The New York herald., 1866-07-20

movement and struggling = hide their pest
soes By extraordinary energy In this convention.
No political movement was ever started under
moro favorable auspices or had moro avail
able material to form popular platform than
has the proposed conservative convention.
Tho demoralizing, fActious and jobbing course
Of Congress has furnished ell the capital neces-
sary for the Inauguration Of powerful and suo-
osssful party. All hat d necessary Is for the
public to SEQ hat tho movement il in the hands
Of sale and judioious men, such a. have not by
their past course disgusted the people,
and then TOR tho convention to skilfully
appropriate tho material ct It's disposal, and .
party can be inaugurated which will secure the
prise in the next Presidential contest and revo-
lutionize Congress ct the approaching Congress
sional elections Lot them recall the jobs Of
the present radical Congress, tho schemes to
rob the Treasury, from the millions thrown
away on tho Freedmen's Bureau down, and
recount the numerous misdseds with tho per-
sistent efforts to prevent restoration of the
Union, and tho delegates composing that body
will have oil tue capital that they can de-
sire for . successful issue with tho radicals
before the people.
"A feeling, however, Is already being mani
tested, and that, too, by those who wish the
movement to succeed, that mo such wisdom
viii be exhibited in the resolves Of that gather
ing. But we apprehend that it will in the end
accomplish just about the same result as the
Tyler Convention and the contests between
the politicians under tho administration of Fill
more. The whig party in Congress got up
quarrel with Tyler, calling him an occidental
President. and denounced him, just - the radi-
Gals denounce President johnson at the present
time. A movement was started similar to that
now proposed, in which the politicians endeav-
ored to glorify themselves. II resulted in the
defeat Of the whig party; but those identified
with the movement, including Tyler himself,
went down In the crash. Then, again, when
Fillmore became President by the death Of
Taylor the wings in Congress stirred up a
quarrel with him. He made an effort to sus-
tain himself, and conventions were held in
various parts Of the country for this purpose.
But, like Tyler, he failed to receive sufficient
strength to renominate himself or build up =
successful party, and in his fail he carried the
whig party with him, its candidates receiving
such disastrous defeat in 1862 that the party
could never again rally. II was its finishing
blow. Such will now no doubt be the result
Of the present quarrel betweeen the President
and Congress. The Philadelphia Convention
may contribute largely to the result But as 1t
Is quite evident that it is to be manipulated by
tho politicians for their own glorifcation, and In
the same way that all such conventions have
been In the past there u but little prospect that
those who participate In 1t will receive any
material benefit politically. While they may
Gssist in the overthrow Of the radicals, they
too will be obliged to sink with them. But IL
the defeat Of the radicals can be accomplished
by 1t those connected with the movement may
consider the result worth the personal sacrifice,
and content themselves with the consolation
Of having served their country for our only
salvation is in the retirement Of the extreme
men who are now spreading Generalization BY
their action In Congress. When we turn to
the other convention called at Philadelphia
we see nothing but an effort Of politicians
long since antiquated to force themselves into
notice through an attempt to glorify the blacks
aud Pi.v- si.es. political equality Nth the
whites. The final result TO the managers OF
both Of these conventions will undoubtedly be
the same, whatever changes they may bring
about in regard to the present parties.
War In Former Times and at the Present Day.
Inventions in tho improvement Of firearms
and cannon, together with railroads, have
revoiutionized the art Of war. In former times