The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-28
WASHINGTON, January 70, 1858.

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WASHINGTON, January 26, 1868.
rs. ,otor;nns Reconstruction Commit
TOO has nearly reached . point where there
will no no further occasion for Its exist
ence. Alter the supplementary recon-
siruction bill 10 passed over the veto,
which it, as o matter of course, will re-
ceive, and the other measure to destroy
the powers of the Supreme Court has
taken its chances, there can be nothing
else to dc unless the favorite theory Of con-
fiscation--which had only been laid aside
because 1t was thought by its originators
and advocates to be impracticable-is put
into shape and spnrred through By Thad.
Stevens behind the scene, and Bingham,
with others, openly on the field OF action.
No one need be surprised if this should oc-
cur, as it is well enough known that the
passionate demand for it in some quarters
has not been entirely hushed. 1t is not
all Of the members Of the Radical party
who are whipped into voting in favor of
the monstrous bills now before Congress
who believe their organization will be
benefited by it. With many Of them it Is
an experiment, tried for the purpose of sue
cess, but with many misgivings as to what
the end will be; and it would be well if
these doubling parties would accept the
benefi. of their doubts, and not follow
so blindly at the demand of Stevens
and the beck Of Bingham. But
the stern truth is, that the Republicans
in the House Of Representatives dare not
oppose either of the lesding politicians Of
the House. Some one or two have had tho
manliness to speak out in opposition to
their programme on various occasions, but
they have lacked the courage to stand up
when the votes were being taken, and they
are hurrying on with the rest of the party
to their certain political destruction. One
thing is significant. There is not so much
enthusiasm, by long odds, manifested
among the Radicals about the coming cleo
tions as one would imagine there ought to
be, when the holiness Of their attacks
upon the Constitution aud upon all the safe
guards which surround the liberty Of the
people, both Nvrthan South, isconsidered.
On the contrary, the predictions of sue
cess and political triumphs are niSerabty
tame in comparison with those of the seve-
raj campaigns Of the last three or four
years. There is ground for this in the re-
cent defeats at the ballot-box, but there
are still better reasons in the very evident
popular rejection which has commenced,
and which is forcing itself into an elevated
position more and more as every day rolls
by. The Radical party has been playing a
great game of brag, and they are now re-
sorting to all kinds of underhand strategy
in order to keep that game up; and the
signs are numerous that in no other
% 4ha rf,y
INDUCED in SO much as it is now In
Washington. The politicians who arrive
here from different parts Of the North
and there are many Of them--have no in
spring accounts to relate OF great popular
endorsements of the majority programme
in Congress, or Of wide accessions TO the
Republican ranks; but, on the contrary,
talk Of the great work that is to be done to
achieve success in the next campaign and
the immense means that must be brought
to bear to accomplish it. The proceedings
of the southern conventions and the condi-
ton Of the southern States have had their
legitimate effect in the North and West,
where the whites cannot be disfran-
chised and where the State Legis-
latures will not allow negro suffrage.
New England is even influenced thereby /;
and in that case what may not be expected
of Now York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi-
ana, and other States, where the handwri-
ting on the wall has been so plainly visible
before. Even if the Radicals gain New
Hampshire in the coming election-which
they are by no means sure of-they will
have no occasion to fire great guns over
the result. They have all the necessary
political machinery in that State to further
their plans and programme, and with that
there is whispering enough among them
here to define plainly their fears. Con-
sentative men from that State were never
more hopeful, and it is not in the least un-
reasonable to believe that the voting there
will result similar to that in the last cleo
tions in Connecticut, New York, and Penn
sylvaua. The Radicals intend mastering
all their forces when the day comes, and
the Government Departments will, without
doubt, furnish their quota.
As it will be three months and over be-
fore the nominating conventions meet,
there is comparatively very little talk in
political circles about the next President ;
but the impression still remains among q
majority that the Radicals will nominate
Grant. he has done great service of late,
say bis friends, including also the senators
and representatives who have urged Stan
ton not to resign; and here it may be told
that it is considered in some quarters that
Stanton himself would not come altogether
amiss as candidate. There must be some
thing in the fact that his Office and house
are the headquarters of the most promi-
nent among his political congressional
friends. They have something in the wind
of more Importance than the mere request
that he should not give up the War De-
partment; and perhaps they think he de-
serves more consideration on account of
his devotion to their principles. Stanton
would suit no fe,o Of the Radicals now in
Congress; and who is more prominent in
the party than he, who, in addition to other
qualifications, is certainly older in its ranks
than Grant. The name of the latter does
not produce so much enthusiasm among
the masses as is needed; and among the
leading politicians, those who have de-
clared positively for him are the excep-
lions. In spite of the present lull in
making nominations for the Presidency, it
is very certain that the Secretary of War
and his devotion to the majority in Con-
gress are receiving very distinguished con-
sideration for the future by prominent re-
representatives. of that majority. TIMoN.
OUR PETERSBURG LETTER.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.