The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-04
1,."1,ong Speech A Third Term

The Long Speech "A Third Term,
G.,era, GRANTS speeca at Des MONIES Is
,,,a,nlv a platform for himself IN bis canvass
for third term. he seems to shove as'oe MS
marty and fix upa policy for himself. IN "
he Is guilty of no little assurance 10 tak,oe
nm matters that do mt belong to MIN toi
;udgmeut, and would not ifgenersiS as''a,eu
land that is not at all prooablel come unoef
h,s direction. But 1t Is not a part OF bis fian
~ third..erm canvass TO limit the scope VI ;
his executive schemes. BE must DC ancn'afeeo
pres;dent-one In keeping with tie duraefoh
=, h,s mower. He therefore kts people know
bis comprehensive policy 10 social ana rc"'
,.,o,s matters, and lets them understand that
there will, be in bis administration ctearness
of vision and an unlimited force which Will
o,.h,e him to detect wrougsand irregularities
throupbou. society, and to right ADD equal
ize them. The provcrbtal threat contained
in his letter to At,orres-General 2aERRE'
POINT with regard to Mississippi affairs, that
g there shall be no child's play" seems to be
..faintlined" across the speech.
We clip a few paragraphs from leading
papers upon the " long speech a.:
from the New YORK Horld.a
General Grants incapacity for oratory rs
,rettv well known, and by no neans the
worst thing about him, anG the length Of tsis
sneerh at Des Moines win surprise all reaa-
crs If it. Theleugth Of thespeech, however
Is not the most Surprising thing about 1t. S0t
course. he would not have taken the trouble
IN make notes unless be thought he had
something to say, and what he has TO say vs. o
cnrious and clumsy bid for reetcetien
The more attentively anybody resus
tho speech the more be will be Iou.
vinced that its author has beer Going o
,itlle uoli,ics on his own account, 'auu IN
tends to put TO shame the wisdom OF ms
advisers The notion that the question o.
sectarisn education Gao possibly become
dominant issue by 1876, or in time to 40 hln
apy political good or harH, is 0eluson
which only such mind as Mr.. . rants i
capable of entertaining Ei"ng enteitAneu
it. he evidently hugs it. III tnsre afe ans
Marty who still cling 10 his fortunes they
nnust sroan In spirit when they sec e hat
mess he has got tbemand himself lutte The
ouestion to which he calls tho attention o.
the Army Of the Tennessee, whe Rave never
bothered their beads about it, is notahe rea
issue in single State OF the Dnfep-
The Tribune says:
At the meeting Of the Array Of the Ten
nessee at Des Moines, Iowa, yesterday
President Grant broke over his casual Gus
tom, and read speech OF sone sensln IL
answer TO q call frou the audience. hi;
sneeches upon public occasions have beer
exceedingly rare, and, with HE exception
his inaugural addresses, 'iDveNably yer!
short. His setting himself deliberately al
work to write ont u speeca-apd speech
too. of considerable length for him-upoI
this occasion will cause SURPRISE; ant
whether he intended it ornot, unusual sig
nificance will be attlched to bis utterances
The speech will accordingly be read witt
great care throughout the country, with tn
view to discover, if possible. what extraordi
nary circumstance has induced him 10 brea'
silence, and what can he the motive OF h'
making such formal and formidable prepars
ton
from the New York Herald]
Surely it is pity in such an address t
hear the great soldier and President, IN
kind of defiance, suggest that we are nc
prepared to apologize for the past or t
speak of not "deryine to any who icusti
against US any privilege under the Govern
ment." These are notNuestions before tn
people Those who fought against th
Union, now that the war is over, have pre-
ciseIy the same rights in it as those who tough
for it. They are our te!!ow.citzcns under th'
Constitution: 20 more and no less. There i
no more question Of denial than OF apology
In all that the President says of the neces
oil nf Loo
secure e free thought, free speech, free press
pure morals, uafetterrd religious sentiment
and equal rights and privileges for all, IRE
speetiye of nationality, color, or religion
he has certainly the Hearty agreement OF Ia
mass of his countEsmep, some OF whom vt
remember with pain what we here allude
with reluctance, that he has himself on sUts1
occasions attempted TO punish the eXersss
of free political utterance by removals ffot
Office. That we should "encourage fire
schools, and resolve TINT not one doRs
appropriated TO them shall be apple
10 the support of any seetarian school,
that we should "keep Caureh an
State forever separate"; that "peitRe
State nor nation should support institution
(of education he evidently meant to say
save those where every child ia the LAM
may get common school education al
mixed Win atuelStic, piSah, VI ScCtai1a
teachings" All this is sound; it has IN &C
vance the support of the great mass OF th
American people. But the words spoke
there and by him jlr upon the sense Of Pre-
priety. They were uucalled for. They ar
unfortunate. because they will give The pre-
fame reason 10 suggest that the President va
really, under the form of az address to hi
old comrades Of the war, masking B stump
speech for the Ohio canvass, where the Re
publicans have waDtonly and without an
justification brought 10 us one Of the politics
issues opposition TO Roman Catholic interior
ence 10 the schools.
Surely. on such 40 occasion and from sue
man as the President. suspicion, defiance
opposition, are out OF place. He could bav
urged good wHl-conhdence in the future
He could have exalted the future OF our re
united country and is vast possibilities. Fl
could have shown the importance of our DO
liticai experiment not only for ourselves
but to the whole human race.
From the Philadelphia Times,
And now President Grant has broken hi
silence, made platform Of his own, an,
flung his third-term banner to the breeze il
defiance Of all party organizations. Thi
speech is distinct political departure
making the bid of desperation for cor
tinuance of power. 1t inculcates a nea
sure of resentment to the South that
libel upon all the teachings OF Grant til
soldier, and The distinct declaration that th
icoYn oc raio;nY,e foitb 10 IN ha b,ftla n