Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-05-01
The Republican Party.

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The Republican journals throughout the
country arc exprcssis great fears, and that
well founded, Of an impending rupture in
their party. Indeed the present Republican
party is close resemblance Of n race no rsc,
that in times past has swept everything be-
fore it, but now, with strength relaxed, con-
fidence lost, "fies the track," and the fame
and vitality that it but short time possess
ed has passed away They can no LANCER
conceal or deny that the breaches are wide
and many that distract the once powerful
and influential Republican party. This is
beyond mans concealment. And when the
cin9s once started there is no telling where
it will let down the dicomftted portions of
this party. The past combined efforts of
the Republican party to govern, will only
remain as q record in the cOuntry's history
of misrule and mismanagement. No act of
this party had better tendency to hurry
on their finishing touch, than the election
of "Beast" Butler, to him, more than
any other man in the country, are We in.
debted to the happy and speedy consum-
nation Of the triumphant ordeal in expell-
ing men of his stamp from power But for
him, no doubt, many would have been led
to doubt the innocense of Mrs. ANN Sur.
RAFT. The very thought Of that act is suf.
iicient to cast an everlasting odor of guilt
and shame as long as history shall record it,
upon the party under whose control and
influence the atrocious crime was perpetra.
ted. A split in the Republican party is in.
cvitablc. The Butterflies, the Binghams,
the Fessendens, and numerous other factions
now, or which have been, composing the
leaders Of the Republican party, will never
consolidate again to form q solid mass
That time is past as the debates in the
House Of Congress will testify. The per-
sonsl animosity, the jealousy for political
ascendancy is too great to admit them of
consolidation. The charge by Butler that
Bingham was instrumental in hanging an
innocent woman, is one too serious to be
overlooked by the friends of the latter, no
matter how true it may be, and undoubtedly
is. The taunt Of Bingham in alluding to
Butler as the hero OF Fort Fisher, spoons
&c., are none the less provoking to the lat
ter as the charge Of murder must be sting
ing to the former. Fessenden too, is snarl-
ing at Sumner. Chandler charges Secretary
McCulloch with incompetency, and would
not hire him at the very common SALARY of
one thousand dollars year to clerk in his
Detroit dry goods store The temperance
members of Congress are threatening to
oust their Incorporate associates, at the
next session, and so it goes. The impeach-
mcnt question causes no little confusion
among the impeachers and non-impeachers,
whileButlcr asserts that the country is ex-
pecting the iml cachment of the President,
blair gets M AM says the country expects
no such thing. The appearance of the
political horizon indicate great and severe,
storm in the camp of the Republican party
which will shake to pieces the rotten fabric
of spoils and plunder. The impeachment
question will settle, if settled at all, in a
personal controversy, which will not result
in the impeachment Of the President, but
in opening the eyes Of the people, and Mey
become possessed of facts that will astound
the whole civilized world. 1t will be an ex-
position of the public, private and moral
character, such as has never been made
public, and will only be believed because
the utterance comes from their own mouths.
Such discussions, as disgusting as they may
appear, coming from body having the
power in their hands to make laws to govern
over thirty millions Of people, they will
nevertheless be of great value and benefit,
and that the people will profit by them
there is not the least doubt