The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-08-16
GRANTS THIRD TERM.

When Lincoln was president he was in the
habit Of gently breaking the adoption Of some
obnoxious policy to the people through the
newspapers. He did this long in advance of
the Inauguration of the unpopular measures.
The newspapers would at first attack and
criticise it scvcrcly,-thc administration paper
at Washington, however, soon giving the cue,
which the other papers of that party were not
slow in taking up,-until the whole question
had been debated pro and con, 50 much that
the people had become perfectly familiar
with il, and however obnoxious at first, the
public soon became tired of the perpetual
din about it, and at last would acquicsce in it.,
on the principle that vice is at first repulsiyc,
but becoming used to its horrid features, it is
pcttcd, then embraced.
Grant X Go. seem to be pursuing this policy
with regard To third presidential term for
the national gift takcr, while the most Of the
country papers Of the radical stripe pretend
to scout the idea, many are silent and some
see no harm in It, Slowly they will fall into
line and the cry will be, Grant again.
There is now and then radical paper
however, that cannot swallow this idea of per
pctual toadying to one man, and not only
that, but see danger in longer continuing the
present corrupt administration in power
Here is an instance:
The St Louis Globc republican, is satisfied
that there Is purpose on the part of certain
portion of the party to nominate Gen. Grant
for third term, and right maniully does it
declare that such a proceeding is not to be
tolerated. The suggestion. that because a
bird term is not prohibited by the constitu
ton, therefore it is proper, meets with no
from the Glojc, which answers
back that There are several other things that
the constitution does not forbid, but which
public opinion does 1t does not expressly
forbid the taking of public money for the en-
rlChmcnt Ot officials; no constitutional barri-
or stood in the way of the salary rabbcrs
but the people will deal with them we opine.
much a. the republicans of Iowa dealt with
senator Harlan. When public men ailront
public opinion, they are very apt to 20 into
private life
The same paper also declares against the
third term, on general principles as being ia
al to the republican party. To this the Chi
raeo Trij,R sdds:
All this is very well, hut what i, the :,
Louis Gioj, going To do about il i'm case the
President says that if his friends want his
service, for president third term. he will nc
ccp' the oilicc-that being the usual way oI
putting ity II the President wants the nom
nation, he has the machinery ia hand to yet
II, unless more stoutly opposed than he seems
likvly to be. If nominated, how is lac to be
defeated. There was a time when the pen
pie could defeat the reelection of an incum
bent Of the Presidency. Can il be done now
Can The republican party itself 20 back upon
MS record IN the matter of Federal interference
IN elections Look at the Pennsylvania cleo
ton oi October, lSI2,-the mo.t notable
fraud ever committed under the form of uni.
yer>al suffrage in this country. Let the Re
publicans read the report made bv Senator,
Carpenter, Anthony, Hill, Alcorn, Trumbull
and Logan upon the barefaced. fabricated
election returns made in Louisiana. made
through the procurement of the Federal off
GERS, and upheld and enforced by the order. |
Of the President, and say what probabilities
there are of defeating the reelection of = |
president who desires To DC elected.