The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-09-03
PRESS OPINIONS.
From the Memphis Appeal, August 81.

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The NEW YORK HERALD Is surprised to find the
South kindly disposed to the proposition to estab-
sh the empire. Grants 10000 Office
holders and the hideously governed Southern
States concur In seeking this one desideratum.
Southern people, OF all things in government. pre-
fer absolute local, State and municipal freedom and
independence and the next best system OF ruling
is that OF an imperial autocracy. The govern
ment OF unrestrained maJorities Is worse In many
portions OF the SOUTH as society Is now organized,
than the veriest deSpOtism, and therefore the
HERALD is not grievously mistaken Grant leads
the negroes because the negroes think tnat Grant
detests the white people, and these whites Will
cooperate with Grants imperialists in the negro
governed States, because negro governments, as
In Louisiana and South Carolina, are simply in
tolerabe.
From the Sacramento Union August 1911
parallel between an American President and
the first real Emperor OF Rome shows that it Is
easier for the President without violation OF law to
take to himself the sole governing power than 1t
was for Octavius to do so. The Roman law care
fully regulated the term of the consular office, and
was as careful TO keep the powers OF one office
separate from all the Others. Our constitution
does not prevent President from being elected
as often as the people please elect him; or
rather, we should say, often the parasites,
the federal brigade the corporations and the
demagogues may agree to force his election. True
1t is a violation OF prescription, but not OF law.
stance OF Augustus extended his consular office
for six, then for ten years, aud finally for
life. with power to nominate his colleague, they
violated every time ancient law OF the Republic,
as sacred to them as any constitutional provision
is to US. And yet, when 1t is demanded that our
constitution shall limit the power of President to
one term, or at least prohibit third term, the
parasites and natterers denounce the demand as
scandalous, and gravely tell us that the people
ought to have Cesar II they want one. The men
VINO say this well know the people do not want
would run against more daggers than the first one
did in Rome; They speak only for the army who
the Swiss brigade, always ready to sell
people for price These are not the people
and when any President Is presented for q third
term and so becomes the representative OF Caesar.
ism in America he will be ant TO make the discovery
that past popularity Is not enough to enable any
h 70 % as ne ae s ayed ON
subject to which attention cannot be too often
called. We have presented 1t before, and we shall
never fail to present 1t again and again, often
the occasion demands or the subject comes up Tor
discussion, in these columns We mean the impulse
that is gwen 10 the idea OF C9sarism by the cor
ruptions and treachery OF legislative oicers-State
and national. IL was this that led Augustus to alb
soute power In Rome, Cromwell In England and
Napoleon in France and II we ever are cursed with
a brood OF kings or emperors In the United States
we shall obtain them from the same Infamous
cause.
From the New Orleans Herald (democratic),
August 20.l
1t Is no longer to be disguised that the people OF
the South generally, and OF this State particularly,
quite Indifferent, II not iavorably inclined, to
the scheme Of continuing Grant in the Presidency
for another term. C9sarism and centralism have
no terrors to them In the desolate condition TO
which they have been brought by the vain efforts
to arrest their march, II their situation can be
alleviated, and there seems to be no other hope,
by a submission to any extension and increase OF
the power OF the federal government they will
do more than yield such submission
will rejoice In IL. We cheeriully surrender all
claims to any political influence or participation
In the political controversies and party contests In
the nation II thereby we nave our personal
rights secured as they In the empires and mon
arches OF the Old World. Grant may freely seize
the sceptre If he will only WELD 1t Tor our protec-
ton AGAINST OufraQes. wrongs and desOatlOn. snch