The New York herald., 1873-07-22

General Grant and His
Third Term.
Further Extracts from the
American Press.

II is amusing to observe the perplexities OF the
opposition a. they are brought face to face with
the necessities OF the political campaign now open
ing. Confusion and despair mark all their counsels.
They see only defeat and long series OF defeats
before them. The prolonged control OF public
affatrs by the republicans, and the prospect that
this possession OF power will be continued for
these many years, also alarm them. and so they
engage In an acrimonious discussion OF what they
are pleased to call "CGsarism," q name significant
to them Of 50 much horror and such perpetual
banishment from the nesh pots that they can
hardly md language In which to express them
selves. Ofone thing they may be surethey have the
people against them, and until the popular senti-
ment In this country changes the people will keep
the republican party In power under whatever
leadership seems good to them. II IL not ques-
ton OF men or Of patronage. It is q simple ques-
ton OF popular confidence. But events three or
four years distant are not the sole embarrassments
OF the opposition.
From the Albany Sunday Press Independently.
July ID
We have seen our people rise too often
upon pretexts much less than that which tho
HERALD presents to believe that anything OF the
kind can be done. II General Grant can be elected
again and again and again, for the nfth and sixth
time, they VIII acquiesce and accept his govern
ment-under the Constitution. But the moment
he oversteps the lines therein laid down
that moment impeachment stands ready to
envelope him In its withering folds. President
Grant may have at his back, as the HERALD says,
Congress, the army, all the revenue officials and
the mighty Empire State" but ell that Is not
enough to make him a dictator nor to establish
Upsarsm. That can never be done until the
American people can be changed into slaves--until
they lose their manhood-until they can be made
to acknowledge that one class Of men are entitled
to privileges which another are not And with
their present high state Of intelligence when will
that bel Neveri For ourselves, we would prefer
to see change Of administration at the next elec-
ton. We believe 1t would prove healthful to the
Republic. But, unless we could see honest Geo.
nomical intelligent men elected, we would prefer
to have the government remain IN the hands 1t is
and has been the past ten years.
From the Baltimore Gazette (democratic), July 1871
II, In It's reprobatlon Of the temper imputed to
the democratic press In the discussion OF the re-
nomination scheme the NEW YORK HERALD means
to include Us, 1t does great injustice. We were
among the nrst to echo the startling words our
New York contemporary uttered, and nave tried
our best to adopt such tone as Ia be1tttng sub
tect far too solemn even for acrim0ny. or course,
with our well.dened views OF the character OF the
President, Illustrated well in bis career OF soldier
pretend. In matter directly anecting his Interests,
to be wholly as It were, impersonal. The
character OF the individual who plays the leading
part In the drama, Of the hero OF what will prove
to be our tragedy, Is an element Of great impor-
tance In this discussion. Were General Grant
other than he is-in metaphysical phrase, more
"adjective" and less 'suDjective"-in palmer
language. more patriotic and less selfish; II he
were q man who sought the association Of the wise
and good Of his superiors, whom he car asilv 1nd.
and not his equals, who are 'aegion" or interiors,
this problem would have heen solved long ago. Ii
needed but word from his lips to have settled II
and left the republican party free to make Its
new nomination. II instead Of whining, as he did
In his inaugural about being the object OF defama.
tion, he had merely whispered that he was about
to enter on his second, and ofconrse, last term,
this wretched perplexIty could not have occurred.
His silence IL portent0us because IL looks like the
silence Of selfish resolve. Hence. in our judg-
ment, one cannot leave out OF this discussion the
inquiry what sort Of man We have to deal with
We wish We could feel as the HERALD prerends to
feel and think Of the President as 1t does.
H. however, In this personal estimate the
HERALD be right and we wrong; II General
Grant has one 1.-THE Of the intelligence
and virtue imputed to him; why does he allow his
friends and admirers to fight this battle at Q dis
advautagei They say and think - We DO, that
not only the liberties Of the country. but his own
character, will be imperilled by q denomination
Why, then, does he not do them the poor justice to
say now that under no circumstances will he defy
the precedents Of the past and be candidate at .
third election. They have great reason to fear
not only that In this case, ''nlence gives con-
sent, }" but that the President remembers (he may
have heard It long ago in Mexico) the other Span
ish proverb -"Cauat v aJos tansareznos Ia aadrs