
came to an avowal of the Radical creed The
Tribune does not attempt TO conceal its chagrin
at this result 1t claims that the Conservatives,
BY fixing the time for the Convention at the 20,h
instead OF the 9Th. "a the Radicals wanted il,
will cause the loss OF from FIVE TO ten
thousand votes to the party, in conse
qaence OF the start which the Democrats
will have for electioneerng. And then the
Tribune has some bitter differences. Ii infers
that lone controlling mind lThurlow Weed
fixed the day for holding each of the State Con.
ventions that is, the Democratic on the 9th
proxmo, and the Republican on the Goth follow
ing: also that the said controlling mind" is the
same which engineered Seymour's election in
1862. and that 'he proposes to repeat the pro-
cess substantially in 1865" From these facts
the Tribune draws the general inference that the
Union party will have to win this fall, not by
means of its organization, but in spite of that
same" From these statements OF the Tribune,
or more properly Of Mr.. Greeley, two things are
clearly apparent fret. that. so far as the State
Committees may be taken an index, there is
but little difference in strength between the two
wings of the Republican party in this State; and
second, that these two wings are utterly opposed
to each other. "A house divided against itself
cannot stand"-much less a political party. The
wraDgle which has now commenced will assume
graver proportions as the time for the Conven-
ton draws near. the breach will grow wider the
differences will be moro clearly defined. and both
factions will struggle for the mastery in that
body. One will succeed, and the other will be
discounted The latter, whichever il NAV be-
cannot conscientiously support principles obnox
ous to il, and in any case will do so only n om-
nally Does it require prophet to foresee that,
under such circumstances. the Republicans are
in fair way to defeat themselves at the next
electionl-New York Sun.