The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-17

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aDiicnn Party In the SoutIi-Thc
Danger Ahead.
mo republicans of Congress are evidently
resolved e 70 %ske sure work, in party view,
~ CD reconstruction Of the ten excluded
Southern States. On Monday evening last
party caucus of the members Of both houses
was held upon this important subject, from the
reports OF which it appears that the Congress
sional Executive Committee, of which Mr..
Schenck is chairman, had collected some
seventeen thousand dollars for Southern cleo
tioneering purposes; that the bulk of this sum
had been so expended in the employment OF
white and black stump speakers and organ
izcTs, and in tho circulation Of political docu-
ments and speeches; that some sixty colOred
men and cons, derable number Of whites are
now engaged in organizing republican clubs
and in disseminating republican ideas in the
excluded States, and that for the more vigorous
prosecution Of this work the caucus agreed to
raise q fund Of Que hundred thousand dollars,
towards which fifteen thousand were subscribed
on the SPOT.
This looks Ike business; and yet oil this is
| only an item in the resources and forces of the
republicans in the South. First they have Con-
| gress ITSELF with its absolute powers, and the
| emancipated blacks in an almost unbroken
phalanx on the side of Congress. comprehend
| ing say five hundred thousand voters. Secondly,
they have The War Department, the General-in-
Chief of the army. the five commanders of the
five Southern military districts, their numerous
subordinates, and all their powerful moral, ma
| tericl and financial aid TO back them. Thirdly,
the Freedmen Bureau, with an agency for the
distr button Of bread to the destitute whites and
blacks in almost every county in every one of
these tea excluded States, il an active jealous
and powerful republican electioneering institu-
| ton. Lastly. the freedmen's schools, involving
| an annual expenditure O! millions Of money.
collected from Northern societies, arc all active
supporters Of tho republican party. Against
this formidable array of Official agencies, Trea-
sury appropriations, Northern societies., Con-
gressional committees and organized clubs,
with the nucleus of the mass of tho Southern
blacks and considerable fractions Of the white
population to start upon, how stands the oppo-
sition? II stands without organization in any
State, without recognized lea.ers, and without
electioueering agents, because il is without
money; and Inc opposition elements, moreover,
are so far divided in opinion and SO demon
allied that they appear 10 have given up the
battle in advance. Thus, from oil the develop
ments and signs Of the times, we cannot resis
the conclusion that, after passing through thu
appointed processes of reconstruction, nearly
all, il not ALL these ten outside States will b
reinstated in Congress with republican dele
CATION in both houses.
This will be done through party organiza
ton embracing the blacks almos. en- mosse, ant
sufficient detachments from the whites to giv'
this combination the balance of power Th'
States, however, which will thus be gained Il
the republican side will he in truth blacl
republican States, inasmuch O. this dominan
mixed party therein will be controlled by th
black vote. And herein lies tho especia
danger Of speedy reaction against the repub
licans, resulting in the disruption OF tn
party While HayH and Jamaica furnisl
} abundant evidence Of the incapacity Of tn
African race for scltgovernmcnt or politica
sscendancy according TO any Of the forms 0
modern civilization, We have in the histor,
: respectively Of the mixed breeds Of Dominics
Mexico, the Central American and most Of tn
; South American States enough 10 warn rs o
the danger Of negro political ascendancy Il
, | the South. The results Of this ascendancy vii
! probably be, from Virginia 10 Texas, more o
less such q conflict Of races, such a state Q
disorder, anarchy and bloodshed in the recon
structed States a. 10 bring about revolu
tionary political reaction in the North, demo-
ishing the party In power, North and soutl
: Indeed, the republicans, upon the Souther
negro vote, arc vcnturins upon an exceedingl
dangerous experiment, and unless they manag
, Il with extraordinary skill the consequences I
. them will be disastrous and warning agains
all such experiments for ages 70 come.
We ere satisfied that the Congressional pla
3 Of Southern reconstruction meets the spprsv'
} Of the great North, and will now be quietl
scquiceced ip BY al classes and parties 10 th
souih Copperhead ns)cou!epss may denounc
+ els system ~ horribly dcspotc, and tho hv
southern pilitasy commanders ~ the ave m0'