The New York Herald Newspaper, November 14, 1870, Page 6

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DR, KAHN’S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 745 Broadway.— (BOIRNCK AND ABT. TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Monday, November 14, 1870. Mae a é CONTENTS OF TO-BAY’S HERALD. Paes. +} L—Advertisements. 2—Advertisements. * 3—Paris: The Armies of De Palladines and Von / Der Tann Face to Face; Twenty-five Hundred Germans Captured Ue; General in the Recent Bat- Von Werder’s Army Mov- ing Towards the Loire; Prussian Re- ort of Their Defeat at Coulmiers; Preparations fora Grand Sortie from Paris; - Gambetta Reported Intriguing for the Orlean- ists—Telegraphic News from all Parts of the World—Young Men’s Christian Association, 4@—Religious: Ceremonies, Sermons and Services In and Around the Metropolis; spiritual Con- solation and Spiritualistic Conversation; Poll- tics, Popery and Protestantism Diversely Treated; Arcnbishop Spaiding, of Baltumore, on the Troubles of the Pope. S—Religious (continued from Fourth Page)—New York City News—Masonic Funeral in Newark, N. J,—Kleptomania in Buffalo—New Jersey Items—Oolored Juries in Texas. G—Editorials: Leading Article, Russia Moving in the Game of War, the Eastern Question— Amusement Announcements, ‘J—Editorials (Continued from Sixth Page)—Rus- sia: Exciting Agitation of the Eastern Ques- tion; Proposed Revision of the Treaty of Paris; Russia Satd to Have Notified the Sign- ers; England Alurmea; Turkey Armed and Self-Reliant—P nal Intelligence—Musical Review—Sand wi Islands: Funeral of the Dowager Queen Kalama—News from Wash- ington—That Burning mer—Stadbing Affray Between Boys—First Concert of the New York Liederkré Soclety—Garrison Lite in Alaska—Busines: tees, S—Eurdve: Earl Granville’s Defence of British Neutrality; Reply to the Bernstorff Circular: sazaine’s Jo T! rom Metz and Reception by Fr Proclamation on the War the Cri People; edy—The Wealth of the Blauvelt Famiuy—An Old Indian Fighter. 9—Tnat Famous McGarraban Case; Secretary Cox’s Quarrel with the President; Curious History of the Litigation in Cot ments—More Insinit Marine Transters—Ror Financial and Commerc! NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET, Ruasia Moving in the Game of War~The Eastern Question. The English government and people are again in the midst of one of their periodical alarms over the Russian bugbear. Our special telegraphic despatches from London inform us of the hasty movements of couriers between the Cabinet of St. James and the British em- basstes at St, Petersburg, Copenhagen, Vienna, Florence and Constantinople? all arising out of the report that the Russian fleet is in move- ment to the Dardanelles. The English gov- ernment realizes now, too late, that its cow- ardly policy in abandoning England’s former ally, France, and allowing her to be crushed by the military power of Germany, has been as unwise as it was weak, and that now thera is no impediment to the realization by Russia of any views which she may have in respect to Turkey or the control of the Black Sea. Further news, in confirmation of this state- ment, is to the effect that the Russian Minister to London bas given to the British Cabinet the reading of a communication from Prince Gortschakoff, demanding the revision of the treaty of 1856, by which Russia was shut out from the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, and that the like demand has been simultaneously communicated to the Courts of Berlin, ‘Vienna and Constantinople. Of course the meaning of all that is that the Russian government is determined to take advantage of the opportunity now afforded by the downfall of France as a military power to wipe out and annul a treaty which net only cripples her power, but is an offence to her dignity. We have no doubt that, while Rus- sia may be free from meditating any inroad on the territory or rights of her Mussulman neighbor, there is foundation for the belief that she isresolved to destroy the treaty of 1856, and to obtain the freedom of the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. And what Power will gainsay her, or take up the gaantlet which she thus throws down? In the meantime the excitement in England is said to be intense, and the fears of great European complications are spreading. Russia and Prussia are said to be in secret alliance, and, if so, the two partners have decidedly the game in their hand, as against all the other Powers of Europe. ‘The covetousness with which Russia looks upon Turkey and watches for the opportunity of seizing Constantinople is so generally believed in that it may be almost considered an article of political faith. There is hardly a statesman or journal in Europe or in America that does not entertain the firm conviction that Russian policy has no other end ia view than the conquest of Constantinople. Without entering into an abstract discussion of the question we will simply recall a few historical facts which will shed a completely new light upon it. Since the year 1829 Russia has had at least a dozen opportunities to march to Constanti- nople with the greatest ease. In that year the victorious army of the Emperor Nicholas was at a distance of only fifty miles from Constanti- nople. Marshal Diebitsch, who was command- ing it, despatched a courier to the Emperor Nicholas informing him that he could be at Constantinople in forty-eight hours without any hindrance; that he was called for by all the Christian population of the city, and that the Sultan and his five hundred wives had already packed up their trunks to go over to Asia. The Emperor, on receiving the message, convoked at St. Petersburg a council of all the great statesmen of the empire and sub- mitted the question to them in the following terms :—‘‘Is it the interest of Russia to accele- rate the downfall of Turkey and to occupy Constantinople?” The council unanimously decided that it was not, and that as long as Tarkey could be maintained it ought to be by Russia. It is to be added that at that time Charles X. was reigning in France and giving his warmest support to Russia; that Austria was under Russian control; that Prussia bowed to the dictates of Nicholas; that, conse- quently, he had only to fear England, and that, with the Russian occupation of the Dar- danelles, the maritime power of England was not to be feared. In 1840 Mehemet Ali, the Pacha of Egypt, supported by France, was at the doors of Con- and Deaths—Advertisements. 40—The English Turf—Music and the Drama— English Stage—Western Fall Amusemen Rapid Transit—Shipping Intclligence—Adver- tisements, 41—Adverusements. A2—Advertisements. Loprz JorpAx, the arch rebel of the Argen- fine republic, has, according to late advices from Rio Janeiro, been defeated by the na- ional forces. Spanish Pouirictans are actively engaged [in organizing a formidable opposition to the mew king. Very bad for Spain and danger- ous, perhaps, for the Duke of Aosta. Tue Story that the German army is losing twenty-two hundred mea per day by death must be taken with many grains of allowance. Such a rate of mortality, in the absence of epidemic diseases, has no parallel in the his- tory of warfare. This reported loss, it must be remembered, does not include the casual- ties in battle. Minister TrREMiARD, of France, who was appointed by Louis Napoleon to succeed Para- dol, has been informed by the Washington ‘authorities that he cannot be received in his diplomatic capacity as he has no appointment from the present provisional government. M. Berthémy will therefore continue to wepresent France at Washington. Ovr Latest Reports place the armies of General de Palladines and General Von der Tann faee to face, so that a general engage- ment may be expected to-day or to-morrow. [The opposing forces are now some miles north- east of Orleans, their lines resting in the Wepartments of Loiret and Eure-et-Loire. Should the Germans be defeated they would She forced to fall back on the road to Chartres. f SNES Tae ALABAMA Ciaims.—A cable telegram from London states that the British Minister jin Washington has been instructed to inform the United States government that England is ready ‘‘to go over the whole discussion of the subject of the Alabama claims again.” What's use of this? The old lady must be in a ‘very loquacious mood indeed. The American people would prefer to have a chat over the geceipted bill and after a good dinner. Let ‘Bngland pay the bill and the republic will pro- wide the talkers. stantinople with a victorious army. The Sul- tan applied for aid to the Emperor Nicholas, and an army of fifty thousand soldiers, under the command of General Mouravieff, was sent to his relief. Mehemet Ali was defeated and the Sultan was saved. The Russian govern- ment claimed no other reward for its services than privileges and guarantees for the security and prosperity of the Christian populations of the East. Mouravieff’s army withdrew after order had been re-established, and to this day, on the Asiatic shore of the Bosphorus, a monument is the witness of that act of Rus- sian benevolence to Turkey. In 1848 the whole of Europe was in revolu- tion. Austria was on the very point of being crushed by Hungary in civil war. Italy was also in arms against Austria. Nothing could have been easier to the Emperor Nicholas, then at the height of his power and glory, than to march to Constantinople and to oppose to Great Britain's interference an accom- plished fact. Instead of doing that the Empe- ror Nicholas used his power for the re-estab- lishment of peace in Europe; and in saving Austria from a total ruin he gave her the opportunity, as an Austrian statesman said, to astonish the world by her ingratitude. In 1852, when the Emperor Napoleon came to the throne, he said to Russia that he wanted a war for the purpose of consolidating | his power, his dynasty and his throne; that all his dynastic traditions and personal feel- ings were fer a war to avenge Waterloo. The aid of Russia in such war was applied for, and the price offered for it was Constantinople. Lhe Emperor Alexander haughtily rebuked these offers, not even consenting to give to Napoleon the title of brother. The immo- diate consequences of this rebuff was the East- ern war being opened by Russia. Napoleon threw himself into the arms of England, and England, in accepting the embrace, achieved a masterly piece of policy. She secured for years her naval supremacy by destroying, with the aid of France, the Russian ficet, which was the only one that, combined with the French fleet, could resist or struggle against that supremacy. An attentive peru- sal of the official documents of that time proves to every impartial mind that the al- leged causes of that war were mere pretexts, and that the Emperor Nicholas sent Priuce Menschikoff to Constantinople solely becanse the Sultan had been induced by the French government to violate all the stipulations of the treaties between Turkey and Russia guar- anteeing the religious and social security of the Eastera Christian populations, In 1859, when Napoleon declared war upon Austria, Russian aid was again appiied for and Eastern remuneration was offered. The only thing required of Russia was to put three hundred thousand men on the Prussian frontier, so as to maintain Germany in inac- tivity. These offers were again refused, and Napoleon was obliged to make peace at Villa Franca, In 1866, during the war between Prussia and Austria, requests for help, and offers, poured into St. Petersburg from all quarters ; and if the Emperor Alexander had only been less scrupulous and less decided in his policy he could have made then a brilliant bargaic. To all the interested parties he opposed the most resolute refusals and rebukes, and said that the only thing he wanted was general peace. Hardly a year after that, when war was on the very eve of exploding between Prussia and France on account of the Luxembourg question, peace was maintained solely by the active intervention of Russia, So, too, inthe present war Russia proved again and again that she does not seek to bene- fit by the European complications in order to accomplish the views attributed to her in the East. These are historical facts which cannot be contested, and there are but two conclusions that can be deduced from them :—Either Rus- sia is a weak, almost cowardly, unintelligent Power—and this hypothesis will hardly be ad- mitted by any sensible man in respect to a nation of eighty-two millions, compact and united and ruled by an adored sovereign, who gave freedom to twenty-five millions of serfs—or Russia does not covet anything in the East. The questions then arise, Why does she not covet anything in the East ? and, What does she want in the East? For nobody can doubt that she takes a deep interest in Eastern affairs. These two questions are clearly and rationally answered by Russian statesmen. Prince Gortschakoff’s celebrated memorandum on the Eastern question, published in 1867 or 1868, and addressed to the French government, ex- pressed the real views of the Russian govern- ment on that subject. Russia does not want Constantinople, and for this very good reason—that acquisition of territory inthe South or East weuld destroy her equilibrium. The conquest of Constanti- nople would necessarily be followed by a rush tothe South. All the heterogeneous extremities of the Russian empire—Finland, Poland, Siberia, Caucasus—would decay and wither as the limbs of a man’s body when vitality is withdrawn from them, Ina word, it would happen with Russia as it happened with the Roman empire when Constantine removed the capital from Rome to Byzantium. Russia would be split at first intwo and then intoa thousand fragments. National unity, great- ness, strength, all would be lost. These reasons, fully appreciated by Russian states- men, are a rational explanation why Russia never did avail herself of the opportunities offered to her to take Constantinople. The last question remains—what does Russia want in the East? That question has been answered, with almost mathematical precision, by a formula emanating from the great Chancellor, Prince Gortschakoff :—“‘The East to the Eastern people, by the Eastern people and for the Eastern people, but only to, for and by them.” That is, Russia wants the legitimate proprietors of the East gradually developed, emancipated and formed into groups already existing by their historical and social elements. Russia does not want to see England or France or any other Power taking a foothold in those regions; and, rather than permit that, she will fight to her last man and her last rouble. The war movement of Russia, now reported, looks not to any extension of territory at the expense of Turkey, but to getting ridof the shackles placed upon her commercial and naval development by the treaty of 1856. The War in France. The military situation remains compara- tively unchanged. No additional movement has yet boen made by the Army of the Loire, although General Von der Tann is rapidly receiving reinforeements. It is even stated that General Von Werder, the conqueror of Strasbourg, is moving to reinforce him with allhis army. If this be true it indicates that the movement along the river Ouche and in the Vosges Mountains on Lyons is likely to be post- poned, and also that General Moltke finds him- self unable to spare many men from the business of investing Paris. It is much to be feared that the French are losing valuable time by their delay in renewing the attack. Gambetta and Thiers are in constant conference at Tours, and it is possible that political influ- ences, such as ruined McClellan and length- ened out our own war, are affecting the fate of France. Apparently, however, judging from the report of high medical authorities of the English army, detailed to observe the workings of the sanitary systems in the Ger- man armies, who state that 2,250 men die daily from disease and insufficient medical treatment, and from the accounts from all parts of the nation of the bushwhacking day and night of isolated Prussiaa soldiers, delay is equally dangerous to the invaders, Paris continues quiet. A sortie is considered immi- nent, and may certainly be expected if General Paladines makes an early and determined attack upon the enemy in his front. THe PRESENCE IN FRANox of the Countess of Montijo, mother of the Empress Eugénie, and the arrival of the Marquis de Chateaurenard at Berne, on a supposed special mission to Tours, prove that the Bonapartists are still actively intriguing for a return to power. Napoleon, however, having assured our cor- respondent that he has no ambition to resume the throne or desire to see his son an Emperor of France, it may be that he will net counte- nance intrigues for his dynasty. Ir 18 UNpERsTOOD in Washington that Sena- tor Williams, of Oregon, will be appointed Attorney General at the close of the Senatorial term in March next, Mr. Akerman retiring on account of ill health, A Word to Our Cougressmen. Although the Congressions! delegation from the city of New York elected on Tuesday last do not take their seats until the assembling of the next Congress, which may be over a year hence, we do not consider it untimely to give them afew words of advice, In the mean- time we will say that we have no reason to think that the delegation as it stands in the present Congress, which meets on the first Monday in December next, will waver in their fidelity to the measure we are about referring to, That measure is the act allowing Americans to buy steamships at any port in which they can purchase them the cheapest. Further- more that Congress authorize the transfer of American registers to foreign bottoms when- ever American merchants may deem it their interest so todo. If this law had passed at the last session of Congress, and it undoubtedly would, had it not been for the ‘‘filibuster- ing” of a member of the Senate (Bayard, of Delaware and the Wilmington Iron Works), and a member of the House (Potter, of New York and the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany), who contrived to procrastinate legisla- tion until the hammers of the presiding officers fell and Congress finally adjourned—had this law passed.ct the last session, we say, the American flag would now float over a steam marine more extensive than it ever floated over before, and American merchants would be realizing a benefit from one of the most profit- able transatlantic traffics that has arisen since the republic was established The steamships of the Bremen and Hamburg lines alone—all, with possibly one or two exceptions, first class vessels of two thousand five hundred tons and upwards each—comprise a fleet of twenty- seven steamships. They could all have been transferred to the American flag in a twink- ling had not Congress stupidly prevented it. This great addition to American commerce would have given an impulse to our trade with foreign nations that would have inspired our people with the hope that American commer- cial enterprise had not entirely faded out, and in the end infused new vigor into that essen- tial element of American industry, American shipbuilding itself. ‘Competition is the life of trade,” and with the North German mer- cantile fleet sailing upon American bottoms and under American colors the commerce of the world would have been amazed at the magical transformation and given the “Yankees” the credit of being really the “smartest nation in creation.” Seriously, the law which came so near passing at the last session of Congress should be urged again at the earliest hour of the assembling of the next session and pressed to its ultimate pas- sage without fear er favor toward any class of interested parties. The present delegation from this city are bound in honor to press the measure to a finality, no matter what obsta- cles the ‘‘gentleman from New Rochelle,” Mr. Clarkson N. Potter, may throwin its way. But suppose this important measure should again fail—and we sincerely trust it will not— what is the duty of the members elect to the Forty-second Congress? Three of this delegation will be new members—to wit, Messrs. Roosevelt, Roberts and Ely, Jr.— who will be joined by two new members from the first and second districts, Messrs, Dwight Townsend (of Queens) and Kinsella (of Kings), the interests of whose constituents are identi- cal with those of New York. These new members will have as mentor and counsellor a veteran in legislation like Fernando Wood, with such adepts in the ways of Congress— which, like the waysof the ‘‘ heathen Chinee,” are “‘very peculiar’—as S. S. Cox and James Brooks. Thus, from the First district to the Ninth inclusive, comprising nearly one-third of the Congressional delegation of the State, the ‘‘free trade in ships” project should meet a hearty and influential support. Then will be the time for Mr. Roosevelt to make his mark as a useful legislator, just as he has already made it as a useful journalist and an estimable citizen, It willbe the same with Mr. Roberts, who will have something besides Fenianism to attend to. Mr. Smith Ely, Jr., with his accustomed good sense, will come to the rescue with energies revived and courage renewed. Mr. Townsend and Mr. Kinsella, as well as General Slocum, old member from the Third (Brooklyn) district will each have their duty to perform when any measure comes be- fore them calculated to promote the great ob- ject in view. If we cannot have free trade in almost everything—and we believe it would be acapital thing for the whole country if we could—let us, at least, help along American commerce—languishing as itis at this time, almost unto death—by securing so great a point as establishing “‘free trade in ships.” Archbishop Spalding on the Roman Ques- tion. We publish this morning a report of the sermon delivered yesterday in Baltimore by Archbishop Spalding. This being the first preached by the distinguished Catholic prelate since his return from the Ecumenical Coun- cil it will naturally be read with interest. The Archbishop, after de- scribing the holiness of the Virgin Mary, compared the trials and travails of the Church with those of her life, after which he entered upon a consideration of the Roman question. He denounced Victor Emanuel, declaring that the King was afraid to enter Rome lest he meet the same fate which overtook Herod. His Holiness was described asa prisoner to the King of Italy, who had been guilty of treachery and robbery—who had opened the prisons of Rome and let loose every desperate and villainous character they contained. As a consequence, robbery, vio-~ lence and assassination followed. Referring to the assertions of American and Eng- lish papers that the occupation of Rome was in the interest of liberty, he said that in Italy liberalism means murder and rapine, and in France infidelity and socialism. In conclusion, Archbishop Spalding expressed himself confident that the Pope would yet triumph and recover Rome. The sermon was very plain and outspoken and deserves careful consideration. Rumor Again credits Secretary Fish with the intention of retiring from the Cabinet. We think ramor might leave Mr. Fish alone, He is not likely to do any great harm at present, for, if it were not for denying such rumors, he does not seem to have much of any- thing at all to do. ‘The Sermons Yesterday. ‘The Republican Party—Its Feuds, Fae As religious discourses the sermons de- tous and Dangers, and the Remedy. livered yosterday were an improvement upon those delivered on the Sunday previous. Nevertheless they were, on the whole, heavy and dull, Nothing is less calculated to lead sinners to repentance than a dull sermon. It fills one with gloomy ideas of the hereafter, Of course there were a few exceptions to the general rule. One of these was at the Trinity Methodist church, where Dr. Olin solemnly declared the Church of Rome to be on its last legs, and, very naturally, pronounced Protestantism the ne plus ultra of reli- gion. At the Church of Our Saviour Rev. Mr, Bowles preached in favor of reli- gious enthusiasm, illustrating his argument by relating the story of Warren Hastings. Rev. H. D. Northrop after describing the miseries of this life depicted the joysof our home in heaven, very sensibly warning his congregation against believing that the walls of Paradise are made of precious stones and that the redeemed, dressed in nightgowns, never ceased playing music and singing hymns, Rev. G. F, Krotel advocated forgive- ness of injuries in a sensible sermon, and Rev. James Kennedy, the new pastor of the Fourth Reformed Presbyterian church, described how the sait of the earth aided mankind in getting intoa heavenly pickle. Rev. Mr. Hepworth was eloquent on the subject of fighting the battle of life. Neutrality in religion he held to be impossible, and he preferred a positively irreligious man to one merely indifferent, Since religious _ neutrality is impossible and religious indifference cannot be anything but neutrality, we cannot imagine how the indifferent man can exist. But perhaps Mr. Hepworth is able to explain, At the Church of the Transfiguration Father Trainor, referring to a coming fair in aid of the Found- ling Hospital; spoke rather caustically of in- fants in cradles deposited by bejewelled hands without a dollar left for their support: Dr. Chapin discoursed ably on God’s power in nature and in grace, while Dr. Osgood, at St. Thomas’ Protestant Episcopal church, preached on God as the foundation of all justice. Mr. Frothingham distinguished himself by a deisti- cal sermon yesterday. He rejected a Christ and an infallible Bible and clung to his own ideal God. A careful perusal of his discourse convinces us that he believes that to be the best religion which is no religion at all. In Brooklyn Brother Beecher baptized quite a number of infants and concluded the day’s services by an unusually sensible sermon on children and their government. The despot- ism of some parents he believed the cause of their sons and daughters turning out badly, which is very true. Mr. Beecher also entered a timely protest against five-year-old Puritans and wise and good children in pantalettes, He is right. Any child of five that will not steal jam when it gets a chance ought to die young. In Williamsburg Dr. Taylor urged the importance of religious conversation at social meetings. If not carried to excess this is advisable; nevertheless, hardly anything is so depressing as to sit in a parlor for four mortal hours with a pious brother beside you pegging away at your sins. In Jersey City, Washington and elsewhere the sermons were of the usual quality. At all the churches the attendance was good, the fine weather attract- ing many who do not usually attend divine services. The McGarraban Claim and Ex-Secretary Cox. Itnow appears that the resignation of Ex- Secretary Cox originated, not in his desire to protect the employés of his department from the blackmailing of political committees, but in the disagreement existing between him and Presi- dent Grant in reference to the litigation over the Panoche Grande rancho. This property, on which valuable quicksilver mines have been discovered and worked, is claimed on the one side by Mr. William McGarrahan, as the assignee of the person to whom the original Mexican grant was alleged to have been made, and on the other side by the New Idria Mining Company, as pre-emptors under the general mining law, they asserting that the original claim was founded in forgery and sustained by perjury. The question has been fought with varying fortune through all the United States courts in California aud through the Supreme Court in Washington, and is now pending before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. It seems that Mr. Cox was inclined to prejudge the case, and to issue a patent for the land to the New Idria Mining Company. The President forbade his doing so, and hence the ill feeling which led to the resignation of Secretary Cox. Mr. McGarrahan has addressed a letter to the President, giving a history of the affair, which we publish to-day and which is rather severe onthe ex-Secretary. Way Bismarck Reruszp To R&VIOTUAL Paris.—In his circular to the representatives of the North German Confederation at foreign courts, published in the Heraxp of yesterday, Count Bismarck satisfactorily explains why he could not consent to the revictualling of Paris. An armistice based on M. Thiers’ conditions would have practically robbed Prussia of all the advantages she had won by two months’ hard fighting and unexampled sacrifices. Now that Count Bismarck has stated the case, no impartial man will refuse to admit that the failure of the armistice negotiations furnishes another illustration of French folly and incom- petency. Ir May not be generally known that Gen- eral de Paladines, the hero of the first French victory, was a strong Bonapartist when the present war broke out. He was fora long while entrusted with the command of the department containing Metz. It was not until after the defeat of General de la Motterouge— himself a Bonapartist—and the loss of Orleans, that the victor of Coulmiers was placed in command of the Army of the Loire. We have, of course, no means of learning what are the present politics of General de Pala- dines. WE BEGIN 10 Ger something like intelligent reports from the seat of war in Southwest France. The French are preparing to resist the passage of the Saéne by the German forces, Garibaldi and the regular commanders having decided upon a plan of operations. No information, however, is given of the pre- sent position of the advancing army, which is commanded by General Von Werder. The disturbing feuds and factions in the ro» publican camp, as developed in this year’s State elections, not only threaten the integrity, but foreshadow the disintegration, dissolution and dispersion of the party. As the great Union party of the war against the Southern rebel- lion it was immeasurably the strongest party which this country has ever knowo. As the party, after the suppression of the rebellion, of Southern reconstruction on the constitu- tional amendments, embracing the abolition and prohibition of slavery, and the establish- ment of equal civil and political rights, regard- less of race or color, it has carried every- thing before it. The work it has thus accom- plished, in the war and since the war, is that of one of the grandest and broadest and most glorious revolutions in human history. Organ- izing in 1854 upon the modest, but aggressive, platform of ‘‘no further extensions of slavery,” it has abolished slavery, and all the odious and barbarous distinctions resulting from slavery; and, as the balance of political power in the nation, it has displaced the late slave- holding oligarchy and has established in its place the very negro who but yesterday had “no rights which a white man was bound to respect.”” With the accomplishment of this great mis» sion, however, the bonds which have held this great party so firmly together are loosened, and it is disturbed here, there and everywhere by ugly feuds and conflicting leaders, cliques and factions, while at the same time the pub- lic odium which followed the affiliations of the Northern democracy with the Southern rebel conspirators is passing away. This change in the public mind has been a feature in these late elections ; and it is due to the fact that the democracy have entirely ceased to make war upon the new amendments to the consti- tution. In thus accepting the constitution as amended as ‘the supreme law of the land” the democratic party stands upon the same plane with the republican party. The issues of the war and of reconstruction will, then, no longer serve the republicans. Hence, in the absence of any new idea or issue broad enough to hold them together, they are becoming demoralized, while the demo-. cracy, in the common purpose of recovering the White House, and cured by experience of their follies of the last ten years, are united and zealous as a new organization with a great prize before them. But what are these republican feuds and factions which are so alarming? They are substantially the same as those which broke up the old democratic party. Who could have supposed, after the sweeping victory of Pierco in 1852, that the all-powerful democratio party of that year would begin to break up in 1853. But itdid; and over a factious squabble for the spoils of the New York Custom House between Bronson and Redfield the party began to go to pieces by throwing away this State. The present weakness of the republi- cans of the State may be charged to a similar cause. We may trace it to the breaking up in 1860 of the old political firm of ‘‘Seward, Weed & Greeley.” In that year Greeley’s grievances as an office-seeker, studiously snubbed by his copartners, caused him to bolt against Seward and settle him in the party national convention when Lincoln first came in. But this did not settle the feud. It cropped out again in 1862, when Seward and Weed turned the tables upon Greeley’s man Wads- worth in the election of Seymour as Governor. It cropped out again in 1865, 1866 and in 1867, and at Chicage in 1868, against Fenton for Vice President, and very conspicuously at Albany in 1869, in the election of Fenton (of the same radical faction as Greeley) as United States Senator over Morgan, one of the Sew- “ard-Weed faction. In 1870, Senator Conkling having joined the Seward-Weed-Morgan fac- tion, a regular dead set wag made hy them upon the President to give Fenton a hoist, and he was hoisted, in the appointment of Thomas Murphy as Collector of this port, and in the removal of General Merritt from his fat office, both proceedings being ‘‘a dead cut,” very obnoxious to Fenton. To make the matter worse, Fenton’s man for Governor, the much- abused Greeley, was cut out, they say, by Murphy in the Saratoga Convention; and so Fenton, like Achilles in his wrath, remained in his tent during the battle, and so Hoffman is triumphantly re-elected. The moral, as given by Greeley, is this—that the State of New York, though not over large for one republican party, is not large enough for two. Carl Schurz, an ambitious party leader of the German red republican school, has, after the manner of Greeley and Fenton, been playing the very mischief in Missouri. Schurz wanted more offices than the President could give him, and not getting them he bolted, and with a number of other disappointed office- seekers split the party convention and the party into two factions. Schurz and his faction, however, had the advantage of the popular platform of restoring to ex-rebels the elective franchise, and so with the aid of the democrats they have swept the State. The fight was embittered by an unfortunate letter from the President, supporting the other fac- tien as the regular party—a letter which, perhaps, some of the President’s unwise Cabinet advisers persuaded him to write. A similar split was made last year in the party in Tennessee over two candidates for Gover- nor, which has given the State to the demo- crats this year by an overwhelming majority. Conflicting factions in the party camp also render Georgia very uncertain, and they have lost North Carolina to the administration; and have cost the party some members of Con- gress in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Michi- gan and elsewhere, And yet again, a band of guerillas, calling themselves ‘“‘revenue reformers,” have been cutting in here and cutting out there, support- ing a democrat in one place and a bolting re- publican in another, somewhat to the preju- dice of the party. These revenue reformers are free traders; and the Zvening Post of this city could not be more rampant in their cause if it were paid fifty thousand a year from the lords of the British iron and woollen factories. On the other hand, Greeley could not be more zealous for home protection if he were paid fifty thousand a year from the iron and woollen mills of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, But the Post has become convinced somehow that the President leans toa tariff of protection, and our poetical contemporary has freguently