The New York herald., 1868-05-05

scenes must be expected at the stage OF
revolutionary confusion which the Jacobins
have now reached. The only consolation that
the people can derive from these quarrels Of the
leading radicals is expressed in the homely
proverb that 'when rogues fall out honest men
come by their own." The Generalization indi-
Gated by such quarrels favors the hope that
the days of the reign of the radical party are
numbered.
| The DOunelly.Washburn Quarrel - Family
Jars Among the Radicals.
| We publish to-day the Donnelly Washburne
/ correspondence, ont of which grew the scurri-
lous and scandalous quarrel on Saturday last
in Congress between these two distinguished
radical lawmakers. According to his own
showing this Illinois Washburne is the watchdog
of the Treasury, particularly against all those
great specializing Congressional land jobs known
as railroad land grants. If we are not mis-
taken, however, Washburne with the late Sen
ator Douglas, was prime mover and persistent
worker all the way through of that most gigan-
tic of all these State railroad land jobs carried
through Congress, the Illinois Central Railway
grant-a grant which has made that Central
company as much the master of Illinois as the
Camden and Amboy company is master over
New Jersey. Again, we believe Mr.. Washburne
is identified with most of these Pacific Railroad
grants, from which we may soon expect to see
the most powerful stockjobbing monopoly and
political corporation this country has ever
produced. At all events, this Donnelly- Wash
burne quarrel may be set down, in the first
place, as radical family fuss over the division
of the spoils, the end of which is still to come.
In the second place, it will be perceived from
Donnelly's scarifying speech on Saturday that
jealousy of Washburne's supposed influence
over General Grant and dislike of Grants
apparent subordination to the leading strings of
Washburne are beginning to crop out among
the Western radicals, who have no notion
of playing second fiddle to Washburne. Thus,
for example, speaks out Donnelly, in reference
to Washburnes interferences with the affairs
of members of Congress outside Of his own
State:-'There is simple explanation which
is given out in my district, and which is one of
the strongest arguments why they should send
Washburne) TO this House-namely that he
(he Illinois Washburne) owns General Grant,
that he carries U. S. Grant in his breeches
pocket Why, sir, he CWashburne) already
feels on his shoulders the cares of empire;
he is already forecasting cabinets, disposing Of
foreign missions, setting men up and putting
them down" Again, referring to General
Grant, thus speaks the indignant Donnely:-
81 cannot think that he Grant will degenerate
into becoming puppet to be played by wires
held in the hands Of the gentleman from llli-
nois, or that he will degenerate into kind of
hand organ to be toted round on the back of
the gentleman from Illinois, while his whole
family sit on the top Of the machine grinding
and catching pennies like troop of mon
keys"
This is enough to show that Washburne, as
the ''good man Friday" of General Grant, is
beginning to attract some attention in the
radical camp, and 80 it becomes ''the gentle
man from Illinois" to be modest and not to
presume too much upon the Importance of his
position. All these party jealousies and
troubles hinge upon the spoils and they ex-
tend not only to the personal associations of
Grant, but to the apprehended designs of ''Old
Ben Wade," and to such an extent that il
Andrew johnson is acquitted his good luck will
be due mainly to these wrangling radical
cliques over the spoils in hand and the plumber
of the succession.
Trading at AIbany-A Legislative Wall street.
Some very pretty bargaining is on the tapis
at the State capital. Governor Fenton, from
want of harmony between himself and the
republican majority Of the Senate, cannot get
that body to confirm his nominations He is