The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1875-06-30
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by tormnl appeals from the Legislature Of
Massachusetts, Yernldnt, Rhoac Island,
New Yolk. Peunss lvaiha, Nlanland, N az
Jersey aud Nolth larolila tvlbe uahdi.
date tor ~ elcc,i Ill lrhe NOV fnmeut was
then in comparatiye infancy Due CvAssitu-
tion had only been iifopefaiiop for nine
teen Wears. and the great Experiment was
gu trial.
Doubts aud distrast still llngued patri.
vtic minds a. u the iinal success ot the new
republic. aud inthis state o. anxiety about
the future some Of the foremost men OF the
tins connsellei stability u the part IT wis
dom. aud were adverse to frequent changes
S.in tiie Execu,ve at least untii the sySfem
was deeply rootei aud tho read or supposed
dangers were passed.
Mr. Jefferson did not share in these
fears. lie was u sincere republican Ut
neart aud il practice, and he kuewtlnt III
4 syqasry just emerging from n,ouarehical
rule and where the people had been ac-
customed " u king, IL Was more important
70 exclude the idea Ola prolonged Presi-
dency. Hence be repliedllo these addresses
BY saying at84.f I'VE as1Nosi#s
isome terlnination to the services Of
the Chief Magistrate be not liked 10y the
Consultation, Or supplied ty Iaaetice. bis
utfiee, nominally for years, win. III fact be-
come for lJel aud history shows how easily
that degenerates into an inheritance.
\ " Bclieying thata represeniatiyegoyern-
uient. responsible d, short periods Of cleo
tioui Is that which produces the greatest
sum u happiness - mankind, feel il .
l duty to do no act which shall essentially
impair that prineiple; aud l should uu-
willingly be The person WHO. disfegarding
The sound precedent set BY ali illus,rions
predecessor should furnish the first ex.
ample Of prolougation beyond the second
term Ut uthce.
In the sixty-seven years which have
elapsed since these sentiments were utter
ed, no party has ever seniured 10 propose
third term. aud the practice which JEFF
lerscn suggested as the alternative for
constitutional amendments became part
If the nnEritiea political law. sanciiIiUd by
usage. ike the precepts Of the common las
IN our courts Of justice. IL was reserved
for Grant. the last and worst III Presidents
to set himself up against this consecrated
practice. and suggest 1t may happen in
the future history Of the country that 10
change an Executive because be has been
eight years iuuihce will prove unfonu nate.
/ u mot disastrous fH
Jefferson did not wait for these I.egls-
,atures teapproach him On thissui,ject. nor
did he deem it !. beneath the dignity Of the
Office, !, a Grant Processes 10 have done, 10
put himself clearly On the record. two years
before the expiration uf his seconJ term,
against any movement for reelection,
when be wrote hi this positive manner;
| ans entitled to my discharge. and
should be sorry indeed that others should
be sooner serrible than myself when ought
TO ask il. | lave. therefore. requested
my fellow citizens to think Of successor
for me, 10 whom shall deliver the public
concerns with greater ipy than I received
them. | have the CONSOLATION, too. OF
having added nothingto my private for
tune during my puolIc service; ard Of re-
firing with hands as tleau as they are en-
| PITY.
Ift5ese last words had been written
with knowledge Of the present situation.
they could not have been made lnnre POM
ted Or suggestive. Grant has differed as
much from bis predecessors in seeking to
augment bis private fortune ID oiEiCs ~ Ire
has with regard 10 tie third term. Shich i
as much prompted rs his avarice as By any
motive.
AZ the close Of the civil war lie received
rewards and hOnofs such as bad never been
accorded TO any other President lie was
raised from poverty 10 wealth. aud voted
What. ~ bis peculiar English. be calls q
life POSITION with lsrre salary and al,
iowaneeS. All lbe-e exceptional recoeni.
/ lions did not I'll The measure 81 bis slHbi
tim. ffa. IA.
lie still wanted 10 be President. and wis
l elected. Yet lie Was not satisfied. He
bargained for second term as comDer.
cial trsnssc,ioh. and rhcn that vas obtains
ed be in1pOriuned 40 expiring and corrupt
fongress, 10 IL lat hours. 20 double his
salary and pcrqnisites After al these
CONCESSIONS have been made. lie cries out
for more. and IS plainly schsmiag ior
third term as he nooriousIy did for the
/ FIRST.
During these six years u service a. Pre-.
sideni. The White House has become The
centre If I'll The great Riugs. Grant has
grown into vast wealth. aud investigations
/ BY Congress have traced 10 his doors dis.
graceful connection with jobbery. And
Wien he i forced % give ~ oiIice co. the
Itb of March. 1877, by POPULAR con.
demnatioD, without Distinction ~ party.
one d the darkest status upon bis character
will be that bis hands are not clean. and
not as empty as wbelbe receiscd that
great aud abused trust.
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Ngw York, June 25.-A Maraeaibo
letter 81 May 18th giving sccount 81 the
earthquake eabsing the destruction ~ San
Joss De Cugpts. says On the sixteenth and
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