The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-11-01
HOW TO SECURE a SECOND TERM.

Grant as suggested to llm ny ten
,ral Ra~lins, whs was to have play
ed the part with the American coup
d'etot that de Moray did with the
man of the French one
To begin at the beginning--and
it ia necessary to do so in this case, /
in order to illustrate the wheels with |
in the wheels Of politics and the
tricks these capable plotters prae-
tice upon one another. Mr.. John w. |
Forney only told the half when he
related his remarkable conversation
with General Ra Wins about securing
two terms Of office for Graat, in
compensation for his surrender of
the Generalship and it's emolnments.
Rawlins, q man Of brains, of
nerve, Of GOODNESS reticent, calcu-
lating, INSCRIPTIONS, without faith
in the people, and bora plsttcr,
WAS such friend to Grant as Wa
Iewski and Morny we're to Louis Ma
poleon. He looked upon men as
mere puppets and politics as a game
of chess, where the more skilIful
mover could not help being success
full. He deliberately planned
series of consecutive operations,
csncatenAtod one with the other,
the single purpose OF which was to
put in Grants hands tho means of
psrpetuating his continuance in pow
er without any outward coup dctdt
or seeming usurpation. Rawlins is
dead, and shall not discuss his mo-
tives further. As to his plan, he
put that on paper contrary to his
usual practice, and when he found
himself to be dying confided 1t t"
those who were capable Of comPrc-
hending it, | have not seen that
plan, but | know the essential points
Of it, no matter how came 10y the
knowledge.
General I&awlins' plan, his legacy
to Grant is briefly this To be
second-term President you mast be
an aggressive President. 10 all
sorts Of domestic aggressivensss you
must expect to build up a party
against you. In every case of for
eign aggression, unless that be of a
very stupid or very tame sort all
parties at home unite to support you
Cuba i. orr proper goal. But di-
rect attack on Cuba will unite Eu
rope against us, Santo Domingo is
half way. If we take it Cuba gray
irates to us necessarily. From San
to Domingo we can menace Jamaica
10 effectually that England must set
tie with us at once on our own
terms or fight. If she fights wo ac-
quire Jamaica, Bermuda, Canada,
and the Windward Islands. If she
settles, ours the glory of having
tanned the British lion. In either
event, by successful occupation of
Santo Domingo, We annex valuable
territory and make your second
term an assured thing.
This was the first, the open and
initial par: of General Rawlins' pre-
gramme, the primary steps of which
are to be traced in the appointment
of Sickles and Grants negotiations
with Santo Domingo. This plan, it
must be recollected. did not fail, was
not abandoned, but was merely laid
over. Rawliu's death disconcerted
some OF the arrangements, caused
others to be suspended, but the es.
sen,ial parts Of the conspiracy re-
tanned all their viability, and do so
still. But there was another and Sc
cret part If this plan which was not
confided to Forney, and the only
move in regard to which that has got
out was the motion of Senator How
ard referred to above--a motion
which went into committee and was
qaierly dropped out Of SIGHT after
General Rawlins' death.
The second part of General Raw
linz programme was to tho following
effect: The President who has
Senate in full accord with him can
rule this country as he plsases and
regardless of The wishes of the large
masses of population a President
who manages things property can
always retain twa-thirds Of his
frieads in the Senate and so practi-
cslly control the whole legislation of
the country. During the war Ar
Lincoln accomplished this ond ny a
process ingeniousiy compounded of
ostracism aud the admission of new
States with ticticiaus communities.
We cannot ostracise just now because
we ara at war ust now. We can
admit new StatoJ, and if those new
States are composed Of negro com
munities they are ours to use as we
please and long as we please. Give
us four or six new Senators trom
Texas. two from Ssnto Domingo,
two from Hayti, two frols Jamaica.
four or six from a new slice of
Mexico, and New York and the
West are neptralized, are powerless,
inst so long as we propose to keep
them SO.
This was Rawlins' legacy to Grant
This is to be the policy of his new
term, if he secures it. This is the
secret Of the intolerable condition of
our Mexican frontier Git has been