The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-08-01
THE POLITICAL FUTURE
important Letter from Hon.
Aeiiry J. Raymond, M. C.-The
Radicals Have Taken the First
Step Toward Another civil
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From tho New York Times.

From tho New York Times.
WASHINGTON, Sunday; July Is, 1866.
Political pauics are quite as mischievou
in their way as panics in an army, Parties
are dcmoralized, and som, times routed, by
the apprehension Uf dangers that prove t.
have been wholly Imaginary. Sometimes
too these fears create the dangers they
dread, and thus fulfill their own predictions
The Union party in Congress is just nov
experiencing panic of more than usual Sc
verify, and its action, under the circum
stances, does more sredit to its zeal than te
its discretion
You may have noticed the passage in the
House, a few days since, of resolution
offered by Gen. Paine, Of v iscOnsin, cal
ing on the States 10 organize, decipAne ana
equip their MALTA, and directing that t,1o.
thirds of the arms, ordnance and amnunt.
ttoa no,o under custody of the General Coz.
erantent be distributed among the States :
the distribution among the loyal States u
to take place immediately, and that among
the States lately in rebellion TO be postpon
ed until further orders. The resolution
came up from the committee on Military
Affairs, au was pushed to a vote, without
debate or delay, under the previous a. es.
| ton. 1t attracted as little attention in Con
gress as it has in the country; and the pub.
lie will doubtless receive with increduii:y
the assurance that Il tous Intended, BY those
tcho secured lis passage, as the first step to-
'card preparation for another cira wdr.
Although no debate WAS had upon it, mem
bers were urged to vote for it by direct con-
versational appeals on the floor on the part
OF the few who were privy to it's introduc-
ton. Some were told that it was necessary
to enable the Southern loyalists to protect
themselves Others that it was simply u
matter of detail in the War Department.
others that the arms must be taken out of
the hands of the president: and Others that
it was proposed at the instance OF the Sec
retary Of War. An appeal was made by
Mr.. kassen, of Iowa, to allow debate upon
it, as 1t seemed to be matter Of impor
tanee--but this was refused.
Most of the leading and rejecting Radi-
calls in Congress take this view OF the polii
cal future; If the Fall elections result III the
choice Of Northern Democrats enough to
con ;titute, when added to tie members
from the Southern States, a majority of the
House, they assume tina, this majority, thus
constituted, will claim to be the Congress,
and will act accordingly, and that they will
be recognized BY the President as the body
to which he will send his message, and
whose sessions he will, if the necessary
should ari,e, protect by military force. =
They assert, on the other hand, that the
Union members from the loyal Statrs--if
they constitute majority froul those States
will claim to be tile only legal Congrs ss
aud will, ii necessary, invoke an in>urrec
tion OF the people to msintain them i'll that
position. They dp not a, tdo least olhce1,t
their purpose, IN the ercat Of such q collision
to appeal to force, aud to ''lrire tic ,irut
Caagress, Dith he President and his Cab
net aud supporters, into the Potomac" to
use tie language Of one OF the obltst and
most sincere Of their number. Ii you will
recall the remarks OF Mr.. Boutwell,, Of Mas
sachusetts, in last weeks first caucus, you
will see this moveme Mt clearly forshadowed
indeed d. He declared his belief
that an issue of force was rapidly approach
ing, aud that We must be prepared to meet
it. He acts, and all who cooperate with
him in these measures profess to act, under
the apprehension that the President intends
to resort to toice--that he means to disperse
the present Congress on its reasscmbhng in
December, it 1t refuses 10 admit the Sou, b.
ern members; and MIR. Farnswrrth ascribed
to Mr.. Seward the declaration, that this
Congress should never reassenble unless the
Southern lneinbers were admitted-in sup
port OF this belief. need scarcely say that
Mr. Seward never made any remark Of the
dink. nor that the project ascribed to the
President is purely an invention, or at best
the crazy dream Of political nightmare.
But in either case it serves the saus pur-
pose. 1t covers, aud is held to justify. the
determination to arouse the North, and
prepare for q resort to force upon the as
sepibling Of the Fortieth Congress in extra
orip regular session; and this determination
is aroeed. And the resolution TO which
have referred, for an organization ofthe
militia and distribution of arms in the
Northern States, is the initial step to its ex-
ccutiOn.
do not propose to comment upon the
result Of spch movement. 1t is obvious
that if any such contingency should arise,
the war would not be sectional, as was the
last; it would be war of political parties
and Of neighborhoods. Not only have the
great body Of the Union party in Congress
no sympathy with these views and purpo-
ses, but they are in the main ignorant and
incredulous of their existence. That the
trtnme Rad,cd tstertuit them, howe, er,
there is not the slightest doubt, and we
know, from the experience ef Secession in
1891, how few men 1t sometimes requires
to plunge great party or great patton in.
to power,
The Philadelphia Convention Is another
source Of panic tc the Union party. By the
Radicals Of whom have spoken, it is re.
garded as intended to p1ve the way for
bringing Northern Democrats and South-
ern rebels into close concert of action un-
der the protection of the President, at the
opening ofthe next Congress lor tho pur-
pose referred to above. And by nearly the
whole Union party. rs represented here. it |
is believed that its objaet is to break up the
Union organization and form new party
which shall embrac, Northern Democrats, |
Southern rebels and such portions Of the |
Union party as may be detached from the |
old organization.
IL seems 10 be overlooked that the Con. |
ventiop is called simply for consultat ion |
that II is Dct proposed to make nominations |
for any office, TO organize any new party or |
to intefere in any way with existing parties. |
Any one or all Of these things may be done |
by the Convention--but mono Of them are |
embraced or proposed in the call for it,
Those who may do them in Convention. or /
support them when done. will Of course BE-
responsible for their actions. II the Con.
yention should take steps hostile to the
Union party, no one could longer adhere to
both. Kit should make hostile nonina-
tions, or adopt hostile plrtform, no one
could support both. But until something |
Of that sort is actually done, it is not easy |
to see why any man Of any party may not
60 into consultation with bis fellow -citixens,
from every party and from every section,
without fcrfeting his party relations. The
ilea that Members Of Congress have any