Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-12-23
INTRIGUES FOR THE SUCCESS.
SION.

SAONe
Grant is a man of very poor ability but
most inordinate ambition. He is already
shaping his course for a second term, and
is reported to have expressed his earnest
wish and desire that this honor should be
conferred upon him. One of the editors
of the Columbus (Ohio) State Journal,
who was recently in Washington, wrote
to his paper as follows:
81 suppose l may state facts without
comment favorable or unfavorable, and
escape suspicion of a concealed motive in
the premises. In a conversation to-day
with one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court of the United States, who enjoys in
high degree his personal confidence and
friendship, President Grant made known
that it was his earnest wish and desire to
enjoy a second term in the office of chief
magistrate of the republic. This comes
from no secondary source, but from a
party to the conversation. 1t may be
of interest TO add that the gentleman by
whom this fact is communicated, be-
lieves that Grant will be given a second
term, although the leading men of the
Republican party may have a preference
for some one else. He thinks that party
leaders or politicians can no longer con
troll presidential nominations, and instan-
ces the case of the nomination of Lin
coin in 1864 without a single member of
Congress in his favor, and the case of
Grant in 1868, who was nominated by a
spontaneous movement of the people
If Grant was nominated once against the
wish of political leaders, why can he not
be again! Upon all of which we have
no comment to make until 1871
The Washington correspondent of the
New York World says; ''Grant is very
anxious on the subject, and has been ex-
planning to his friends the contingencies
in which he viii be compelled to seek a
reimbursement by the people. In order TO
make himself stronger he desires the
repeal of the tenure-of-office law, so that
the office-holders being liable to immedi-
ate removal will be bound to work for
him against all congressional aspirants. "
Colfax has been understood to be an
aspirant for the succession, bat does not
seem to have been making much Roadway.
The friends Of Senator Morton of Indiana,
claim that he is a much stronger man be-
fore the people of his State than Colfay,
and he is anxious 10 wear the honors of
the Presidency. The Indianapolis ScRtj-
net says: ellis ambition is SO over
weening that he may overshoot the mark,
but Morton since the election of Grant
has been setting the pegs for the
next Radical nomination, and if he con
tinuc5 to have as much physical yigor
as he now has, he win be a formidable
candidate before the next Radical Ma
tional Convention for its highest honors.
There is this difference between Morton
and Colfax in Indiana. While the former
has many personal enemies in his own
party, he has the respect of all for his ad-
mitted ability as a political leader, but the
latter is looked upon as a vain, weak, cold
and selfish man, who has already received
far greater distinction than his personal
merits or party services entitle him." The
Sentinel predicts that Morton viii easily
carry Indiana over Colfax in a contest for
the Presidency. Keen observers insist
that the intrigues for the succession have
begun in Congress already.