The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-17
Third Term on Trial mt st. Louis.

Washington Correspondence Of the Chicago
TribuneJ
NV own opinion is that the third term
is on trial at St. Louis for whisky frauds.
When the young man BabcOck went to
San Domingo and negotiated q treaty Of
annexation without the knowledge of
the Secretary of State, he exhibited an
amount of cheek which might easily
have developed into u dull kind OF Caesar
ism, and found its way eventually into
the prisoners dock. Whatever has been
has always been connected with the
name of Babcock. According to popu-
lar rumor, this young captain of en-
gineers has been extremclybusy these
three years fixing up dynasty for his
country, having for his lieutenahts Tom
Murphy, Boss Shepherd and Senator
Spencer. The ST. Louis spectacle is d
very lame and impotent conclusion
to such noble efforts, backed by
such valiant squires. But that
the end has come to BabcOck and third
term both, is very readily perceived in
the atmosphere Of Washington. The
remainder Of Gen. Grants presidency
will be marked by the waning influence
and gathering shadows that always at
tend the setting sun. It Is a mistake to
SUHDObC ullUp uip Wllohy now III
feated the third term project. There
Is not the least reason to suppose
that General Grant knew or sus
pected that General Bahcock
was concerned in the frauds; still less to
suppose that the President was himself
a particeps criminis. The disclosures
cannot damage him unless he uses
barefaced power to shield the rascals,
either by stopping the prosecutions or
removing Bristow from the Cabinet, or
pardoning the convicts. The third term
was self-defeated from the beginning,
because it antagOnized q vital part of
American education and training, but
the evidences of its defeat have not been
as clear from the beginning as they are
now.
TRIAL BY PRoxY.-The Baltimore Ga
zette descants at length on the fact that
Just now two of the most eminent men
in the land are undergoing trial by
proxy. Grant through Babcock and
Beecher through Bowen. II say 'No-
body now cares for the personal charac-
ter of Grant or of Beecher; the great
terror is how far their influence has cor
rlpted and Jefled. And now the whole
nation, like Plymouth church, shudders
to look into the bottom facts, for no one
knows how deep the cold, leaden, heart
less debauchery has reached. IL the
American Republic and American Chris
tianity have not still sufficient vitality
to ring out with shrek OF execration
against Grant and Beecher, they have
no longer vitality enough to save us
from filthy military despotism and
from utter atheism.
BEATRICE AND VICTORIA. When her
august mother entered her royal high
ness apartments, she found her daugh-
ter in tears, tears Of indignation rather
than of grief. why, drat the child,
what ails her ?" said her Majesty. 80,
ma" cried the Princess, ''look at this"
and she pointed to the following item in
the Times Calcutta, Feb. 4.-Prince
Louis, of BatteHberg, while pig-stick-
ing to-day, fell and broke his collar
bone. The sad event, ,shas cast 9
SWELL" said the Queen, ''what OF
that?" "What Of that?" echoed, the
daughter; "what OF that? With all due
Difference to you, ma am, | will have no
Prince Louis in mine. / Thought We had
come down low enough when poor Louise
married into a grocer's family, but o
butcher-a man that makes his living
AYIexandrins Al a victoria, and T Eicking i off
Her mothers crown, with the remark
that that was the sort OF hair-pin she
was, her royal highness betook herself
to her bedroom and gave way TO tears
World.
BriStOw denies that he and Grant had a ouar-