, 1877-12-08
PRESIDENT AND PARTY.

In the Prealdeut Without = Party in thS
.Benate7-The wise Course df the Housn
1lapublIcans-1a 1t Principle or spotls with
the senate7
Correspondence ofAe csnetnrai 0a*e,ie.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-Tho old scsslou closed
with tho Republicans OF tho Senate, wtthin tho
veil Of lis secret session, strongly, amost eolly,
arraycd agaiust The President, and the Neput-
1icAns OF tho House steadily refusing, up to the
last mItinto of the session, to allow a vote on
any resolutions which might cyen indirectly CT
hib!t dissatisfaction with the President. Thus,
in tho attempt to secure partS-ltlity, the Senate
Republicans throughout the Kpcciai session
have sought for It by attempting to array them
sclycs 10 nan against tue President. The
Republicans of the liouso haro pursued tho
wiser why of avniltng all opcn condemnation,
with tho expectation That in the end tltcIr ma
tority md the President might lInu common
ground 10 stuNd upou.
Thrso different lines nj policy IN dealing With
The President On tho part uf tsic two Houses
wr1c acvr'ol'sa u1,on this Threshold oi The sc.-
esofl. Nllc early cu,'fcFcnce At Secretary shet-
mans Of prominent mctnhcrs 81 the llpltse WIS
MI attempt to arrange MI differences by cun.
sultuttons. nnA 10 prevent open and formal
purty.crtttcism of the President.
THE leaders ot the Senate. from tile hrst,
ailop,ed The other ntd very different cuHrsc OF
eccElng by Industrious work, To Folitlity tic Re-
puh'srnns ii lint lts!Y apasnss the PRESIDENT,
QON 10 NplllCsL k4ltS 1NlSl1lE HtllAuQc IL kslG
whole cutnity hY refusing to aet upon t!ir notn.
foN,Iuut ami, hy ever! means known to the ma.
'hnrry ii the rauc,ltcs. thu executive sessions.
,n,l the committees. to mike the President know
that the Senate was ngaust him.
Tho country will nut lH. lnn1 In dcctdiug
which was tho wiseat tn,ursc. that of the SEN
n,c OF Tint Of the iln',sc, e,"a Which was heat
calculated to strengthen the party. and bring
nbout concord between the Executive and tho
Legislative branches Vt tho Government.
Nor will tho country, In lrqIIstnK for tho
rtasons which unucrflc a.id cxp'gtn tho coursc
pursued by each llouse fn this matter, fail 10
primarily from tho fact that President Hayes
Inns unlooacd the'r long and undtspnted hold
upon tho patronage. There fs 10 otl,er cxpln-
nation OF thc spl,it exhibited nnd tie mcthois
cpt Ia, In essentials battle for political spul,s.
The country Will surely sco this, and tho Scn-
ate need not 1uppoee that, beeausc II Is solid
III Thc M amendment 10 lie Constitution. which
scuators carried ycarB ago without submitting
ttto the States. that ,hc President e,lun'd nom.
tnatc to t,!1co by and With tic advice and con-
scnt Of the Senators supposed to bo ,,ersonalty
Interested, has never l'ecn ratified by the pco.
u1c, uul II never will be. Thc Senate mny as
we'll accept, tl,c inevitable. The ia'etttons Of
the letter Of acceptance, Of the inaugural, unll
of the message, Oh this subject, arc those which
tho pcunle believe In: aud will sare!s sustain.
The position Of the President IL a political Gtb-
raltar. which emu ucver 1o carried ty pop.une
al executive sessions, no tuattcr how snanv
guns thuso Notifications may mount. nor how
actively they mny 10 served. There ore acna-
tors who differ Btoutly and honestly with tho
there arc reasons .wl'Icl, probably tho majority
ot Republicans deem sound why tho Senate
shonld refuse TO confirm Democrats, But
neither The Southern question. tor tho
"rsp "rs 0 auy Gpppss.sn ot snes. snarc I
into the account In considering q