, 1874-08-19
Evils That Would Result from a Second
Reelection Of President Grant.
Tho Movement Favored BY Parasites
for Selfish Purposes.
Executive Re-oligibiity q Principle
that Should Be Abrogated.

villa - %8AAA oN o4Aoc oAoA't W 1cHRIUSu Will
uN1vEnaAh p1sFAvon.
Un1oas public sentiment bo dtBrogardod or over
slaughed by intrigue and manipulation, IT. will
not bo successful in National Convention,
I: Though Con. Grants first Administration, WAS
In somo respects unsatisfactory yet tho great
body Of tho Republican party woro willing 10
waive all this, and concede to him second torn
md d cordial support. Thoir Sense OF gratitude
was too profound, aud of . character too Rener-
oua to bo ttttlod By personal consideration Bhort
'of extraordinary misrulo aud, therefore, thoy
would not mako him An exception To tho second
torn precedent established ia tho persons. of
Washington, Jackson, and Lincoln. But Ad-
vancement to third torn Is obnoxious for OBJ
jocttons superior to all moro personal couaidera-
ttona or dictates Of gratitude.
Tt Is not supposed that the Constitution in
terposca any inHuperablo barrier to tho bestow-
mont OF o third more than to tho boatowmont Of
second torn. In that instrument there is cor-
tainly no express inhibition and tho practical
Interpretation given to tho Constitution by ita
framess In tho recollection OF Washington. md
acquioaced in m and confirmed by tho pgaottco
OF tho nation for moro than half century, is il
anything can bo settled by cotomporanoous an
continued Interpretation, decisive against any
implied inhibition.
. THE VERY 0RAvEaT CONSIDERATIONS
on 81 Of pSe @ dGR'1d e
gardod ne reasons against tho establishmaut OF
tho Third Term principle.
Il " signitoant that, Of tho soore, of Prost-
denta hitherto elected, not ono has stood Tor .
third term, although, In polnt OF ability, patriot
lam, popular Affection, and laudablo ambition
for place and powori some Of them would CON-
paro not un{a7orably With modern favor1tea.
Thoy regarded the acceptance Of . third term as
rfr dan tn fHn 1not kt,}n
future welfare 81 their country, aud what tho
Constitution failed to inhibit, they sought
to restrain and correct By their illustri-
S Sas eos ssspa Tho So hnn hGfeashy ts sanotasd
prooedonI, that tho yigilant jealousy Of tho poo
pic, WHO have como 10 look upon 1t os an essson-
tlnl bulwark against tho perpotuation OF por-
sonal power, would regard tts violation as
liborate tramping upon tho Constitution itself.
Tho plea that Washington. 3o1erson, aud jack
son. Wero solicited to stand for d third term, la
worthy tho motive and purpoBo that prompt It,
PARABITEa AND FIATTEnEN8
Of tho dominant regime havo existed under
every Administration, who rondor to 1t an hom-
ago commensurate with their Inability to sus-
tain their own personal consideration c1cept by
It's continuance. Il is, therefore, the least mat
official patronage, and Who have grown fat and
corpulant feaating for years upon tho rich spoila
Of the public crib, ahonld be inspired with tho
pratseworthy purpose Of continuing that power
upon which tho maintenance Of their own po-
sition is dependent.
Hence think, may be traced tho recent
movement to accord to President Grant third
term Of Office. It's has ita Bolo origin and sup
port In tho demands Of political Bycophants and
trickatorH.
But, having tho stmc high regard for the
Judgment OF tho President as I have for tho dis
tntorostedncsa Of his patriotism, am unwilling
to beliovc him ! party to proposition about
yFhirh hAHffnt1nu Ia n rrifn9 liza air
OF ships magazine could not moro surely work
Its demolition than tho nomination Of Grant for
g third torn would work tho rout and disntegra-
lion OF that party which adopts him: The i'd
would DO \ precedent inconsistent with tho
American syatem and
DANGEROUS TO 11nKnTY.
That tho President iH not rostrlcsed to single
term, la tho one fatal orror in tho Constitution.
Yhia is not surprising; tor, the system OF 1o-
eligibility being without precedent In tho his
tory Of Government, its practical workings could
not fall to DO disastrous. And tho experience OF
principle Of Presidential re.eligibility combines
the means and the motive for corrupting public
virtue unsurpassed in tho history Of tho nation.
The disbursement Of d hundred millions Of
&1s osepssn soS q a strosg s OF hoaas
official place BY Executive clemouoy and
favor. arc the means; and to secure
o,oots seeSn aao thisa perhaps 1h5p
combination Of means aud motive, tho danger to
public lborty Is most to be apprelontled.
Against them, eternal vigilance and wakoful
jealousy alone can prevail Public ylrtue ia ea-
scntial to public liberty. With the decay Of the
former comes tho extinction OF tho latter. Cor
rupt virtue, and liberty dies.
We havo long soon Low tho Prcaidept tial parti-
hon Of tue public patronage has tended To
coBAupT TIE CIVIL SERVICE q.
Of EhA Gnvarnr1ant Wa hava 1ra rloi3 INV nv.
eontiyo appointments TO place and power have
uniformly boon paid 40 tho premium OF soryilo
adulation. oriuging submission and base
oil ho pade psten Durna s
Presidential eampaign for instance. It WIS posi-
tlyely painful to men Of delicate and Tofncd po-
!itical senaibility to soo tho Secretary Of tho
interior and tho Secretary Of tho Troasury-men
country-compolod, Ut tho reward Of Executive
favor. to stump tho State Of North Carolina,
and after having carried that State by storm, to
fold their tonts Like the Arabs, and silently atoa1
vance tidal wave In tho interest OF Graut aud
the dominant regime.
Shades Of Washington and Marshall, can this
20 true9 How low have We fallou sinco tho
statesman must haranguo tho motley crowd III
tho capacity OF q common politician! Yet such |
appears to bo tho case, and Is tho dlrect out |
growth Of tho second term precedent aud the |
Executive power OF dispensing public patron !
II, then. tho second canldaturo, with tho ao-
quioaconco Of public sentmont has not boen |
withont ite corrupting tonlonoicH, what may be
anticipated from thlrd candidaturo whon that |!
sentiment is
OUTRAGED AND D,sRRaAnDED7
Already tho robes Of tho Chief A1agiAtracy aso |
onHoamoa and foul. Already the slip OF atate |
oaroous before tho tornado OF public opinion. |
Tie shrouds rottod with lis breath, and tho crow
uf1nH1D ifH 1r9HH atrAn5fnu ami anruffFnANE |