The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-01
A Relative on the Third Term.

The Charleston wv. Va.) Journal of the 26'h
ultimo contains speech made By Col. L. b.
SWAMI at the late Republican Congressional
Convention at the White Sulphur Springs,
in which appears the extract which we copy
below. Colonel SWAMI, whose wife is related
by ties of consauguiuity to the President,
and to whom the President paid visit re"
Gently. shows in this extract his appro bation
of the "thild.term" policy, and we must
infer that such expressions from that quarter
are not made without warranty that they
will not be offensive to the exalted gen.
| teman so remarkable for the great virtue OF
! "silence." New let those who are showing
| off the "third term" as the device Of uS
poor rebels read the glowing language of tie
| respected relative:
| CAT the head of the Government stands,
and will stand for many years, man III
whom all have confidence, and who will
prove equal to the trials of the present as he
was equal to tie trials Of the past, and will
| be equal TO the iuture-a man just to all. he
vii! save 10 the East her bonds, and 10 the
South her schools and her civilization. uBti
| TO the freedman bis equal rights. 4 mar
! who will give transportation TO the West,
and for the nation will fiud an exit from her
| financial troubles. A man as iiuStrlOus fer
| his modesty as for bis justice. a man who
] can afford to be JUST, because by the
consent Of mankind be ranks rs a soldier,
| and as Il civilian he stands above the re.
straints of party. Every liberal advance
| he has made has received three cheers
from that great party that raised him to
! power, and 10 whose principles he will al
ways he tue, because they are his. He has
won from all parties the title of just and the
irreconcilable enemy Of injustice. In war,
| Just TO his sword. In peace, Just 10 the fallen
great aud the cause he conquered. just III
yrtuouS examples; just TO tue memory OF
Greeley; Just TO Lee: just TO bis foes; just to
| the laws; just III demanding Of strong ma
tlons the right, and in mercy 10 weak nations.
The splendors Of fortune, the applause Of
nations, the confidence of country, the adu"
latlon Of flattery, and the charms Of vice,
have not moved the virtues Of an innocent
life. Those Of our citizens who fear third
term severely reflect upon his past, While
they bctray Il want Of confidence in the per-
manency of our institutions. Blessed Of
Providence with such vast resources
blessed with such examples of Roman vir-
tue-all that is needed to restore the country
10 prosperity Is patience"
The Wheeling Mtelhgencer (Republican)
calls this "chatiy"; on the other hand we
think it is "cha6ng -chafng 10 the Re-
publican aspirants and their supporters.
General GRANT has power, and the bob
tailed aspir;mt> know it. Ii he is in earnest
about the third term, nearly all the bob-tails
will be for him before the next election. We
can truly say, "let the CALLED jade VINCE"
the rebel "withers are unwrung" by this
troublesome third term. The voice OF the
swan is far sweeter to US than it is to them.
Nor is it the voice of the dying swan, &c as
sured of that. We enjoy it. We deliber-
ately await the arrival of the "good man."