The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-11-04
Third Term Talk.
WHAT A MEMBER OF THE CABINET SAYS
GRANT WILL NOT RUN.

clal ulSpatcn, uaGeQ the 15th, makes
the following. very important state
ment: =
"The prominence which the third
term question has assumed, especi-
ally since the late Western elections,
is not ignored here in Administra-
ton circles, and is more than likely
now to receive prompt attention and
earnest consideration upon the re-
turn of President Grant, which will
take place Immediately after his sons
wedding. -
A member Of the Cabinet, now in
this city, has expressed himself very
clearly to your correspondent; and
from what he says there can be no
longer any doubt that the President
will be strenuously urged Immediate
ly to make public the sentiments
which it is said he has all along free
ly expressed in private converse
tions to his official advisers and per-
sOnal friends. "There is no use in
trying to misconstrue the popular
will as indicated by the elections
last Tuesday said this member of
the Cabinet, "for if it means any
thing it is that the people of this
country do not intend to have third
term President if they can help them
selves, and the sooner we, recognize
this state of facts, the better will it
be for the Administration and Re-
publican party, and the stronger will
they become" Jig
The views thus briefly expressed
are shared BY many of the closest and
warmest supporters of the Admins
tration, and the current has set SO
strongly in this direction that it is
confidently believed that President
Grant will efectually silence all fur
ther agitation of this question by an
authoritative statement or letter
soon after his return from the West.
The Chicago Tribune's Washing
ton correspondent confirms the above,
in special, also of the 10Th inst:
There is the very best authority
for the statement that the President
has grown weary of the third term
talk, and has intimated his purpose
to publicly define his position on that
subject at an early day. He will dis
claim all hope or ambition for re-
election, and will assert his purpose
not to be candidate again even if
he should be renominated in con-
yention. o.
This statement Of the Presidents
position with regard to the third
term project comes from such quar-
ter and in such shape that it is en-
titled to the fullest credence, as will
be demonstrated by the action of the
President within a very few weeks.
MoRToN's VIEWS.
Senator Morton's organ, the In
dianapolis Journal, has the follow
ing decided editorial, denunciatory
of the ''third term" movement: !,
Almost at the beginning of the ag-
itation of the third term question,
the Journal took strong ground
against it, and deprecated the intro
duction of the question into our pol
itics. 1t has been introduced, how
ever, and persistently agitated. The
silence Of the President has encour-
aged his misguided friends to press
the matter until it has become per-
nicious element of current discussion,
and very damaging weapon against
the Republican party. The Presi-
dent could have stopped the discus
sion with single word, in our opin-
ion he should have spoken. He owed
it to himself and to the Republican
party, which has done so much for
him, to put speedy end to an agita-
tion which was doing SO much to in
lure both. His silence has injured
him, because the people have con-
strued it into an approval on his part
of the third term suggestion, and it
has injured the Republican party be-
cause in the popular mind that party
is held responsible for the agitation.
President Grant is the keeper of
his own reputation and may injure it
in speaking or keeping silent as he
chooses; but he has no right to allow
the Republican party to be stabbed
over his shoulder when he can arrest
the process by the utterance Of a sim
gle word. He has either misinter-
preted the popular feeling on this
subject or has not thought it mat
ter of any Importance, or has not
cared to save the Republican party
from the great damage which was be-