The Lincoln County herald., 1873-04-23
The 0Third Term.,e

The "Third Term"
The following significant editorial ex.
preston appears in the N. Y. Graphic Of
April O.:
ut 10 mere nonsense to talk Of tho
support Of the American people and the
power Of the press, so long ss the Presi.
dent is q candidate for q third term and
is at the mercy Of a horde Of politicians. "
, Many other similar illusions to the
avo-cd candidacy Of the President for
another term Of power have, Of late,
fallen from tho less guarded members Of
the Republican press and We have been,
more over, Informed by persons sho had
opportunities Of seeing the orgies Of the
last Inauguration, that, on that occasion,
the choice coterie Of intimate cronies aud
sychophants Of the President, then gath.
cred about bin, entertained eacAother
end him with hurrahs for the Life
President" aud pledges of support OF
allegiance TO him forever; at all Of which
he merely smiled, and enteyed not q
single protest, as he silently puffed bic
cigar.
The brief extract, above quoted by US,
is given as an excuse for the abandon.
ment of the scheme Of the civil service
rules" and the reinstatement Of Tom
Murphy as chief adviser Of the President
on the subject Of civil service reform
The "horde Of politicians" are the gentry
who are playing upon the vanity Of Mr..
| ha;r E-k -
this behalf, and to whom he is willing to
bow aud cringe for the purpose Of secur.
ing the re election which he appears to
covet. On the subject of civil service
reform, the people have been grossly
deceived with promises as bright and as
false as those pretended signals Of safety
and peace which the Florida wreckers
station along the most dangerous reefs,
to lure noble vessels upon the rocks, tha,
they may plunder them, and whose
treacberous purpose is discovered by the
victims too late to save themselves and
their richly laden cargoes. The very
means which the people have placed in
the Presidents hands for their own ben
6t are to be turned against them. In.
stead of new reforms in civil service, we
are to have four more years Of political
bummine, aud pandering to the politi
clans, whose influence will be necessary
to place Mr.. Grant again before the peo
pie in rs. True reform 10 this depart
ment will be postponed to more favora
bic occasion 10 the distant future, and the
nation must, with the best grace it can
command, prepare to take charge Of and
support tho gigantic political elephan,
they drew, in electing Mr.. Grant to bis
present position.
People who know some little American
history will remember that both Wash
ington and Jefferson we're ,mportuned BY
many enthusiastic friends TO allow the use
of their names for o third canvass for
the presidency but both of them re
spsctfully declined. and preferred to
retire to the shades of private life
Among other things they both had
found the presidency an expensive charge
upon them and severe drain upon theil
private fortunes and hence insisted on
change. The present incumbent Of the
station once occupied BY them has vim.
dicated tho long lost character Of tha,
office, as a paying Institution. In it, he
has risen to wealth, and in it he is con
stantly becoming weaI.hier. Tho spoilt
Of patronage have been 80 skillfully
farmed out, that they have become jus,
~ many available assets in bis hands. and
it is not surprising, perhaps, that such q
man as he-ignorsnt Of craftsmanship p il
its highest eense, obstinate, avariciou.
and strictly a military devotee-should
make The effort to secure q renewal oil
his power for third term of four years
The nation, however, will see in thi.
candidacy nothing but danger and q me
mace to American institutions as they
have heretofore been understood. Grant,
entry on third term would, in reality
be certain pledge that he would remain
in that station until death put q quietul
upon his ambitious career; and We ar,
much mistaken, If the great body ever
of the Republican party fails to regart
the subject iu that light. All classes o
citizens owe it to themselves, to thei
country, to their national traditions ant
, to their hopes in human liberty. to unit
to crush this upstart who seeks to out
reach and outshiue Washington, Jeffcr
son, Madison and Monroe, and to be tn
Augustus Of the modern times. st Loui
Dispatch.
; Chas. Sanguinet, who has lived in 81