The New York herald., 1873-08-28
PRESS OPINIONS.

PRESS OPINIONS.
From the Courier des Etats-Unis, August 261
1t is never easy to know exactly what the great
think, and In America nos any more than In
Frances 1t is even often very dif1lcut to know
whether they think anything at all. This question
has often been asked concerning General Grant,
and conversation which the HERALD puts in the
mouth Of the President isnot calculated to dspel
doubts. We mean the famous question of Cesar
Ism, which has gone the rounds OF the American
press and even the French press, In which latter
1t has been so little understood, or at least so
badly presented. 1t seems that C@sarism Is also
the topic In the White House, and that the h0ot
tues OF that place do not hesitate to talk about it
with the master, were 1t only for the purpose OF
famarizng him with the idea Well, then
C@sarlsm in the present embryo form Is. as all
third term. The following are the expressions
which the Herald puts IN the mouth OF Of the the
interview Interview from I the HERALDl it is Impossible
than sort of political evasion, . coqnet-
ike the coyness Of the .nymph that ,rugN dd
saltoes sed cuptt ante vtdert In short, Mr. Grant
lately attributed to the Duke d'Aumae-viS, "to
DO sweet Violence to his feelings" In fact. after
s 9g 1sss aa g s IF n ssr% as
Broglie at EvreuX, and that Is what may be prop
erly called talking without saying anything.
from the Newberry (S o. Herald August 2oJ
Heretofore we have said nothing on this subject,
on which all our exchanges have much to say. We
have abstained for the simple and SUFFICIENT reason
that the subject has but little interest for u.s. II
General Grant Is as good President as can be HAD,
why object to his having the Oice for third term
or a fourth term, or even fifth term II the people
@a3n <~s.- ht
manner ? And besides, why should the people Of
South Carolina tat least the white portion Of theI)
and of other Southern States make a fuss
about matter over which they, some years since.
lost all control7 And bcsides again, 1t seema
to US that Cesarsm itself, If by Cesarsm is meant
empire, would be the greatest OF blessings and
boons to South gagolipa, and 4. hsavensent relief
from state. ol tn{ngs we refrain from saying
is daily and yearly going from bad to worse. Wo
have often thought, since the revolution, that 1t
State governniunts to be utterly swept away, and
Jet the Republic be one and indvisibe, with but
the one legislature. one set OF laws and one Judi.
we contended for, and for what so mahy noble lyea
were lost the sovereignty OF the States,
in the beginning were the sources Of all
lures Of the at scces
sion now would be rebellion whatever it may have
been in 1860 Why, then, raise an outcry about
CeSarsm when, long ago. so far rs the first prnci-
pies OF the government are concerned, all was ostf
The revolution was completed when Lees sword
blow was then struck at the Union; 1t no longer
exists rubbish only remains let it be swept away.
ae no may some or os
certainly the United States longer here. The
last page OF that history has been written; the
record rs complete.
GFrom the Boston Advertiser, August 22.l
The NEW YORK HERALD has supplied the press OF
the country with summer topic this year by
starting the fiction that there is scheme on foot
to secure to the President third term In ONCE.
The thing was absurd enough on Its face, but in
the lack Of other matters to write about some
journals paid the sensation the compliment Of Sc.
riously considering 1t. The lead has been well
worked. Editors. correspondents and a dligent
corps of interviewers have, under instructions,
kept the subject before the public, developing the
first conception into the more startling and con.
eyery Of pecs into ant quasi reia
tlon with the original bugbear. For Joke
1t has worn remarkably WELL Perhaps we
that journal credit for first discovery. Certain
organs o: the late lamented liberal reform party,
consolidate the ANYTHING. .to.beat-Grant sentiment
in the country, summoned this haucinatien of
Sa%eVsr lh'O IN COMPARISON with the clever manage
ment OF the HERALD, and deserve to lose whatever
rights they nau III Cne pIeuliSeSs Inau
washington might nad be been 90 disposed, have
retained the supreme magtStracy for another term
there Is no doubt; but, with sagaciy never to be
too much praised he dtscerned the true conditions
OF the prosperity Of the experiment OF governments
inau0urated here, and retired while IL was still
possible for him to be eminently useful 1t would
not be prudent Tor any successor to attempt to
destroy the prestige OF an example ss inustrious %
10 is wise.
From the Passions (Kansas) Sun, August 1911
The election of General Grant the third time
would be long distance from the purple and the
crown. 1t would not be imperialism or anything
OF the sort. This talk about Cesarsm is no Cesar
ism; It Is q very sorry, sicky and shamsrepresenta-
tion OF bastard ORsarism When republcanism
was weak, the nation In Its infancy, C@sarism
found no countenance and support Now that the
nation Is strong and the theory Of popular govern
ment has been fully tested, tried and vindicated,
while Imperialism in the Old World Is rocked to
the centre and crumbling to pieces, there can be
but little danger OF Its finding strength and suppors
here. 1t Is also o monstrous perverson OF lam
guage to call General Grants third term even II is
were possible or advisable, CRsarism, or even q
tendency In that direction. The people will settle
the question Of the next Presidency, as they have
There nothing In the constitution or the laws to
prevent the people from clecting General Grant
the third time II they wish to do so. There s only
the custom set by Washington. He declined to
stapd as O candidate for the third term, owing to
his infrmities. He satd nothing about the pro-
liberties OF the people would be endangered II no
or any other man should DO elected che third time.
or course ne did not argue or intimate any consti-
tutional or legal objection to such action ON thd