The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-21

The election 81 I,era q Grad or shs els
term would bs tie worst tI that.cgllll
happen for the a6tith. The eft ion ofs lt
Her, Morton. lcpklina, sierl GatRssse ..
or any other 0a that sse, Sg0ls De yss q
bad. The election Of either one OF t1ese
would be 10 Judge by fheir antee edehss:
followed ny laws ;Bhich would be sas Z &c
structiYe Of the Couse itution and the rlgnts
of the South as an that bsYs been .eaacke9
heretofore. or that are likely 70 pc eDacseO,
should General Grant be reetecteG agar. .
General Grant has shown sonae Ktnoly l le.-
Ting for our people; these OTHER cope none :
at all. The Constitution offers no obstacle
soa third term, and nc. part OF ttlas lnstru J,
merit would be- violated by IT, etenef u
Washington declined "a third eiecs'on !,
so did Mr.. Jefferson, and, we DeHeVe, MI =,
Madison, but the circumstances unaer MhieD
they did so were altogether different Inere
was no great sectional party IN those days
filed with bitter hatred to one.h OF the
country, and seeking opportunities, ana ae, J,
Yising means daily for its humillat .l ana
oppression. Had there been, we have not
the slightest doubt that General Washing
ton would have continued president as long
as be thought it necessary to prevent tnat
humiliation and oppression. And could he
he restored to life now, he would not
hesitate minute, in our opinion, about
being reelected for the third or any
number of terms il he thought be could
by so! doing restore COED government to the
South and destroy hose feelings Of hate and
vindictiveness which I'LL the bosoms of the
Republican party towards the southern peo-
- fSorn 10 w
apt to make any objection. Nor DOVE be-
,lieye they could seriously object to General
Grant If they thought he could accomplish
the same result. They would be willing to
see him disregard the example OF Washing
ton, &C., &C.. and suspend the unWritten law
to which Governor Kemper refers in his
,Mosby letter, and which owes its force to
that example. If the condition OF things
now existing in South Carolina. Louisiana,
Alabama. and other States could be termi-
mated by third term, would not most, il
not all, of the people there declare IN FAVOR
of the third term?
If General Grant would give some ASST
rance that the power of the Government IN
his hands would be used to relieve the south
ern people of the present ills under which
they are suffering, we believe the South
ples of the earlier Presidents, the traditions
and unwritten laws of the country, to the
contrary Notwithstanding. AS to its effect
on the northern people, that is for us Sc
conhry consideration altogether; but would
its effect on them be any worse than the
election of any Of the parties named /?
We doubt it. In this, as in all other
matters, the Southern people should go for
their own interests. They have been yilitie6y
abused, degraded, and OPP
pressed until they care but little for any-l
shing else than to keep their bodies and
souls together. Their condition is q per-
petual struggle with want how to keep
themselves from starvation. They have but
littse time, and less inclination to think
about politics, and they dent care much
whether man IS elected two, three or
twenty times if their condition is likely to
be approved by it. Though conscious that
our opinions cannot 10 the slightest degree
affesothe question, YET we will behold enous b
to gay that we may go for third term, and
that we won't he alone Cuperer Observer.