Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-09-11
What Do tile Republicans
Mean

We ask pardon of General
Grant for even once more dragging
his name into politics, but it is
made necessary by the peculiar at
titude of certain prominent Re-
pubIicans.
That General Grant sincerely
and positively refuses to re-enter
political life is now a generally ac-
cepted fact. A few over-suspicious
Democrats, like Senator Eaton, of
Connecticut, refuse to be COM
forted, but the country at large is
convinced the Grant move
mept people, who like the devils of
old time believe and tremble
" hat may be called one and the
first element of the Grant move-
ment is therefore laid aside. Gen-
eral Grant does not want a third
term of the Presidency. He has
alleady turned tc another and very
great undertaking, in which he is
certain to win the good will Of all
nations, and lasting fame and
glory.
But now turns up the secoud ell
ement of the Grant movement. A
number OF Republican journals of
large influence and a number OF
Republican politicians says: "We
admit that General Grant does not
wish third term in the White
House. We believe he is entirely
sincere in this. But yet circum-
stances may arise which will make
it necessary for US to nominate
him the country may need him in
the Presidency to keep down the
South and the Democrats. There
may be emergencies which would
compel him to accept a call even
against his will.'
That is to say, Grant does not
want to be President again but
these Republicans believe that
they may want him to serve again
even against his will. General
Garfield, a very prominent and
Influential Republican, for in
stance, says Whether Grant will
be re2ominated depends largely
upon the behavior of the Demo
Gratis next winter in Washington
Ii they show determined pur-
pose to break down the safeguards
of national elections, a determined
purpose to count in q Democratic
President and to subordinate ma,
tional authority to State suprem-
acy, Republicans may say. 'We
must take a man who, if fairly
elected, will take and administel
his Office IF such contingency
as that arises the Republican part,
will suppress a considerable dislik,
to the third term principle and tax,
Grant" Senator Hoar, of Massa
chusetts, says substantially the
same thing Mr.. Frye, of Maine
repeats almost the same words
and we find The same sentiment il
a humber of Republican journals
If these public mer aud news
paper organs speak advisedly the
seem to us to be urtering yer
grave threat against the publ
peace. We prefer to think tina
they are talking what is calle
"bunknm,' for we do not like t
believe that the leaders of the Re
publican party are delioeratol
looking forward to a contingenc
! il which they would violate th
constitution; and paying Genera
Grant the poor compliment OF Sc
lectiDg him as their instrument fc
premeditated act of usurpatiol
: 1t is necessary to look this matte
squarely in the face. The Reput
lican party will have been in powe
twenty years when Mr.. Haye
!, term expires-much longer tina
the Democrats had held the gov
ernment without interruption whe
Mr.. Lincoln came in in 1860. e,
erybody understands that the lov
OF power grows with its duration
The Republican leaders 60 NJ
Z mean to surrender the authoril
they have held for twenty years
they can help it; that is only hr
man nature; and ell their actor
$, show their vigorous grasp and. al
+ deIt love of political predominanc