Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-11-12

this in his ears what Republican could
fail to give Grant his support for
third term nomination. That being
secured his election should be secur'
al | hazards. All other chances OF
assuring his election failing, it would
be an easy matter to make good the
war-threat with Spain, and put an ar
nv in the field. Then where is the
Cato whose voice would be lifted
against our Caesars election?
But the devil takes care of
his own, and since the recent
elections, it may become unne-
cessary for Grant to conjure up the
ghost of negro-slavery. He would pre-
fer other means, but win he must. II
it takes Cuban war, added to the
the combined powers of ambition, false
hood, fat5ery, and roguery, used uu-
sparingly in twisting the results Oh
these elections to this end
But the great hope OF tie Democracy
in the ensuing Presidential campa ga is
that Grant should be again the R.
publican nominee. Ii the R"pubhc-.u
victories in the recent elections IN the
North aud Northwest shall induce th+
Republicans to again put Grant in the
field. the Democrats have lost nothing
il their recent defeats. We have hun
dreds of men in the Democratic ranks
DO, either Of than, could defeat
GRAFT easier than any opponent thai
the Republicans can fer.
Grant ana Chandeliers Cuban pro
ect, he haL ged
The New York Herald thus cxpiain-
the recent '.i"y III the White House.
'']t is no ;ougec secret nat the
friends of the President. in pushing
! him for a third term, made compac'
| with the Republican leaders to take tIl
result of the elections tr-day IL I'enn
| sylvali4 aud Massachusetts,, as an IN
dication OF his eligibility for third
term nomination. The close Saws III
! Ohio thIeo weeks ago, started the lend
srs O; the party and warned them that
the administration could At will, a. IT
did in Nex York year ago wheo the
| Caste II House Hs put iicuns laid Oui
John A. Dix, d. feat ell opposition
within the party by defeating the par
ty itself 4 truce between the friends
aud the opponents OF Grant for tbs
nomination OF 1876, was the conse'
quence of Hays slim ma Ority of only
five Thousand in total popular vot.
of 500, 900, aud a cartel was arranged
in anticipation of a Republican victor }
in to-day's ele ctions by which all oppo
sition to the third term would, in suct
an event, be Withdrawn by Gran Is op
ponents. Meanwhile the President
friends organized in his behalf. Zach.
ariab Chandler was given the vacant
seat IN the Cabinet and has timed bis
return to Washington SO as TO make
his re-appearance here tomorrow,
when the results in Pennsylvania and
| Massachusetts, will have fired the Re
plblican heart afresh throughout tb:
! country Judge Edmuuds was in surE
taken into counsel with Mr.. ChaDdlel
and dian of campaign was agreed up
on. The die is cast aud the third term
ers have won, even without the grea
aud unexpected Republican gain il
| New York, Que despatch says tina
Seward has carried the State by S.0N
majority. Hartraft's reelection ane
Rice's victory silence the opponents o
the President. From tomorrow vii
go forth, as far as the Republican
leaders here in Washington can urg
it, fresh propaganda of the thirt
term. In this proposed canvass t.
secure the Republican nomination 70
Grant next year his friends have LII
upon the ingenious idea, if indeed
has not been suggested by the Presi
dent himself, that the question Of i'll
fatlon should not be a Presidents
issue, but should be referred back t.
the people in their various Congress
sional districts, to be settled in tn
way Horace Greeley proposed the fire.
trade issues should be settled when b
accepted the Democratic Pres;dentia
nomination This project shows n
mean strategic powers on the part O
the third term managers at the yer
outset of their new movement In thi
way they will hope to safe y sail aroun,
the rock Of initiation upon which tn
Democracy are splitting, east and west
There was Joy, therefore, to night a
the White House,"