The New York herald., 1868-02-03

lively eleven and sixteen years, were seriously and
probably fatally injured.
Eighty iIict distillerlss were recently seized In the
Abosviils dissrict g. G.. and Hart ana Ebert countless
&c. The deputy collector who made ths ssisurss was
soon Afterwards met By party hired BY the dtillsrs
who shot him through the shoaldsr pward b offered
By the government for the arrest or those concerned In
the outrage #r v&Nf e. y
resolution vas introduced IN the Maryland LssIs.
asurs On Saturday directing Governor Swami 70 issss
commission V the newly elected Senator, Mr. Hamil
ton. when Of the Governors friends aanounocd thas
the commission would not 70 be Issued, = Governos
Swami considered the election Of Mr. HAmit0a IL vo
laton Of the Eastern Shore lava M sat
Tho Debate ON tho supple.ental Recon
structisa Biii.
The debate in Congress on tho Supplemental
Reconstruction bill takes . wide range-as
wide almost a. the debates In Committee Of the
Whole ON the state Of the Union. Il b pollti-
Cal debate extending iar beyond the particular
features of the bill, and embraces all the points
which make up the great issue Of the time be-
tween radicalism and conservatism, between
the President and Congress, and between the
constitutional party and the party which is
revolutionizing the government Members are
anxiously defining their position and the posi-
ton Of the parties to which they belong, not
for the enlightenment Of each other 30 much as
to make an impression upon the people pre-
paratory to the approaching elections in the
States and to the Presidential election. The
motive that inspires the debate and the object
in view are unmistakable. Little side issues
0thor ruoskjcua ~ U,,h1;n vOlinv omit "a
nothing just now; the all-absorbing great issue
is the one mentioned; ID that which occupies the
public mind and on which the elections will turn.
The political leaders in Congress could not
ignore It if they would. and therefore the dis
cussion has been continued with deep feeling,
and with an earnestness and ability rarely wit
messed. This political debate has been carried
on, chiefly in the Senate, during week or
more, but it breaks out In the House frequently
when other bills are up. Soon little else win
be heard in both bodies. su
The most remarkable thing In the debate is
that the dominant party is all the time on the
defensive The conservative opposition have
but a corporal's guard in either house The
| radicals have compact, powerful army. We
say the radicals, and include all the republi-
! cans, because even those members Of the party
who are more moderate and disposed to be
more conservative go solidly and blindly with
the radical leaders in the most revolutionary
measures for the sake of keeping their party
united. In both the Senate and House Of Rep
rcsentatives their numbers are overwhelming.
They can, as we have seen, easily carry any
measure by two-thirds vote over tho Presi-
dents veto. Yet this powerful party in Con-
| gress are fighting on the defensive oil through,
| Notwithstanding tho Insignificant number OF it's
| opponents. The speeches Of Morton, Howe,
| Trumbull and the rest of the ablest radical
Senators, as well as OF the declaiming politicians
| of the Wilson stamp, are Of the same defensive
character. It is SO, too, with the speeches Of
| the radical leaders in the House Of Represent
atives. They have no ground to stand upon !;
they have nothing on which to make square,
direct and upright fight they have no prin-
ciples, and nothing but the negro theories,
which are condemned by the people every
where, for an issue. A party. like an army,
that has no principle, cause, or ground to
stand upon must become demoralized and
defeated.
II is clear that the radical leaders feel thoir
weakness, for they are excessively sensitive.
| Such q speech as that Of Mr.. Doolittle, though
| temperate in tone and argumentative, makes
them furious. They lose their temper and
reply with abusive defamation. They are
| trying hard to draw out platform tor the
approaching elections but they begin to sec
that they have pretty well used up all the old
material and have nothing left In analyzing
their speeches in Congress We see that there
is no point in them, and that they are utterly
negative. They are made up of abuse Of the
President, Of claptrap phrases about rebellion,
when the rebellion was killed and buried,
never TO rise again, several years
| ago; Of q great deal Of senseless trash
about disloysl white people, and Of great
amount of humbug about loyal negroes. All
| this, together with an effort to explain away
their wicked measures and TO cover up their
! atrocious object in giving the barbarous ne
groes the balance Of power in the republic,
| constitute the burden Of their speeches. In
fact there is nothing else In them. On the
radical side we hear nothing of the constitu
ton, except from some bold, outspoken mem
Der like Thad Stevens, who speaks Of IL only
to repudate it. We hear nothing Of the white
people except to denounce them. II Is the ne
gro first, the negro last and the negro all the
time. The South may be turned into wilder
ness, a war Of races may be inaugurated, the
business Of the whole country may be para
L 1v,a an1. h. hay 10 b.
national debt, maintain the government and
support the negroes in idleness, II the radicals
can keep themselves in power To secure this
object they would sacrifice the South, the white
people and the republic itself
But will the people OF the North be dcluded
| nv the false nretanoaa ot tha.a rao,Ias, mar.