The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-30

Political RoooustruettOn-TheB resklng
UP OF the Republican Party Con-
menocd.
Tho Washington letter of the Chicago
7ribuns. and the editorial thereon Of the New
York Times, which We publish this morning,
mark the beginning Of rupture In the repub-
lican Congressional camp on the Southern
policy OF the administration. The Chicago
Tribune Ia the most radical of the radical
organs Of the West, and the boldest in Its out
spoken hostility to the restoration programme
Of President johnson. Mr.. Wilson, the repre-
sentative from Iowa, who figures so con-
spiouously in this aforesaid letter, is under
stood to be the writer Of It. The New York
Times, represented in Congress by Mr.. Ray
mond, and heretofore half and half conserve
tive and radical, 1t will be seen, has jumped
down from the fence on the side OF the admins
tration Thus the firm of Seward, Weed and
Raymond, which assisted In the organization
Of the House, on the platform Of Thaddeus
Stevens, the radical leader, have abandoned
him, and have u last pronounced fatty and
'unequivooally against the radicals and In sup
port Of tho President. III.
Throagh what miraculous agencies, since The
organization Of tho House and the appointment
Of the standing committees thereof, Mr.. Ray
mond has had his eyes opened We do not pre-
tend to know. How long he will remain
stsadfast in his present position we cannot
promise; for he Is . slippery customer, and has
doubtless an interest in the New York Custom
House with the senior partners Of his firm. 1t
will suffice for the present that the policy
enunCiated in the resolution Of Thaddeus
Stevens, which Raymond supported in the
House organization, ne now repudiates. The
resolution Of Mr.. Wilson "a mere reproduction
Of the Stevens proposition) referred to in this
aforesaid Chicago letter was submitted to the
House on the l4th instant, and provides shat
all papers which may be offered relative to
the representation of the late .so-called Con-
federate States Of America, or either OF them,
shall be referred TO the Joint committee Of
fifteen, without debate, and that no member
shall be admitted from either or said So
called States until Congress shall declare such
States, OF either Of them. entitled 10 re-
presentation" This resolution was passed
yeas 107, nays So, including bakers dozen of
republicans in the negative, Raymond among
them, who had voted for it in the organizs-
ton.
This was the beginning OF the fight, and from
the explanations and ventilations of the Chicago
radica, and New York conservative Seward
acknowledgement organ we have all the
evidences Of an impending disruption Of the
republican party. We need not enlarge here
upon Mr.. Wilson's report Of his talk with the
President. It is enough that Andrew johnson
was NOT to be frightened by Wilson's resolu-
tons or threaienings, and That he declined to
abandon his oTn Southern policy for that Of
the radicals, including batch Of consiitu-
tionai amendments an the preliminary york to
The restoration Of the late rebel States to Con-
grcss. II il enough that the President adheres
to his programme 10 the extent Of holding over
for the present all applications Of Congress
men for Executive patronage, spoils and
-plander In other words, he intends to hold
his ground and to use the means which he
possesses for curbing the unruly radicals aud
bringing them to reason.
The firm Of Seward, Weed and Raymond
having discovered how the land lies in refer
ence to The New York Custom House, have
thrown down their gauntlet as champions oil
sbs administration Other refecting repnb-
licans, regardless Of Custom Houses, are taking
The same direction. The two-thrds majority
upon which the radicals counted in each house
is thus already broken, aud they are brought
within range OF the Executive veto. From
present indications, however, the radicals will
fighs II out through the present session, even if
II be continued till next July or August. But
then The issue between them and the adminisira-
lion viii go before the people in the autumn
elections for the next Congress, and from such
an appeal, II tried, there can be no doubt that
The republican party, as al present constituted,
will be broken to pieces and dissolved. -
Some Of the leaders and organs Of ihe
Northern runp of the old democratic party
expect, by fusing with the administration re-
publicans, TO heaven the whole lump, ad-
mini,tratioD and all, az the new. democratic
party. But nothing Of this sort will be
realized. The old democratic party, IS q
national organization, is defuncf The rebel
lion has killed it. Its remains will be fused
Into the administration party or into some
new opposition party or faction, and nothing
more. As the mountain cannot be expected
TO 60 TO Mahomet, Mahomet must go to tho
mountain, or give Ii up. Let the war Of the
radicals against President johnson 20 on, and
these results will follow. Tho constitutional
republicans and the honest masses of the
democracy, rallying around the President, will
make the administration Union party the great
party Of the future, and copperhsads, radicals
and nre-eaters Of all varieties will be thrown
among the outside opposition factions.
The radical plan Of keeping out the Southern
States now excluded from Congress, until two
or three or half dozen additional amend
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