Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-30
POLITICAL sPECULATIoNs.


writes. We make the following extracts
And first as to the policy Of The Raids
cais. Ii is bold, desperate and the fruit of
desperation. Its FIRST palpable maniiesta~
ton was the restoration of Stanton. You
have noticed the unexpected unanimity
with which this was carried through. You
have observed that the act was favored by
the whole body of the whilom "Conserya-
tive Republican" Senators, who not only
acquiesced in the measure but urged it in
eloquent speeches. / shall not stop here TO
inquire into the cause of the change that
has come over this class of Senators; il
must be canse unknown to the public,
and wise men are not slow in attributing it
to- the use of the enormous patronage,
pecuniary and personal, Of the Secretary of
War. Regarding this | shall have some
revelations to make ere long suffice it now
TO note that there is at length perfect unity
and cohesion among the Radicals.
The Radical programme, first Of all,
makes Stanton the directing mind Of the
new dynasty To him is assigned the role
of the Danton of this revolutionary move
ment. 1t must be allowed he is not i'll
suited 10 the part. He is \ bold, bad man,
INSCRIPTIONS, selfish, ambitions. The legis-
lative chief is to be Ben Wade. He will
be put on. the Presidential ticket for the
second Office, so as to make him President
Of the Senate. This compensates for his
defeat in Ohio, and secures his active co..
operation in the Radical scheme. Stanton,
Wade--the one the administrative, the
other the Legislative, chief of the new re-
gime.
The Presidential figure is--Grantl This
is firmly determined on. Grant is satisfac
tory enough to the Jacobins, for, first, his
military reputation will help aoat them,
and, secondly, he is not regarded as dam
gerous man. They know we'll what the
people (who have all kinds of mistaken no.
tions about Grant, do not-namely that he
is man Of very easy, plastic temper.
Stanton tried several times TO kill him;
bat, not succeeding, he is content 10 control
him, which he knows he can do through
his superior force of will. Grant will go
the full extent Of the Radical policy. Not
that he specially likes il or would have de-
sired il, but his facile will has completely
given way. he did not, for instance, like
the new military bill be saw what tre-
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would place on his shoulders and he went
to Congress the other day to see if he could
not persuade members TO ease up on him.
Failing, however, he Just fell in with their
plans. The capture of the great captOr by
the Radicals--the unconditional surrender
of Grant--is Justly regarded by them as a
notable triumph. $3.50
With this sketch of the Rradical pro
gramme, on the correctness Of which you
may rely with implicit faith, il may be
worth while to glance at the antagonistic
political elements these bold scheners have
to encounter. Having shown this shall
set forth the progrs NINE and policy of the
Democratic leaders. The elements of OPP
position may be enumerated as follows:
A large majority of the men of property.
Merchants hurt by protection.
Manufactures destroyed by the internal
revenue.
Workingmen thrown out of employment
everywhere and unable TO get bread on &C
count of general distress and high taxes.
The Irish and German elements repealed
by the sumptuary and Sunday laws and the
absolute Reputation, by the Republicans,
of their rights as citizens Of the United
States.
The Catholic element in antagonism to
the individualism and prospectiyec
of the Puritan spirit eee4f ~
The legal profession generally, alarmed
and wounded by the assault ON the Supreme
Court.
Conservative classes disguised by the
general Radical tendencies of legislation,
repealed by .negrophilism and damaged by
the prostration of business and commerce.
The foreign interest and the influence Of
foreign governments and the men connected
with them. This class will be in oppo~
sition on account of being deprived of the
fruits Of international commerce By the ut
ter prostration Of trade.
A class of calm, rejecting, conscientious
men, mostly retired from active pursuits)
who see in the events of the times the de-
struction Of individual freedom and the
substitution of military despotism for re
publican government.
The womanhood Of the country, out
ragged by the grant of suffrage TO the ne
groes while it is denied to The refined and
cultured members of their own sex.
Such are the forces at war with the
Jacobinical plan of perpetuating its power.
They will be sufficient 10 destroy il (of
this the Radicals are themselves aware,
and hence their DESPERATION provided the
Democrats are wise. And that they are
not disposed to be foolish will, | think, be
manifest when Ireveal the course of action
lately determined on,
The Democratic policy is already formed,
The programme is simple and natural. IL
represents the highest phase of political
philosophy and has in it the elements of
success strikingly manifest. It's FIRST point
is, no Presidential candidate till the last
moment Every element of opinion and
every interest is to be at liberty TO. advo-.
cate its own nominee mp to the fixed hour.
ALI speculation as to possible candidates
is for the present, therefore, futile and alb
surd. For the first time in party history
the President is stricken ont of the rubric
Of our politics as an unimportant figure.
The men of real power are the War
wicks, the kingmakers who are to control
the Democratic administration. These
men have been designated in secret papal
conclave by the Democratic cardinals. The
nominee, whoever he may be, will be a
man who accepts the arrangement al
ready entered into. This arrangement
looks TO the organization and cohe~
sion Of all the elements Of success,
SrnKPS in his haranCue ~ the Rail-