The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-08

Ii the ring Senators dare NoCe teainst shls
giving New York city these two Things, then
we propose to make New York city entirely
too hot to contain the bodies or souls Of the
two aforesaid Senators.
THE APPROACHING POLITICAL CAM
PAIGN-THE NEW LABOR REFORM
PARTY.
From the NJ Y. Herald.
We are on the verge of new political
campaign. The signal gun will be fired to-
day in the New Hampshire election. 1t is
apprehended, too, that in that quarter the
two guerilla factions, known as the temper
ance party and labor reform party, will some
what disarrange the local plans and general
calculations of the Republicans. In any
event the political campaign of 1880, which
will be opened in New Hampshire to-day, will
be in its results of the highest Importance,
in reference to the Presidential succession
and the dominant party under the next ad-
ministration.
The Congressional elections of this year
in September, October, and November-will
determine the political complexion of the
next House of Representatives, and upon that
House, in the event of an indecisive scrub
race for the next Presidency, may depend the
election for the succession. And why not o
scrub race in 1872 as well as in 1924? The
year 1924, the last of Monroes administra-
ton, "the era Of good feeling, was marked
by a new organization of parties. The old
Federal anti-war party, under many defeats,
had gradually melted away, and the old Re-
publican party, under Monroe, had fulfilled
its mission. Thus it was said that the people
were "all Republicans and all Federalists"
under Monroe. Out of this happy state of
things, however, four Presidential factions
came into the field in 1S24-the factions of
Jackson, Adams, Crawford, and Clay. The
election was thrown into the House and
Adams was chosen. The results were a
charge of bargain and sale" against Clay by
the friends of Jackson, and the fusion of the
factions of 1924 intos the Jackson and the
Adams parties of 1928. Thus the late domi-
nant Democratic party and the powerful Whig
party were brought into existence-General
jackson being the founder and dictator of
the one and Henry Clay the embodiment of
the other.
| The slavery agitation - ''the almighty
nigger' was the ruin of both these parties.
| 1t demolished the Wing party in 1852 because
of its disturbing anti-slavery affiliations, and
| it broke into pieces the Democratic party in
| 1860 because of its rampant, domineering,
pro-slavery, disunion, and secession excesses
and tendencies. 1t is probable that the
Southern Democratic pro-slavery ultimatum
of secession would have been tried in 1856
but for the interposition of third party
|
under Fillmore-which cleared the way in
Pennsylvania and Indiana for Buchanan. In
| 1860 this third party had disappeared, and
the Democracy, broken up North and South,
| between Douglas and Breckenridge, on
slavery, opened the way for Lidcoln ans the
new Republican party, boldly marching under
the ensign of 'No further extensions of
slavery" into any of the Territories of the
| Union.
| Tba,, oo,oa caoacc;oD ond kLo Co,,+b or,, ,o.o
slavery Rebellion. Next, in the midst of the
war, came the reelection of Lincoln on the
merits of his proclamation, as a Union war
| measure, declaring slavery abolished in the
Rebel States Next came the contest between
Congress and Andy johnson on Southern
reconstruction, in which johnson was baffied
and beaten at all points. Next the election of
| General Grant on the reconstruction measures
of Congress as issues settled by the war; and
now, at the beginning of the second year of
Grants administration, we have the settlement
of all these issues of reconstruction-thea abo-
lition of slavery, the enlargement of citizen
| ship and equal civil and political rights, re-
gardless of race or color, fixed in the Consti-
tution-"the supreme law of the land" So
completely has this amazing revolution been
carried out that a citizen of African descent
now sits in the Senatorial chair left vacant in
1861 by JEFF Davis.
Thus, saving Mormon polygamy-a mere
incidental issue which is settling itself-the
mission Of the present Republican party is
fulfilled. 1t has no other platform now than
General Grants administration, and General
Grants policy is the mild metheglin policy of
peace, economy, retrenchment, reform, and
the execution of the laws. He has evidently
resolved to make good record of his adj
minstration of the Treasury; and his first
years report of nearly one hundred millions
reduction of the public debt, as compared