New-York tribune., 1874-09-11

ith folded arms specializing upon the railroad proOem
the monopoes could be curbed, that vigorous Young
Commonwealth has placed law upon her satuteoooks,
assumed the power which IL was declared neither tue
ssie nor all the States combined possessed and now IN
few mouths her law officers wi oe oetenons st "y Tn
thus Wsconn set up little party OF her OWL ignVd md
national spd pTSs os s"r au ne s doubt that
when at another time she shall be called upon 10 pass
upon issues hst anect ne welfare o. e enSeUendence to
the party and the platform represehtng Tue
ests OF the couutr Among the issues Of tue a. presen
this railroad question holds no small h a. IN
Clrpeuter having ldentneo on NAV me said TO
ne entered for the Presidential race the sya
so9ne vponniar an orator a LAWYER, statesman and
successful politician, with soeu uoa oi as & e, ~ ,ha
nibc as presIdng Officer Of the Senate, his opportu-
mites of aud OF acheVement are tu0 @ nndv
furnishes at least three other candidates for the Pres
deney on the Republican side, namely Mr. Morto4& & t.
cent froni Rhode Island Mr.. Anthony Few parties IN
our history produced oolder leader tnan Mr. To- mTr Or
Ton His wonderful will power has sustained mn De-
meath burden OF physical iu1rmitY which would nave
been sufficient TO crush any ordinary man a snpvp nS
OF holding them TO his fortunes with bands Oh stee T
Morton will, ~ certain e0hungencies, PIote intei
lectualy and morally, Mr.. Conkng almost cOmInauuS
nomination at hands OF the party lie ls one Oh te
rnost pished men in public life, the worthy
representative Of one OF the grealeSr, no' t tno
agiue contingency in which his nomination and
Election wonId be an absolute certainty. Gen. Logan
Represents what may be called the elan Of the party
~ man a. more pOpular on the "stump," and with
eood hScStng ia convention the at least
ye to one Gt me Se material is
by no scant First OF all there Is Mr. Blaine VINO
ia the country. active, ndeatgable and WIN iarge
share the elements OF leadership lie never , he
He OF his record Not day passes tna1 he
does make IN a hundred ways score oi H@iouuSs @
friends woo will trust nlm ana ionow nu a, & t tbs
full bloom and blossom OF life that mas been iu Oh
to The attainment of an object which his party
has innumerabe ways, gwen HIM the evidence 10 py
no means vain or hopeless Gen. Butter cannot oe
counted out OF the struggle. No IN the country has
more enemies no man has more friends. lie Is strOhg
with the workingmeu to the Southern freedmen he Is
almost an idol; to the foreign population tower Of
strength be relied upon ia time OF emergency anu
vote but ne make terrible inroads in the oppos
ton and receive popular vote % tbat %oTG a ad S
be OF the struggle although IN faithful service 70
the party there who have done more Tor II
during Inc present session than dsting mem
ber from ORio. His acton ana that Oh ms conpeeeo
will be the text most Of the campaign speeches IN
the elections the Fall and In the contests that snail
But what of Gen Grant, Friend and foe alike, the
most thonghfn men OF ali parties cOncede that II the
presidential battle Of 1876 we're TO be fought THIS year no
candidate upon any platform could defeat him. Is II
mot probable tnat he will be stronger then than he Is
nOwf Will he accept or decline renominationi MIL
he do as jefferson did put away from hint WIN
he force his renominationf viii he quarrel with his
partyf VIII his party dare 70 quarrel win Nun WIZ
ae found a new partyH Will he simply content himself
with debating his successor and II So VINO WIZ IL oe
Will he forever maintain tns mysterious slgnlhcant
silence question about which the ponuo'ans are
perpiexed. which the independent editors are
'dying to find outi These be eDigmas which no Ia
Renuity solve, and so the whole Presidential ques-
sIOn remains mystery aud speculation. Que lesson
however can be drawn from i-that 1t Is an nonsense
20 talk about the death OF party whose oihcal bead
is admitted all sides, be reelected Tor third
Term almost without opposition and IN spite OF all the
traditions of our politics.
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF A THIRD TERM.
FroR The WGshiH0oa National Rtpnb'tocn June 10
An article upon the Presidential question IN
Nheae 1fiuS chi
the attention and called forth expression of opinion
come Of our eoemporaries the article has been misnn
derstood by Others 10 has been nlsrepresenteo Inc
serious misrepresentation. and the only which
cOrrect-whcb IN fact, we have already COR
rected-s that declared for third term for Gen.
Grant We did nothing OF the kind. Mr.. Watterson OF
1he Louisville Comier-JOHTRal who was in this city
about days ago, reviewed the political situation from
the Capital and gave 1t as his Judgment that II the
Presidential election take place this year Gen.
would undoubtedly be reelected We did not even
so far as to say that Mr. Waterson dipped deeper
into the future, and saw between the sherry aud
champagne the specter oI CeSaris IN 10 tS'OMGen. S &
tempOaTes have attributed 10 us the same sentiments
they will see how little foundation The
structOn which has been placed upon it. We have
Aitor reviewing the list Of Presidential candidates in
the Republican party we simply asked some queries
concerning Gen. Grant, which Gen. Grant himself Will
not answer. simply because the time to answer them
has because the great mass Of the people 90
NOT have them answered. because nobody is in-
teres,ed In their beug answered except some curious
GSoiS tnn spS w" set of politicians Who are "dying
90 discover the looming man" that they may
the next Presidency Will be made in all probabht
for years TO come At the present hour the next
Presidency except to the classes we have mentioned
one OF important OF the great questions before
tho country In good time II will bring us own solution
IT, when does come. the people shOuld demand any OF
ihe leaders we nsmed-Mr Carpenter, Mr. Conklng, Mr.
Blsine. Mr. Butler Mr. Morton Mr. Logan, &c-we sup
nose he will be ready 10 point the way to victory
The possibility OF Gen Grants Candidacy, upon which
expressed no opinion one way OF the otner, anu upon
which We 40 not express one now occupies aIge shate
OF the discussion for which our article has furnshed the
text Take for Instance the three leading journals OF
the three leading cities me Itoune lh Omeago, dne
Gdsetts IN Cincinnati, and Ihe American III baiumOre
The hrstnamed journal can imagine one contingency
ia which the traditions of our politics may yield 10 the
thirdterm ldea viz: IT, In the campaign OF 1870 Gen
RAGS then he may The independent con-
ventons of Illinois and Indiana have done the nest 10
make this contingency fact This slgnlhcant nOte
froln The Chicago Tribune office. That Journal VIII
remembered has been endeayorlng ior t9e ast year
ana half 10 build and consolidate an independent
party in Illinois ana the West generally The conyen-
lions just held In two or three OF tne @
States that IL has succeeded; but me ITTOune Is
evidently dsgused with It's own work. Tor the reason
that the party has called into existence has repudaed
its hardmoney teachings and doctrines, and accepted
the initiation aud rag money" heTeses OF Its rival me
Tnier-Ocean Where will The Tribune stand in 1876 in
the contingency TO which il refersi The iCiHeinnat Ga
rete which occupies the same financial ground as Ihe
Chicago Tribune scouts the idea OF third term ana can
see no contingency in which thirdterm party would
De successful" 1t declares that; - TIA
election to ihrd term popular neceS.y or wl
The ss@p tSeat would popular the Dan
g d for then would be perceived thst an 'mSoss
create An apps necess continuing The Repub
lean marty shall be freely nominated BY It's
National is requisite that before that nomination be
shall have Commanding prominence The large number o.
men allow ths But the nomination Of Gen Erant
1O Ihid wOO be such s1et to ancient % TS .s %
by public outcr fnfment Of the enenys predictions Of what
would placing tbs Oee in the hands OF soldier ana OF ms
determination himself for e and would In mAnr ways iann
moc matter TO STIR up popular ssSD that & %Ou % o % 1 SDg
Grants o end in disgrace. . - -. 80
The three articles from which the above quotations
are taken fairly represent pubic sentiment
upon this question. The safety OF the Republic OF rePuD
nd