The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-05
THE REPUBLICAN SPLIT.
WHAT 1T PORTENDs.

. the army, and hopes to get for them pi
RS enough appropriated to run some months in
his third term. All the Cabinet are his, an
ed the clerks who swarm in a thousan
offices. All who collect the revenue, int
- nal or general, are his. All the pos
masters are his. All the agents of th
). Government, domestic or foreign. al
: down in his catalogue of adherents. He cor
Q trolls them, and he knows that they are read
u to do his bidding at all times and in any way
All the horde of mercenary Radical politi
clans are his. All the great monopolists
spectators and land-grabbers belong to him
All the corrupt Adventures and usurpers o
the South are his. All the Radical Senators
whose terms expire on the 4th Of March, and
who have not been reelected, are his. And
his. too, are oil those long-term Radical Sena.
tors who have large interests IN the continue.
ton Of the Grant dynasty; all who are inter
ested in jobs, Offices and contracst; all who can
best carry Oh their managing, lobbying and
specializing in and around the Senate Chamber
All those who find their interest in a foreign
war belong to Grant. All those who sanction
and indorse his treatment of the people of the
South are his own peculiar property. Many
thousands of aspirants to appointment and
promotion in the army and navy, in the event
Of war, domestic or foreign, naturally cluster
around the great central army figure the
President that is, and the Dictator that is to
| come.
He has marshaled his clan;
Ihelc votes are million,
Their pockets are one.
Since the stupendous abuse Of patronage in
securing his nomination for second term,
and the enforced union of efforts and purses
to secure his election, every notable act of
Grant has foreshadowed his fixed will to be
re nominated and reelected in 1876 No
open third term declaration has been put
forth, yet his tacit wish and purpose concur
rent with the wishes and interests of MANY,
are tacitly understood and supported. His
bosom friends and more prominent support
ers stand by him with fervent zeal and I'M
finching devotion, even when the preponder-
ant votes of their constituents are against
them and the thunders of the censures of
their party deafen their ears. Many Radical |
chiefs, of no mean or medium abilities, and |
very far from being paupers in means or in
fuence, are resolved that the domination of
the Radical party shall continue at all
hazards through another presidential term.
They know that Grants desire and purpose
are consonant with their own. They know
that he is shrewd, silent, cautious con!river,
but in execution bold, obstinate and unscru-
pulous. They need him and he knows it.; he
needs them and they know it. Hence, by
The common consent and spontaneous con-
of these and myriads Of others,
irant is put up for a third term. When
Questioned upon the matter he neither con-
esses nor denies the impeachment, but mere
y says he is not in the habit of declining or
ccepting honors which have not been ten
ered
Grant and his followers will call their con
regation Of combined interests the Republi
an party. They will try to ostracise all
republicans who are not Grant men. With
rant as their head-center, they will rally and
aroll as many of their clans as possible, but ::
ley will impudently ex communicated who
i'll not join them in bowling the knee to their ::
adical Bal This will shut out a great "
any Thousands of Republicans, who are not :.
rant men for various reasons; some because :.
ey do not like Grant personally; some be-
use they disapprove of his official action:
me because they dislike the men by whom
rant is surrounded great many because
ey believe that Grants Southern policy has =.
tarded the restoration Of peace, jeopardized -.
Q material and commercial interests of the O.,
lion, and violated the organic law Of the =.
pablo; great many moro because they v,
'cover the danger of having as President a =
pular military chieftain; not few who fear :,
, prolongaton of an Administration into a
I'd term, and who deem it an Infringement
on custom, almost as sacred as if sane
ned bya constitutional proviso; not few w
those old line Wings, or their successors,
o adhered to the Republican party, for the ="
e OF the union of the States in war, but
Q are not willing to obliterate State lines or -,
give their sanction to tyranny-in a word.
asst multitude of men, heretofore Repuli-
IS, who are capable of looking through the ~
turbed present to the threatening future, 80
through measures discerning expediency %
the vital principles which they violate. ~
,hese anti Grant Republicans will oppose 80.
denomination of Grant Their opposi-
J failing. they will retain their party name, 0on
n party Of their own and nominate can maj
ates, or else combine with some new party a ~
may arise. The division between the ''no
mites and the recusant honorable Repub i.
u.s. will be everywhere visible and palpa-
With or without third party the infu- 49,
9 Of the antiGrant Republicans will form
gniticant and important feature in the
It campaign which is already begun. The ~.
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