The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-05
AMERICAN RECONSTRUCTION.
An Ensiish Review Of the Contest Between
the Congress and Presldeuts
lgrom Tho London Times. Oct Is


lgrom tho London Times, Oct 33l
All Americans agree that there never been in their
country such party fight as that which win make the
tAgcs OF their political system there IS this drawback
that political warfare Ia acrimonious and almost nces
can. Party men feel toward each other an antpaihy
and vndictvepes which ecarcey 10 be conceived by
the British public. Moreover tho auarres, though
fierce are not shorhyed for sooner il tho bitterness
gins The "poiician, +" which, In American phrase.
no. much statesman or political leader as one
csatsrs, The organizing Of mesiingp, The nomi.
nation OF candidates, aDd the various arts
by which obtained a, The POLL neither spares
his opponent nor looks fos quarter himself 10 the
present contest multitude Of jealous porsans each
side have been engaged FOR months or tho nc hcrcey
fought pol.icai canlal,n that tho country he's seen:
There hayecen larger meetings, Eeys fsssgt ofa.cy
more more sgg' G o'san - saa ,ss ae POI
s sssrs ps memory Fs man re ' 'ss1 '
sspusne Ssh es erssp,isp q sha sS:iss syrs 20
's mn ssvsr. f, mpossa ss s M' and
ona II lka has been carried In aps % hs Authority.
bv the twi bires vote q Congress He hsd ipvsghed
s.sss ssR f hardly been s1es.doa s he
haransasy Of .he wiiaeet radicals 10 has gone fr.m
afS a. s K. a'sd III d sssas ss hS ~ ' y
thleh sncqeHs BIN, add dshoancas The opposilon,
10 ,ask no dou, 70 iepay be e.em,s the scsTs,eas
Which he seeLs to haye felt more leepy than wO shoaS
expect frojp t,an who bad been accusctncd % ihs
hey vere not 10 be swed by ,hs person Of The Pres
DON'T even thoash he should be accompanied by ssce
ssy Of state who had rendered snoh unparalleled services
., Mr. ward ant ty the Two most popular hsssss Of
the iato war, General Grant and admiral Far
nsu.. TIE radicals beucFod tho instruction.
which the President gave th0m, aud ss nc
lad dssodndsd 70 "stumpn the country thcy
srenisd hifn they would unpopular stump
hardly BE- asuSssd bsr % lin % h Sa n but
ordinary men mag py md do ~hai Chief Magistrate
cannot and 10 beyond dnnbt that ,he President 10.
lnl,r hs.
tour. 1he moderate men of the successful
party and nEso section o. tho public for there
yiold Congress n advice The Southern rstes
oert tho cors.itnour' amendment, and thus obtain
lims he vii ,hey think Is assndonsd by Mr. scwand
AMI every msn Of enserce In hls parry and ne forced
by ,s reons,anoes = tho son,L i,sen 20 adopt
on the other hand the oxtfsa section or the radical
party for war V tLS h,tter end They beeye that
ie President Is Y-is man, and 10 ready for despo
acts They point 70 Tie thresiening speeches which
no has delivered ard tell sne people Tint no will do what
DO has hintcd a. Il b. denied that there LAs
beer something snIscr IN tho uuorancos of r.e les
dent and still an thcse q tho elections erng
orators on bio side Toe doctrine that the PRECEDENT +
the real ucpoeiuTy a The national power list be has
been chosen b. the eplo and u bound 10 tina, the
| nghts q al c..isens ere maintained haa been -.
serted IN manner which hfs rot unLa,aTaiiy
reused sosyicor II the President bc the Batu.
raj gn1Ffian Of the coLriiiaton nnder which
rcfr.ss ADMIT souih be setting Illegally, and N
,hesc two powers e csough Into collision ssf sae7nt
~
orators dcosar0 IA, Nr johnson Intends his
thcriv - Mo- AZ ghs regular amy ~ override ~ forrs
the d,esos 81 C...frera They fhseforc demand ttr
Id rlsu ia l1pearhef .rn sch IL. tecn tbo :. lie.
-.ent anon % tavy 4, .,oartt tave boo % s.rnn
eslong ~ ID. lrafgg teu thai ~. psny r<o.e hra
opinions rray 10 cns3aercd aoans believo that hi
corrv~ ,rlH ho .aors4s ma tha, cps 20, viii
I hrras oat between The Fferntige aud sbo Irgs.
inipre In Few weaksi time The raao ~ the nd.
cal party Il lncroaed by tho conduct n tbs prssi.
dent Win r.gard 10 c1ictsi ssr-intInspts Nssriy
forty wears AGO tho doctrine that bc sf-p IA ~ ia We
tors was d-cisr.a ~ tcnsrs Jncl On and cver sl,cA n
hss been almost mater 81 canrsa tast the occrrapts