The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-09-05
GRANT

LIS llohCSty CuthSSt oh" 'e"s
GUS efforts to enforce the laws and re-
store peace and quiet TO the country.
The Republicans in two elections
have endorsed him, and the cup OF
honor will not be full till the Demo-
Gratis shall have manifested their re-
spect for his public and private charac-
ter, and their regard for him, inspired
by his faithful and just administration
of governmental affairs. The bravest
of the old confederate soldiers, and the
strongest of Democrats have expressed
a desire that he should serve third
term, and it is but right that an 0ppor-
tunity should be offored them to vote
for him.
The democracy of Texas wish to
show their gratitude to him for his
permitting their favorites, Coke and
company, to take possession of the
public Otfices-the democracy of Ar
kansas are loud in his favor eX-Gov-
ernor Herbert and other eX-confeder-
ate leaders in the Pelican state, have
declared for him. Ben Hill and Alex
Stephens, the great GeOrgians, are for
him. General Mosby and about all
the leading Virginians are for him, and
there surely seems to be an uprising
of the democratic masses in his favor.
Why should any democrat, who sup
ported Greeley, refuse to vote for
Grant? He has never said any hard
things about them, but, on the con-
trary, has been magnanimOus and just
towards his opponents. We predict
| that Texas will elect members of con-
gress who will favor Grant for third
term and that Texas will cast her
electoral vote for him should he be a
candidate
Grant is yet but young man, in his
prime--he will have had much eXpe-
rience at the end of the second term,
and would make a much better Presi-
dent with "all the light before him."
Why not then rally round the flag and
rally to his support like honest men !?
L Norton's Intilligencer.
So his "public character needs vim
dicating, does it? We admit-that
such is our impressionand that it
needs good deal of it, but we hardly
expected our contemporary to take
hat view oft.
Washington, Jefferson and Jackson
were thought to be very good presi-
dents, but it was not deemed necessary
to elect them third time to ''show
that the people approved their honest,
earnest and Jealous efforts to enforce
the laws" The reason would apply as
forcibly to the fourth, fifth, tenth or
twentieth term as to the third, and to
any other president as well as to Grant.
1t would in effect make the presiden-
tial term continue for life or during
good behavior.
But his "cup of honor will not he full
till the democrats shall haye manifest
ed their respect for his public and pri-
vate character, aud their regard for
him inspired by his faithful and just
administration of governmental af-
fairs" We had always been taught
that the position of president Of the
United States was the summit Of hui
man glory, that it fur outranked the
thrones of the old world, because it
was the free gift of II free people, but it
seems that there is u higher pinnacle
still, and that is to secure the respect
and regard of the democrats of the
country. This is the handsomest trib-
ute the democrats have ever had, and
we cannot feel ii in us to dissent from
it.
Again, it will give the democracy of
Texas an opportunity "to show their
gratitude to him for his permitting
their favorites, Coke and company, to
take possession of the public Offices"
According to this the present admins
tration of Texas holds the reins of gov
ernment solely 10y the suflerance of
President Grant. Granting, for the
sake of argument, that this position is
correct, one or the other conclusion
must follow, that is, either that
"Coke and company" were entitled to
the offices, and, therefore, that the
president in permitting" them to
take them did right, or that they were
not entitled to them, and that thepre
ident in permitting them to take
them, did not carry out "faith-
full end just administration of govern
mental affairs" the first branch of
the proposition is the correct one, Pres
ident Grant did 10 more than his
duty, and can not claim any special
thArnnf
there be any occasion for the Texas
democracy feeling specially grateful
to him. If, on the other hand, the
second branch of the proposition Is the
correct one, President Grant has failed
to do his duty, aud should receive the
unqualified censure Cf democrats and
republicans alike.
As To the prediction of our contem-
parary "thst Texas will elect members
of congress who will favor Grant for
third term," we venture the opinion
that If any democratic candidate, al
ready nominated, or hereafter to be
nominated, were TO come out and tell
the people of his district that he favors
the election Of Grant for another term,
there would Immediately arise from
the people a clamor for some other
candidate, and the regular nominee
would be beaten ten to one at the polls.
Believing as we do that the third
term proposition, If successfully car
ried through, would lie the beginning
OF the end of all our free Institutions,
we look with very great complacency
nm the nrona0afion of the idea that the