The New York herald., 1874-08-08
How the Leading Idea Is Viewed
y in the Old Dominion.
MosBY AND KEMPER In LEAGUE.
The Famous Compact Of Last Win
= ter and What It Was
THE SECOND PLACE IN 7e.


papers here In the shape OF Q special despatch from
Washington, created quito startling sensation,
though that subject had for some time pre-
viously been the chief political topic Of
discussion. Now It s In everybody's mouth.
and It takes precedence OF all local political
issues. and BY the remarkable interest evinced in
II indicates that the Southern people are only too
eager to grasp at anything that promises perma-
nent relief from the evils by which they are sur.
rounded and q sure delivery from the dangers by
which they are threatened. have spoken to .
number OF leading politicians to ascertain their
Views as TO the possibility Of this third term. and
have Jet to nnd the ono who seriously objects
to H. on the condition that General Grant win
veto the Civil Rights bill, should that instrument,
which Is considered 80 dangerous to the social
happiness OF the Southern people, ever Do passed.
This plank alone in his third term platform nsures
him, It Ii believed. the almost unanimous support
Of the South One gentleman. Virginia politt-
caan of the OLD school, to whom i addressed my
sell, said, with degree OF sefsatisned sagacity:-
my prophetic vision saw all this long ago. I
knew since ~ that it was coming. When Gov.
ernor Kemper proclaimed IN the platform of the
conservative party in 1872 that it would oner no
CAUTIOUS HOSTILITY
to the federal administration I smelt mouse,
and saw in that very expression the basis or
groundwork OF third term movement In VIZ
gtnia."
This was all could got ont Of the old gentleman,
but subsequent events seem to fulfil his predic-
ton. That there Ia Q feasible and tangible move
ment Of the sort on the soil Of the Old Dominion
to-day have no more doubt than that General
Grant Is now serving his second term. But who
the movers In the matter are, besides
the redoutable Colonel John s. Mosby, Is the
problem which everybody is trying to solve.
Some people intimate that 1t is not Mosby only but
Kemper himself who Is the champion Of the third
term in proof ofwhich they further assert that he
sought ana obtained through Mosby the cele-
brated Kcmper-Grant interview at Washington
last February-that is, that the interview was
per- and not Mosby, as Is generally supposed. Tnis
put quite new phase upon the Kemper-Mospy-
charge made BY some , Conservative politicians
against the Governor that he then offered Grant
the support Of his 80 600 ex,conledesaIe virginia
nectlon with this long talked Of compact OF the
Governor Of the Old Dominion and the national
Executive Is that the former asptres to the
SECOND PLACE ON THE NATIONAL TICKET
with the latter In 1875 when all unwritten laws
cording to the ravens. to be trampled under foot
IN the Inauguration OF the third term. There was
ration for the se example ses BY JeeT.
son and Madison as the people OF Virginia; but
the many y q rmv e Fl the
In the minds OF the people as the constitution
isse that they now Gok upon TINS aDoilson s Of tue
election Of General Grant to third term 4 they
South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, and other Of
the Southern States could be terminated by 1t.
that M now, SO lew remain to be relieved BY it. The
day for making that great political card is past,
and Grant s rather censured than otherwise that he
neglected to insist upon that measure long ago. A
magnanimous universal amnesty soon alter the
election Of President Grant 10 his first term would
than any other panacea that could be devised. II
must follow soon now as a matter OF course, and
NOT THE WORST THING FOR THE SOUTH.
Meeting another political leader asked him
what he thought Of a third term for Grant. He
said-"we 10 not think the election OF General
that could happen for the South The election OF
such men as B. +. Butler, Senators Morton, Logan.
Of that Set, Womb Be Infinitely worse and there.
fore we prefer Grant TO any other republican Hany
OF these were elected to the Presidency that event
would be followed by the enactment OF laws as
destructive Of the constitution and as oppressive
OF the south as any that have been enacted or are
shown good deal Of kindly feeling toward the
burg gives us the assurance tnat he Is disposed to
at least shield US from further oppression and In
aWhat would be the erect OF his re election on
the Northern people ?" asked.
"Thst we care very little about; but Il could be
NO worse than that OF any Of the men have just
named. With regard to the third term, as in all
other matters the southern people would look to
have cared very little for theirs. The Southern
people are not much interested IN politics, and
they DO not care whether man is elected three,
fve or fteen times, II their condition is likly to
be improved by It. BY all means the South VIII 60
The only politician or note that ind bitterly
aossS aovsrnor eSSertS. walker, now candidate ior
Virginia. While Kemper, native to the manor
born, Is supposed to be
THE LEADER OF THE THIRD TERM MOVEMENT
here Walker, q New Yorker, is its strongest op-
ponent, and walker is to-day the most popular
have but little eject against the third term move
Of reasons with the virginians. Walker, in one Of
By federal aid. Grant on the other hand is said
an appropriation rom the United States govern
ment This alone will insure him the vote otevery
Walker WaiEer's opposition Il Is more than likely
that Governor Walker will change his mind
on the subject Of the canal before he is elected IN
apparent that the third term movement In the
South has already assumed
WELL DBPINKD FORM
and 1t il not confined, IS was recently stated In
letter to q New York paper nom inis city, TO
pspers. s The two great political parties are rapidly
disin tegratirg, and BY the time that the next
Presidential campaign r have been @ &C
the South, with Grant for o third term and plat
form embodyng the political Olsen thra almept and
social regeneration or the southern people for its
basis. This win be foreshadowed IN the Con-
gresslonal elections this fall as the Civil Rights
blu issue Will inevitably defeat majority OF the
republican candidates., and will necessarily result
In the formation Of new party by 1875.
ASPIRATIONS OF HENDRICKS.
am credibiy informed to-day that meeting Of
Northern and Southern democratic politicians viii
be held the coming week at the White Sulphur
Springs under the leadership and in the interes1
OF Governor Hendricks. of Indiana, VINO IL now,
tions to be discussed will have reference TO the
next Presidential campaign, Hendricks being an
be recollected that he recently planted himself on
the reputation platform OF Pendleton In 1872, and
It is believed this meeting Is called to bring the
Southern states into accord with .the repudistton
lists OF the West The effort will scarcely succeed
as the Southern politicians are too shrewd to form