, 1874-03-09

l1entB. OF tho twain, tho poot Houthey might
hAvo Hald, subsequent to tho rhiladclpla Con-
yuntton:
"arcat rra!ao tho Dnlo Of sfnrlhro' won,
And orr good Prince Eugeno."
1t 1ut what good came Of 1t III last2"
Quoth iftlo pctorln.
"Wly iat They cannot tell, said lio,
"Dut ttwaH famous Itttory."
TIE LINE or lETnEAr.
Tho singular feature Of Grants Admintstra-
lion III, that lis will Inns l,royatlod by tho fact
previous prov a 'e experience @ With President johnson
must keep tho President appoasod, and nd be knew
thcir, nccossity in this respect, had nd-
vised With Rnwlns aud other Demo;
to keep tho back gato to tlle Democratic purity
open. This plain Bituation has kept tho ncpub-
lean party impotent in Bpitit md tinM for
statcatnanshfp. It is lilo Quoon OF genius
married to n acf-loving, unonterrprisIng, and
torly inveigh upon tlis tlemo IN tho privacy of
tue closet, md henco tho Thirtl-Term idea is 4
bad dose Tor tllo party to Bmol', much less TO
tako. Ont Of this Thlri-Torm possibility como
such Uneasy movements ~ Tor awhilo disturbed
THE LOUISIANA CASE.
Wal1notl1 long ago mado hiB concessions to tho
TreBidunt; and tho brotller-in. Inv, CaAoy, boro
this boaton Monmouth to tho Throne, bosocohing
pardon.
against tho President
Grant, thus Modified. was willing to oxp,,ngo
his Louisiana record, und, provided Casey was
tukcn caro- OF. lot bygones bo bygones. for the
The idea of becoming tho candidate Of tho Con-
Beryatiyo forcos of the country Ind boon i'm
pressed upon him by H1osby and otllers and 1t
looked as II his own Republicans were dull anil
iingratc IL saying nothing timely about Third
attnc|ied to tho Ant-Kologg sido for kin
lrod tensions, Of which Warmoth was not
unaware. Otllor Senators hold tllofr original
vlows. or q State Government which had never
possessed any ballot-boxes or voting lists WAS n
usurpntlon-tl'o more cruel that tue President
had confirmed it. lilo also wished to mnko amends
In this r1,--tlo scandal having, after eomo
yoarH, boconlo dimly aptayont to hiua. And so
Tho proposition was mnde TO hold now election
in Louisiana. It received tho support OF 10
many Grant mon TINT Morton saw the danger.
Ho saw thut tho President, in pursuance Of his
ncilomo for n Third Term, was willing to llHband
tho Republican organization, which lie, Nor
ton, beloved strong enough to triumph iu another
campaign with straight lender. Tho great old
It was an interesting picture to 500 him sitting
tiauro. III bis black nnd iron character, hammer
ing out words aud phrases which slowly rccoy-
cred tho pnrty men to their traditions. 1le
reyiycd tlo blood which was shed in tho streets
OF New orlenns. Hee sot tue Rebellion up again,
mud crowned and ar'nod It. Tho purity
closed up foebly, llko old vcterans who
lad nearly forgotten thoir drill and Couk-
ling aiso slipped into tho ranks, thereby confoss-
inE tint Morton was still his chicftain, At or
about tlat moment, tho President lost his nervo
ut Tho rumor tlut Morton WAS about to head
gonoral nttacls for tic overthrow Of LIS secro-
tary of the Treasury and ho was further brought
G. chiaf f 5ts 5scos Williams Vii and i0 cashiug e'n Me
hauled off, md tho matter was disposed OF By
letting Louisiana alone, Grant also ha.f-profess-
ing to hnye bud no intentions to diRplaco Kol-
logg,
THE CANDIDATES Fon THE rnEs1DENcY.
Tl,uB they stand for tho t,mo: Morton about
hali-aWnro that the Third-Torm iasuo is too ill.,
decent to bo loft much longor to rumor, nnd
ought to be mot In tho Scnuto and snoerel away
But TINT would DO TO commit all Grants fnyor to
Conkling, who moantitno is regarded Us tho abct-
tor Of tho pEesldont'b protensloua to Third
Term. hoping somebody olse will destroy those
prctons'ous and lot him quietly royorao positions
with drant,--tho fnyofed 1nstcad Of the fayorcr.
Meantime Speaker Blaine Il drilling outside.
with nearly O.! tho Houso OF Representatives in
clined toward Ills cantidaturo: In tho House,
Grant u aho most unpopular mar 10 the
un'ted states; anu tho ifeptoHcan, "ilch 1s tho
Presidential organ, eaown tho reason. He does
not divide fair' Ihat paper ATTACHED tho patron
age OF CongreHs IN leading article recently,
mud claimed TINT Tho whole OF tho Executive
forces Of the Government belonged by right to
tho Chief Executive. II tho congressman can
hold their dlHtrlcts and elect delegates to tho
next National Convention pledged to Blaine. ho
will be tho regular candidate. Hence, the lmpor-
tonco OF noxt falls elootions.