Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-04

the several States, there would be infnitel
less suffering, vastly more productive labor
more comfort, health, and happiness anon
them than there now is To that it mus
come before long 1t is nonsense to tall
about the people Of the South depressing tn
negroes. They win be their best and lSindes
guardians. Here at the North the whit
man negleets or ill-treats the negro At tn
South it is otherwise. twill be in vain 70
Northern people TO undertake the govern
ment Of Southern race in the Southern
States. Radical gentlemen at Washington
must make up their minds to abandon tk
care Of the negro, or else TO see him perisl
under their foolish systems.
The New York HeraId's Opinion CT th.
Political Parties of the Future.
The contest now going on in Congress oTei
the question Of reconstruction furnishes som,
idea of the issues which will divide the
parties of the country in future. With IA,
collapse of tire rebellion and the eonstitu-
tional abolition of slavery ended all the
questions which have heretofore divided the
parties. The consequence is that We now
find them in chaotic state. The events
and developments during the session of Con-
gress will, however, determine how the va
rious elements Will erystalize and the form
in which they will b. arrayed. Sufficient
has already TRANSFERRED TO show that the great
line of division viii be the constitutionalists
| on one side and the radicals on the other.
! That the former must by the very nature of
things make President Johnson's policy
their rallying point is evident The latter
| will carry into its columns all who oppose
his plan for adjusting our internal affairs !;
but the precise way in which the constitu-
tionalists, who are now to be found in the
ranks of all parties, will be drawn together,
We must await events to determine. PEST
dent Johnson having taken his position, and
manifested determination to maintain il,
the question how those who endorse that
policy, vet were identified with different
parties during the war, will affiliate, rests
with the majority in Congress to decide.
There is no one thing more positively cs-
tablished by the history Of nations the world
over, as Allison fully proves, than the fact
that the party which attempts to oppose the
government, or obstructs its operations
VIII II engaged in war for its preservation,
can never again obtain ascendency or be-
come a ruling power in the nation. There
is national pride, an esprit dc corps, among
the Masses which causes them to ever after
wards look with suspicion upon that party
and the men who place themselves in that
position. This has killed the Democratic
party which was so long the great power in
this country. 1t settles the question about
that party ever becoming the ruling power
of this country, except through such blum
ders on the part Of the administration party
as will lead us TO new commissions. Unfor-
tunately the members of the present Con-
gress were elected to their positions while
the war was pending, and do not seem to
possess the craftsmanship and ability to en-
able them to comprehend the great changes
that have taken place. They are inclined
to adhere to the line of policy in vogue dur
ing the war, and not TO change with the ext
gencies of the occasion.
The adoption of vigorous measures during
great struggle or war is not only invariably
sustained by the people, but is necessary to
the life of the nation. But the moment that
the object for which the war was waged has
been accomplished, another and far differ
ent line of policy is demanded. This is ne
cessary to cement the victories Ofwar as well
as to secure all its fruits. President John
son was one of our most earnest Of public
yFeii's a vigorous and relentless prosecu-
sion OF s,he war while the rebellion existed;
but he is statesman enough to realize that
the option of conciliating and not radical
measures is the only way to adjust the ques-
tions which arise when the war ceases. This
the best interests Of the country demand. 1t
is because the President cOmprehends this
fact and acts upon 1t that he now has so
strong a hold upon the affections of the
masses.
These facts must sooner or later bring
about separation between the radicals and
the constituencies in the republican party
in Congress. That result is inevitable. The
constitutiOnalist, under the lead of Mr..
johnson, will be the strong party of the
country II may not be the dominant party
in this Congress, but it will be at the next
Congressional election. 1.-THE radicals man
age to retain a majority of both houses with
them in the support of their policy, then
the democratic party, of necessity, will be
the nucleus for the constitutionalists to rally
upon. But il, on the other hand, a majority
ofthe republicans in Congress abandon the |
radical leaders, then they will become the |
foundation upon which all supporters of |
President JohnsOn's restoration policy viii |
rest, and build up the great constitutional |
party of the country. Upon this point |
the whole question of how the parties of |
the future will be formed. a separation |
between those two elements in the repub- |
lican party must take place. Such has |
been the results in all countries after a great |
internal struggle or revolution. Human |
nature is the same the world over. During |
the great struggle in the seventeenth century |
between the British Parliament and King |
Charles the First there was perfect union
between ali factions until the King was exc
cuted and his party destroyed. No sooner |
was this accomplished than contest sprang |
up between those who had directed all their |
efforts to the accomplishment of that one OBJ |
ject. The common enemy having been dis
posed of, the factions in Parliament began to |
tuarrel themselves A fierce struggle took |
place between the Independents, Presbyteri-
ans and the moderates of the fifth monarchy
party. We again find a similar result near
the close of the eighteenth century in France. |
The Girondists and the ,JacObins |
made common cause against Louis |
Capet and the aristocracy until they had |
succeeded in oyerturning the exist
ing form Of government and establishing a |
one in its place. No sooner |
was this accomplished than a feud between |
those two parties commenced. The reyoiu- |
ton, which the Girondists we're foremost in |
and bringing about, had so unset |
tied the public mind thai the Jaeobins, |
through their clubs, were able TO stir up |
such a Juror that the Girondists were fright
ened into yielding one point after another
to the elamor Of the Jacobins, until finally, |
in majority in the Assembly, |
they were not only unable to protect the
constitution which they had formed, but
fell the victims Of the revolution they had |
created. Their fall left the Jacobins in full
possession, until the excuses under their
rule brought on the reign Of terror, which /
ended by the execution Of the Jacobin
leaders.
The radicals Of the present day occupy
position similar TO that Of the Jacobins in
France at the close Of the struggle between
the constitutionalists and the King. Every |
point which the eonstitutionalisI in the re-
publican party Yields TO the radicals strength
ems the latter But the very nature Of our
institutions, and the fact that our people
have been 80 long accustomed to our present
form Of government, render il impossible for
the radicals to ever gain the ascendency here
that the Jacobins did in France. Besides, |
We have an Executive in the person of Presi-