The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-12-13

land2 This was what Washington an'
Jackson saw and foresaw, and the argu
; ment Of its danger brought them to tn
: conclusion that the re-elecrive principl
was breeding ulcer OF "treasons, STRAIT
agems and spoils," against which nj
Government could live. And this i
the same conclusion which the entir
people, under q still more extended ex
perience, have arrived at, and that, too
with a unanimity which enables US Il
cay that we never heard of an Ameri
can, of any politics. or from any section
OF the country. who was not in favor o
the One Term Principle; or at least il
favor OF prohibiting the President from
extending his pending incumbency by
immediate reelection.
1t at once became obvious, therefore
to those who desired to defeat the sor
did and dangerous ambition Of General
Grant, that the patriotism of the coun'
try must be appealed to, in order to
wiring from him, aud from his deadly
sel6shness, an honest observance OF the
One Term Principle 1t is one thing,
for party entering upon crusade,
such as it is necessary to direct against
the mighty power which surrounds the
White House and its banded legions OF
superserviceable knaves, to urge gen.
eral principles with the pen. and quite
another thing, to put them in practical
and campaigning force, go as to animate
and engineer cause. The fret work
had been done, as we have seen, by
Washington and jackson, and support
el by many writers, among whom the
editor Of this paper has probably been,
for the last ten years, the most conspic.
uous. 1t was the latter 8 fortune, how
ever, while rejecting on this problem
during his recent sojourn in Paris,
to hi. upon a method of effecting the
organization OF campaign upon this
principle, by giving it cutting edge
and driving force, This plan was to
give an opportunity to the people OF the
United States to vote upon the One
Term Principle, by means Of resolu.
tions, 10 be offered in every variety OF
public meeting which admitted of the
experiment, that should be held pre-.
vious to the meeting Of the next Presi-
Dental Convention. An opportunity to
hold preliminary election on the One
Term Principle, and thus wind in, by
windlass, as it were, the public ex-
preston Of the country, and knot it
firmly into an authoritative declaration
that would render General Grant prsc-
tically ineligible. A preamble and res
olution suited to this purpose were then
drawn, and are as follows:
WHEREAS, Experience has demon
strated that the omission by the Con-
stitution OF the United States to prohibit
the re election of the President has left
the country open tothe worst form of
poser MSSa o OF } ti the President has purrwinm
his means to repeat himself in office
during life; ani ,
WHEREAs This temptation to re-elect
himself has the constant effect OF In
ducing the President to appoint candl'
dates to office who will serve him in
preference to serving the country; and
WHEREAS, This unwholesome motive
to the distribution Of office sets the bad
example to the sub official system OF
the States, which is the fruitful source
of political corruption throughout the
country; and
WHEREAS, The solemn advice OF
Washington and Jackson, in their re-
spective Farewell Addresses, urging an
amendment to the Constitution to re-
move this danger, is warning which
patriotic citizens cannot neglect, and is,
at the same time, the highest evidence
ofthe corrupting effects of the re elective
principle; and
WHEREAS, This patriotic advice has
settled 80 deeply into the heart OF the
nation that it is almost impossible to
find an American citizen, either in the
North or South, the East or the West,
OF any shade OF politics, who is not in
favor of such amendment TO the ConstI-
tuition; and
WHEREAS, This universal wish of the
American people, though always recog'
pized by Presidential candidates, when
first seeking the office, is always battied
and betrayed when they desire office
again; and
WHEREAS, This universally expressed
wish Of the American people can never
be successfully brought up in Congress,
because of the notorious aspirations
OF the leading members Of that body to
be President themselves, not only once,
but for three or four terms; and
WHEREAS This vain ambition aeens
to be shred by most Of the politicians
OF the country; therefore
| Resolred, That We the----
will henceforth inscribe upon our ban
pers the "One-Term Principle" for the
Presidency OF the United States; and
will likewise proclaim among our texts
for the coming campaign against vice
corruption, confederated wealth anc
aris,ocracy, those OF No more Mon
archy in America, NO Standing
ARMY" and no candidate for Chic
Magistrate, under the new yearning o
the world for peace, who represents o'
typifies the Art of War. =
This preamble and resolution were a
once, upon the return Of the editor tt
this country, last month. submittec
to the judgment OF several distinguish
ed Senators, politicians and journalist
ofthe Republican party, who were med
itatins what is called the New Depart
ure" against political corruption, an'
. by each accepted as the very bes
method OF taking preliminary plebiseit
against Grant, on a principle OF suftic
len, importance ts utterly envelop hin
within its folds. To fact, OF beatinl
him: or rather Of rendering him iuell
gible, on a paramount question OF publl'
policv, before he could SO much as ever
se, to the doors Of a nominating cob
yention. Best Of all it would give th'
people an opportunity TO vote on