Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-06-01
BROKEN SILENCE.

The President has at last seen mt to
emovs his reticence on the third term.
n letter addressed to General II.
White, who presided over the late Re
publican State Convention OF Pennsyl-
Yania. President Grant announces his
views. The letter. which will be found
In the tslegraphic columns, we regret to
say does not appear to us to be very
clear or very candid, and reveals in
almost repellent colors the feeling gen.
erally ascribed to the President, that he |
regards his great Office in the light OF a
personal reward to be enjoyed rather
than as most important and solemn
trust. The President says that he has
not hitherto replied to inquiries con-
corning his intentions respecting the
third term, because they had not been
presented "by body Of such dignity
and authority AS not to make the reply
fair subject Of ridicule." He then re-
marks that he deems Il not improper
that he shonld speak to the Pennsylva-
MIA Convention. In what respect that
body is superior in dignity or authority
to the many State Conventions helds
last Fall it would be difficult to tell, and
why a communication that is now ap-
propriate should then be out OF place is
not easy to determine. The Pres
ident reverts to the sacrifice he
made in resigning life position
created. he says, by Congress- expressly
for him. and accepting in the first in
stance the nomination for President.
This, IL II has anything to do with the
subject matter in hand, would seem to
be an intimation that as no gave up what
he calls "life position, that the office
which be accepted in lieu thereof should
be continued in his possession for the
remainder OF his existence. After re-
fsrring to some other sacrifices that he
assumes to have made for the benefit OF
the country, the President at last reaches
the subject Of the third term. He says,
what every one knows, that until the
constitution is amended the people can
not be restricted In their power as to how
many terms the Incumbent Of the presi-
Dental chair may be selected. He
further remarks "that il may happen,
that to change an executive because he
has been eight years in Office will prove
unfortunate, If no. disastrous The
ProsideH. sSi,ses BY saying that he would
,ot accept nomination were it ex-
tended, unless it came under such cir
cumstances AZ to make it an imperative
duty. What the precise nature OF the
Presidents intentions are, it is
extremely difficult to ascertain. even
after the most careful and criti-
cal perusal of his letter. II seems
to decide nothing. Its declarations
are obscured with limitations, res
srvations and contingencies. from all OF
which, the only apparent points to be
cleaned are
First. That the President made grea
sacrifices in taking that Office. That h,
resigned a life position and thinks HI
ought to have another with coextensiv,
lease.
Second. That he does not think mucl
OF the traditional policy concerning thirt
terms. That the people have right t
re-elect as often as they please, a pro
ceeding to which he does not assign an!
objection, on the contrary. thinks ever
after eight years service that chang
might prove very unfortunate if no
disastrous"
Third. That he is not candidate 70
denomination. That he would not &C
cept q nomination unless it came unde
such circumstances as to make it an i'm
perative duty"
All of this is tantamount to leavin
the President 10 just about the same pc
sition he was in before be wrote the lei
ter; free to accept or refuse nomins
ton II offered. There is one curiou
fact concerning this letter, that its ennis
sion should have been provoked by
political convention which had Just d,
clared in formal phrase, that the " thir
term was dangerous innovation upo
the traditional policy regulating the pull
lie affairs Of the country, and that sue
Q step was greatly to be deprecate
Probably II was the Presidents object
scquaint the members of that couve
ton and the Republican party general
with his surprise that they +" should p,
NIT their enemy to force upon them a
the party an issue which can not a
strength to the party no matter b
met" The expression is singular ,
and seems TO show feeling OF irritat
pique that the Republican party sho'
presume to think itself strong enough
dispense with the further services of
President as party leader. Altogetl
We fear that as letter writer the Pre-
dent will scarcely be able to congra
late himself as being success.
doubt whether he has pleased his pa
or the public. and like General SEQ
celebrated hafty plate Of soup /" let
the COMPOUNDED thing may prove
troublesome weapon in the hands Of
opponents.
Sine the Cincinnati lottery man.
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