The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-02


With good wheat harvest secured, putting
on end to their late universal and pressing
restitution, aud with fair prospect of good
crops Of cotton, corn, tobacco, &C., the people
/, Of the ten States of the five Southern military
districts Seem 10 re taking more lively
interest than of late in !he political issues
of Southern reconstruction. Whatever Mr..
johnson, in the further pursuit of his exploded
| policy, may do with the five military command
ers or any of them, 1t IL evident that all
parties In the South are at length satisfied that
they have no alternative but to meet the con-
ditions laid down by Congress.
At Richmond, Virginia, republican State
convention, largely attended, assembled yes
terday, for the purpose Of a regular organiza-
ton Of the republican party. on the platform
of Congress, throughout the State. With har-
mony in the councils and action of this assem-
blage, there is but little doubt that the power
full party represented will carry the State
Bat the fussy and intractable Hunnicutt, and
his ultra faction Of noisy Richmond negroes
may possibly spoil these calculations Hunni-
cult, however, as a desperate adventurer for
spoils and plumber. may DO paciaed with fat
office. In any event. thu results of the con-
vention will mark the practical beginning of q
reconstruction of political parties and party
issues under the new dispensation of negro
liberty and negro suffrage.
In North Carolina thu republicans already
have established central State organization
and affiliating clubs in every county, and they
are sanguine Of carrying the State by decisive
majorities, through oil the processes Of recon-
straction. The opposition elements. without
funds, leaders, workers or organization, are
evidently Of the same opinion. The same may
be said more emphatically Of South Carolina,
where there appears to be no political msvt-
ments or meetings except those Of the republic
can party. population composed of four
hundred thousand blacks against three hun
dred thousand whites, from the present situa-
ton Of things in the South, settles the case of
South Carolina in advance.
In Georgia the republicans are proceeding
more quietly, but no doubt as vigorously, for
the possession of the State in the work of re-
organization; nor have we any Information of
any movements of the opposition that will jus.
tify presumption of republican defeat, not
withstanding the heavy majority Of the whites
in Georgia over the blacks.
From Alabama committee of so-called
conservatives have just made call upon Presi-
dent Johnson, asking for the removal of Gene
raj Pope, which is bad sign. These men, in
stead of praying to Hercules, who has been
shorn of his strength and who cannot help them,
must put their own shoulders to the wheel if
they would get their political go-cart out of
the mud.
As for Louisiana, the registrations through
out the State show such large majorities for the
blacks that we cannot imagine how the Presi-
dent is to reverse the balance of power by
Sheridan's removal, If that is the object in
view In word, from Virginia to Texas the
republicans have secured the inside track, and
under the new explanatory Reconstruction
bill the removal of this man, that man or the
other from military district still leaves the
same imperative duties of supervision with
General Grant. If Mr.. johnson, however, cam
not be satisfied short Of the removal of a mill
tary commander or two, let him 90 ahead.
The results will be profitless to him; but they
will be equal to the opening of new gold
placer to the newspapers.