The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-05-27
Through 4 Glass Darkly.

Mr.. Heury Watterson of the
C"u'ier journal. has recently visited
the National Capital, aud from til It
Inspiring po,ut furnished his paper
with the result Of II po.t.praudial oh-
serv"tiou 6f men and thugs. lie
lad been pokiug fearful fun ut Grant
for numDer OF years bat either
Ben Buffers champagne, or the
Presideut's shorty, Or tuo awful ma.
Jos.y that DOH hedge about Ch,ef
Executive, has oootrived to work
"ihe-wouders In the brain uf Mr..
Henry Wuttrrson. Hear him.
at Is now b,l.cved III Washington,
soteriy and by The coolest t-Lcaded
men, tnA. Grant means third term,
aud that he does uvt r.ckou without
lis host. | ovlife>s that think he
has even more than that iu his minds
eye. When l. look back iuto the
origin, course and to ,or Of hi, ad.
| mlnis,Iat,uu, how he played with
p.rt" y Lefoie he became Pr, s:dent
aud how he has played with the
polltieians sihce when be~ildered
aud a"east. uuk, gazed NJ on the
c"mpos.t'ou Of his Cabinet wheu |
cvnsi Ter the cool way he disposed If
Motion aud the COOL way he would
di.poao of Wa-hburhe when sec his
.qmpags rolllng through the st,ect,
III defiant, r,gal Ny,e, unused to
the simplicity Ut Republican cour,
and know that his private habits are
equally defiant, aud, mindful of these
thiug>, when rom b. r that nobody
is shocked or alarmed. oan work
out no other result as the natural,
the inevitable purpose Of his mind
und heat than thst sort of personal
government 10 which Prince Louis
Napoleon adde's ed himself after hl.
elevation to the Chief Magistruoy Of
the French Republic.
Aud why not 7 What is to pre-.
vent hiu. and whul Lpok at the
suite OF parties. There are III the
Republican party but two considera.
bIe men remaining On the scene n
Presldeutial possibilities, Blaine
aud Wahhburne. The veto k,l.eh
! Norton as dead as II door.uail. 1t
set Logan buck thousand years.
Corkl'ug is not ia Crafts way. He
and 4rant have made league,
offensive aud defensive. If Wash.
burne comes home and goes intothc
Cabinet, that will be the end of him.
b aihe is man Of extraordinary
energy and spring-by odds the
brightest man III Cangress-but, with
dcvided party, what show will he
have 7 Gross over to the Democratic
party. 1t is only divided, but it
has not one siugle leader Of gcuin.
aud nerve. Thurman is solemn
responsibility, GOLD and virtuous.
HeudrIcks is an amiable common.
plaoe. The Grangers coue in te.
ween tha two. They are merely
slate smashers. They embrace ohly
u elias, are sectional and local. The
out.und.out Liberals are 1cutterod.
The South is cipher. 1t is in
coudition to sell out or be crushed
out. Thus behold tho opportunity
and the man i; dismal prospect in
deed, but real and dangerous
| prospect.
Arkansas is nuts to Grant. Instead
Of inju'ing his administration it adds
to bis personal slreugtb by cuntribu.
ting to u gathering national aud 20.
pdiar .diSc"ntent. Strangely enough
there is ;itlc disposition to holI him
respoDsihie for such occurrences that
| I'll - 10, a l. 4
agents, have disgraced the Wine
country ~ thu various Southern
States. They ouly render it more
easy for him TO mold the South to his
hand IN 1876.
Thus matters .t,nd at the present
momen'. Grant il the central figure.
The Democrats are just str"ng en"u."
to loae. The Gransers are jnst wax
enough to hold their own; The !.,bo
r'ils are ns.ther stro'ig eLoueh hor
| weak enough t. count except IS
ideollsts. Eve'ytbir 6 seems to favor
Grant. No matter what Ia done, it
leans Grant.ward. 1t the Prrsideu-
tial election should come off this
year no.hIsg could keep linn from q
third term and elected f,r a third
term, the CouIierJ0u,nuls cher
| will be tAe last rcsort uf tho i'm prac-
ticables. They will not be able TO
compass Ills overthrow by tho Old,
prucetul meaus. a third term
means revolution, ond Gi'antism and
revolution, are Synonymous. Tbey
Imply tho satho thing. ?'hey are
convertible tetms. 80 i.
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