New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-12-28

There is less personal opnos;,;on =, Al.
'es'aen, 81 IN Congress than was generally s1.
pec'ed. The fact that the Republican ,uc.
sesses In the fall elections Indicate the gen.,.I
oonnuehee OF The people in the Administ,..
uon mas PROBABLY shown the impolicv Of ON.
posing II, and unless soma extraor6;,.
should occur the President will \.
heartily sustained in the present Coug,.s. :.
In the last. The Washington eOrre.nonaa..
OF the Worcester Mass. Spy writes.
Recently heard some shrewd politician. ~,
newspaper men-good barometers aI--con
ning over the roll of the House TO see if thor
were any Republicans TO be counted. who. Ika
senator ochnrz, were so embittered against the
rresident that they will not vote with their
party, II that party dominates the man thew dis
like. After full discussion, il was decla-o3 ,ha,
no man. now in the Republican majority conId
be so counted on. Mr.. Finkelnburg, of 81
Louis, Mr.. Amber Of Ohio, aud Gen. Farms.
worth were the only ones whom the most cred.
uious In the group deemed likely TO be so far
embittered. The Democratic managers Gts
Randall, Cox, Morgan, and Kerr, really tboueht
that when Congress resssembled a strong per.
sonal hostility to the President would be lie.
veloped. So far as the House is concerned
the total absence OF any such feeling is a won
der even to sanguine Republicans Gen. Farms.
worth Is the only one on the right who appears
inclined to be critical. TIE Democrats are ex
ceedingy non pluSsed at this state of affairs.
Only one thing is about assured, and that is
that they have no intention Of striking their
colors or inviting one of their whilom foes to
become their leader. unless he first dons their
Uniform and shouts their shiboleth. Their forte
Tor the present will be simply to play Micaw-
ber-wait for something to turn up" Criti-
cism, and that Of the petty detail order is their
only role In this they are just as likely as not
To put their foot in it,
Mr.. Trumbuil is regarded as having taken
the leadership of the dissatisfied. The Senate
evidently holds more disQuieted men than the
House-not even making allowance for num-
bers
The list OF recalcitrants among Republican
Senators is thus made up: Sumner, Trumbull,
Schurs, Fenton, Ferry. Connecticut Logan,
Sprague, Upton, and West nine in all. These
are counted on as "thiclE AID thin" anti
ADMINISTRATORS Then there is a second
class, made up of those who are likely to be
found voting against the majority on personal
issues, LEGAL appointments, or any matters
which will show they deem themselves badly
treated. These are thus set down: Hamilton,
Texas Patterson, New Hampshire Sawyer,
South Carolina and Spencer, Alabama. The
hrst and last OF these names are, in my judg-
ment, the only ones who NAV, with any reason.
be classed as Disconnected
About twenty-tbree votes will then be found
Inclusive OF the Dems cratsl in the Senate in
opposition To the Administration, though, of
course, all who are so counted will not vote
together when the issue is Of dividing lines
the questions on which parties diverge. The
opposition in the Senate Is, on the whole, likely
to do good, because its role being that Of the
virtuous iniormer and reformer, some abuses
are likely to be corrected, and improvements
will be made. Still the fight against the Presi-
dent is personal one Of course every dis
satisfied man is exceedingly virtuous all at
once. He is seriously anxious for the one
term principle to prevail lie wants all
abuses corrected, though he is wilfully blind
TO the very many steps already taken in this
direction. The cry of reform is as good as
that of economy. 1t seems easier to believe in
human depravlty, so far as politics and Gov
are concerned, than in anything better.
| am disposed to accept the doctrine without
flinching when fad so many believing evil of
other men. But when one sees how men are
Influenced by small matters, lack of tact rather
than principle or integrity am not surprised
that the simple, straig t-iorward, practical and
fearfully uniinaginative, if sagacious. man, who
fills the Executive chair, should have made
more bitter foes than he would have done it
be had the conciliatory capacity well as the
integrity and trust worthiness which are salient
features of the Presidents character.