Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-08-05
THIRD TERM ADVOCATES IN THE
S0ITTH.

Il
There is no use in attempting to con-
ceal the fact that there exists in the
South to-day q strong sentiment in favor
OF the reelection Of General Grant to a
third term. This feeling Is not found to
anygreat extent among the negroes. nor,
indeed. docs it manifest itself in the
Republican ranks. 1t is being dsvel-
oped in that class OF Southern whites
who were rebels during the war and have
since been almost passive sufferers at
the hands OF the carpet-bagging and
negro element which has controlled the
governments Of nearly every Southern
State. Ii does not arise out OF affee.
ton, admiration or oven friendship for
Grant. Rather is It the desperate re-
sort OF men. who driven TO the wall, are
willing to accept anything to relieve
them from the expressions and injuries
under which they groan. This feeling
Of desperation has recently manifested
itself not alone in public journals, but
in the u~tterances Of many Of the most
distinguished men OF the South. A re-
cent letter from Richmond to a New
York paper divides the third term ad-
vocatss OF the South into four classes.
First; professional politicians who are
tired OF being defeated. and who imagine
that with Grant there is chance OF win
ming; second: men Of deficient sagacity
and strength OF character who have been
the recipients Of ordinary eourtssies
from General Grant. and having their
heads turned by these Insignificant at
tentions are o anxious to perpetuate
the tenure Of one whom they regard rs
their friend; third: those who are in
sincere in their advocacy Of Gen. Grant,
and who hope by such means to dis
credit him in the North; fourth: a large
number who. despairing Of any more
hslp from any other quarter. look to the
President as the only possible refuge
from tho continued domination Of the
negroes and OF those dishonest and ra-
pacious adventurers, who have made
with them an alliance for plumber.
This division IS doubtless about cor
rect. The first class is composed Of
many Of thoss Democrats who ran after
Greeley in 1872. The second class COM
prises such men as Mosby and others
who have been somewhat socially init
mate with tho President, and have re-
ceived marks OF preference. The third
Is that bitter Bourbon remnant Of States
Rights men, whose sole and only motive
for supporting Grant is to "get even
on him for defeating Lee. The last. and
by far the largest number. are the suf-
ferers by the war and its resultant ne
gro rule. Their number is probably
larger than is generally imagined, and
the existence Of the state OF feeling
which prompts them to support a politi-
cal enemy, is in the highest degree i'm
portant and ominous.
II is Of NJ use to say to men who
think in this way that what they pro-
pose is revolutionary in character. or at
least abnormal. There ars, Of course,
thoso in the South who agree with Gen
eral Gordon, who recently. in denying
tho report that he tavors the third term
movement. alluded to the example OF
Washington. as invested with the force
OF IN unwritten article OF the Constitu-
ton, and said he would not favor n third
term for "a Democratic President a.
pure a. Cato and a. self-sacriicing as
Doria." But to those in the South who
arc talking about a third term for Gene
raj Grant, these u~tteranees have no
weight. They mean nothing at all.
This class Of men do not hesitate to
avow that they have no faith in the Re
public. and that they see no possibility
OF any relief from their plundered and
impoverished condition. and the direct
cause thereof. carpet-bag supremacy.
through democratic and constitutional
methods. Many agree with the Charles
ton Nslrs and Courier. which, while adj
hitting that the reelection OF General
Grant would be q virtual revolution. and
might result in the establishment Of a
personal government, yet regards this
danger, which would be shared by the
North and West alike. $ less pressing
than the immediate danger OF utter ruin
now threatening the South. Several
other Southern journals OF standing hold
the same view, and in any gathering OF
Southernsrs wherS politics are men
toned. some one Is sure to say. LET
Grant veto the Civil Rights bill and give
us a show. and I am for him as many
terms as you please"
There Is no use in telling such men
that they are unreasonable. They will
probably admit the charge, and then
say T" What are You going to do about
itl We arc tired OF being ruled by
negroes, and would rather be governed
by a white man though no DO King"
This feeling is gatherin. strength. and
the repetition OF carpet-bag victories in
the South will but increase its volume
and intensity. As the field now looks,
ii will not be the Republican party
which will nominate Grant for a third
term. but a white mans party. started
in the South. and supported by the
moneyed power Of Wall street.
THERE are six counties in Ohio, says the
Cleveland Leadsr, where the Democracy
has been in power for years. and in each
one there is a remarkable deficit in the