The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-24
Should General Grant Resign!

achieving it,
Should General Grant Resign!
Since the day when Fort Donelson surren-
dered General Grnnt has done the country
much good service but it is not an e1aggera-
ton to say that in all his remarkable career
he never had an opportunity to benefit it so
greatly as he could do now by resigning the
Presidential Office; and probably it would be
impossible for him to do any other act or
take any other step whatever which would
meet with such almost universal acceptance
and favor from the public.
Does any one doubt this statement? Let
him ask in the South what would give peace
to that large section of our country and make
hopeless the demagogues who are robbing
under pretence of ruling the Southern people.
He would be answered unanimously, the dis
appearance Of Grant Let him ask the re-
event would revive their fading hopes and
encourage them to dispute the next election
with the democrats, and they will tell him
the removal of Grant. Let him, finally. ask
the public plunderers, the disreputable class
who live and mean to live on the Treasury,
what would be the greatest calamity which
could befall them, and they too would reply
the resignation of Grant.
Nor even would the democratic leaders, if
they are wise regret to see him resign for
they must know that so long as he is in power
so long he is capable, in the last emergency
and u, s,,hcarva b;c oxrD ,,ur,,oca nd ,>aroo+,,
ate his power and that OF the plunderers who
are his intimates, of plunging the country into
a war, be it with Spain or with Mexico, with
the expectation that such an event would en-
able him to confuse and set at naught the
opposition he has to expect in the next Con-
gress, and thus pave the way to third term
There is talk among the republican leaders
in Washington, We are told, of an effort to
induce General Grant to declare openly
against third term, and to remove from his
intimacy and protection the swarms OF dis
reputable characters who make his admins
tration odious. But we venture to say that
not man of those who desire this has the
least hope that the President will heed the
remonstrances or obey the counsels of wiser
and ADLER men than himself. He does not
change in that direction. If the re-
publicans dared, if they had a leader
with the courage and determination of Thad
Stevens, they would impeach and remove
General Grant even during the present short
session. But they fear to make the attempt.
They are afraid of the cohesive power of
public plumber" which would range itself in
formidable array in defence of the President.
General Grants sinister and impressive face
bars the way TO every reform the country
needs. His gloomy meditations over the
problem of third term tinge oil his policy.
His firm belief i'll his own good fortune, which
makes him regard himself as the saviour of
the republican party, leads him also to use
public events only as the means to fortify
himself in the continued possession Of power
His resignation of the Presidency would
remove lead of anxiety and a load of evil
from the country, under which all its inter-
ests are suffering. 1t would settle at once
many Of the darkest apprehensions Of the
future. The possibilities of two years more
of his rule are vast and all in the direction of
evil ana MISFORTUNE. Sontlnueu Internal dlS-
orders, increasing public plumber, a more
rigid personal government, a mulish opposi-
ton to the will of the next Congress, external
war for speculative purposes, and to promote
the great end of a third term--all these lie in
the near future, with Grant at the head of
the administration.
! Of course, it is not probable that he will
resign. Too many evil interests are bound
up with his own to permit it even if he were
! willing But it is none the less true that his
resignation would be such short cut to peace,
order, q purified administration and renewed
confidence and prosperity as does not other.
wise offer itself.
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