The sun., 1873-07-12
GEN. GRANTS THIRD TERN.
Tie II the Most suitable Candidate for the
Rcpublicnn Party.

There is nothing very startling about the
news which comes from Washington that the
party managers have about determined to run
Gen. Grant for third term. II is rather early
Ia the day for casting the Presidential horO-
scope but the Republican astroogers will un-
dJubtedly he on the safe side n predicting the
denomination Of Gen. GrBnt. They will at least
make sure Of his favor In the meantime. When
Gen. Grant left the army he entered upon nego-
tiations for the Presidency During the last cam
paign there was an account Of a consultation
that was held In Washington before Gen. Grant
consented To accept the first domination. IN
which Gen. Rawlins acted for Gen Grant, and
Mr.. Forney for the party. 1t was then repre-
sented, according to the story, that Gen. Grant
could not afford to give up life tenure OF his
position as General Of the United states Army,
with large salary 90 accept the Once Of PresI-
dent for o-9 term, or egcn for t,co terms. Gen;
Of Presidential service should not be limited to
four years. nor eight years, but that he should
be reelected for third term at the very least
whether this story Is true or not, u has "A GER
tain verisimltude, heightened by the crcum-
stance that the same lne Of argument was pur-
sued to impress upon the people the Justice of
eecting Gen. Grant for second term. 1t may
be that the doubling Of his salary was intended
to discount his option on the third term, a. he
Will now receive precisely the same sum Of
money during his second term "a he would have
received under the old rate of pay in the two
terms viii h had been promised to him. The
effect OF tue Increase, however, Is likely to be
Just the reverse Of what il was intended to be,
so FAR a. Gen. Grant Is concerned. II he had
mortgage ON two more terms at $4,000 a year
he IL not the sort of man t9 give release deed,
" he can help IL, when double that amount Is to
be had 10y holding on To II.
The predicted nomination Of Gen. Grant for n
third term is natural. therefore, because 1t bar
he is probably the best living embodiment uf
the remaining principles Of his party. lie II its
nttcst representative. lie j. CpnsuicuuuSy iden-
tined with all the acts, motives, and purposes II
the organization. lie Is the champion salary
gtahher. Jic grabbed NJ ore than any body else.
lie believed m the grab, lohlicd fIr the grab,
signed the grah-hill and t. now engaged In
pockctins th" grab. The grab OF tho Congress
N IN l. only s2JV year; the grab of The Prc-i-
dent H. S3Fn year or Jist ten times that
amount. The fitness ~ Gen. Grant Tor the Pres-
dental nomination of the kcuuhlican party Is,
therefore. ten times greater thin that of any
Congressional gahher. Gen. Grant claims Ia
4 rcnoinihdunu were al,o increu.cd when lac
became the npologiat Of the Credit Moliher Con
gresSmen. He deprecated the inyesuGatiun.
Nothing could come Of o., lac said, but black
euiny the character Of some Of our best men,
and damaging The party accordingly. When Nr.
ColfaX retired from his Joint debate with Oakcs
Ames. and with Ne-bifs money in his pocket.
character from The white House. Mr
Bingham had been denounced by his constitu-
cnts for his operations In Credit Mohilicr and his
comnliciiy IN the hack-pay grab, and Gen. Grant
Butler had made himself conspicuous a. the
attorney OF tue Credit Mobilier Congressman,
pay. Thereupon Gen. Grant espoGsed his side
as candidate fortovernoro of Massachusetts,, and
Is now nllng up the Federal Offices Ia that State
IN bntlers interest; Gen. Grants peculiar IT.
ness for the Republican nomination does not
stop here. He II the chief support Of the bogus
heloSg GoNernment IN Louisiana. He sus-
tained Durell, and telegraphcd Gen. Emory To-
nold ms truOps IN readiness to enforce the fraud
al the point ~ the bay ouet. Shall he 20 unre-
warded for standing firmly by the carpet bag
gers The offce-holders viii probably answer
No! There is another reason why the Office
holders VIII rally about Gen. Grant standard.
lie does not believe IN civil service reform.
Neither do they Nor does the party Gen.
Grant retains tn Caseys and the Crauiers, and
be appoints the Holdcns and the Newmans
This i the kind OF men the party want They
are sure Of Grant; they could not he so sure of
ANYBODY else. II Il also intimated that the rail
road people and the monopolists generally have
AN abiding faith In Grant equal to that 81 the
onlceholders and party anagcrs, and that they
Will throw their iutiuence in his favor.
All things considered, II Is obvious that Gen.
Grant IS the most hitting representative that the
/ Republican party could put in nomination and
II Is in every way likely that II the party feeling
shall be the same three years from now that 1t is
to-day, Messrs, Morton, Conkling, Washburne
Butler, Logan, and the other Presidential aspir-
ants VIII have To give way 10 his superior claims
He suits the politicians. He knows how to use the
patronage in his hands for the welfare Of the
party. lie makes no speeches and writes no
letters. lie never vetocs salary bills. lie be-
lieyes In having good time, About the only
thing that Gen. Grant wonld be likely to resent
at the hands OF the party would be n reduction
OF pay. After all that he has done and contn-
nes 10 do for the party i is 10 be hoped that the
party will not show Itself ungrateful The third
term idea, al the increased rate of compeusa-
tion' has certainly received very good " go oil.