Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-08-15
PROBABILITIES.

Several Northern and Eastern papers
are busy discussing the probable chances
Of different prominent statesmen for the
occupancy of the Presidential chair in
1877. Nothing is easier than to state
the advantages one candidate has over
another, aud TO show wherein the supe-
riority consists, but that rule OF pros
pectiye nomination will hardly apply to
the candidate for Presidential honors.
As a rule, the candidate that prophetic
journals 80 SYSTEMATICALLY parade, are
often found to be ON the other side OF the
fence when the roll is called, and it is
rare TO find n prospective candidate four-
teen months before election, an actual
one when the time for election comes
round. The political field is assuming
different appearance every day, ana as
time goes on, many things that now seem
absurd will transpire and be endorsed by
the applause OF party. since the ia'ai
stand taken by the Southern and West.
ern Democrats ia the matter of Initiating
the currency, that party has lost much
OF the prestige invariably given by vic
tory, and now occupies most insecure
position. Apart from the rank and file
of both parties stands vast body of vot-
ers that form in reality the balance wheel
Of American politics. This congregs-
tion--isolated in general, bat unit in
national matters lis mostly composed Of
thinking, reading men, who understand
the situation and see wherein the danger
lies. Viewing matters in the light OF re-
cent events and present action. II is the
opinion OF many that there is not on the
American continent to-day. man
who stands better chance to be our next
President than q. S. Grant. At first
blush this no doubt seems absurd, but
there is a vast amount Of what may be
termed Intent sense in the idea, and
which the friction of the near future will
call into active showing. The present
Chief Magistrate has all the powerful in
tluence and mastership that being seven
years leader OF great and successful
party can give. He has an army at his
command, beside which the Army of the
Potomac was but cipher in point OF in
Huence, and oil the prestige of power and
the sol,dity OF long continuance is his.
But even this is not his strongest point.
II 1t were, it would be easy to demon
strate that individual continuance in Of
fee and general supremacy of domination
often acts us q lever to overthrow, and
as AN element OF decay and failure.
His strongest and most cogent reason
for eligibility aud succession remains to
be shown. Everyone remembers how
importunate and almost dictatorial an
expression OF public opinion went up
from the South and West in October
1873, in reference to obviating the strin-
gency of those times by throwing upon
the money market the forty-four million
reserve and further .augmenting the cir
culating volume of the currency; ant
everyone also remembers the sensibl,
stand President Grant took at the tim,
in refusing to accede to the demand
That stand he has maintained ant
throughout the nearly two years tina
have since elapsed he has always beef
ha Co. ~ s,,A ha. "a
ever little power Congress has left I'll
Executive in defeating the machination
of the iofiatonists. The question of in
flstion will be one of the main issues o
the ensuing Presidential campaign, ant
any public man that has n continued
record OF correct standing TO show rela
tive to that all important question vii
meet with favor from the people, Gran
has that element of influence, and whei
we reflect on the Importance and powe
OF that decisive and most worthy actor
on his part. coupled with the palronag
and power of that great organization Q
which be is the head, il will be seen HOY
potent his claims are aud how great hi
chances may be. OF course it may b
said, there is his third-term letter.
Wen, yes There il is, and any maj
that can find positive denial to com
pete or an assurance Of retirement il
March 1871 is smarter mau than ha.
been found since he promulgated tina
oracular epistle. In that letter Gran
alluded to an imperative necessity ,
which might arise and induce him 1,
accept the thirdterm nomination were
rendered to him. Where is there tc
day, in this Republic, a more imperatiy
necessity than the establishment of OF
national honor and the disownment
incipient reputation ? From time
the history Of this country questions
great national Importance have arisel
In 1862 Lincoln took decisive action t
ward the great evil of slavery. and thong
the means he adopted were arbitrary an
somewhat unjustifable, yet they were d.
cisive and lasting. That was the que.
ton OF the day. Then our national Q,
istence was threatened, now our nationa
honor is at stake and some sautary an
tst-footed measures are needed TO crusI
growing idiocy and fatal reasoning
the Democracy are divided on that ma,
ter, and are unable TO procure n ma
who, supported by his party and unan
mously Endorsed, can take fitting mea,
ures for the suppression of such
dangerous doctrine as imitation
then the country must do as best it cal
and look to the party that has alread
furnished evidence of sagacity in detec
ing public danger and promptly dealin
with It, to cope with the evil that to.da
threatens the subversion OF our nation,
honor. as thirteen years ago the poison
ous doctrine of slavery threatened to pu
N end to our national existence. Grant