, 1866-09-05

The prompt manner in which the National !;
Union Committee squc1chcd tue - little VIII |
lain,'' md hts conspiracy nEainst the life Of
the great Republican party, signa1ly Illus
trates the ysulitical bankruptcy Of tue firm Of
Weed. seward aad Raymond. The " old
.:,an OF Albany,'' having carried the Ses
..,1k Legislature in his trecchcs pocket,
tt.,. =. period SO remote that the memory Of
,nan runncth not TO the contrary. Imagined
tlat he l-ud only to get hold Of mstro-
politan Journal, md vilrate between New
York and Washington, as he has formerly
vibratet ,,ctwecn Albany and New York, to
r,,n the National Government, and sell out
the Onion lnrtt of the country on
such terms rs he might choose ia FIX lie
accordingly disrustd Of his interest IN Tie
Albany E,rnfna Journal, and c1n'gratcd to
New Yurk, purchasing an Interest Ill the
7i,nts. From TINT tiiie Oh, the three Heln-
gers Of the firm have been cousririns to
make Seward President, and TO wrcuk tlelt
vengeance on tho Republican party for moi
choosing him In 1stO, Instead Of Mr.. Lincoln
Seward WAS TO s'run" the Executive Depart
1ucnt of tho Government in tho interest O.
tic finn. Weed WIS to take the general man
agc.acut OF New York, and Raymond was tt
bc tho great leader in Congress. which Lit
expected ~ wind around his finger as easily
as Fernando Wood eau wind Mozart ual
around his.
Raymond, being Chairman Of the Nationa
Committee, expected also to throw :hat II
az 50 much stock in trade. It was rcckonct
o., rs q part of the assctf. It ncrcr occurred
10 there three wsse men Of Gotham that th
Republican party had auy principles, Or t'!a
the National Committee might revolt asains
the dictatIon Of q renegade and descrtct
In fact, alter the Committee had been caile'
in rhiladclp:ia> Raymond vas silly euo4;
to think it could not mtet without him. -
reed not inform you," he wrutc to Gorcrno
Ward, "tIsat meetings Of the Committee ca
only be hefd under the call Of its proper of
Gers Again ss1 deem It ms duty to iHsi
upo., regularity rs the only mode" It Is CT
dant from this that II. ). u R. realty lima,
sned they could prevent any orsan1z
tion Of the Republican party, throu,
Raymorlti's power ~ Chairman Of Its Co
p.ii.ee: Perhaps, however, the firm had
espccial eye to the funds, as it Is mud
stood that large suln Of money remains
the hands of the officers. However tails n
be, Weed fni1cd last winter to carry out
part Of uic programme the New York
islaturc haa Its own vay on the Health u
and tie old King of the Lobby was
throncd. Seward has ''run'' the execut
hr,rc,, of the Government, but has II
nrra Il so badly TINT the credit
the firm Is utterly gone. Raymond,
stead Of becoming the great le:
in Congress, might Just as well havs
in tue Sandwich Islands for all the influ'
he excrted. He was as powefless agr
the incorruptiblc majority there as the
he had only been delegate from Juan
stead Of representative of the Empire s.
and now ne has been cashicred as . des'
by thc loyal couEt-nartial In Phliadel!
His sentence WAS richly dsscfseo ano
Of Ike great blessings the Republican /
has already resped from lta trials, L.. u
is vel, rid Of the firm Of Weed, sewaFt
Raymond, individually and coliee'lse's'