The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1874-07-15
The Third Term-Prospects Of the
s Democracy.

81 Senator Gordon, of Georgia, on his
return from Washington was interview
se. by correspondent ef the Auanta'
{ Herald, Who reports the Senator's views
as 10 Grants aspirations for third
tenn, and also as to the prospects OF the
Democracy in the next election. Grcnt'
he thinks, is very anxious to run again,
and as a peoples candidate. The evil
.denceof this he finds IN the indifference
with which the President regards the
Republican leaders, AND the kindly feel
ing which he manifests to tlle South.
Still if Grant wants the nomination OF
the Republican party, the Senator
thinks he can get it, as he is the strong
est man in the party, and much stronger
than the party itself, and besides, the
Republicans fear that he may be taken
up by some middle party, or even by the
Democratic party itself. I'm the event,
of Grants not running, he thinks Elihu
B. Washborne, the present minister to
Franco, will recefveti1e nomination.
The Senator, however, thinks that the
Democracy will have certain victory
In the next election, for the following
reasons-that the majority of the people
are opposed to the financial platform of
the President, or tlro speedy return to
specie payments; that the whole spirit
of the Republic is opposed to a third
term, and will lead to the defeat Of any
candidate on this issue; that the corrup-
ton of the Republican party, rs shown
by its shortcomings at Washington and
1hismanagement of affairs at the South,
must ensure its defeat.
The views of the Senator, we think,
raust5oe taken With many grains of al
lowance, as those of'an active partisan,
rather than dispassionate observer.
If the financial issue is so important
one as to insure the defeat of Grant, it
would doubtless overshadow present
party lines, and raise up some third
party, who would. go before the country
on this question. TO this end present
indications seem to point. The financial
question seems to overshadow all Others,
and as upon this question irreconci}able
divisions exist in the ranks of both the
Republican and Democratic parties, the
only alternative seems to be to organize
anew party!on this issue. Again rs to
the third term principle, If this be so
repugnant to the traditions of our gov
ernment, and so odious to the spirit OF
our people as to lead to the defeat OF
Gen. Grant, it would afford one of the
best reasons for defeating his nomination
before the Republican Convention :
eof the prominent Democratic candi-
f6ates the Senator remarked:
Allen G. Thurrnan, of Ohio, is at
,,,resert, INV far the most prominent can
:tidate. His splendid ca;spaign in Ohio
last:year, carrying it for the Democracy,
for the first time in many, many years,
gives him a splendid start. You see
Ohio at one time polled $4,000 Radical
majority. To have whipped this down
and then carried the State is no small
victory. Pendleton is leading candi-
date, on his currency platform, and
General G.. w. Morgan, of Ohio, is also
spoken ably of by his friends. Thus,
you see, Ohio offers three candidates.
Next to Thurman I should place
Hendricks, Of Indiana, and Hancotk,
of Pennsylvania. OF thesetwo think
Hendricks is probably the strongest,
from the fact that the West must furnish
the candidate. I think that either of
these candidates, with u good platform,
could carry New Hampshire, Conuecti-
cut. of the New England States, New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, and prob
ably Pennsylvania, of the Middle States,
all of the Southern States except South
Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana, and
Ohio. Indiana, California, Oregon, Ne
yada, of the Western States.