The New York herald., 1873-08-15

who Is at all acceptable they will almost unanl-
sure that the Germans would be very unwilling IN
| any case to vote for Grant, However, even II ne
nifty that we are going to renounce the Republic,
| but IN rely that 1t IL dwindng into mere lorin,
mere shadow We owe to the HERALD sa. cmr
attention Is drawn to the possibility oi C&sarism'
| else we might
NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THE DANGER
republican part that would be useless TO Try tne
experiment it will rebound to the credit o, ane
| HERALD, for 1t was this timely warning tnat ap-
prised us OF the danger which, II not probable, was
| at least possible. The leaders OF the Grant party
fP as aid no
desire Grants renomination, they probably kept u
G wn and ssy will
| This terminated the interview.
| Mr. Stone, or tho Journal OF Commerce.
| Mr.. David M. Stone, of the Journal OF Commerce,
was also called upon. HERALD reporter found
him in his sanctum in conversation with gentle.
man, discussing the merits Of trotting horses in
general and Of pair he had lately acquired by
purchase In particular. Mr.. Stone is gentleman
OF genial presence and af1able manners, and when
the HERALD man broached the object OF his visit he
turned from the subject OF equines to that OF
Casarism with cheerful alacrity. The following
conversation ensued:-
REPoRTER-I have come, Mr.. Stone, for the pur-
pose OF eliciting what you think about President
Grant and C9sarsm.
PRESIDENT GRANTS MISTAKE.
Mr.. SToNE-I think General Grant made great
mistake in accepting the Presidency at all, when
he was General OF the Army. He ought to have
rested on his laures. He then stood high In the
respect and gratitude OF the whole nation. need
not tell you that 80 much cannot be said of him now
Soon after the war the democrats tried to secure
him as their candidate for the Presidency. He
nd m Thar ho rkad1 in
versation that he believed in the one-term princi-
pie. No man, he said, should be elected President
or more than one term But in spite of his opinion
then expressed, he has coveted and obtained the
Presidency for second term, and although, II am
not mistaken, he has stated In his second inaugural
address that he would retire to his vines and fg-
trees at the expiration Of the four years, see no
reason why he should not feel disposed to try for
third term.
HOW NATION LOSES HER LIBERTIES.
REPoRTER-Do you believe, sir, that C@sarism
could gain foothold In this countrys
Mr.. sroNE.-n not Cesarlsm in the literal mean
ing OF the word, something very like it. l re-
member, when boy, | read in history how .
small number OF soldiers, headed by q despot.
obtained absolute power over milhons how these
millions looked on with indlnerence and allowed
| themselves to be kept In subection making no
effort to shake or the yoke l then thought, "Ah,
but our liberties could not be taken away in this
manner We should rise against any attempt to
encroach upon our rights" But when l saw the
hlghhanded acts OF the government during the
late war, without any protest from the of the
people; when I saw citizens put into Fort La
fayette without warrant or the slightest evidence
OF guilt, but merely in obedience to the touch OF
Mr.. Stewards little bell, thought our liberties
were not so secure after ALL In illustration OF
A-tt.-z
which has never been published. gentleman in
Brooklyn, stanch republican and member Of the
wideawake Club had young daughter, who left
the Packard Institute at the outbreak OF the war.
She carried on the usual girlsh correspondence
with a former schoolmate, young lady In the
South, VINO was crammed with secesh notiOns as
most Southern ladies were in those times. Cor
respondence from the South was then seized by
the government. Among the letters opened was
one addressed by the secesh girl to her friend in
Brooklyn, full Of childish gush about the Empire
Jer Davis was going 10 set up, the fine time they
would have, and how she would be happy to
ceive her friends visit in Secessia. One nne day,
as my friend OF the Wldeawake Club was sitting at
dinner in his shirt sleeves, q carriage drove up be.
fore mis- house, tive men rung the door bell and
asked to see the head of the family. In
his shirt sleeves and hatess the gentleman In ques
ton came to the door, when the two men seized
him, and threatening to put daylight through him
II he resisted. put him IN the carriage. 1t was in
VAIN that lie begged them to allow him TO get his
hat and coat ana make some explanations to his
family. The rufflans refused, and conveyed him to
Fort Lafayette. Fer whole week after his family
could not account for his sudden and mysterious
disappearance, until few lines from him, written
on slip OF paper, was brought to his family by
managed to Conceal it in the sole OF his boot,
when the mystery was cleared up. Prominent
republicans interested themselves in his case and
nrn rad 4 mot RI
obtain, Tor he was known as a republican; but had
he been democrat he might have remained six
or twelve months longer IN prison, and ali for
schoolgirls letter. few men talked OF getting up
an imagination meeting about II, but what good
Cisco or any prominent merchant had been car.
ried 70 Fort Lafayette there would have been little
stir about IL. 1t is thus the liberties OF nation
are taken away, when the people become lndiffer-
ent and quietly submit to despotsm. The Ameri-
can people are now accustomed to the grasp OF an
army OF Oflceholders and acquiesce in 1t.
THE HERALD AND CAEsARIsM.
REpoRTER-wel Is 1t not your opinion, Mr..
Stone, that the HERALD has done something to
check C@sarism by sounding the bugle OF warning
while 1t Is time
Mr.. sroNE--On the contrary. think if President
thank the HERALD for it. 1t has taken all the wind
oat OF the opposition. 1t has iamiiarzed peoples
minds with the idea OF electng Grant for third
term, and what it calls .'Casarismv Will grow
upon them as a thing they nave been accustomed
to- Should the event ever come off, it viii be. to
use phrase oil Wall street, discounted and create
very little commotiOn. The course pursued by the
HERARD Is like that OF "bull" in Wall street
when he finds that some disaster is impending cal
culated to cause fall in stocks. In such case the
"Bul'' will be the first to sound the note OF alarm
In order to get 1t discounted or in other words,
to familarze spectators with the idea OF 1t, and
when the threatened event does at last happen
there IS little STIR about 1t. BY the time the event
OF ''C@sarsm" VIII have arrived, II that time
should every come, people will be in temper to
quietly acquiesce In it.
NICE SET OF RESOLUTIONS.
believe II Congress, at any time during the last
four years, had passed an act to the following
! elect
Whereas certain wicked and dsoyal persons are
seeking 10 disturb the peace the uetrimcnt and
damage OF law abiding citizens OF the United states;
Wnereas the election OF President would be seized by
! their nefarious designs;
Resolved That the election of ia indefinitely
postponed and [. y Grant empowered TO hold the
presd entail olce until such time as he thinks fit to
| relnqush II.
say II such resolution had passed In Congress
the people would nave submitted to it.
GRANTS CHANCES FOR A THIRD TERM
REPOETER=Mha are the chances President