The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-26

yng rSmcal piUsb uvpY0cate the discussion Of the
subject ct the present time but others frankly
svow and defend the idea. Few have
dared to express any q Interpretation. That
some such scheme is entertained by the
oniceholders we think there can be no
doubt This alone can furnish Q reasonable ex-
PLANTATION Of the late secret meeting Of the Mar
shals at Cleveland, Ohio. What business had they
in common which required consultation Within
the sphere OF their legitimate ofcial duties, abso-
lutely none. The Marshal is the executive o1icer
have no business whatever Hence within tSs
;:cate why were their deiiberatieas Kept secfets
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to the threat y Tie vy
tenn which has reduced louisiana to the condition
sad his IN TO Long
port Of the PresSsn and the i imperial gracious
the ideas which prevail at court and make It
doubtful whether the discussion In regard to
Casarism has not come too late rather than too
early.
From the Boston Traveller, August q, 1881
It is one OF the illustrations Of the old saying,
that the element OF the ludicrous Is to be found
In all things, that 30 grave and grim Q matter
as Cesarism should furnish matter for sport
In America In these days. 1t Is about Ave
years since the present phase OF Casartsm
began to show ITSELF that H., just after General
Grant had been nominated for the Presidency,
in 1868. General Blair warned his countrymen
OF the fact, as no considered IL to be, that the
republican candidate was about to become an
Emperor, and that imperialism" was so much
the rage that soon it would be raging over
the country, sending all men but impe.
rialists to prison, and eating up the habeas
corpus writ. Somehow the people did not
seem to care for the warning, at which they
laughed and went on their usual way. Probably
they remembered that General Washington had
been accused OF an intention to make Caesar Of
himself and yet never attempted anything Of the
kind. Probably they recollected that General Jack
son had been charged with the design OF making
himself absolute master Of the nation, and yet had
retired at the end OF his second term as calmly as
II no such thing as absolute monarchy ever had
been heard or and with less than hundred
dollars in his pocket. As neither Washington
nor Jackson had been crowned and sceptred, the
people thought they could safely trust Grant,
and trust him they did. That they were
not entirely in the wrong would seem to
be clear rom the circumstance that General
Grant has got far along In the fifth year Of his
Presidency and yet he has not taken the first step
on the U@sarian course set down for him, which is
working slower than he used to work In war time.
80 that II he were Caesar In the field he has not
been one In the Cabinet. For gentleman charged
with the intention OF setting up q stratocracy, he
ts very slow indeed In justlfying his accusers.
Then he has done nothing to increase the strength
OF the army, while he has done all that Congress-
making OF the army as weak and inefiicient body
Is possible. Queer 4duct In coming Caesar |
But 1t seems i is not BY soldiers ;eat our Caesar
rleman In New York has been interviewed
on this subject, and he has given two reasons why
ae Was saa S
up in Fort Lafayette. because his daughter had
c9rresponded with Southern young lady, with
gentleman, and not over civil toward the young
ladles-and young ladies' are allowed to do pretty
much as they please IN this blessed land Of uPerty
Sops Ss "a aG &c. a ansqS @scs
exaggerated; and DE- relates to something that
far charitable as to hope that General Grant had
nothing to DO with it-that he neither mad
the gentleman arrested nor coniscated the ladies'
letters-and 80 1t cannot be counted against him,
and should not be made To act as brick In the
C@sarian temple. Probably 1t was because Of one
that 1T the Deies were %sdded with ana tSas tie
papa Of one Of them was bastiled; but then Mr
he HAVING gone y" With President Johnson and tie
latter going with the democrats and so to the dogs
So that Mr.. Seward cannot be suspected Of having
case cited amounts to nothing. The second reason
given by the gentleman in New York-hs name is
Of his POSITION that we are to have Casar put
over us Is That "the American people are accus.
toned to the grasp Of an army Of oficeholders and
sSs st that heara 81 p bens
overthrow by officeholders-the only occasion on
which republic Of tolerable dimensions (some
folks think them moderately has been set down
for conversion into despOtic monarchy by
weighers and clerks and inspectors, who are to be
the huStdtt, the principles and the trtdrjt OF our
legons, and to DO for President Grant what was
done by soldiers for the original Caesar. Really,
gift !" Of the ofacehoiders. what hope can there
be for usf We are an extinct nation, accord
ing to the American idea OF what constitutes
O natiOn-free men. But may not the gentleman
10 1O %s aaSS taxing a }Sere Z nctS
ing new IN attriSutns to ocsn0lders hostility TO
Cesareans till recently. The most that used to be
said against them was that they interfered In cleo
come enemies Of the constitution, 1t is fortunate
that their influence ts small, certainly not near so
a wc aa aa Of s
posing them to. be enemies Of the constltu-
ton, or that they are engaged In labortng
is for supposing them to be power in the State
The fact tnat they are oice-holders while 1t makes
them neither better nor worse than other men, de-
They are supposed to be laborfng for their places
let them do what they may, and hence. whatever
they recommend is always looked upon as some.
thing to be suspected, If not condemned at once.
Nothing can more clearly show the contempt that
democrats have for the people than their endeavor
to make 1t out that they 1.-THE people, are In danger
of being enslaved by the acts OF Q few thousand
Oiice-holders as II nation ever fell from the at
tacks OF such men, who in this instance have made
no attacks, and never thought Of making any.
From the Charlotte IN. o. Observer, August 2t]
This is one Of the leading topics Of the day, and
one upon which almost every newspaper In the
land has had '1ts. say" The NEW YORK HERALD,
probably out Of any other sensation upon which to
regale its readers gave life to the subject and has
DO theoretically famed the name that General
Grants name has been brought 80 prominently be-
fore the country in connection with third term
that there are few men who have not formed some
opinion in their own minds as to the probability or
improbability Of his being candidate for the
Presidency Of the United states in 1875. The ad-
ministration press affect to treat the matter as