The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-24
GRANT IL THE WEST.

/ The Wisconsin, Republicans in State Con
senticn ~declafe il unwise tor. the Chie1
!! Magistrate TO hold Office beyond two terms
Ru: QUE Incumbent Chief Magistrate. now
uear the end Of his second term, finds 1t IN
/ eohyenient to resign q lifetime office for one
tina. must be given up after eight years pay.
How ~iA.the Republican party geconclle inc
doctrine Of two terms with the Presidential
theory? What il TO become OF the grand
army Of holders OF cfice whose dependence
! is apon the third domination OF Grant
What il TO be done in case OF an irrecon-
! vilable contrariety of preferences at the Re
! publican National Convention, and when the
Developments Of opinion will perhaps demon
stre.e the want Of any candidate on whom the
masses Of the Republican party can unite
ID. il not evident that Grant will be the Sec
opd choice .! very many delegates who may
90 to the Convention pledged to support some
othet candidate 5os the nomination as long as
{ hete is = chance for success9 Do the poll
siciahs OF Wisconsin, detect any remarkable
falling off in Grants influence over cliques
and sipgs of che Radical fraternity? IS rats
ieaye sinking ship. 90 do plsce-huhters dc.
&c r: N incumbent 10 longer powerful who is
. candidate no longer available. Do Car
peutes and bis friends observe any such dere-
Lotion on the part Of tho inter
estbound friends Of the President Do they
NOT sec that every wish Of Grant is as
promptly gratiAed now Is at any former Pc
Rod Of his administration Towards the close
OF the constitutional term of q Governor or
President not q candidate for reelection there
issnaturally growing lukewarmness among
minor aspirants, and the lesser lights become
dim in the presence Of their ruler. Do the
Republican politicians of the West and North
west notice any symptoms Of such change in
Washington or elsewhere? If Grant was the
setting sun his devotees would now turn their
worshipful eyes to catch the first beams from
tho rising Radical luminary that was to shine
in his stead. No such change is visible; no
such new and promising light has manifested
himself. Among those Radicals who work
the levers and govern the springs Of political
power, majority prefer Grant as their NOM
inee. They are not numerous, but their power
ovef . body composed as the Republican NOM
mating convention will be, can be nothing less
than formidable, if not paramount.
II must be considered that the most potent
impulse by which the Radical party is stimu-
lated and sustained is hatred of the people of
the States which adhsred to the Confederacy.
Perhaps . majority of Republicans are in
different as to che South. and careless as to
whether the Southern people are let alone or
persecuted; but the positive and active prin-
ciple OF hostility will prevail over the mega
tive principle of apathy. Grant represents
the former principle and he has borne himself
towards the South with persevering. relent-
Tess. unvarying and remorseless hostility and
hate. In acting out this hate he has violated
the Constitution OF the Republic and tram
pied its laws under his feet, yet all his acts
are approved by his party in the Senate and
applauded by the rank and file Of Radicals
ALI the declarations Of prominent Radicals
in the canvass of 1875 and in both Houses of
Congress since the opening of the current
% sion foreshadow continuance in the
policy Of aggression. In carrying out that
policy the Radicals need another Grant whom
they can not fud. What will they do?