The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-09-23
The Third Term.

AS will be seen by the following
article froui the Baltimore Sun: tho
third term for Grant does not lind
much favor outside of few of the
niSgoyc,ned Southern States. 1t will
be gratifying to him to know that his
prompt relief to the Macedonion cry
for bayoncts and bullets has entitled
hin, to the gratitude of the Republican
Convention in this State, which body
passed resolutions in favor of the third
term aud also Of profound thanks for
sending troops to their rescue. The
Sun says:
The hints about third term which
have been whispered about the coun-
try iu various localities have met with
cold comfort in Republican State con-
ycutionS. The Connecticut, Dclcware
Iowa, Illinois, aud Ohio Republicans
have utterly ignored General Grant
and his doing$ in their platforms of
1874. In some of these States, and
especially in Illinois, this silence has
the look of d studied insult. The In
diana Republicans expressed ''entirc
confidence in his honor and integrity" "
but adopted financial resolution dl-
rcctly opposed to his views. In Maine
the veto was merely approved by the
party platform. Vermont and New
Jersey paid some empty compliments:
The bayouet-ridden Louisiana admired
his liberal, enlightened, aud just
policy" in foreign and domestic af.
fairs. The Michigan convention voted
down resolution endorsing hts course
on the currency question. and declined
to say anything about MIN. \ <eso
luton denouncing third term was
debated in committee in the Ohli
convention, but finally suppressed. Ii
the Pennsylvania convention a rcsolu
tion endorsing Grants third candl
dacy was received with disfavor, anc
with bitter irony it was announced
that they preferred even Hartrantt:-
Nebraska went dead against q thlrc
term. Kansas declared, "The un
written law enacted by the example o
the Father Of his Country in dccliu
ing a reelection to the presidential
term is as binding as though 1t VA
Incorporated in the national constltu
tion. and ought never to be violated.
Without undertaking to impeact
the devotion Of the Kansas patriot
to the natioual constitution, it Nigh
be conceded that the unwrltten Law
Of Washington's example, is as sacrec
as the organic law, without involvin:
an admission thereby that it Nigh
not be violated with impuuity whcncve
it suited political convenience. Thos'
who have Set aside the constitution o
late years whenever it suited thel
party purposes have not the right t.
complain if one of their own rccog
nized party leaders simply proposes te
set aside a mere precedent to facilitate
lis own hold upon power. It is evident
however, that General Grant will nov
have to look outside his own party 70
future support. Neither the Demo
cracy nor the Liberals give him an.
encouragement, and the Granger
manifest no hope in him. 1t is onl,
in the poor, DETECTED South that W
find any tolerance for the third tern
idea, and this on the theory that tn
South might obtain self-govcrnmen
thereby. Yet the recent action o
Genera! Grant in regard to milltar,
interference in the Southern State
seems as we'll calculated to cxtlngulsl
that "for!oru hope" in that quarter a
if some crafty politician had devised
it as boomerang for his final annihl
Iation.