The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-05-27
TIE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.
ar.Ae courIer,Journal.

iHuatlOn DaltuUn ms coliapseu. anu WITH "
two or three Presidential aspirants. The
veto did certainly cook the goose Of tho
4 Senator from Indiana. and from all APP
pearauces was SO designed by the ingenl-
GUS gentleman who put his name to il.
Say what they willof Grant. that he is an
ofiense to the crusaders and the gramaaa-
rians, that be isa whirligig employed by
rlie gods to bring iu their reyengcs. i can
not be denied that there has been a singn-
lar method ID his operationss both political
and military. Ihaye fancy that tbe
Courier journal used to observe, ~ rs uH-
reAectiue, faeetious way. that there was no
danger that he might never be goi oat Of
the White House except upon a streicher.
! We'll. this silly conceit, IN q rather iuiider
form, begins 10 obtain something like con.
slerution here. II Is now believed IN
Washington. soberly aud by the coolest
headed ihef; that Garbt means second
term, and that lie dues not reckon without
his l,ost. confess that ! think he mas
even more than that 10 hls minds eye.
When look back into the origin. course
/. and tenor of his administration I; lie
played with parties before he became Pres
\ idenf, aud how lie has played with the poll
/. iticians since when. teylldered aud awe.
struck. gaze upon the composition ot hls
Cabinet; wheu consider the cool way he
would dispose of Washburne when isce
his eqaipage rolling :hrongh the streets IN
d defants regal style, unused to the sim
plieity Of a republican COURT. aud know
\ .lis private habits are equally defiant. aud
mindful Of these things. when | remember
| that nobody l. shocked or alarmed, ! can
work ont no other result ss the natural,
the inevitable purpose Of hiss aud
neart than that sort of personal govern
1 aent to which Prince Louis Napoleon ad-
dressed himself after his elevation to the
Chief Magistracy Of the French Republic.
Aud why not? Look at the state par
ties. There are in tbs Republican party
| but two considerable men remaining on
the scene as Presidential probabilities.
! blaine aud Washburue. The veto killed
Morton rs dead as door-nail. L set
Logan back thousand yeafs. Conkling
is not in Grants way. lie and Grant
have made league. offensive and defens-
i've. II Washburnc comes home and goes
into the Cabinet, that will be the end Of
him. Blaine is man of extraordinary
energy and spring--by odds the brightest
uian in Congress.-but. With divided par
II. What show will he have? Cross over
10 the Democratic party. Il is not only
divided. hut il has not Ono single leader
OF genius and nerve. Thurman is s,l-
cmn responsibility. cald aud yiruous.
Hendricks is an amiable comm''n-place.
J. The Grsngrrs come iu between the two.
They are merely slate-smashers. They
embrare only class. are sectional and To-
cal. The ont-and-out Liberals are scat
\ tered The South is cipher. Il ls IN
condition to sell out or be crushed out.
| Thus behold the opportunity aud the man; !;
dismal prospect indeed. but real and
| dangerous prospect.
Arkansas i nuts to Gran.. Instead Of
injnripg his administration il adds 10 his
personal strength by contributing to q
! gathering national and popular discontent.,
Strangely enough there Is little disposition
| 10 hold sini responsible for such occurscn-
| ces that, under lis Sanctiar and through
l his agents. have disgrnred the whole conn-
| try IL the yariocs Southern States. They
Only render /, moro easy fur kim 70 mold
/ tic South 10 bis hand ID 4IS6.
Thas matters stand al tie present M
nan, Gran. r tie central figure. The
! Democrats are Just strong encngh 70 lose.
The 6raneers are Just weak enough to bold
their own. Ttm Liberals are neiihcr
strong enough nor weak enough TO count
except "a iiealists. Everything seems to
favor Grant. No matter whst i done i
leans Grantward. IL the Presidential o
\ lection should coneof this gear nothing
could Keep him froms third term, and.
\ elected ,fcr i third term. the rourier,Jcur-
,ale slfoichsr will be the last resort Of
tho inpracticables they wi ! not he q
bic to campass his overthrow by the old.
peaceful means. A third term means rev
oluiisn. and GsaLtism aud revolution are
synonyms. They impl5 the salnc thing
! They are convertible terms.
,Ensuch Of this. however. scribcle
down tew stray notions, which come to
mo between the shcrry ard the champagne.
none the less serious Tor the vino. believe
me. .It uakesa Southern man af liberal
ideas and good intentions. schonled 10 the
dangerous Geld of practical revolution, sick
tc seek the obtusity aud the callousness OF
the North IL Congress. 4sfe any or al
Of fthem--take such languisLing idiots as
Hoar aud such protesting hsrlots Is llaw-
ley--twib representatives cf the prevailing
hjpocrisy--anj thet jump % the rank and
fie ef adventurers. Democrats and Re-
publican, and one Is tomxsd 70 exclaim.
There Is but Que honest sinun Ut Wasll-
meton. aud that man b liutler! it
i cruel but Il Il II least half true. Tor
the most pnrt humbrs or imbecies, aud I
cannot be said. wIistoSorsilIis deformities
may be-, that Butler Is either.
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