National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-09-01

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Yours, truly, Z. o. wAsnpuRsK.
IL
casAhIsM AND THihD TkhMs.Tnh
DT VI no o'NiVS
lew uays aso inc hhrenl''AN p''n'eu
ioug communication iro'n "n enthusiasm.
supporter o' 'eh' uran' on inc question VI
,@safish anu 'h'ru terh' III Wnicn inc
"Iaer ,a'oreu seeohu rc.eieeuoh' ,ne
A,ue'e IN q'osuon nus n','ae'eu goou ues'
., auen''on, p"r'euiar'y from ,ne new 10Th
nod"' Nn'.h sees IN unlh,s."haoie e'-
aenee 'ha. u .hc ln'enuon oi Tue party
manaHes W niahe "eh' "rah' unc no'n'nec
Oh INC party IN lo'o' IN oasihg th's opinion
upon INC article III question inc heru'o Is no'
Mtogetner iair, Tor In the comments whieh
accompanied INC communication the hkfoB-
tIcAS took tue ground 'hat 1870 was long
way ohi mat tue issues OF inc future were
sui maenni'e ana vague; that inc people
would decide the matter LOT themselves, un-
innueneed BY politicians, as they decided the
rresidential quesuon In isos ana In 1879.
Sen' Grant has always been the master, aud
not tne servant Oh the poht'cai managers.
MS eieepon never depended upon them IN
any way. ihey came 10 MINI ne uiu not goto
'hem' so that all the talk ABOUT intrigues
anu consequences OF TINS ana thht Clique 10
maze TINS OF that man rresiueht IN 1910 Is h
hght Us INC summer wind
IL cannot Do denied however That the dis
eussion which the Herald mas sprun. upon
the country lhree years and nan In ad-
vance OF the next PRESIDENTIAL election mas
ae'eioPeo one iaet tna' "eheral uraht to-day
Possesses the commence OF inc people 10
amrger extent IMAM any other man In IL
tnat ne Is lar stronger than jackson was IN
1870 when ms woru wasa law unto MS party
ana when MS party meant the whoie country.
In inc aim SHADOWS oil 1910 uenerai "raht
STANDS out the complete master oil the stu
suon' not as S@sar' but Us the democratic
'eaaer Oh inc most advanced democracy. As
we nave said' II VIII all depend upon the Peo-
pie not upon inc Pohieiahs or upon uenerai
CRAM, Whether ne shaii DC their Standard
bearer OF "ne'ner ne Snail gNepiaee'os some
oody e'se. III ,,e SIX Weehs u'seuss'oh oi
TINS question Puoic oPihioh mas pecoine Won
aeriuiiy crystaliized upon TINS point anu Mr.
ALEXANDER II. otepnehs mas put the average
sentiments Oh inc pcoP'e III icWer Wofus 'nan
any other one OF tue ieaders Oh puohe opinion
wheh ne saiu that nc saw hotnihg sacred III
.he example Oh tnc CARRIER rres'ueh'S; 'ha'
mere was no danger OF 'esarism or iinpe-
fiaiisui III TINS country 30 long Us inc 'nree
great departments Oh 'he Government eNer,
ei'ed each one It's proper iuneuons. 'eherai
butter put inc same ldea IN palmer ana
more popular form when ne declared In ms
Boston speech that III tue people wanted
uenera Grant 'hey would eject mn,
thifu, iourth, hith anu sihth UNIT
republican government was never 30 COM
P'eteiy IN inc hahuS oi tne Peop'e Us I'M w.
DAY, notwithstanding ail that Is anu mas oeeh
said 70 the contrary We nave NO Aioany
regency 70 dictate fresidehtlai NOMINATIONS
Toe era oil political barriers ana compromises
mas come 10 nh emu Inc vice fresiuehey S
no longer the stepplhg-stohe 10 tue Ekecu-
tive chair. Inc needs ana necessities OF every
four years control events without the slightest
regard TO the concessions OF sections or the
Vaccinations oil politicians. This was well
illustrated In the late campaign Twelve
months before Gen. Grants first term ex-
pircd the politicians endeavored to throw
-
formed the strongest combination against
him. Mr.. sumner led OIL In the senate, ana
when questioned as to what would heal the
division which was supposed to exist In the
party unhesitatingly answered, the retire.
ment OF Gen. Grant" schurz echoed the
sentiment In Missouri, Irumbuli IN Illinois,
Grceley and fenton IN new iork' ana so on
In ether states. IL was the Old game oil the
politicians, Tor their own seihsh purposes ana
ambitions, endcavorins to rule the country
We all know the result oil the conspiracy.
Those who have watched the course OF the
Herald on the subject when II seems 10 nave
30 much at heart must have noticed that the
force OF public opinion has driven II IRON us
hrst position In regard 10 General Grant
The motive oil lts hrst articles was an indirect
attack upon the fresldent' It's reporters
never failed 10 ask tue quesuohs' DO you
think General Grant intends to play the role
OF Cesar p DO you believe he Is Intriguing
for denomination The poison and the
malice were In the "intcryiews rather than
In the editorial columns Ana having ieit the
popular pulse III that way the he'd'd Is now
ar'eh 10 ,his i'no VI fe,,ea', 10 We nnu
marked out In It's pages last SATURDAY "lhe
question theh' hrst 10 NC 'onsiaereu ny .he
democracy ana all other outside opposition
elements IN reference 10 the rresiuentiai sue
cess,oo, not ,ne question s''a'i we revhe
our iate ucniorai'hihs oa''e'c'y VI any'hing
70 oca' urah'' "u' 'nn We oeat ''ant'
uhoer ue eAis,'ns 'o"u'''o.'1 anu aspee@ VI
the pont'ea' hc'u 'ney 'an"o' oea' NM ne
Is man whose popularity Is c7'apishcu, ana
whose powers ahe au'an'ascs US candidate
Tor another term are ,pihcaSutaD'y greater