, 1877-12-30
TIE SENATORIAL SpOITsMFw

Inc BILL CHANDLER manifesto, from the
statement that it was submitted ia and
approved BY certain of the 1mplacable
Senators before publication, and from rari-
GUS other indications not necessary to restate,
| that it is the deliberate intention Of q spoils
grnbblng faction Of Republican, politicians
10 renew the war upon tile Administration
after the holiday vacation. It is intended
that President HAYES shall be confronted
with the alternative of surrenderipc his cor.
st'tufaona prerogative of making appoint
n'ents to the Senators, or, in case of con-
unued resistance, being deprived of the
support OF the Republican majority of the
Senate. In other words, be is to be COM
1'elled to relapse into the old patronage
spolls system under the threat Of being read
out of the Republican pnrty. The ineyita-
Bile result Of such an assault will be that. if
5fEHzsS Ss5e t3 R il @h h afaaan dfaia Is St d6f f
for his support to the Democratic party,
assisted by such Republicans as may resent
the attacks made upon him aud prefer to
follow linn in his enforced political de-
parture.
1t hus occurred to us that this plain state-
12ent of the logical sequence OF events should
be made as warning to those who seem to
imagine that the war upon the President can
bo kept up without any moro serious political
than have resulted thus far. It
is proper that the llnp1aceble leaders and t
those who sustain them should be made to |
toresee the full catastrophe, which they are
likely to precipitate.
We have Ind in our political history !
three conspicuous instances Of n breach
between a President and The party |
that elected him, though in all these cases
he President to his position from I
hat of Vice-President, aud by reason of the
deatt Of the President originally elected. ,
rhe 1lr5t was JOHN TYLER, in lS{1 In his
,ase the 1nnrrei arose from IL proposition Of !
he Wing Congress to revive the old National | I
5ank, and Till to charter such I'll institu- :
ion was vetoed by Acting President TyLEE,
The fight, under the leadership Of HENRY
1LAr, was bitter one, and TYLER WHY I q
road ont of the party. Lie s
vent over 10 the Democrats, with whom LIE !
lad had former political association, and | I
,radually turned over the Government into q
heir hunds. The next case was Vice~pr.si- | !
lent F11LMoREs. who succeeded ZAoz YAr- y
OR lie challenged The hostility Of tie .
wing Of tho Wing party by sign | Z
ng the Fugitive-Slave low and sanctioninn c
he so-called Compromise measures The I
'reach was never healed, and he, too. so,oht :
ympathy and support from those who had T.
'een his political opponents. The last case Z
vas Asn4 JonSsoN's. The Reconstruction 0
'ohcy was tho glound of dissension in 1,is n
experience. Xhis WIS tie most stuhhor, | h
'eht OF ALL The party which had clected ! a
I'M fice~fTesldent pursued him with i'm | Il
>eacAnent, and al bnt convicted him THAR n
majority against him in Congress was 81 d
that the Tenure-of. Ofice oc; | II
'as passed to prevent his manipulation of | j,
de patronage, and he was embarrassed and Il
arasseo III every conceivable way. In el
pite of it all, JOHNSON found party. and d,
1cceeded pretty well in reyolutiouiziup tho D
ab1ic service and securing the Offices in ,b,. y,
Eterest of the Democrats in
There are two important differences 10 ba Il.
oted between the cases cited and the threat- re
led irreconc!lable breach between The r,,linc | n
ement OF the Republican Senate aud prcs. ar
mt HAYES One Of them is to be found in 81,
e fact that, in each of the preceding cases. Ct
contest arose from conscientious dis VIZ
reement asto some great nat tionaI policy Re
one case the rechnrter Of the National sci
'nk' in another the treatment of the Ell
VERY question, in the third the means Of sp,
and restoring: the rebellious
ates to their former status in the Union,- p,z
nie IN the warfare waged upon President Of
l9Es there is no provocation except the yyf
:, unconstitutional, and indefensible an bee
ION to make him s1bserrient to the dicta- xca
OF certain politicians in the distribution mi
official patronage. The other important ma
efence Is, that when TYLER was read ant mi,
Ihe Wing party, and JOHNSON out of the The
poohcan party, the expelled President tou
confronted with formidable majority mo,
Inst him in Congress whene7er be should | of +