The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-23
THE THIRD TERM AGAIN.

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4 dispatch from Washington says
president Grant is not u candidate for II
third term, and never hiss been. lie
never suggested the idea, and never gave
any one the slightest warrant for suppos.
inc that he would take the nomination
If offered, and it is understood here that
If he had ever been asked by any author.
itativo body he would have declined to bt
consider cd candidate under any circum.
stances
1t is unknown 10 what extent this dis
patch can be relied on, or whether it is
in the slightest degree official, or is simply
the cmanation of some otiicious outsider,
who thus cndeavors TO quiet the ghost
which mauifcsts itself So continuously to
the decentralization of the Radical party.
# is stated that such is the understand
ing in Washington, yet not a word is
said Of the foundation upon which this
understanding is based. The President
himself has most obstinately persisted in
keeping his mouth shut, and it cannot be
denied that his failure to speak, has been
accompanied by actions ias in the case
OF Louisiana and Arkansas which
Enthusiastically point to a lingering de-
sire to be invested Yet another four
wears, with the executive dignity. 1t had
been suggested to his Excellency that
Oh" recent occasion of the Lexington and
Concord Centennial would furnish him
with a most fitting and graceful oppor-
tuuity for coming out with declaration
similar to That published above. 1t
would certainly have been feather in
his cap, had he awaited himself of the
chance thu, offered. Standing upon
such classic ground; upon the soil which
is SO Intimately connected with the
American revolution, and, through 1t,
with the name Of General WAsHlNGToN,
it would probably have been
the means Of immortalizing
General GRANT. could history
nave recorded that, here, he had openly
and publicly proclaimed to the world,
tina; he stood ready to rcnounce all such
dreams Of ambition, and following the
example Of his illustrious predecessor.
been winin, to rclinoujsh :. LONGER hold
upop the Presidential office even though
now it d,.y pav $4,000 a wear. lie
could thus in the tone, Of stirring ora
tory for which ne i, so well noted. have
identified himself with the association, of
IN. rrac. and ly frinc from tho same
Spot " second '"o' ""''" "ouIu nave
been "he0rd around the world, might
hay, caused the sentiment, "Lexiugton
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TO have been echoed Tor all time, from
the mouths of a patriotic posterity.
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hi. mind upon the subject of his alleged
third term aspirations at Concord yes
\; y. ,r', ,,I, bo. "rnr'ppJ sn,frr.nas7,
consider, it worth while to deny that he
intend, to commit an act Of folly be-
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Nil h, ,ime enough for the President to
refuse a denomination when 1t Is offered
to "m 'v a competent authority.
Why certainly. Inc PF''"hd''y Oh
oar chief executives dignity and sell re-