The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-11-04
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20 the Editor ~ mo Dallas ieHlii
notice Ia your issue Of the ailh In
slaul, pn article FROM the Houston Age,
with your editorial remarks, M follows
"l'he Houston Age has 40 SORT Of
doubt that President Grant deal es ana
viii, NJ lhe proper time, declare his
wish Tor thlrd term, II also expresses
the opinion TINT his last aud great eX-
pediGnt 10 secure himself Ia the presl-
ilenGy fOr another term viii be u iOr-
eign war Mexico, IN lhe Judgment
Of The Age, viii ho the country with
which he viii try his bloody conclu'
siOns,n
In reply 10 tho Age, I have 10 say
that possibly, II has rightly guessed
NJ the truth, with regard 10 umups
programme for the future, iul II the
Age, or any one else, imnglues that
presld nj Grant viii undertake u war
with Mexico, hoping solely TO ride
into u third term on the eclal Of such
u movement, aud That lac limits his
views aud aspirations 10 third term,
they fall far short Of compromising
Grant and the headlights Of the party
which supports HIN,
The fnct h, VI understand the man,
his aspirations are far greater for ul
empire aud M imperial crown than for
a third term. II II needless 10 point
to the events Of the lust decade Of
years 10 the stendy march Of The rad
icul party In the direction Of central
ISM Their desrctO propagate nnd re-
ward the aristOCrAtG sentiment, nnd
10 Cypress and destroy the democratic,
N patent 10 every observing patriot not
blinded by prejudice or party ties,
There N nothing more patent Ia my
mind than that Grant never Intends to
abandon the presidential chuir loruny-
thing less than an Imperial crown lie
hps hut little hopes, however, thnt the
people Will, pcaCcnOlS and of their own
free Will, Clothe him with the purple.
doubt much, and he doubts too,
whether the peoplewill even elect him
to u third term. Hence the Mexican
war programme. No doubt this little
lob win Mexico, If carried forward
! brilliantly aud successfully, would he
no drawback 10 his aspirations, even II
limited TO u third term. But suppose,
Notwithstanding the eclat he might
gain 10y such II war and conquest, the
democratic hosts, loving democracy
aud rcpubllcanism better than aristoc.
racy and empire should, nevertheless,
not elect him to third term In 1915
then, this hundred thousand men em-
ployed in the conquest of Mexico, full
of admiration for their great president,
would be u very convenient little nu'
cleus around which TO rally the hris-
tocrats of our country; and President
Grant, thus invested with the sword
and the purse, would have II tempting
opportunity, by.a coup d'elat, to over
ride and set at naught the will Of the
people. Caesar crossed the Rubicon
with fewer opportunities
Nevertheless, ! say, If the people
want II king and n throne and n titled
nobility and moneyed ariStOcracy
holding the bonds Of the government
for thousands ofmillions ofdollars and
n splendid standing army to eat out
their substance aud keep them in
peace, have nothing more TO say.
My doctrine is that that government
is the best for II people which they
like best, and are best capable of en-
during and supporting, If they look
longingly back to the lleshpots and
slavery of Egypt, from which the
Moses of our repubicanism led them,
then let them return.
But if they still have their eyes fixed
on the Gland of PROMISE" let them re-
member the laws and teachings of our
Moses and "Joshua." And, above
all, let them remember that God has
placed Il talent Cthe ballot in their
keeping which, with usury, he will
surely require at their hands.
Let the people beware of the "ldes
of March, 1876" h. J. G..