The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-28

| The Row In tho senate-The Re-
| publican Party Going TO Wreck.
The republican party bears close resem-
blance to the ill-fated war steamer duron.
Nothing was further from the thoughts OF
her officers than that they were sailing to
meet their doom. Just as little did the
republican majority of the Senate suspect
that they were moving toward terrible
and fatal wreck when they ventured to put
themselves in opposition to President Hayes
at an early stage Of this extra session. The
republican party, like the Huron, foundered
in the night. The all night session OF Mon
day-Tuesday was such lifting and DASH
ing of the republican ship in violent po-
litical surf MS puts both vessel and crew IN
the same hopeless condition which overlook
the doomed Huron on Friday night Ifitwere
mere parliamentary struggle with the
democrats the republican party might sur
vive, even if it should be brought into
a minority in the Senate But it is, in
truth, rs much war upon President Hayes
as contest with the democratic party.
According to an inspired authority, "a
house divided against itself cannot stand,
and when the republican party having lost
control Of the House and being reduced to
slight majority in the Senate. is insane
enough to waste the feeble remnant Of its
strength in quarrel with the republican
President, it is in bad way. The dashing
of the Senate against the Executive is like
the pounding OF the Huron upon lee shore,
which quickly beat her to pieces and made
her an utter wreck.
It will not do to overlook the fact that
this is really an assault upon President
Hayes The democratic Senators and their
allies are fighting his battle. His with
drawal of the federal troops from South
Carolina and Louisiana was On Endorsement
by him Of the legal validity of the Hampton
government in the one and of the Nichols
government in the other-an Endorsement
not only of the Governors but of the sup
porting Legislatures Mr.. Hayes recogni-
ton OF the democratic Legislatures Of South
Carolina and Louisiana was q concession of
their legal right to elect federal Senators. It
is too clear for argument that if Mr.. Hayes
was right in accepting those Legislatures as
legal the Senators chosen by them have On
incontestable title to their seats Opposi-
ton to their admission is an emphatic con-
domination OF the action of the President
last spring.
| The republican Senators have thrown off
all DISCUSSES on this subject. The report on
Kellogg's case, submitted yesterday after
noon, puts his title on ground which i'm
| %o
The language of the committee is SO unre-
served as to fall little short of an insult to
the President. The committee charges that
after the Kellogg Legislature had been
lawfully elected IAN overwhelming array
of armed force was used to crush out the
lawful State government of Louisiana.
The implication from this Language is clear
that President Hayes was m accomplish in
crushing out the lawful State government.
If Mr.. Hayes was right in recognizing the
democratic Legislatures nothing could be
more unassailable than the title of the Sem
ators chosen by those Legislatures. The
republican Senators, by denying their title
and attempting to shut them out, are
waging a more determined war on the Pres
ident than they are against the democratic
party. The republican party is too far gone
to survive such an intestine quarrel within
| it's own ranks.
The appearance of republican unity
against the President which is maintained
in the Senate is Fictitious and false. 1t does
can party in the country. Had the rank
and file of the party been left to their own
free impulses they would have supported
the Southern policy of the President. The
opposition is the work of false leaders, not
Of the republican masses. This quarrel ut
Washington is, therefore, certain to divide
and disintegrate the party. Some republi-
cans will support the Senate, others will
stand by the President, and party which
| is in minority of several hundred thou
sand in the country at large must be ruined
by such q schism If this were mere
quarrel with the democrats the conse-
ouences would not be so serious But the
an acceptance of the plain, logical conse-
quence of President Hayes recognition of
the democratic Legislatures in South Caro-
lima and Louisiana. The rejection of But
Ter and the admission of Kellogg would be
a rebuke to President Hayes administered
by the Senators of his own party. The
trial of strength will be renewed in the
Senate to-day, and whatever may be the inn
mediate result of the battle the republican
party will be left in the condition Of ship
which has been dashed against the shore
and broken to pieces.
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