, 1865-09-13
TIE POLITICAL STTUa Txoy

TIE POLITICAL SITUATION,
Napoleon said there is q moment IN every
ercnf battle when the side which dares to as.
Slime the aggressive in stout charge Is sure
o1 success. That moment Is onc Of hesitaney
and ndccision, when It is too late to avoid
getting into the battle, and too early to deter.
mine except by The seyerest test Of battic
Nseh whnt may pe The sncmy's full strength
Of numbers and position. At.such moment
pr1sates look to their officers, and officers to
headquarters for commands. A warering In
either spreads panic IN all below, and tremur
In the commander may be the prelude to a
dhEracetnl retreat, While steady eye and
ready command, the result Of careful foresight
and knowledge Of the situation, may thrill
the rank md 6lc with The very spirit Of vic
tory, and win'what they seem TO expect
The Republican Union party has now ar
rived at such position on tho question OF
universal suffrage Although but lew
months have trapspired since President john
coa's North Carolina proclamation distinctly
aroused tho people to discussion and re-
TINT discussion hare made it plain
'hat, Pe5.ui''co ~ so'e on ~ .nc -soitnetH
people would give Us large a majority to-day
for extending the ballot to the negro race in
some form, tsay 10 the colored soldiers, to
those who could read and write, and to the
ta1-1aying,) as they gave last fall to elect
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew johnson over
Mcclellan and Pcndlcton. Without soil
tnry exception Union journals, which sustain7
cd the war, have taken more or less advanced
positions In favor Of allowing the negro TO
vote, while In addition the New York Herald.
.afsrs and Word have nttnlly and unstcanny
declared the same doctrine. Prominent rs
publican leaders, headed " tho lamenlea
martyr Abraham Lincoln, have taken Inc
same sIand "ithont ans'c e&cept'on, nhless
Th,'Tlow Weed Is stillto be regarded as he
publican, TWO years after having openly re-
no,mced the kepnpNcan party LOT endorsing
emancipation. SO aaT IS Republican Conven-
tiuns have yet spoken, to wit, IN Eer-
mont, Aiaine, Connecticut, New jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota
and Wisconsin, their uttcances hayo either
plainly expressed this sentiment or have rem
dercd their convictions still more conspicuous
by bunelipE attempts 10 conceal II In sup
posed Difference to the Presidents course or
tho unity Of the party. Thus Ohio, which
! votes down the negro suffrage clause as an
element in iss platform, noninatcs Cen Coz,
who advocates erecting separate negro States,
| in which negroes shall have not merely equal,
but superior political privileges to tAc whites.
Wisconsin, which also votcs down the mi.
| nority report in favor Of universal suffrage,
| adopts q clanse Offering TO the South the al
tentative either to lose negro representation
or grnnt negro suffrage. In New York, the
extensive fusion and combination between the
Democratic members OF the Albany Regency,
| led by Dean Richmond. aud the Republican
| members. led by T. Weed, to exclude a uni
ycrsal suffrage plank from the Republican
platform. may succeed to that extent: =: but
| 1ic yery device resorted to to prevent lis cx
nressjon proves, ,norc plainly than any plat
forn could. that the Republicans OF New
| York believe In universal suffrage. Like Cali
I leo before tho 1nquisition, they nar for the mo
,nent suppress their convictions to save their
lives. but ns he lei1 the inquisitorial chamber
saving "aftcr all the world moves" so the
| Republicans Of New York, though they may
| snnrrcss the Universal Suffrage plank from
| Their platform, uay rest assured that nobody
| will vote their ticket except those who believe
| In lust TINT plank No opolitical fact therefore
! is camble Of clearer demonstration than that
! the spirit Of the American people. tic ele.
ment which carried IL S:.rourh the late war
in triumph, believes that in rcconstrnctin.
the South the ballet, under some limitations
| or qualifications, should le given 10 the black
,nnn. There are differences au1onr Union men
as 10 The degrees or Importance to be attached
10 this policy, and how far wc NAV safely
insist on IL as pa5's lest, OF now aofclbly NC
| may ulEe II On 1ne administration. Many re
sato :, ~ ~ ~ Ea, 49, .lal'o, 1na. un'ess
ehau ve "uopea tae soatA W, niAanla'a us
un1.'enots, alo1ic'e IN' ane ., igoeu!oos cnasac-
.er 'o"'n@ tas onu, anu ~ 1Sstole 80, sI'cly
III part =! w. oao! oppa u.o oe, , - =,
n manner teuolng " .ens" out ne c.sn
war. 4 -" nof's tae ieu.s may " nofe .o,'
e5ao1e" ous tAs oeie. tua. un1'i .uo Io1s.'.
tu1oas y. 80. - w e,,sh e~s ~;,s 49,. IT, ~.
eoiofco clt,zens ~ sucn, aeu sSe 'ncn lue
flent ~ 'o'e' 1ue a.eu'te " wv ~t. eou"es1
a9c mol secu'e' - uaS elsn 1'aons .ne ou1oa
men o' Luz ""' auo se'e"3s " 's4s "pan'
oenoeanls, "s nen' A.. x.,.1.,.
We MT 1neis4o.e - 'nus - 1,ap'seH's VS..
s"en ~ ~ ue = ~ 4n. -. ~ ~ S1 ~
,ne enelns 'a'"us.' - ~ - a. ~
W. e1uot ~ sr1ts .,.', ~ 20 M.p,,
! 0l nAltE1h43A ouA41Ge- AAe AAu41 WIN