Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-06-19

Eui. i'ok yoU, Ca>siuA
The angry spot doth GLOW ON Crsar's brow,
And al the rest look like a chiddea tram.
jriirs Gear, Aet !, Scene 2.
The President has given his Third Term let
tcr 20 the country and watched with anxious
miud its reception. This proved, we may say,
entirely the reverse Of bis expectations. AZ
ter ,be 6rst welcome report that the great doc
umcu, had forever negatively settled The vexed
.luestion, came the sober second thought, bora
Of an attentive reading Of his state paper. that
our excellent Chief Magistrate had interviewer
in lbs threads g few sentences Of doubtful or
double meaning, relying upon The peoples
stupidity to palm it off as an ingenious dis
claimer Of third-term aspirations Mr. Grant
counted sithout bis hosts As people we
are not quite as pig-headed and duh Of COM
prehension as be who at this moment sits in
The Executive chair imagiues. It has not IA
ken Us eery long to form the opinion that this
letter IS nothing more nor less than a round
about reorganization Of the President by Mr..
Grant.
ct may happen, in the future history Of
the country. that 70 change m Executive be-
cause he has been eight years in office will
prove unfortunate, ifuot disastrous
Il would not accept a nomination, if it
were rendered, unless 10 should come under
such circumstances As TO make it an impera-
tive iuty-circumstauces not likely 70 arise.
These paragraphs, shrewlly mixed with
Others Of puger tone are yet too plain 10 be
mistaken. The first is nothing more nor less
than a sk,lully worled threat to the people,
and the second extract mentions " circum-
stances which, 50 Gar from no. being likely
to arise, are very easy for Grant himself TO
bring about. lie viii accept if he is nomina-
Ted. and he knows that, controlling the Office
holding pbalanx as he does, he can command
the Republican Convention, aud thus secure a
nomination "Outases in the South, or a
war with Spain, would sweep the country
with him on the I.incolai,n principle that it Is
bal policy to swap horses while crossing the
stream"
The Presiien. is disPlenssl a. the reception
his letter has met with. In vain his organs %
declare il to be an entire disclaimer and think
+. should put an enI to all doub, o. the sub
iect still, the cold, hard sense Of Americans
comes to the front. c0ndemning, in strong
terms, this great document, and, in yet strong
sr terms than heretofore, the Presidential dull
larl who wrote is. rs the Newark Journal
poiptedly saws. coo Instead ofcrush-
ing out the thirl-tcrm discussion be has given
II new lease oflfe. Il will not die now IN
iii some other man is elected and sits in the
chair Of the Chief Magistrlcy.' He has had
warnings enough, even from his own party
Let Us leave him severely alone, assured that
BY our united Efforts, and despite his army Of
ofice-holders. be Will Gnt himseliers long lift
Ell from the position he dissraces, and relesa-
ted 70 the military ranks whence a misled
people should never have called him. and viii
certainly not call him again. We have q good
conception Of an old saying, and shall not
make it applicable 20 rs. Il runs something
Ike this;
Fool once, may hap anothcr's tool,
Fool rrtcs, mayhap - fool.