Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-02-09
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The rupture, so long expected to take
place in the ranks of the Republicans, be-
gins to show itself to the public. The al
legged quarrels in the private meetings Of
the Congressional representation Of that
party had not, until recently, affected the
harmony of its action in the Senate or the
House of Representatives. The speech
makers of the moderate wing had, hOwev-
er brave their words, fallen into their
places in the pack, whenever they were
whipped in" by Mr.. Stevens or Mr.. Sum-
ner, to vote. But that outward seeming of
concord in the family yielded, during the
past week, TO the confession of wide differ
ences of opinion, in the substantial form of
Congressional UOtinl. And that even Bit
terfiess OF temper underlies these differences
was very broadly indicated when Mr.. Ray
mond, the leader of the moderate branch
Of the party, was sneered at in the House
by Mr.. Stevens, the leader of the radical
branch, in q cOntemptuous reference to his
"little friend from New York" And the
political Significance of the separation
which had thus shown itself to have ad-
vanced, TO some extent, in both fact and
temper, became revealed in the further cir
cumstance that while Mr.. Raymond and
the Democratic members of Congress de-
clared their support of the President, Mr..
Stevens referred TO that dignitary depre-
catingly as "the man at the other end of the
avenue"
Saturdays meeting of the House of Rep
resentAtives shed additional light on the
position of parties in Congress. The
speeches delivered on that occasion are very
suggestive of classification Of members
under some other banner than that of revo-
luton. OF the seven gentlemen whospoke
against the bill for extension Of the Freed
mems Bureau, three were Democrats, four
Republicans! The Republican members
who rose superior TO the dragOOning of Mr..
Stevens on that occasion are from Ken
tucky, Maryland and Ohio. The border
States were never willing slaves to the de-
structive passions of the Radicals; and we,
therefore, regard this sign of their return
ing conservatism as one that may not be
without its political import.
But the text of the speeches delivered in
the House OF Representatives on Saturday,
is highly significant. Mr.. Delano, Re-
publican representative from Ohio, openly
declared his readiness to spurn the dicta-
ton of Mr.. Stevens by admitting some of
the Southern delegations into Congress!
Mr.. Phelps, Republican from Maryland,
repudiated the suppOsition that, in dealing
with the question before the House,
he should be held "bound by the
routine of party manipulation, or CO.
creed by the machinery of party caucus"
But the speech of General Rousseau of Ken-
lucky, was the bOdest and most remarka-
bic of all for he dealt with the necessities
of his position with the frankness of sol-,
dier. He called Mr.. Kelly sharply to task,
touching certain iactiOus representation
of affairs in Alabama. He denounced the
bill for the extension of the Freedmen's
Bureau in very plain terms; and boldly de-
clared that, although he acted with the Re-
publicans, he did SO only as a URiORiSt. He
even added that not only are all that party
not Cnionists, but some of its leaders-the
Radicals - excited his Indignation as
Northern sccessionistsv These comments
we make here as signs of the times; and as
grounds for the hope that we Sre not very
far from that day of dawning happiness to
the country, when the revolutionary pas
siOns which control the Republican party
now, shall no longer be allowed to stand in
the way of the restoration OF the Union
". Y. NElrS, Feb, b,