The New York herald., 1876-02-02

20 the people this sixteenth article for their adoption
~ mas mas 9een whispered in my ear why IL
- done The power OF the press OF this coun-
Wy Wy Is an overwhelming power; IL Is almost
pGnnpeleht Since have been In Congress have
eaineu that legisates the floor OF this hall again
vote sna ana again that ITS influence controls my
NoVo ahu yours. Oh, that IL might be always
ness a no,Ssr ,or good power for righteous
sno power aud as such must be recognized in the
Now sir paper powerful in its resourcos won
deriul IN the ability Of It's management marvellous
one paper oil the metropolitan press sent out one day
through the country-sent out cry Of
'cRsAR, CRsARii'
And up Cesar's ghost sprang into the air and from
that day Till now thatghost Will not down al arv MANS
bidding That ''stll is sitting there and no
power seems 20 be able to drive him
IRON the perch where that great paper nm, Nm
But sir did the people OF the country fear the ghost
Of Cesarisms Did they fear that Cromwell
had sprung upS. tell you no. The press in
they knew that If you look for the highest type
OF the purest integrity you Will find 1t IN
and when they heard that voice or the greatest living
soldier saying them again and again in the simplest
language;-'I have no thought OF a third term
am not expecting third term" they
believed him. They trusted him do and
the third term ''spo0kn was only myth. When his
voice came TO them they required affidavit, no sol
emnites of oath from the loved commander. The
great scare seemed TO affect democratic friends
alone They trembe for the safety OF the Republic
ana C9sarsm is their terrible nightmare.
True have met politicians and then outside of
the democratic party who quvered with fear Of third
patronage it, Why, SIR in my city OF - 600 in
habants there one federal office holder Suppose the
President Of the United States sends to him and tells
hm to secure delegates from that section of the Stale
In national convention what fearful results would fol
low Why he has hardly the power Of
an ordinary citizen. His Office hampers him
his voice would not be heard; his touch
would not be felt Whose patronage is itg Who ap-
pointed that man 10 his federal Office Why, sir,
did; not the President of the United States. The
President signs his commission, but under
stand perfectly well that We the representa-
oflic
they come TO us they look to us ana II anybody has
patronage it is members of the House and Senate
they can touch and handle and control in
their own cities and their own districts.
There is the danger II there is danger anywhere
As have already stated have submitted the minority
report simply because IL seemed TO me the House
would adopt either that or that of the majority, and
believed, Tor tho reasons / have gwen IN this feeble,
ohhand manner without any special preparation
thought, that II any proposition this subject
to be submitted TO the people this preferable all
its parts TO the other am free to say that the
amendment should DC adopted shall still against
the adoption of the joint resolution because think
have elected their next President a man
chosen from those we respect and love.
the man Of choice, wise sagacious ana patriotic
Your third term goblin is then damned forever and
ever, and after that dannaton you may propose your
constitutional amendment TO the people and hardly
man, white or black, naturalized native, would be
scared enough to vote for IT,
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN AND CONFERENCE COM
NnTTEEs
The following is the Democratic Campaign Commit
tee for 1876 announced by Mr. Lamar the caucus
EMBELLISHMENTS White, Wallace and Gordon,
Messrs. Clymer, Pennsylvania; Chaplin, Mas
sachusetts Throckmorton, Texas; Hooker, Mississippi
Hewitt, New York. Robbins, North Carolina; Taylor,
OHIO, and j. o. Harvey and Judge Mason of the Dis
tric Of Columbia Mr.. Lamar, also, chairman OF the
caucus, announced the following the committee on
conercnce:-Cox, New York; Whitthorne, Tennessee;
Randall, Pennsylvania; Goode, Virginia; Buckner,
Missouri; Wiggington, California; Hartridge, Georgia;
Blackburn, Kentucky; Tarbox, Massachusetts,; Lynde,
Wisconsin; Eden, Illinois; H. D. Payne, Ohio and Cad-
well, Alabama