Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-05
COMMENTING upon Grants third term
letter, the Eureka Sentinel, Liberal
Democrat) saws:

DemOcrat) says:
The very most that can be reasonably
claimed is that he leaves it still An open
question; and that is exactly what it was
before he spoke of it all. II he had said
that under no circumstances could he he
induced to become a candidate for a
third term, that would have been the end
of the whole matter; but he chose to put
it differently. When he proclains that
he is no more candidate now than he
was the FIST time, he lays himself liable
to criticism. because that is equivalent
to saying that he is not averse to making
the third race. provided the Republican
party should deem it advisable to again
nominate him. This is the only fair
deduction of which his letter will admit
After all, he has a perfect right to be
candidate Just as lopg as he can find
supporters, no matter how much at
variance such course may be with the
customs and traditions that have grown
up around the presidential office
This is quite as fair a criticism of that
famous letter as we could expect at the
hands Of Democrat-even when that
Democrat is as candid man as the SEN
ator from Eureka county. The very
most" says the Sentinel. that can be
reasonably claimed is that he leaves it
still an open question; and that is ex-
actly what it was before he spoke at all. -
This is very nearly true: and true as it
is, all the more satisfactory. There are
but two authorities that can debar Il
native-born. male free adult from filling
the Presidential Office: One of these is
the man himself; the other is the people.
There is but one man in all the world
who could under any circumstances. be
elected to the Presidency for a third term.
General Grant cannot, without choosing
to make himself the only living, sane
na,ive-born free American citizen who
is debarred from holding the Presidency,
declare that ''under no circumstances
could he be induced to become a candi-
date for a third tenn" No man who is
fit for the Presidential office has right
thus to make himself ineligible
1t is far frem the duty of
a patriot so to do. Grant, ever since
1861 when Governor Yates made him an
acting lState) Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral, has held his services at the dispo-
sal of his country. He has never sought
Office. never asked promotion. In 1864
he was recognized as the fttest man to
command the Union armies in the field.
In 1865. he was quite as generally re-
carded as the safest and best man for
the Presidency-no party man as he no.
toriously was In 1872 it would have
been the most fragrant act of ingratitude
on the part of the Republican party not
TO nominate Grant for a second term, rs
II would have been the mos. arrart cow
ardice to have abandoned him to the
tender mercies of Sumner, Schurtz, Tip
ton d Company. The characteristic
parts of the letter are an honor to the
head that conceived them; and we doubt
II there be another American in public
life who could have met the questions
touched on in a more self-respectful tone
or with greater incisiveness as to the
points involved. Time will come when
that letter will be quoted as a master
piece of strong. significant virile compo-
sition.