Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-06-15
HHE CONVENTION.

rHH CONVENTION.
The Cincinnati Convention yesterday
devoted IL time entirely 10 organization
and tho appointment Of committee
That vas al that vas expected Of u. II
IL not probable thss the voting for can
didasss viii begin until Tomorrow. a.
though u u posdhas that Ne arss ballot
may b taken Ibis sftsrnoon. TIE hnt
business In order. aitsr The recognition
Of the various Ssass delegations. h the
formation Of . platform which shall tell
70 the world vhaa the Rspah,ieAn par
~ intends 70 do. 10 IL candidates secure
thai popular support which ID necessary
10 insure their election. A great deal
depends upon The resolutions which the
committee win submit for endorsement
to-day. With . platform which The
good sense Of The people can secspt. -
IL has thoss Of our party In the isst siz-
teen ysars. and The nouinaAien Of . man
In whom The nation has eonhdsnes. .
Republican triumph In November nszt
10 - assured - Il vss four ysars ego.
OF eourss the main principles Of Re
~publieanism. - embodied in ths pest 90
tons Of The party. viii b rsaf,msd.
We have nothing 10 Be ashamsd Of In
our past record and vs propose 10 fight
the great battle on the aams line q here
tofors. The speedy r~esunptsn Of sPs-
Gle payments, and the policy long since
announced 70 substitute gold and silver
for grssnbacks and fractional currency
by the Arst OF January. 1879. must Be
adhered 10. On this point there ID no
doubt that the Convention viii b unan-
inous In Ii sentiments. The tempo
rasy Chairman yesterday. however. Of
fsrsd . suggestion upon which there b
likely to b much difference Of opinion.
He proposed that . plank b inserted in
the platform favorins an amsndmsnt to
the Consultation which shall provide
for the election Of Rsssidsnt every ak
ysars. and shall render the candidate in
eligible for . second term. The suggss-
tisn was NOT met with that marked svi.
dsncs Of approval which indicates popa-
larity. There VS. soms applause. the
telegraph tails %. but ID IVES Of 90 siisht
. nature that Il could not b construed
- an outbreak Of e~nthuEssm.
This would seem 10 indicate that the
proposition Of the temporary chairman
win not b Incorporated In the platform.
and We think the convention will do
we'll TO reject Il - inszpsdisnt. The
oss-tsrm question has been q prominent
one In politics since the Government
was founded. There 10 much 70 recon-
mend u 10 popalar favor. II . man 10
continually 81 the head Of . nation. he
viii eventually gain that power which ID
destructive Of Republics. and In time
our form OF government may Be over
turned by some unscrupulous monarch
whom the people have snthronsd. But
traditional love Of precedent has sup
piled TO rs = safeguard which the CON-
s~.itution neglected to provide. wssh-
inston refused 70 BE- elected for . third
term, and aimee thsn no Prssidsnt has
dared 70 brave public opinion and dis
regard The example Of the father Of his
country. So deep seated 10 this idea
In the hearts Of Americans that Ne
doubt II any man. however popular.
would have the impudenes 10 ran for q
third term. II he did his defeat at the
polls would b % overwhelming that no
future President would submit himself
TO . similar disgrsss. On this point Ne
think the American Republic 10 safe.
Il rests NOT on the Constitution. bot on
the traditions Of the nation.
But 70 say that no President shail b
elected TO the once twice IL - danger
ous 10 m n IN unlimited power Of cleo
ton. The prospect Of . second term 10
an inducsmsnt 10 our Chief Magistrate
70 do his duty BY the country. 1t In .
high honor 10 bs chosen twice TO preside
over . nation like our own. and the man
Who shows himself worthy Of that
honor By his career in the Presidential
chair. should certainly rscsivs Il. Merit
shsuld b. rewarded, even though The
recipient Of the reward u Prssidsnt Of
the United States. There 10 no danger
10 u Institutions In slsetins the same
President twice. especially whom he
knows that public opinion will frovn
upon his aspirations for . third term.
The six-ysars' term proposed II bed
In more senses than % The great
objection to liz adoption. however. lies
in the fact that United ssaiss Senators
are elected for the same term. Political
visvs seldon change In two years. The