New-York tribune., 1874-06-01
sDRIFT OF POLITICAL DISCUSSION.
GRANTS THIRD TERM STRENGTH

From the sprtnsa sash (IILl Register tD,rHl
OF Grants desire to serve third term there
no doubt His ambition IL boundess and ne desires
10 be hOnored beyond any other American ~ o -
past future. We say the future advlsedy Ior l Is
evident eud OF the present system 10 apprOaching
Capitalization Is nearly perfect. and. II not checked De
fore 1876 will fructify in monarch. Gen Grant may
elected third time, but other candidate ever Lar
been Will be. The past az least IL secure anu
1t Is pretty certain that we continue =,
elect Presidents at all, should do so only tnrouRn
return TO habits OF thought and modes OF popular
feeling which will efectualy prevent the success & q,
any tnird-term candidate. The currency question: WI
important bearing upon the success OF Grants
scheme The corporation question Is another WINCH II
to have an important bearing on Grants success Ine
Republican party fully pledged by party platforms
and public acts to the doctrine that states have no TIGHTS
which corporations bound to respect ana uraut ls
lust the man 10 meet the views Of the railroad magnates
and treat with them on terms whicn shal DE utuS A.
vantaseous. The railroads the telegraph moGopoy, a
manufacturing mOnOpoes. and the Natonai Oanhs are
his battaons, and they have adopted hs tactics Inc eo
strongly support him the contest between them ana
the people sSes II is true the Repn6lcan party
ons from the adverse OF State legislation out
that party cannot abandon Grant any more than me
corporations abandon the party H. therefore, tne
corporations support Grant and procure his
they will hold their mortgage on the party stu vi @ he
silent soldier has shown that he knows now 20 @ deai
with dangerously aspiring generals IN war as Wen az ~
the Congressen to elected this Fall are Republicans
Grants denomination is assured
A PLEA FOR UNITED OPPOSITION.
from The D,'roil Free Press lDtm.)
The election which Is TO take place IN
November next Is most important one ,eaEee pan ess
1t depends not only the political complexion OF e neA
o b 1 in M poe az the election in 1916 The real
the next election will name the succe oI
Gen. Grant President of the United states: Ihls
consideration alone. without thought OF local issues
should be sufficient to urge upon those OF WhaleHeI
creed who md themselves IN opposition 70 the
dominant party the necessity OF Immediate, uneu,
continued action Nothing stands in the way OF tne
union but traditional fOndness for "a name on
the hand and traditional dsKe TO the aeceptaoo
OF that on the other. The Democracy look upon
the sacrifice Of name as the yielding OF something un
honOred ana sacred Inc other opp3nehls VI ene 90 ~
mnstraion regard the adoption OF that name a. con-
cessOu which Involves ia the making reflection upon
previous political affiliations. To say that Doth are
wrong only repeat what each has practically ad-
mitted Of times but the saying brings lhe no
nearer together And yet cannot be that there is no
common ground upon winch all meet. Democratic
Democratic but because they are sound II they de-
they worthy OF far greater sacrifice
than nat Involved either IN abandoning time AOhOIeu
name Adopting an Objectionable one.
NO CONNECTION BETWEEN A THIRD TERM AND
IMPERIALISM.
From The ~ LOuis Gemo1df lRer)
Every sensational journalist IN the land VIII
now feel compelled 10 deliver himself OF ,pecn-
upon the third term business Nobody pretends,
in that the dream has any foundation,
either in the probabilities OF the occasion or IN tue
wishes OF the President Only imaginative Gentlemen
ike Watterson, when looking at events between the
sherry anu the clampaghe, indulge tnat Ianey; otl III
less can anybody give a reason for connecting the
dream Of third term with the dream OF empire III the
American people should choose 20 elect President the
third time, wnat evidence would tnat give tnat they
were in the least decree disposed To abandon
the power or eIectng tncr rulers altO-
getherf O one :Rifig may resp assnred-.he power
to elect their rulers will taken from this people
unless they voluntarily surrender IT, And yet, such Il
fOndness Of American journalism in some quarter,
for thinking ana saying Impossible things, merely be-
cause being impossible, they may seem startling. that
the crazy speculation viii until some new sensd-
ton offers better, at least, fresher opportunity
for proving that n Law is the perfection OF reason,
the thing sometimes called journalism the perfection
OF unreason. We suspect that the President has at
present idea OF being reelected, and n the people
should idea uf reGleciing MIN they will DO H.
IL the notion serves TO amse gossps OF The press, Dy
all means let IL be elaborately discussed.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CONTEST FOR SENATOR
SCHURZ'o SEAT
From The Chicago Tribune tfHd)
IL rarely happens that the election of a single
officer involves sharp and so decisive test VI tue
sincerity and patriotism, the honor and manhood OF
both political parties. Circumstances peculiar 10 Mis-
upon those who 10 Ill the seat
now led by Mr.. ScnurZ. Watching the contest, with
keen understanding Of nature and meaning, half
million OF voters OF German nativity or parentage,
whose sympathies with freedom, independence OF
party shackes, fidelity To CONVICTIONS OF duty. That
party rejects in the person OF Senator schurz al
those qualities which Germans 80 much love- and which
well represented, rest assured mat neither
Missouri elsewhere II hereafter claim the sup
port OF voting sincere IN It's Tcti0ns,
Its action, and yet az strong n Ito attach
uo oura nuV Of fnpr 10