The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-20
THE VICE-PREs REMEDY.

We have always looked upon Henry
Wilson as one of the clearest-headed men
in the republican party, and every act of
his long public life has tended to convince
the country of the same fact. Eminently
self-made man, man of the people, he
has thoroughly qualified himself for every
station he has been called upon to fill, and
this added TO an answering honesty, i'll
tegrity of purpose, a broad and comprehen-
sive craftsmanship and, above all, the
courage to take the responsibility and tell
the truth under all circumstances, have
given him hold on the confidence of the
people such as fall to the lot of but few
statesmen or party leaders. His public ut
terances are never hastily made, but having
looked over the whole field, applied the
touchstones of experience and statesman
ship, he speaks to the point, and woe to
them who pay no heed to his counsels.
Again have we words of wisdom aud coun-
sci from his lips, and it behooves the repub-
lican party, would it save itself from ruin,
to follow in the way he marks out. While
not yet prepared to believe or say that the
republican party is beaten and has certain
defeat before it, in 1876, he thinks it in
great danger: but still thinks, as there is a
necessity for its continuance, that it may
again reap the fruits of victory another
year. Although. in his letter to Samuel
Bowles of the Springfield Republican, he
did not say that the party is sure of defeat
unless it purges itself, yet the fair inference
from his proposed remedy is that such is
his belief He says the party is in danger
but that :" its peril comes not from its own
fault, but from the misconduct of men who
have obtained high positions in it," In
other words, that the mass of the party are
sound, but the men in high positions or
many of them, are rotten to the core.
True 1t is, and if Henry Wilson had the
power, the party would not be where it is
to-day. True it is. and If the President
who, also. secs 1t in the same light, as is
evidenced by his assertion that the Z" dead
weights must be thrown newfoundland
acted upon this and the other truths, there
would have been no sweeping opposition
victory last fall. In speaking on this branch
Of party reform, the vice President says
in substance: :" 1t ought TO remove many
of the oilce-holders, high and low, and es-
pecialiy some of the higher officers of the
administration, whose acknowledgement OF
affairs has become offensive to the people,
and whose conduct, both in their depart
ments and in general affairs, makes them
and the party odious," True but will the
President, Congress and politicians see it
and, seeing il, ac,F Or will they continue
the fatal stabs until the suicide is complete
and political death ensues, "A death from
which thbere may be no resurrection? All
there's the rub.
Mr.. Wilson docs not seem to think thai
the country is guilty OF so great an net O
folly, as some pretend to believe, in its fea
of "third term" possibility, or in thu
measures they take to rebukc any sucl
idea, no matter by whom entertained. w
have no fears that General Grant, or an,
other President, will ever receive IL secon,
reelection. If nomination therefor wa
obtained, we have no fears that the peopl
would endorse the same at the ballot box
But there is danger that presidents ma.
seek third term. There is danger tina
parties may be demoralized and defeate,
by such personal ambition. We all know
that the republican party has suffered
disastrous defeat because the president
believed to entertain such an ambition, re
fused to disavow IT, We know that tn
timidity of party leaders in refusing TO pro
nounce against 'thrd term" because
forsooth, they didn't know the president
views--as If in matter of right or wrong
wisdom or folly, 1t made any difference t