The daily gazette., 1875-05-08
wILMINGTON, DEL, MAYS, 1875.
The silent Mdn---MaEtt0 OWt
a. Case Against the President.

Phe President is undoubtedly the eel
ephant' in the hands Of the Republican
party. They do no not know what to do
with him, and he provokingly refuses
himself to do the thing wanted. He Is
really very disobliging, and persistently |
continues to smoke his cigar and enjoy |
hipaself with his friends and relatives in |
Office, as though all within the party was
serene and pleasant. In fact Grant has
evidently come TO the conclusion that
the party leaders have used him for
their personal benefit, and it is now his
turn to use them in a like manner, and
unles they agree to the third term poll
ey, the party, which is a mass of corrup-
ton anyhow, had better go down.
There is now real apprehension Of a
serious split in the Republican organiza-
ton, and if there should be third par
ty it is more likely to be. made of anti
Grant Radicals than of the self-styled
Liberals. 1t is possible that Grant may
have the sagacity to see that there Is no
chance for the election of any man op-
posed to the Democratic party and with
draw. But in proof that fears are en-
tertained that he will continue to de-
mand a third nomination until the Bit
ter end, we publish the following from
one of the most reliable Republican or
gans, Harper's Weekly. 1t says;
"The President, who, as We say, could
10 80 much to restore to the Republican
party its old prestige and its hold upon
large numbers of old Republicans who
are now alienated, will evidently do no.
thing. His apparent disregard OF the
expression of public opinion as 'clamor,
his readiness to believe charge against
any public officer to be mere hostile
spite, his failure to feel the real move
ment of the public mind, and the char
acter Of much of the counsel which he
follows, all forbid the expectation that
he will take the lead in doing what must
be done. Waiting for him is mere drift
ing, and drifting on lee shore. Thus
when we learn that although the shrewd
est politicians in Washington have NJ
doubt that the President hopes for {
third nomination, and would unhesita
tingly accept it, yet that he thinks j
time enough to decline an Office when
is offered to him, we are obliged to fee
that the fate OF the Republican party
with all that it involves, ought not to b
left to the whim of one man, howeve
splendid his services may have beer
and however honest and patriotic W
may believe his purposes to be. III hi
patriotism does not command him
speak when q word is deed as import
ant as a victorious battle in the war, W
must accept his silence as o summons
action. If he thinks it his duty not
say that he would not stand for thir
term until the Convention asks him
do-so, he thinks it his duty to keep tn
Republican party in perilous suspens
until the Convention meets. That
soMething which the Republican part
must not permit, and for two conclusiy
reasons. The first Is that such q cours
would more and more distract and d
vide the party until the Conv ventio1
and the second is that the contest in tt
Convention would make success at tt
election almost impossible. If any ol
says that it Is borrowing trouble to gu
pose such o contest, the answer is tn
the contest has already begun, and tn
ono word from the President would el
it,"
The editor Of Harper's Weekly is nee
lessly fretting himself over the Pre-
dents action. The whole thing h
been settled already in the minds Of t
people, and they have determined tn
party that has so abused the trust i
posed in it go implicitly and for so ma
years, must yield up that trust to
more honest and competent opponen
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