New-York tribune., 1874-10-29
A REVIEW OF THE DISCUSSION.

THE PRESIDENT NOT A CANDIDATE; ONLY 1is.
GREET AND FAITHFUL SERVANT OF HE PEOiIn
THE ARGUMENTS OF TIE oPPosIIiCN-IEEf
MISTAKE THE MAN.
From TIE Washington Republican adm Rtr) Oct 2s
The semi-Otfical announcement IN our COZ
umns this morning, OF the Presidents views regard
ing the third term question but OF ms ieengs rsre
ing the manner in which the discussion 9i II nae ossn
strange They Will bear witness that at no time has hs
National Republican advanced he dea tnst @
even II the tender OF nomination snoud Oe iDanc 10
him. The candid observer Will readily admit ahSs @ onp
position From the start we have persisenty d.
and others inimical Administration, forced 1t upon
public attention. and as journalists always desIIous or
our part IN the We have elt that mebt bo
carried to such an extent as TO result In poea antag-
Onlsms which should be avoided and for that reason
have argued the question in the abstract not as al-
cable to the present or any future % OF
law. We were unable to hld any reason why Piesl-
Die should not be continued Office term after term, tLe
same as Mr.. Sumner and Mr. Benton, for example, WHO
don OF affairs In every section Of the countryside
riots and passacres In the South the cry Tor oheap
transportation in the West, and the financial disturb
ances in The North-nduced many thoughttu people to
take advantage OF our arguments tor the purpose oi
suggesting Gen Grant as the only person in the Il put
can party who could with safety be- lntrsed wisb III"
power Of yhs 9ysEdPnea uui 'h0ss way important name SS
controversy. The South bazed WITH enthusiasm
oyer the prospss Ear atan "a e a. coay the Of G
praises was sounded aud resOuDded again and agalh
Then followed the october elections, alter when the
Democracy, with nsdiOus cunning, took advantage OI
the excited and disturbed condition VI affairs To impress
afrrighted Republicans with the belief that the th,Ii
term business had effected the unfortunate results
winch we all deeply depore. Tneir object was 10
divide the Republican party Oh foreign issue an ISSUE
I'm no way connected with the November coLtests abi
by 40 dong to the President to speak They be
eyed that bis personal followers and numerous ac-
mirers would in TIT campaign he
were banished from immediate consideration. ILey
further believed that he might be entrapped INTO an
OF opinion desire for reelection OeicFe tue
party had ever begun thought VI Deginniug 10 make
Dreparatons for o nominating cOnVeutlOn' IIey
knew that such a foolish act wouid readAy
liza construed as evidence to support TIER
malioious and false assertions that nIs AL
Oltion power overwhelms his patriotism anG over
shadows his of propriety. But, as usuai, when
they presume upon such an estimate of bic character.
they mistake the Qlet, modest, ana TetiIl"R 10
ia satisfied TO do his duty his eountrynen require
of nin aud with uDexamplei absence OF selfish inter
est he has executed the impOItanL trust eoDhaed ID
him without regard TO anything save the best interests
o. the country at large. Few men, II any, have been
tempted as has with the grateful love o free people,
with power almost uutrammeed and with every assu-
rance that health and strength, both physca ana po
ca would attend future ambitious effort and mono
have proved themselves more equal 10 tue patrloNo
task imposed upon them. He stands today a. hrmIy
the Of The people and faithful officer or
the Government he stood at Vicksburg anu Appona
tOx and he Is the silent discreet ami determined
man that he was before "C.esarlsm" anu the "third
term" were ever dreamed OF.