Year: 1866




Special Correspondence of the New Orleans Crescent
WASHINGTON, June 27, 1866.
The proposition for a national conservative con-
venton is regarded as very important move here.
Hitherto the President has been isolated, the radi-
Gals holding control of the Republican party, and
the Democrats standing like iron statues on their
own ground. The purpose of the President was
to build up party, to carry outthe necessary
| conservatism of the times. The purpose of this
convention will be to lay down platform. This
may be simply in aftirmance of what the President
has done-or some new planks may be put in to
meet the necessities of the times, to establish the
machinery of party extending over the whole
| Union; and following this convention will be a
removal of offce-hoders, so that the executive
government should be harmonious in all its depart
ments.


The Presidents recent message to Congress in
regard to the transmission of the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution, has offended the radicals
very much. They call it gratuitous on his part.


The new tariff bill is the most protective ever
proposed in this country. 1t is regarded by prac-
teal men as prohibition of importation, and the
feeling of insecurity as to our financial future is
very considerably increased by that bill. People
ask how the interest on our foreign debt is to be
paid if our trade with Europe is cut up. Where
will gold run up to? With the vast mass of paper
money afoat and the millions of public debt, it is
said, suppose gold goes up to 200 or more, and a
feeling of insecurity sets in? What will be the
result?


The conviction is gaining ground that the freed
mems bureau is failure as permanent policy
The exposures of Generals Steadman, Fullerton
and others, of the impOsitions practiced upon tht
e negroes has damaged it excessively.


One of the worst consequences of the war is ex
perenced in those border States, where the extrem
Union element is in power. In the new State o
Virginia Confederates are harassed with lawsuit
for damages. On this point "ery important tria
Z. has been decided in one of the Tennessee courts
favor of the defendant, denying the power of tn
court to give damages for acts done by the Cor
federate military. This is as it should be, accord
ing to law and common sense.


The President is to make tour through tn
Northwestern States in the next month. While o
that tour he is to make an address at the laying
the corner stone of the Douglas monument,
Chicago. The President, who has superstition
s faith in the people, is in good spirits, and think
matters will come right yet.


The impression in the best informed circleshe
is that war is inevitable in Europe 1t is thougl
that it will draw into its fiery vortex all the gre
powers before it is done with. It is thoug
Russia will back Austria in the event of Franc
joining the coalition against Austria. Between {
of these parties the struggle would be giganti
How would it effect the United States? Up
er that point persons are not agreed. The bett
impression seems to be that in the long run


would injure US.


There seems to be no doubt that Mr.. Seward


hampered by certain engagements with the Fren


Emperor as to Mexico. Thus less decid


policy is being carried out in regard to Maximil


than otherwise might have been done. Some


the Presidents friends think it would be a g


stroke for him to swallow up domestic questi
NJ by bold course towards Macmillan. 1t is S
-" any kind of foreign imbrogliO is cheap, if we


get clear thus of home complications.


Fechter the London papers say, is immense
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