The daily gazette., 1875-02-20
Real Breakers Ahead!
SENATOR NORTON JOINS THE
TH1RD.TERMERs

AN INFAMOUS PLOT WHICH THREATENS
TIE FUTURE OF THIH NATIoN--Is A
DICTATOR IMPOSSIBLE
Washington Correspondence N. Y, Telegram.
WARRINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE very
sir Of Washington seems freighted with
fear FOR the future government In this
land. The cloud which risen In the
House OF Representatives in the form
Of the Force Bill" has already as.
sumed proportions really ominous. The
TestiDg OF more that regal power in the
hands Of any President would tend TO
arouse nation 10 the contemplation of
the possible Iesusts which might fol.
low. To grant to an Executive who
t&cttly admits that he IL @ candidate
TOT three or any number OF terms, the
power, TO suspend the sacred right Of
habeas at any time or in any place, is
so startling that the average mind fails
10 rea!lZa that any such course Ia pos.
sible.
ALI doubts on this score are now pas.
sed. The conservatives, even in the
republican ranks, recognize the exis-
tence OF O thoroughly organized con-
spiracy among the personal friends OF
General Grant to control the next Pre-.
sidential election. To this the late and
more Objectionable from of the Enfor.
cement act, which an administration
majority in the House and Senate pro.
pose to pass, will lend most efficient and
necessary aid. Startling and visionary
as this part of the scheme appears, it is
only the entering wedge of the outrage
GUS conspiracy which will, unless sub.
verted, split the nation asunder.
1t was not surprising to see political
tme.servers and carpet-baggers like
Boutwell,, Clayton, Logan, Sergeant.
Pease, West, Butler, Garfield, Cessna.
and few others, favoring a subversion
Of all that is sacred to freemen, when by
such a policy they retain favor with an
administration which seems lost to either
sound Judgment or official honor. Such
a course was, / repeat, be to expected
Many Of these men have records which
would prevent them from ever going be-
fore their constituents again, and the
remainder have no future outside of the
sheltering arms Of President Grant.
They feel perfectly assured that if
they are repudiated at the polls the
Chief Executive of this nation will saw
unto them, Come up higher, my good
and faithful servants" and lucrative
custom house desks will be made vacant
for their especial benefit, or seats in some
Of the courts, wherein they can get
Square" with some Of their enemies
If the conduct of such men cannot be
excused, there is at least historical pre-.
cedent for their acts. A plausible, if not
an honorable, reason can be assigned foi
their subserviency because their future
prospects rest solely with the man they
uphold. II is with not little surprise
then, that new confederate in this great
plot appears in the person of Oliver P
Morton, Senator from Indiana.
Mr.. Morton has been regarded by mem.
bers OF both parties as the ablest man in
the republican Senate, and his name has
been freely spoken of for the ne6t Presi
densy Careful students of politics mar.
vel, therefore, at the position Mr.. Nor
ton, who new comes out squarely in be-
half Of the third term measure, is about
TO take before the country. The sudden
change which has taken place in his re-
-lations with President Grant are FREQUENT
subjects of comment. tits well known
that six months ago Mr.. Morton and the
President were not on very friendly
terms. The worthy. ..Senater rarely Wis.
tied the White House and never did 80