, 1874-11-03


All 1RATE ORGAN.
The Ndt;onot Republican, of Washington, D.
G., tho principal organ Of the thrrd.term faction,
hos become suddenly spitcful aud irate. iii It's
iasue Of Saturday last It has long double
loaded article charging the responsibility for tho
rcccnt revoraea Of tho Republican party upon
"tho Dawnsea, Garnelds, and Fontora." who anvo
weakly and wiekelly conniyea at investigations
into tho alleged corruptions OF tho various de-
partmcnts Of the Government. This article isso
evidently "inBpirol" and so decidedly savage
that re transfer it to our columng. Tho same
iasuo Of the Republican has an nrt,cle entitled
"Who Arc They ?" meaning thereby to inquire
who and what are thoHs newspapers that are AK
ing Con. Grant to decline q third torn in ad-
vance OF tho expiration OF his Second tenn.
There arc only tive Or siz such papess. It saYs.
nna 1t enumoratos them. It 10 good enough to
include Tue CHICAGO TRIBUNE in the number.
Wo recognize the fact tint the Republican
is trying to whip tho New York Times, 1ndianap-
olis Journal, etc., ovor our ahoulders and we do
not object to that iunocent diversion. But we
must bo permitted 10 say that Tug CHICAGO
TRIBUNE has not demanded and does not demand
q atatolnent from Gen. Grant whether he will or
will not be candidate for 4 third term. We do
not care whether lo is candidate or not. We
know that ho will not bo nominated by any poltt-
ioal party, and TINT ho canuot run successfully
40 TN Independent candidate. We lave treated
tho third-torm business as proposterous eabble
from tho beginning, md re fully conccde that
Gen. Grant cannot be rigntfplly cal!cd upon to
aoy anything on the subject. 1t ought to be
assumed universally that thoro ia no such thing
AZ third term contemplated by anybody except q
few Ousrom~H Houoe Appraisers. who fancy they
would loso ulor places by 3 change Of Admin
iatration. and thus snsdily get their deeertu.
After aoundly borating these impairment md
Hypothetical newspapers, tho Republican comes
down on them heavy,-thug:
Their position teforo tho country, y,-deteatel and re-
puliated iu the last Presidential campaign,-tleir
political relation to the Republican party, md their
personal relations to the President himself preclude
IN answer to their den,aud
There! Tho Now York Times, Baltimore
American, indianapolis Journal, Bt. Louis Globe,
Now York Eeening Posi-, Auburn Adoer!iser'
Concord Monitor, and other newspapers that havo
either demanded statement from tho presidenk
or expressed worry decidedly their diHapprora OF
the third-tssn scheme. can NOW sob IN what
sort Of q crowd they are training. Dog
Trny waa never in worso company. II
tloy got hit over the head, thoy needn't
complain. Wo sympatl,izo with them all mud
singular. The lash Of that Washington nowa-
paper, with It's 1900 Subscribers among ths De-
partmept clorls, ii 50 extremely cutting Tho
Now York Times has intiu,ated that tho Repu1-
ican is controlled II not ownol, by the Admins
tration. II so, tho gad must DO doubly lacerat-
ing.
word aeemc to be called for by tho Repub-
ican's vicious attack On the "Dawoaes, Gar.
folds, and Fostors" Of the Republican
party. This List Of namoa is obviously i'll
tended to include oil persona who are
iii favor Of Investigating ohargea Of corruption,
with 3 view OF putting stop to tho charges II
they are not truo, aud to tho corruption ii they
| aro true. The Rcpablicdn insists vohemontly
that there shall DO no Investigations and It Do
nouneea bitterly those who hayo taken part Ii.
guch Investigations heretoforc. It lays down
tho broad party maxim TINT, Whatever is, In
| right. The coolness with which this position is
! takou and maiutained ia aonll-1ntlltary. We
fancy that tho Republican, and whoever elae
| may entertain such stiff notions OF discipline,
| will layo good timo carrying their ideas into
| effect.