, 1874-05-23

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tho children with their cortlhcAteb OF confrmn-
ton. Homb choice holectioua by tho choir oon-
cluoed tl1e sorscos, and $llo audience diHpbrsod.
THE THIRD TERM.
of GThiltisfn looks TO Sclf-rerpctun-
lion.
Washington t1Fay ld) Correspondence Of The ST. Louis
Hepubttenn.
Some daya aso soor genial oo-laboror Of tho
annz moyoment on Washington BY way Of Bos-
ton atld New York, encountered tho pickots Of
the Third Term ene'ny, and arcd yollny nt
them: ssretghtray,, ths Nspolsonfo Halatsad
Wattcrson's Reconnaissance was nothing but
foraging expedition, md tho supposed pickets Of
tho Third-Tortn onomy hothing but harmless
array OF empty rcccptaclca for cheorng fluids,
standing there like stoughton bottles, al It wore.
Now, It is hardly becoming mo, tho merest pri-
yato soldier In tho ranks, to crticiso either tho
strategy or tho tractlcat philosophy OF theso IL
luatrious corpse commanders, much 1eBB TO in.
terfere in jndfcdal Or arbttrnory capacity in
Ing aside At orco tho military metaphor and tho
aantmed deferonce to rank that accompanied 1t,
trust 10 be permitted to tell what I know about
ho Th T'r n n o ong 1nSo p9
Third Torn would DO imitation Of tho tenure OF
the Presidential office, and that he WAS opposed
to oil imitation. Now. that waa = n;co little
speech, and showed that Grant in' becoming
but don't think tho Indications thnt ovor and
anon proceed from the White House permit us
! to believe that It meant anything more.
In the first place, we must consider tho fact
that Grant, however inconsistent he may he
with others, ID always consistent with himself.
Those who may have imagined in tho past TINT
Ben Butler, or Morton, or any other mall, carried
him in his breecbes-pookot, hayo doubtless dis
Likowiso, those who porohance imagine that
Roscoo Conkling has counted Grant among bis
personal elfootB Binoo the veto, may dismiss that
Impression from their minds. Tho fact is Grant
is not owned by any Of these politicians; nor does
he lend allegianos to any one Of them, except in
80 far as they may bo made to subHsrve hts own
purposes. the moment any one or any number
Of them become useless to him, BY reason 'either
Of deolno Of thoir influence in their localities
or Of their dopa. turo from tho limo OF policy
that runs parallel to his, le inoontinensy VI ull-
loads them, not caring whether they fall in the
gutter or under tho wheel
Now, for two weeks pofore The voto, wo had
bocn afflicted with the daily strut and BHaggor
avenue, infated good deal worse than ho pro-
posed to infnto the currency: John was conf
don't that tue President would align the bill He
could not imagine that tho President could do
bility l-e-thero would be instant ignition Of the
circumtluent aqueous elomentl The g-r-r-oat
Republican party Of the g-r-r.eat Wost would get
up on iss ear, and-nnd-well, John was always
cnretnl to refrain from telling 1la exactly what
would happen. But we somehow suspected
that, in tho dread evnnt OF 4 veto, tho
g:rf-cat Republican party Of the g-r-r-eat
Wost whooped up TO desperation by the
sublime bawling OF John, would do some
thing very .sayage,-say, for example, tip
NuA 11H NTV N1I1 In
4 bootbiack, or something of that sort. VOL,
| tho veto canlc, and presently we Baw John upon
tho street again; but he did not displacs SO many
| cubic feet Of the atmosphere az formerly, his
| days ho hal settled down to his old occupation
| Of olewing his mouatache aud swearing that this
was tue beHt Government, etc. You remembor
| how Morton wont in lemons, az the saying is, in
squeezed, a. tic boys said. in Ills lotter to The
indianapolis Journal haye never Yot boon
able to tell whether thatletter OF Morton's means
imitation or contracsion,, sapooie-paymentH OF the
"aristS ono;uollar bigran,tflng the violent
Wel1 this may not seem to havo much to do
with tho Third Term but 1t has. It goes to
SHOW how utterly as Grants mercy all the poll
tciana arc. It shous that all the sound aud fury
Of the inaationiats Bigniiied nothing aa soon aa
Grant set his foot down. Now, suppose ho had
| signed the bill In all earthly certainty wa
should hayo seen Hhwley, Conkliug, and Sherman
| in just as fins frenzy Is Logan, Morton, and
n.s1 ho
| nnY Of these. Aud it happened that uawley,
Conkling, aud Sherman were on the sano side aa
tho bondholdora and bankers. 1t also happened
that, in this instance the interests Of the bond
holders and bankers we're identical will tho in
forests Of the people, though for widely divergent
ronsonB. Tho hondholdors and bankers wantad
| the currency lot alone because initiation would
deprcciate their property, whio the people
wanted It lot alone because imitation WAS certain
to end IN another, panic; and in panics tho
people, the bondholdera, tile bankers, and every
body else suffar.
| Thus, when Grant put his foot on tho tnaat.on-
bubble ho crushed it,; but, aa the bubble col:
lapaed, he rose ono stop toward his coveted
arc like Grants shoes: whom thoy arc worn out,
| lie throws them AWAY. Aud you might Just as
vol expect the Presidential old shoes to get up
. rebellion in the backyard where they arc
thrown, as to expect Morton, Logan, aud tile
balance to make any fuss after Grant gets
through with them. 1 hear that that arnicable
| old grandmother OF the Republican party, Henry
Wilson, ls limpiug around out Wust With bottle
trying to @end the broken pleythings 81 q
the grandchildren and hush their bawling.
There ia heap Of trouble on the old ma,i7H
mind. 30, If he happens to STRAY into your baili.
[ wick, send some mild 1nannered reporter, who is
q member Of tho Y. NJ, G. A., 10 him, with in
Btructions to asA him all about certain occasion,
immediately after the veto, when certain Sem
tor-maybs it was Conkling- g-eame into q certain
room, IN q certain house in Washington, where
the amiablo grandparent was presont, along
with oonclave Of tho godlnothers, and wet.
nuraey, and m!dwiyes OF tho gra1ldohild, ,,and
solomnly announced hlmHolf for Grant Tor a
Third Term, to tho utter and unspoakable horror
Of the staid family elaus-neeting aforesaid.
Juet ask him and SOC what he will Say. Mind
you, l don't mako any assertions; n,oraly give
| uttorance to something,
how Qraut is working to make himself solidwlti.
the South. Baxter Is native Araansa'l. sHy
he WAS not elected 1t you will; but it cannot 20
gainsaid that. as against BROOKS, he represents
tho solid native population Of Arkansas; Still,
lie is originally uraut's creature. aud depends
upon Grants power for tenure OF Office; sup-
pose, AZ an odd oiroumstance, Grant should hap
pom to appear to tho pooplo Of Arkansas AZ Il thuir
dofender against tho soaoinea aud plots OF Clay
on Dorsey ct az Do yoa imagine thas ,a tho
fortcr an 1nno 80 thn nrtactiou ,yaa substantial