Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-10-25
4 Conceded Candidacy.

that Gen. Grant would be a candi-
date for q third term was received
by tbs Republican press. When
any Democratic editor exercised
his reflective faculties and gave n
plain Interpretation to tactics
which did not admit of misconcep-
tlon, his Views were ascribed to a
malice directed personally at Gen.
Grant. Step by step the plan which
has exercised that portion of the
intellect OF the Republican party
embraced In the Chambers, Robe
sons, Camerons, and that ilk, has
been revealed. 1t is no longer
thought necessary to wear cl oak.
II these men can make him so,
Gen. Grant will be the next Re-
publican candidate for President of
the United States.
As . Journalist we have right to
inquire what the Significance Of
such . candidacy would be. 1t is
made up In equal parts of bold
pretence and an unpatriotic pur-
pose.
The pretence is that none but Re-
publicans have any right whatever
to any say 80, privilege or emolu-
ment In the government Of the
United States; that the eighty
thousand offices must belong to
that party by prescription as elm
pie aud absolute as the fee simple
Of real estate; that the South must
forever be clad in sackcloth and
ashes In order that four millions OF
negroes may be demoralized with
0topian dreams, while ten millions
Of whites are ground as between
the upper and the neither milestone.
One branch of this monstrous pre-
tence Is that Louisiana has not as
good a right to absolute, untram
meled local government as Massa-
chusetts. In order to prevent the
adjustment of the States 1n-their
Old easy and natural relations tC
one another, the specters of the wal
are to be again conjured up, and
the "Man on Horseback" is relied
upon to render the consummstion n
OF this infamy possible.
Having given u brief glance al
the pretence, the real purpose
which underlies the plans Of many
Of the Republican leaders shoull
receive a wor1 Of comment. OI
course we are perfectly aware thai
the masses Of the Republican
party are patriotic. On the 9th hel
hani, the men who dictate the
policy Of the party are as thor.
twel1y devoted to imperialism a:
toy people who ever lived. Moth
Ing would please them better than
a train Of events which would con-
vert the Republic into a flashy
empire, like that of the third Ma
poleon. The first step in a pro
gramme Of the kind would be such
radical violation of the traditions
OF the Republic as would bs in
volved In electing any man to the
Presidency for third term. That
aportion Of the leaders of the Re-
publican party are ready for any
desperate deed, the history of the
electoral conspiracy shows. These
men have always been ready tc
render lip.service to free institu.
tions while plotting their over
throw.
OF course, as the pet tells u,
1.-THE best laid plans of mice and
men gang aft aglee," and thi
lovely plot may not even attain
the dignity Of being fairly inaugu'
rated by the nomination Of Gen
Grant for a third term. Partizans
Of the ex-President can hardly yet
have forgotten the "tidal wave"
year-18-i-when the whole coun-
try spoke, In tones of thunIer, a
reprobation OF Grantism. But, on
the supposition that the conspiracy
progressed to the point OF Grants
nomination, what then?
Without claiming any special
weight for our opinion, we think
that there Is only one chance of a
near extinction of the Republican
party, and that would lie in Gen.
0rants candidacy. We think
that, under any conceivable cir
cumstancss, that party is destined
to meet defeat in the next Presi
Dental election far more emphatic
than was the last, but to be defeat
ed with Grant as Its candidat,
would at once consign it to nth,
limbo Of things lost upor
earth.r It would be visited
with an obliteration IA
more sigma; than that which
overlook the Federal, Whig ant
Know Nothing parties. II is quit t.
possible that Gen. Grant, as a can
didate for third term, would fai
to receive the electoral vote of @
single one of the thirty-eight State'
OF the American Union. But W,
are Inclined to think that Repuhli
can bigotry is strong enough il
Maine, Vermont, Iowa and Kan
sas to assure him those States. Tn,
result of the Congressional elec-
tions In three OF those States, how