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not be much longer delayed. The antaeo-
nism Of the component elements is too fnnda-
mental md too growing to render continued
cohesion practicable. As step by step, the
President with treacherous premeditation
alienates himself from the Union party, the
gulf between him and the radical minority of
the Cabinet become greater. Already their
position, as counselors Of the Executive, Is
merely nominal one. Their advice Is not
heeded. Their wishes and recommendations
Us to appointments are disregarded. Their
power to do good and to prevent evil is g;ow-
Ing less and less. This anomalous state OF
things cannot continue. A crisis Is inevitable.
II may occur at any moment. All represeu-
tations TO the contrary are dangerous delu-
sions. But 1t is equally certain that the three
Cabinet Ministers named will not retire OF
their own accord. The President must as
sumo the responsibility Of driving them ont
Of his constitutional council. For the sake
Of the party they represent, they will cling to
their places until asked By him to abandon
them. Such is their determination, however
open to objections it may be. The length OF
their further tenure Of Office will no doubt de-
pend upon the result Of the Connecticut elcc-
tion. A Republican triumph would probably
check the President for while, through his
obstreperous temper forbids the hope OF a
change Of hts headlong course by any popular
verdict.
Itisnot easy to Lift the veil Of secrcsy hanging
ove. the nroceedfnrs If The Cab;ne,- Val
however closely II, may be kept down for a
time sooner or later. one or the other of tho
numerous cnrious nerncrs will nenetrate fhe
mystery. Tins. while notbint, has AZ rel
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the tacts in The case, viii, the sjmn,c assnr-
ance that. II necessary. T can nroduce The
yery highest authority ior nv statement.
The President formally brourbt m the snb-
,ect of tbe Freeduen,s Bureau BI,f before tbe
Cabinet only once. and that by reading his
zneasane to tbe full conclaye Of his ministers.
he did not, as the current report was at the
time, submit his views to a formal test by
call;np for a formal rate upon tho n,esaape.
which showed four members fslessrs. Seward.
NcCu1locb. Dennison and Welles. \ to be II,
favor of It. apd three {Messrs, Stanton. Har-
Inn md Speed, aga,nst It. No such proceed
ing took place. He merely Invited an e1-
preston of opinions. In the discussion that
arose. Mr.. Speed WAS the only one that SPOKE
decidedly in favor of the bill. Nr, Harlan
did not speak upon the merits of the bill,
nor express any dissent from the
Presidents views. He confined him
self to an individual defence Of the Re-
construction Committee Of Congress In reply
to certain structures upon II by another MEM
Der. Mr.. Stanton also aostalned from d.
fectlS expressing any oppositlon 10 tne mes
cage but he urged the President to sign It,
inasmuch the power TO prevent harm from
the bill, was vested In him bJ It, Altogether,
noth1ng Ike determined, strenuous oppo-
sitfon was made by any member to the mes
sage, md what was actnally said and done on
that memorable occasion was not Of nature
to convict either the President or Mr.. Seward
and other conservative Secretaries Of false
hood in their repeated declarations that the
Cabinet was m unit upon the Freedmcn's Bu-
reau Bill.
TUE COMMITTEE or WAITS AND MEANS AND
INTERNAL TAXATION.
It will be remembered that some weeks
ago the Committee Of Ways and Means In
structed Mr.. Garfield to report on Its behalf
in favor Of a change Of the tax on cotton; Of
the Income lax and Of the abolishment Of the
taxes On railroad freights and certain farming
products. The public has doubtless been no
little pesplcxed by the subsequent failure oI
the committee 10 make these recommends
tions to the House, through Mr.. Garfield.
The rcason for It is that almost every member
of the committee Was anxious to have i'm
mediate legislation for the relief Of particular
interests from undue burdens Of ta1Atton and
insisted upon lacking his proposed modlfica-
tion On to the bill TO be reported b5 Mr.. Gar
field, until the number OF propositions
of this kind forced upon the consideration of
The committee was SO great that IL came To
the conclusion It Womb he inst AZ we], tn
make one ;ob of the revision nf the internal
revenue laws, and include all suggested
changes 10 one general bill, amendatory Of
the former. The COMMITTEES Is nov buslly
engaged In maturing comprehensive mea-
eure for this purpose, and Is expected to re-
port 1t within the NEXT two weeks. So far 1t
has made but limited reputation for rapid
work, The results of Its labors ore hardly
commensurate to the four months time It
las devoted 10 them !; but 1t Is now trying
hard 10 make up for lost time.
JAMES N. scovEL AND THE UNITED STATES