The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-12
GRANTS REWARD.
Shall It Be a New Title or a
Third Term?
REPUBLICANS In A QUANDARY.
Popular Fiction Spoiled by
Historical Facts.
THE DISCUSSION SPREADING TO CANADA.
FoRNEY's PAPER THINKS THE REPUBLICANS
MADE MISTAKE TO ABANDON THE THIRD

FoRNEY's PAPER THINKS THE REPUBLICANS
MADE MISTAKE TO ABANDON THE THIRD
tenn POLICY.
from the Washington Sunday Chronicle, July 81
IN IL astonishing how time opens the eyes OF very
many of our leading pontcians. few months
before the close OF President Grants second admins
tration in series OF editorials We pointed out the
necessity OF the republican party renominating MIN
ms their candidate Tor third term; not exactly De-
cause we thought there were not other men equaiy
as strong as himself because the Organization OF
The party then In a worse condition than when i's
necessities called him 1868 During our discussion OF
the subject II only and there that rspuocans
accep ed tue wisdom OF our reasoning, majority OF
them looking further INTO the uture thAn as II
affected their personal preferences Less prominent
republicans, to men the real thinking oil the
party thought did, anu so expressed themselves
In privaie letters rom all parts oil me country sam
Bowles OF the Springfield Republican, was one Of
the lew VIII The truth AS we ala. we couiu
The same the situation, was at all neces-
sary the argument How many republicans Oh To-
asy could they 1--we their lives over, woud hot nave
accepl,d General Grant tor third term In prefer
the failure that is now lacerailhg the
party at every porer General Grant would have
carried the party 10 perlod IN its MS
tory wnen II could have afforded an experiment Inc
trouble then Was Just as 1t is at present. mat the war
was hot over; this the point oi our argument
IN bis until II the necessities oil Inc
party were such that 1t Vas dangerous 20 run any
risk The party acted other~ise. aud the result
every DO ~ knows Il only itself AT
the e,ecl,on IN the ap thy and indifference repub
iicans ali ovs the try vut painfully manifest
when the result mad to be decided. We do not pro-
pose iuto any discussion OF the subject just now
but when the proper time comes, ana shooo we nc.
sessities party continue, we shall do our pest
to invoke the good sense of republicans to accept
truth that their ding Two years ago failed TO
appreciate.
THE NEW TITLE-DoEs GRANT DESERVE MORE
HoNoRs?
From the Philadelphia Chronicle-Hsrald, August s ]
Some OF the poucians who prefer that General
Grant shall not be a candidate Tor the Presidency in
1850, propose make yet higher title Tor him and
10 salary OF 5000, and, considering mis-
deservngs as contrasted win The immense sums
winch has already received, no one will wonder II
a new donation shall made. Some one has counted
up the amounts OF The emoIuments presents &c,
win whlcn his pockets nave o.en hiied, and
this there Is no account OF money received
from the gamblers VINO fiched the Pacihc
OF tue whlskey AK, nor from the ..Blacx FRIDAY"
gold JoDbers OF New York. Men VINO are very good
naturea may say that there has been no formal IN
vesugat,on oil General Gr.n,'s connection with the
gigantic transactions sntoDed Out so great phil
osopn~r as FIAT JACK Fa.!an' mas said, Aen DO not
Damn themselves grstis;'' aud everyday experience
sustalns tne belief thai men IN hgn positions, when
they engage IN very dirty work, receive remuneration
for 1t In proportion to the reproach which II brings
upon them. The history OF the world shows that
otaer men, having great power In Their hands, have
committed wicked acts, but generally there has oeea
something like dignity about their bad DEEDS Grant,
however, associated with the most desplcaDe scamps
In the country IN some OF The moanest schemes by
which the power OF the government could DO
used TO get money. II VIII no, be denied that
inordinate praise has Decn gwen Grant
Tor mintary Operations Of doubtful propristy, aud
justice requires that his evil deeds should be cen
sured, III no disgrac~ fu act were associated with
his name rewards nave been quite adequate 10
anything he has Gons of benefit 10 tue country Jour
mas POLITICALLY opposed 70 MIN have very generally
shown a disposition 10 ignore his faults lack of
neiIy, and The conierrng Of additional honors
and donations naturally causes uasenslmenta persons
h..l flAAu.