The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-04

But he certainly means to rally under his
banner that section of the party and those
leaders of its organization who have gone with
him through fire before and who will 90 with
him through fire again. He is too
good soldier to despise his veterans,
and there is no possible political campaign
that would daunt the courage of Cameron and
Conkling. Carpenter and Butler. These men
are In politics what the soldiers of the regular
army are in war; Their trade is conflict, and
they live for power. Public opinion they despise
unless it destroys them. They are not oppressed
by constitutional scruples or precedents. They
have rude loyalty to their party, like the
loyalty of the Highlanders to the Stuarts
or Of the Bscayans to Don Carlos. They
want power and station. They will pardon
any weakness on the part of public men, ex-
cept disloyalty to the party. They removed
Sumner because he was lukewarm, and over
threw Gushing because they did not trust
his republicanism, and while doing SO sus-
tanned the usurpations in Louisiana. the
shameless ring in Pennsylvania and the reck-
less management of the revenues in New York
They care little what the clansmen do, so they
do not betray the MaoGregor.
How far will the President follow this
alliance? 1t would be to close our eyes to the
most conspicuous and shining fact in the
political heavens to say that it does not exist
Will he follow it to the disruption of the party?
Does he mean to draw the line now drawn in
Massachusetts through the Union? Already
we see the demarcation in Pennsylvania
and the omens there are not discouraging
to the President. For only the other day the
opposition to his banner, headed by men as
powerful as Forney and Mcclure, and bur-
dened as he was with the corruptions of
local Improvement, was overwhelmed in
Philadelphia. Philadelphia, too, is the ban
ner city of republicanism. It never failed the
party. 1t represents better than any other the
elements that constitute the organization. The
President may reason truly that if the prestige
of his administration is strong enough to over
whelm all opposition in Philadelphia. even
when commanded by old republican leaders,
it has strength enough to carry the country on
any issue nay, even to carry it for third
term should ''the necessities of the country
require" Certainly if such q campaign is
probable or possible the men he has drawn SO
closely to his standard are the men to fight
and win it.
In the meantime let us see what New Hamp-
shire and Connecticut will say. The President
has made demonstration in Massachusetts,.
Let us study the result in the neighbor States.
The advance guard has advanced. II it tri-
umphs the whole line will advance If it fails
it will only be a Belmont battle after ala re-
pulse and retreat and change in the policy
of the administration. But the time is coming
for some definite policy. A great silence, as
of awe and fear to speak, rests on the republi-
can party. The leaders, who do not
believe in many things that have been
done, wait timidly until public opinion
them to protest Boutwell, and
Dawes and Sherman dread the fate of Fenton
and Trumbun and Schurz. They do not
crave the ice-bound desolation of the oppo-
sition They may have their opinions,
but they do not care to express them
at the risk of being led out to a ditch
f1uu ouOt LING OcScI UCIb. 4cI tucbc INcW LuR-
land States pronounce against Grant, and we
shall have an awakening of the public sense
and a quickening of the political heart that
have not been seen since the days of Fremont
The Presidency will become an important and
problem. Candidates will come
from the North and the South, the East and
the West There will be the awakening of dry
bones that was seen by the prophet For the
present all eyes rest on New England, and
Grant begins the second year Of his second
term with party behind him disciplined and
and ready for any enterprise, and
the country awed, patient and fearing to speak
more than murmur against his imperial will
Suggestion and Hint.
The writer Of the following is a gentleman
of standing, we'll known to the community,
whose testimony is Of great interest at this
time:-