The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-02
Political Reconstrucion-The Breaking VI et
the Republican Party Commenced.

The Washington letter OF the Chicago IT,
baas and the editorial thereon OF the Nc"
York Tinsss, (both of which nave peen pf
ished In the Dispatch. mark the ocgl,, sta, !
a rupture in the Republican Congresso.ni''
camp on the Southern policy oil IN" m ,na"t ~ .
tration The Chicago Tribune ~ the mos and
dieal Of the radical organs oil the W. 80 The
the b0ldest in its outspoken Io o, johnson
restoration programme OF Presiden. Low
Mr. Wilson. the representative iiu rorosaij
who figures so conspicuously IN .m,s s,,ar Of I,
letter. Is understood 10 be vi. In congres :
The New York Tmts I naprrtofore half and Ia If
oy ~. NJ IT, aud radical, il will be seen, mas
INN nod down from the fence ON the siue vi VI
administration. Thus the hrm OF Sewaln'
MI md RAYMOND, which assisted IN the OF ,
s.niaation of the House on the platform al
Thaddeus Stevens, the Radical leader, nav
abandoned him, and have at last pronounce
fatty and uneQuivocally against the hadicai'
and in support of the President.
Through what miraculous agencies. since
the organization of the House ana tne NJ
pointment of the standing committees ,hcreo1
Mr. RAYMOND has had his eyes opened, we %
not pretend TO know. How long he VIII lria'nl',
steadfast In his present position we canh'
promise Ii will suffice for the present III" :
the policy enunciated in the resolution 81
Thaddeus Stevens, which Raymond sup
ported in the House organization, ne now r.,
pudiates The resolution OF MI wilson "a
here reproduction of the Stevens propositlon)
referred TO in this aforesaid Chicago letter,
was submitted to the House on the 18th IN
slant, and provides . that all papers wrie
may he offered relative 10 the representation
of the late so-called Confederate States OF
America or either Of them, shall he referred
to the joint committee of fifteen, without dc,
bate and that no member shall be admttco
from either OF said so-called States until Con.
aress shall declare such States, or either OF
them, entitled 10 representation. This reso.
luton was paSDd--yeas, one hundred ard
seven nays, fiftysix, including baker
dozen OF Republicans i'll the negative Kay
mond among Them, VINO had 'oted ior IL 10
the organization.
This was the beginning of the fight, and
from the explanations and Nentilations oil tht
Chicago radical and New York conservative
Seward Weed and Raymond organ, we have
nil the evidences of an impending disruption
of the Republican party. Weneeo not enla 3,
here upon Mr.. Wilson'S report of Ills talk witt
the President. IL Is enough that ANDREW
johnson was not 10 be frightened by v ilson
resolutions or threatenings, and that he d.
clined to abandon his own Southern policy fcl
that of the Radicals, including batch OF con
stitutional amendments AS the preliminary
work to the restoration of the late rebel STATES
to Congress- Ii is enough that the Presidcn
adheres to his programme TO the extent o
holding over for the present all appllcatlohs o
Congressman for Executive patronage, Spots
and plumber. III other words, he INTENDS u
hold his ground and 10 use the means which
he possesses for curbing the unruly Radicals
and 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 rs champions OF
the Administration. Other rejecting Rcpnb-
Hcans, regardless OF custom houses, are takihS
the same direction. The two-thlrds majority
upon which the Radicals counted III each mouse
is thus already broken, and they are brought
within range of the Executive veto FROM
present Indications however the Radicals VIII
fight ii ont through the present session, even
if be continued till next July or Angus
But then the issue between them and the All
ministrat ton will go before the people IN the
autumn elections for the next Congress, ana
from such an appeal If tried there can be no
doubt that the Republican party, as at pre-,
sent constituted, will be broken 10 pieces and
dissolved.
Some of the leaders and organs OF the
Northern rump of the old Democratic party
expect, by fusing with the Administration Ke-
publicans to leaven thelwhole lump, Admins
tration and all, as the new Democratic party
But nothing of this sort will be realized. The
old Democratic party, as nationai olRahl|l-
ton is defunct. The rebellion has killed IT,
Its remains will be fused into the Adminlstra-
ton party or into some new opposition party
or faction, and nothing more. As the noun
tain cannot be expected 10 20 10 Mahomet,
Mahomet must go 10 the mountain, or giy" II
up. Let the war Of the Radicals against Pre-
sident Johnson go on, and these results VIII
follow: the Constitutional Republicans ana
the honest masses of the Democracy, rallyinS
around the President, will make the Admins
tration Union party the great party Of the fu-
1ure, and copperheads, radicals and fire ca ers
of all varieties will be thrown among the out
side opposition factions.
The Radical plan of keeping out the South.
ern States, now excluded from Congress, until
two or three or half dozen additional amend
ments 10 the Constitution can be made, will, II
persisted in, inevitably result in the breaking
up and reconstruction of parties. With tho
constitutional abolition of slavery secured, the
hGCf eh &c a
adopted by the Administration. After the re-
storation of all the States to all their relations
in the Union will be the proper time for gen
eral revision Of the Constitution, and the pro-
per way will be by q national convention,
which Congress will be obliged TO cali, on lne
application of the Legislatures OF two-tniros
Of the States Meantime the Radicals In Con
and dispersion of the Republican party, and
the organization of new and over panndans
National Union party for the mex. as. th
upon the reconstruction PLATFORM vi INC <Au'
lnilisrration -Se,0 York Hefdtd.
Petersburg Items.
In the published programme of the order OF