The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-05-26
sideshow at st. Louis can do no more
now than they did then.


against Grant and tho party in lS1s
we carried the State by almost 80.
000. The year before the Republic
an majority was less than 5000. Ii
| 1867 Ohio sent Thurman to the Sen
ate. In 1868 Grant carried Ohio by
nearly half of 100000. In 1871
Hayes carried Ohio by less thar
5000; in 1872 Gran. by $1,000
Hayes received in 1867, $500; in
1871, 5000; liz 1875, 1000; as 9
Presidential candidate in 1876 about
6,000 In his four races in the State
bis msjorities aggregate, all told, less
than 10000. Grants msjorities al
bis two elections aggregate $4,000.
Still the. Truthful "Jeemes'' of the so.
called independent press say be can
not carry Ohio. That was the song
in 1872. They were false prophets
then. Their reputation for wit,
knowledge and veracity has since
then decreased rather than increased.
Why should we believe those proph-
cts of Baal now that the man who
has never been beaten will now be
beaten?
You cannot Gnd 100 ballots in ell
Ohio cast for Grant in 1872 that will
not be cast for him in 1880.
Grant will not be opposed by the
Germans They are thinking, read
ing people. The more they think on
the third term twsddle. the less of a
bugaboo it will be. He will carry
Ohio by 10000 majority. Without
Ohio he will have 200 electoral votes.
The talk SO persistently INDUCED in
that be cannot carry Ohio is only FOR
effect abroad. Never again con be
gotten together such an opposition as
assembled in 1872.
If anybody wants an unbiased
opinion of how Grant is regarded out
side Of the immediate influence of the
political wire Dullers, let him canvass
the Methodist parliament now in ses-
sion in this city be will find that out
of every twenty present nineteen are
for Grant. So it is in a Presbyterian
Synod.
To those who say Gen. Grant
HAS HAD ENOUGH OF HoNoRs,
| would reply, that if it is simply g
question of debt and credit with Gen.
Grant, unquestionably he has had
enough; there has fallen to his share
as much of honor as ever fell to the
lot Of any man. 1t is not nv desire
to honor Grant | wish him to serve
the republic. To those who say that
they are opposed to third term, to
changing what they are pleased to
call the unwritten Law of the repub-
lie, ] would cay that l agree with
them. l, too, an opposed to third
term, but in order that there may be
no misunderstanding, it will be neces-
sary to inquire, do we agree upon
what constitutes third term | viii
not now elaborate on the question Of
third term. That has been already
so thoroughly and so well done By
the Hon Job 4. Stevenson that no.
thing new is to be said on the sub
ject.
THE OBJECTION 70 a THIRD TERM is
THIS:
That it gives to the person seeking 1t
the opportunity of using the great
power, the great official patronage
that pertains to the Presidency for
the purpose of securing for his own
benefit, for the purpose of calling
about himself henchmen and retain
ers, and by means of the machine and
those whom his Office would call
about him, that he would strive to
retain himself in the position of q
third and fourth tern President.
Is that the case here ? Did the man
who started out in official life g. CAP.
tain Grant and who, grade by < sde,
reached the command of the La gest
armies of modern times who fcom
that position became the President of
this republic; who was nominated by
acclamation for the second term, and
who ia 1872 met the same horde who
are now bounding his name in the
full flush of their entire strength, and
swept them aside by majority the
greatest that has ever greeted can,
didate for that Office When that
term of Office had been fulfilled Grant
himself was the first to say that twice
in succession was as much as any
citizen should hold that position.
At the conclusion of his second
term he gave his voice and influence
to the election OF the candidate of the
Republican party, and quietly re-
turned to private citizenship. q sta.
tion from which, but fifteen years be-
fore, he had emerged.
What official power ia aiding him
to-day? One of the leading candi-
dates against him is in charge of the
Treasury of tie United States, with
It's army OF employees from all parts of
the Union with it's corps of secret
service agents perambulsting all
parts of the country; with it's bank
inspectors deftly touching the wires
at every financial centre of the land
with the Internal Revenue Depart
ment at mis- command with the Fed
eral tax assessor and tax collector 10
every Congressional district of the
Union; every distiller and tobacco
manufacturer or dealer within reach
OF the governments agents. The
paid servants of the government are
mastering these forces at the prima-
ries as they did in this city, with au-
other department influential in mould !
ing public opinion in the hands OF
Carl Schurz, the ayowed enemy of
General Grant for many years past
with the Postofice Department in the |
North aud in the South reaching out
to every great and small centre of
the Navy Department
and Secretary Of War, with their
armies Of officials, both adverse to
him.
Those are the things that give
power-great power-to the incum-
bent of the Office, and that may make
attempts for second or third or fourth
terms dangerous. Very properly.
because of then, there is rooted op-
position TO more than two successive
terms. These agencies Of the govern