The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-19
The Present Congress and Its RevelutiOnar,
Tendencies-Whcre Is the Ren,edye

The Present Congress and Its Revolutionary
Tendencies-Whcre Is tho Ren,edys
II is remarkable fact that, while our gov
eminent is doing nothing to widen the sphere
OF its influence among foreign nations, we should
find from China and japan, on the eastern side
Of Asia, from the SHOWS Of Russia 10 the vine
yards Of Italy, in Europe, from the new Do
m mon on our Northern border, from the
islands Of the Gulf of Mexico, and from oil the
Spanish American States, governments or peo-
pies, or both, actively cultivating more init
mate relations with the United States These
movements are due to- the moral pressure of
our popular institutions, our material pros
| perity, our commercial activity, our inter-
national spirit Of liberality as people, and
TO the powerful agencies Of steam, electricity
and the newspaper press In bringing tho most
widely separated nations into immediate
rapport. 1t is still remarkable, however, that
not only have we these recognitions of the
commanding development Of the United States
without effort or action from our government,
but while the government is absorbed in the
experiment of u revolutionary reconstruction
full Of the clashing elements Of political con-
fusion and dissolution.
The most enlightened rulers aud statesmen
of the Old World, however, have but cloudy
perception OF our internal political situation.
and Of the dangers involved in this experiment
of suddenly advancing four millions of the Afri-
can race, relieved but yesterday from the ignor-
ance, darkness and disabilities OF Southern
slavery, to the dignity Of civil and political
equality with the white race The experiment of
tbs sort made by the first French republic in 81.
Domingo, with sll its bloody and horrible con-
sequences and the more cautious experiment
OF England in her West India islands, furnish
no encouraging lights to guide US through this
perilous enterprise Of advancing at bound
tue African race in our Southern States from
absolute subsection, social, civil and polit-
cal, to the political government Of their late
white masters. History furnishes no adequate
precedent for such an experiment but such
precedents as we have warn us of disastrous
failure.
In 1860 the population Of the Southern
States, which plunged headlong into the pro-
slavery rebellion of 1861, and of the so called
Sou bern confederacy was, in round numbers,
4 cight million seven hundred thousand-thc
whites numbering five million one hundred
thousand, and the blacks three million six
hundred thousand. We do not count the two
races in Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky and
Missouri. Under the Reconstruction laws Of
Congress, with their rebel acknowledgements
and test olths operating against tn, whites and
with universal suffrage in favor OF the blacks,
We have seen enough to show that all these
rebel States still excluded from Congress will
be reconstructed on the basis of negro supre-
macy, and that they will be ruled by the negro
vote as in the restored State OF Tennessee.
Alabama will doubtless, be shortly restored
upon the principles of her new constitution, and
success in her case will certainly stimulate
all the sitting radical tons Of Tho
other states concerned TO cut short their de
bates, finish their work and join Alabama in
Congress. Then we shall have eleven states
with tiity-eight members 10 one branch of Con-
gress and twenty two in the other as the repre-
scntatives Of universal negro suffrage, holdins
the balance OF power in the Senate against all
probable contingencies, aud, without. vigor
Gus effort from the North against them, holding
the balance Of power in the next House.
The balance OF power in the general govern
ment, welded before The rebellion By tire,
hundred and fifty thousand white shareholders
il to be turned over to their late slaves, les.
than four millions OF blacks. Men NAV prca q
the equality Of all races under the Declaration
OF Independence and the Divine law; but iron
the building Of the pyramids Of Egypt down 4