The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-17
THE COMING CANVASS
What Northern and Southern
Journalists Think.
UNDER WHICH KING, BEzoHrAN =
What q Southern Scribe Sees ip
Washington

prom tne Louisville courier-JournsLI
The last fortnight has developed an unusual
nveliness among political thinker. and theorists
General Grants relation 90 . THIRD term n freely
discussed. aud. along with a. the claims and
chances OF otber sspirants for u IL doubted By
any wAtchful ~cii-iniormei observer that General
Grant u an asDirant
ro"ss. AND ruE rKrsIpESr.
The visit OF General Hooert roomos 10 the Presi-
dent doubtless me MT 70 be . ample courtesy
ana nothing more. II Was received IN AIN iikeli-
hood In the way Of curious good nature chsrac-
teristic o. General Grant Bgt when IL h remem-
bcred that General roombs aa earnest and out
spoken imperialisI Who does not claim
allegiance 20 this country. AMI SEEKS moth
ing ardently revolution which
shall give A . master. the cordlalfy which
he met az the White House and the
pleasure which a call, prosracted much beyond the
conventional limit. gave 20 the occupant OF the
White house. mas be worth making note o. 10 10
a straw which points southwark, where II shows
the existence Of SNAIL but. IN cases OF emer-
gency. resolute body OF men. who. worn out and
disguised by partisan misgovernment and malig-
MY, regard a third term a. the beginning OF the
end OF both RUS class has personal III VIII
toward General Grant u recognizes tie many
soldiery acts which marked his conduct In the
closing OF the war and the many accessible ana
complacent features Of nis disposition as . man.
II thinks. mistakenly. tnat any change would be
for the better, not seeing that under the personal
government n would set up Tor General Grant the
present abuses would be magnined-
TocxRs AND rHE UNION.
General Toombs Is but the spokesman OF this ele.
ment He IN at once a most intrepid and q most
brilliant man, and. however a sound and rational
repuhlicanisn may detest his destructive tcnden-
cies, am not prepared 20 set him down the
reckless person he u described 20 De. During
thirty years he has been a. rashy advanced In hia
opinions and utterances as he ~ to-day. hope he
Is not now 40 dangerously prophetic. lie de-
stroyed the wing party make himself leader OF
the democratic party. He destroyed the demo
cratic party co make himself leader OF the seces-
sion party. His destructive predictions and
prowess manifested themselves for the third lime
just as the Conederacy was on the eve OF It's inhe
rent destruction lie Ia by no means too old 10 como
again to the front as n destroyer OF the Republic,
which. alter hrs failure to destroy the Union.
seems TO be a sort OF second choice with him. lie
Is perfectly logical In ns views ana aims: and, n
the fight for the old traditions liberty lost In
'76-for those sentimental traditions whose ex.
tincton Will be the iorerunner OF "a practical and
progressive revolution In the government-we
may see Toombs once more the leader OF = party,
supporting court and squaring the OLD account
at last by the agency of coup fstdt The capt
talists want third term In the meantime Gen
era Grant Is backed by the capitalists. who Tread
political changes oil every kind ana feel that they
can rely on him, and by the ONCE holders vino
OF third nomination. This secured, he can trust
to luck, as he has always done, for the issue
and, In short, will be the candidate 10 be beaten.
As time moves us up nearer and nearer 90 the
field unknown and unexpected objects may reveal
tnemsees Sus IN Tue iast o, ,ne presa,ng 'os
ruled by the Oficehoders, and the President rules
them by the common law OF reciprocal! interest;
there Is no one republican strong enough TO unite
the party against Its organ,zers each Of the re.
publican leaders Is just strong enough TO make
way with his next door rival: and thus, II the
election were upon us. we should ana General
Grant master OF the only compact body In the POI
litlcal field, equipped with munitions and money
in abundance, with = dispirited south, q demorai.
lied North and divided opposition to stand be
| tween hun and his ambition.
1
The time may come when the south viii nnd nA
escape from malignant legislation and misgovern.
into the imperial camp But 1t should. At least,
make one more fight for the old free-born signals.
The people OF the North were not conscious OF the
wrong they did themselves when they put the
south IN irons, and they do not at heart support
and then appear In Congressional legislation and
may be heard every time such nallgnants ~
has been that the South had no audience at the
North The people o. the North have re-
sona oeers Of the su spcec
on Sumner surprised New England, as IL rebuked
the hypocrites who, detesting sumner, would have
made o vincictive radical juoilee over his comm
lid Declare without the least tear OF contradict
tion, tnat the only really sincere euiogies on sum
ner were those OF Lamar, who represented the
generosity OF the South, and Schnrz, who was
Summers private friend, and neither contained .
syllable offensive to any patriotic national sent-
ment One day-let US hope at day before It IL
too late-New England will learn that sucn men a.
I Hoar and . hawley are her worst enemies The
people are IS and 0sa Wiling to sS ssas
Lamar with honors, and yet Lamar only spoke in
the name OF the SOUTH obtaining by his eloquence
men OF less genius Both sections should consider
the circumstance. 1t may, or 1t may not De OF
the missionaries OF ruin Who walk abroad In Con.
gress and out OF Congress, fomenting strife and
raising up mutual distrust, are not supplanted by
public and say all hail to Toombs and the Empire
The Effort for the Third Term.
From the New York SUM-
Every consideration OF patriotism, therefore. do.
mands that the effort now cautiously going for
ward to elect Grant for third term be brought to
full stop at the earliest moment.
GRANT CAN BE RBNoMINATED.
1t is idle to imagine that Grant cannot be re.
nominated II he and his hackers determine upon
It, provided all the appliances for achieving sue.
left in their hands and the current Is al
lowed to flow quietly along without early and
strenuous resistance within the ranks OF the re-
publican party. With the immense army OF ONCE
holders on the side Of the administration the re-
nominationsts hold the vantage ground. Add to
these decisive majority of the republicans in the
next Congress and they can carry the day In the
nominating convention vent, PROBABLY Grant might be
aud, moreover. II 1t were, would It be desirable
for the republican party to commit suicide in this
wayR
LET REPUBLICANS WATCH.
II Independent republicans, instead or wasting
their energies upon impracttcable issues will de-
vote themselves to exterminatlng the renOmina-
tionists root and branch, while ct the same time
dealing side blow at the Credit Mobilierttes the
Dack-pay grabbers and dodgers aud the Congress
sional benehciaries OF the District robbers and
m0lety plunderers-and to Q considerable extent
they are the same persOns-these republicans Will
accomplish patriotic work which Is entirely
within the reach OF their exertions.
LET NOBODY BE LULLRD INTO APATHY.
Let NOBODY be lulled into apathy by gentle Whtas
perings that Grants denomination Is quite out OF
the question. He himself Is dumb ON the subject,
or O heavy load just as Is was entering
upon congressional campaign full OF peril he
would have declined to run again in explicit
terms. Such OF hts household troops and once
holders as speak at all advocate his denomination.
Not q republican newspaper OF any mark mas dc.
cared against 1t. Now and then powerful leader
ike Butler, who aims TO shape events or o smtrk-