New Orleans Republican., 1875-11-28

| may be said that General Grant has no de-
sire for reelection. IT ever he had such
o desire, it arose from the feeling that after
his long public service he wished to have
| his fellow-countrymen place the seal Of
their approval upon his life and public acts.
The late elections have done this. These
| elections constitute complete vindication,
| personal and official, of .he President, and
! therefore fully satisfias the very natural
and honorable feeling which might at one
| time have caused him TO desire another vote
| of the people upon his fitness for the high
| position to which they have elevated him.
| These same disclaimers against the Presi
dent in regard to the "third term" are kind
| enough to say that the election of Repub
lican President in 1876 is certain, provided
the third term issue is not raised. and yet,
in the next breath we are Informed that
Grant" will wreck the party in order to
gratify-what! l repeat, crafty WHAT
His ambition! Can third term increase
| his fame! To crafty his love of money!
Docs any man believe that General Grant is
pj llic thief! To crafty his love of power2
Do not those who know the President
| know that love of power does not consti-
tute leading element of his characteri In
| order to overturn the liberties of his coun-
try} Is not the man insane who supposes
General Grant capable of raising his finger
against the Union which he has helped to
preserved AS to General Grants deal
ings with the South, l challenge any
Confederate soldier to point out single act
unworthy an "otiicer and a gentleman"
From the day OF Lees surrender he has al
ways been ready to receive and treat Con
federate soldiers as he treated Lee and
Longstreet and Mosby, of Virginia, and
Pillow, of Tennessee. General Grant is a
warm hearted, truehearted friend. He is
thorough American, through and through
He is a Protestant and believer in popular
institutions and schools for the people. He
believes in the Monroe doctrine, and will
make that doctrine respected SO long as he
is President. 1t s to me simply amazing
that Southern gentlemen will, under the
circumstances, continue to stand aloot from
man and the support of an administration
through which they could WELD an honest
influence for honorable ends. General Grant
desires the success of the party with which
his name and fame are identified. and he
will not force his own claims at the risk of
producing discord in the party. His cup of
fame is already full to overtlo wing. II he
retires at the end of this term he will do so
leaving his country saved, and the party to
which he belongs in possession of the gov
ernment, and his own name forever con-
nected with the most eventful era of Ameri-
can history.
The same disreputable spirit as displayed
in attacking the President is manifested by
the oppos ton in discussing the Cuban
question. 1t is charged that the President
wishes TO produce foreign war in order to
secure the triumph of the Republican party
in the next presidential election. And vet,
as before stated, the same men who make
this charge acknowledge that Republican
triumph in 1876 is a fixed fact. But the
Presidents "bloody purposes" do not end
with Cuba, according to the opposition. 1t
is asserted that he meditates an invasion
of Mexico. How absurd all these accusa.
tions appear when subjected to the test of
reas on. Nothing is more plain than Re-
publican victory in 1876, upon the issues as
Low joined with the Confederate Dem
ocracy. ANY change OF Issue, therefore,
either in the Cuban or Mexican question,
would weaken the Republican party before
its own constituency, and open a new chap
ter of possibilities and chances in favor of
the opposition.
Again, the judgment of the influential
men of the Republican party is against any
forcble intervention by the United States,
either in Cuban or Mexican affairs. The
annexation of Cuba or Mexico, or both, by
force would be the greatest evil which could
befall the Union. while the attempt to carry
out such policy would destroy the useful
ness and hopes of the Republican party.
Time will settle the Cuban question and the
Mexican question, and 'time" will add Cuba
and Mexico to the United States. The idea
is therefore absurd, that the President will
sacrifice the now assured certainty" of Re.
publican success in 1876 in order to involve
the United States in a foreign war, and
foreign policy which can only add to our
national debt, cripple our commerce and
weaken the interests which are needed to
bind our own Union firmly together. The
President and his constitutional advisers
will, with the appreciation of the leading
men of the Republican party, pursue
moderate and wise course on the Cuban
and Mexican questions. We shall
not sacrifice a certainty for an un-
certainty. We shall make good our
ing foreign war. AS to the third term"
that will also take care of itself. If the
Republican party has truer friend, more
popular standard bearer or a wiser com
mander than General Grant the fact will
be discovered and utilized. b.