The New York herald., 1874-11-07
DR.. Mostly Administers StfmrsA1
to the Patient.
CESARISM'S EULOCY
The Chief Mourner Upbraided for
Loving the Corpse.
Senator Morrill, Gives "The Most
Unkindest Cut of ALL"

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Colonel Mosby met the President Tor the first
time to-day since the election. Both being In
iavor OF a third term they sat down and dis.
cussed matters for an hour. The Congressional
candidate In Mosby's district Mr.. Barbour, who
was to vindfcate the third term policy was beaten
by General Hunton, a democratic member OF tha
present Congress- who said the people OF Virginia
were unoonditionaliy opposed to a third term.
But this did not discourage the President nor his
Virginia visitor. Both agreed that CGsartsm had
nothing to do with the result, and His Excenency
was more convinced than ever of the policy Of
keeping SILENT
sELF-CoNsoLING sOPHIsTRY.
''why,v said the aspirant for perpetual Presi.
Dental honOrs "lOok the fate OF Ellis II. Rerts.
the only man in the Utica Convention who de.
nounced o third term. He was beaten; badly
beaten. Again, behold the fate OF Governor Dixf
What good did his disclaimer do hms Where Is
Pennsylvania, with its republican opposition to the
the third term2 Numbered with the democracy;
while South Carolina which through its republican
State Convention, imprudently, though sincerely,
fndorsed the third term, is preserved"
These were strange words indeed, from one who
thought II would be exceedingly lndecorous few
days ago to take any notice OF the newspaper sen-
sation.
f QUESTIONABLE coNDoLENcE.
The Presidents conversation with Mosby is only
. repetition Of his brief discussion with senator
Morrill,, OF Vermont, yesterday. The Senator
knew OF no better place to shed tears than In the
Executive Mansion, and he plantivelv expressed
himself to the President substantially thus:-
"If you had only said at the right time you were
not an aspirant for a third term, that you didn't
expect 1t, didn't want it, wouldn't have It, there
is no telling what good such declaration would
have done. Why, Mr.. President. as much al the
people OF my State respect you and honor youb
brave record in defence OF the Union,
they would not, could not continue that
admiration II you were to seek what
not even Washington or Jefferson would have g0t
from their votes. Why don't you disavow thu
charges OF the press? 1t may be that 1t Is an
invention OF your enemies. but consider, Mr. Presl-
dent, what a fearful power the press is at all
times and now quickly the cry of third term
would cease If you were only to declare yourself
against It,"
To all this pathos the President smiled and re-
ped:-
ut is only newspaper sensation, and what does
1t amount to ~ Es4#. Nas Ha4.t tr&
The Senator left the house with the conviction
that he wants q third term but with the stronger
conviction that the Senator's opinion expressed
TO your correspondent some time ago and pub
lshed in the HERALD's roll call was correct:
Common sense has settled it If the constitution
has not,
MosBy's PATRIOTIC ACHIEVEMENTS.
But to return to Mosby. There those who
think and say in the Presidents presence that his
friendship for the notorious raider on sutler
wagons and struggling soldiers does not inspire
respect among the soldier element OF the Union
army. The President replies by appointing addi
tonal friends OF Mosby to oflce, Of which fact the
Colonel to-day mad substantial evidence. More
than that the President intends visiting Colonel
Mosby at his home In Warrenton in u few days.
This shows how much President Grant cares for
public opinion and the voice Of the press
CAEsARIsN HARMLESS, AFTER ALL.
Judge Thomas Settle, of North Carolina. who
presided over the Convention which last nomi.
mated Grant, says he does not believe five hundred
voters on Tuesday last thought OF the third term.
Hard times, scarcity OF money and suspension Of
work in mills, factories and workshops had more
to do with it in Jhe North than all else, and the
Civil Rights bill completely revolutionized the
South. Were measure so unpopular as that to
be enacted there would not be white republican
in the South In 1876, while many colored voters
would oppose the republican nominee.
Ex-senator Clingman, OF North Carolina, agrees
with Judge Settle. He thinks that the same argu-
ment was as strong in 1872 as this year: but. as
the masses will not think, experience is their only
teacher, and what was predicted at the previous
election has since been confirmed to the sorrow Of
the multitude