New-York tribune., 1875-02-22
GRANTS SOUTHERN POLICY
ABoLD PUSH FOR THE THIRD TERM.

BOLD PUSH FOR THE THIRD TERM.
HOPE THAT REPREssIvE MEASURES WILL WIN THE
SUPPORT oP SOUTHERN RErUBLICASs-NFLU-
ENcEs THAT WILL GAIN VOTES IN THE NORTH
EIS sTATEs-A DIVISION ALREADY MADE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY
lYRoN An oCcAsIOSAL CORRESPONDENT OF rHR TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1s.-One has not to be long in
Washington to discover that all this Southern busi-
ness means a third term. Gen. Grant means il, aud
! the whole host of adventurers whose personal fOr
tunes are bound up in his continuance in Office
mean it also. Ii is political feature in our
history but not more strange striking than many
of the events Of the last dozen years The ncTedu-
II, about ii is still considerable, because people
do mn readily believe in wholly new things. 1t Is
not uulis, 'ly the plan is going to succeed. Gen.
Grant has tin, great advantage. BY making him
self the agent n, violence and repression at the
SOUTH he SCOUTS 10 undlVided support OF the
blacks and the csrwtbagssr u the choice Oh dele
gates to the National yc-rinatlSg Convention Here
is large funded capita. 10 begin with. With tho
delegates of all the old Slave States in Us hahds al
the outset il will be seen thathe enters the contest
with an immense advantage over every other CSnd'-
date. II must also be remembered that this sa bh %
force swayed by personal and partisan considerations
merely. IL viii be the dead weight of the cOnyen-
IlOH not aIncDaDle 10 nlgn PUBIC cOnSlHelauODS'
1t Is difficult to see bow it can be overcome.
The dividing line il already being silently drawn
mere among the Republicans this question, and
1t Is not difficult to trace its windlngs and IT'S
boundaries The stiff and sure Republican States
at bottom anti-Grsnt anti-third term. They wish
to try rash experiments. They desire tosave them
selves, Il they cannot saYe the Presidential election.
They therefore oppose themselves to all politi-
cal autacites Of whatever character, and strive to
concihate the moral and conservative forces which
underIie all sound republicanism. But 1t will be
recognized that the number of such States is COM
paratively small. aud that they are no match in
representative force for the body Of Southern
States
The Northern States which are 10 furnish recruits
for the Grant standard are States quite differently
situated. They are States already lost TO the Re-
publcans such az New-York, New-Jersey, Indiana,
and Others. Grant delegates from these States can
be furnished in any quantity. and tho rvalries OF
competing civilian candidates will swell their num-
ber. 1t is not with them question of success now,
but of future operations They would rather throw
away their votes Grant than anybody else, since
mis- probabilities of success would be worth more to
them than anything else within their reach. Then
the class of doubtful Northern States, OF which
Pennsylvania and Ohio may be taken as samples,
while they cannot be so certainly counted on, will
nevertheless turn out good deal of driftwood that
will follow the strongest current. So that all
things considered. looking to the States alone.
Grants chances seem TO be altogether better for
nomination than those Of anybody else III the Re-
publican ranks
This visw receives confirmation in q very striking
manner. by the reticence of leading Republicans.
Very few openly cay anything against tho third
term. In fact nobody except such as are ready to
break with the Administration. Everybody is afraid
Of that II affects them in their party relations. and
brings down partisan hostility, which few have the
intrepidIty TO defy Il is an basement that all pol
iacians suffer- rather than endanger their places IL
is not manly, 1t is not honorable, but it Is human.
1t is a great misfortune that people In public life
cannot be independent and cannot say Just what
they think. Gen. Grant dominates the leading Re-
pnblicans very much Clay used to dominate the
old Wings, though from very different reasons Clay
was leader and dictator by virtue of his genius;
Grant 40 by of his place The laterh has all
the patronage OF tho country at his disposal and
backing of popular favor among the rank and file
Between the two he makes himself formidable
especially 80 Though the exercise Of his military
qualities Of pertnacity and obstnacy
Whoever therefore. would understand the politi-
cal situarion and desire to know the reason of the
extraordinary policy being pursued. and to be, ap-
parently stil further pursued with the Southern
States must recognize the facts here presented.
They are the key to the position. Ii il bold push
tor ths thrd term J. p.
TWO vrTyyS OP THE ARKANSAS CASE.