, 1874-10-21
THIRD TERM.
Gen. Dix Should Speak out.
An 0ntapoken Article from an Admin.
istration Paper.
From tha Neso TorA T4r,eA

THIRD TERN,
huch has boon said and mitch will toubt1s.s
Still DO aatd, about "Cpsarism" and tho deairs
OF the pros'dont to secure ro-olootion ia 1876
Iho facts OF tho case Beom, however, to lio in a
VorY small compass,
Tlioro appears 10 be no certain ground for be.
Lowing that Gen. Grant has my itioa OF wording
for third torn. Ne has said nothing whatoyor
on the subJnct, ono way or thcosher BUTT rnugt
DO admitted that newspaper nt Washington.
which Tho Administration undoubtedly controls.
-We may almost Say owns,-haa on several oc.
caaionn published articles, supposed to be
thtnsp thitnsap.trsa," .r, which defend and advocate the
boon quoted all over tho country a. ronro.
senting tue rcal wishes and opinfons of Gon.
drant. It Ia quite possible that tho President
kaow nothing Of those ARTICLES until thoy act,,ai-
aRne1re nroa mo my yet find that bought and
to m!dtsrepresent him, and place him in faiuo
.poaitto!i boforo tho publio,-but no power to IA
tans n'.n sood' 1ndependoi't support is suro to bo
,,epssea , as at tlmes with adverse criticism, and
t'c TACT that ho will not brook alyerse critieism
consequently. he will hayo "orgarY" to renro.
gent him; and ho must not bo surprised If thov
uo , MN 'nanite mischief. There Is no oatimat-
organ" ut Washington has ustrorecd from Him
placo. 49, $A'"
Again, the Opposition pnpors haye boen asaortu
tnE for year and q half that Gen, Grant ia ie-
termtned to get tho Republican nominntion In
le76 il lio possibly can-t!ns ho ia brlncine, ali
nla enormous patronage And influence to bear On
tint particular ob1cct These statements, tnces-
sanity repeated, 1iayo derived souo show az
plaltvblity from tho articles 10 tho WASHINGTON
paper, Which, it not actually inaplred." could
not iiayo appeared without sanction from lirh
quarters.
Tins it has happened, in one way and another.
thai tho thlrd-term bugbear begins to bo eorions
" regarded by tho people. Thoy thiuk thera
must bo something in it, or they would not hear
30 muclt talk OIL tho subject. The consequences
iH TINT tho Nopubllcan party is reatly being in
1nred BY it. And this injury iB All tho moro Yexa.
tious because tho Republican party has mover
E1von tho slightest col,ntenance to this proieet
Ii It has been entertained seriously at all it ax
only beon by little knot of poraonB who layd
their own eldB to sorvo. The pd,Yy is innocent
OF any completely IN the scheme.
This being tho case, wo no longer SEQ any rea-
son why NopublicanH should bo silent on the
question. II they choose to spoak ont, by oil
meana lot them do 1t; and tho first to speak
should bo den. Dix, wlio is Mt prosont being
atr!lck at over other pooplo's shoulders, and who
is described by the Democrats az m active COR
fctloratc in tho thirl-tern "plot." Ne SEQ no
reason why Con. Dix should allow himself to be
houndod down by faase charge. His dofoat
would be very great misfortune to tho Stats,
ind Ill proper means should he tnkon to nYort
disaster. IF Geu. Dix feels as oil sensible mon
must do on this question, consideration for tho
" feelings of others should not induce him 10
keep silence, for it is pretty cortain that tho
others " have not much consideration for him.