The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-03
THIRD ERMISM.
Timothy o. Howe VS.. George Washington
aud Thomas Jefferson.
A Timely Review OF the Third-Term Theor,
From u Republican Standpoint.

Dazed by the civilities which the Old World
has lately extended to distinguished citi-
Esu OF our country, Mr.. Timothy o. Howe,
in the February number of the North Amer
lean Review, charges the representatives of
the United States with having enacted
champion piece of charlatanry' when, on
the 18th day Of December, 1875. they passed
the following resolution: THAT, in the
opinion OF this House, the precedent estab-
lished by Washington and other presidents
of the United States, IN retiring from the
presidential office, after their second term,
has become, by universal concurrence,
part of our republican system OF govern
Insnt, and that any departure from this
time honored custom would be unwise, I'M
patriotic, and fraught with peril to our free
institutions
This resolution, known as the Springer
resolution" received 233 votes in ITS favor,
and only Is votes are recorded against it.
Democrats and Republicans alike supported
it
Two hundred and thirty-three chsrlatsns,
aad only is non-charlatans in the House OF
Representatives of the American Congress
10, certainly, very discoursging fact!
That resolution, says Mr.. Timothy o. Howe,
defeated the denomination of General
Grant in 1876" which is frank admission
that il was the intention OF his most init
mate friends and supporters at that time,
to renominate him.
Ii was, then, according to the testimony of
Mr. Timothy o. Howe, the most effective,
and. we shonld say, timely, pieces of char
lstanry ever thrust before the American
people.
b ut can that properly be called charlatanry
which expresses the deliberate Judgment OF
great nation, merely because Mr.. Timothy
o. Howe opposes his opinion to that judg-
ment?
HISS Mr. Timothy o. Howe been invested
with the psnoply OF ''infallibility," so that
we are bound to acquIesce in his ipse dixit,
in preference to the calm CONCLUSION
Oh very large majority OF our patri-
ouc countrymenP Whence cometh this
wisdom that thus brands the sagscity of ex-
perienced statesmen as charlatanTy? What
manner Of man Is this Mr..
Timothy o. Howe, who thus
boldly sets his judgment against that of
so many of his peers2 His assumed wisdom
il startling and we'll calculated TO produce
inquiry as to his ultimate designs. II We
might venture TO interrogateso wise spersOn
We should be disposed to ask Mr.. Timothy
o. Howe, What are your wishes? And
have you an axe TO togrind?" Pursuing his
remarkable paper q little further we find
that, like the Confederates at Donelson, he
has made an unconditional surrender" TO
General Grant, and that this sis what's the
matter with Mr.. Timothy o. Howe.
In all the history of our country can we
find anything better served up for harmless
food for toe American eagle on Fourth OF
July mornings than the following?
st is much to be desired that the world
may not sgain see true Republicans scared
by 3 senseless clamor into putting lighted
candles in their caps, after the manner OF
miners, and going down INTO subterraneous
depths to quarry out president while the
foremost man of his age stands upon the
mountain top, upon whom the eager world
has AZ the seal of Drimacy.
This man upon the mountain top" of
course, is General Grant, and it is highly
gratifying to think that in the first century
of the Republic we have been able to put a
man so "high up" 1t Is no less gratifying
to know that the "eeger world has found
out the same important fact, and wall never
raise a question about ii. We ought to feel
proud to know that the United States own
the foremost man Of his age" and that We
posses in our own right, in fee-simple, the
greatest man in the world.
Considering, however, that the American
people made this man at cost of more
than 500, 600 of human lives. a national
debt of more than 81 0O0, 900 900, an annual
invalid pension roll of nearly $50 900 0O0
and placed him upon the mountain top"
might il not reasonably be inferred that
they know where he is, and If they pass him
by in this seach for a presidential candidate,
they do it, not through ignorance of his
existence or remarkable ability, but
for the simple reason that they do not
choose to ask him to descend from that
lofty prominence which he occupies through
their favor2 In other words, that they do
not want him2
Because, In their judgment, they conclude
it is the part of wisdom and safety to ad-
here to that "unwritten law which ex-
scludes a man from the presidential office
after the expiration OF two terms, are they
to be tainted with blindness and cowardice
TO- fnak -~o1f I'D
tion?
But, seriously, has it occurred to Mr.. I'm
othy o. Howe that we make ourselves the
laughing stock of the ''eeger world" when
We constIue the eivilities of friendly govern
msnts toward an honored and eminent citl-
zen ard successful soldier as a verdict of his
superiority over all other humsn beings?
Can not we witness such attentions without
placing such unwarranted CONSTRUCTIONS
upon them? Is it complimentary to our
common sense to have our heads turned by
these friendly recognitions OF our Govern
ment, through polite attentions TO our most
eminent soldier and citizen2
General Grant has too much good sense to
construe the courtesies bestowed upon him
in his trip around the world in the manner
indicated by Mr.. Timothy D. Howe. He
knows and on several occasions has ex-
pressed bis sentiments in this regard. that
while intelligent persons In ell enlightened
soldier and statesman, yet their attentions,
while intended as recognitions of his per-
sonal character and eminence, were chiefly
designed TO honor the great Republic Whose
armIes he had so successfully commanded
and whose chief executive Office he had oo.
cupled for two successive terms. We be-
little ourselves In the eyes of the civilized
world. and exhibit an unbecoming childish
: ness whsn Te award any man an undue 20
sItion si.d superior virtues because he has
been treated handsomely By friendly foreign
governnerss. It did not require such a.
tentions 10 persuade as OF the genuine mer-
its of General Grant, and We but make su-
preme fools OF ourselves when on that SC
count we talk of the eager world setting the
sea. of primscy upon him"
But Mr.. Timothy o. Howe means bust
ness. He wants General Grant for preside /.
He wanted him in 1876. In fact, he
wants him all the time He wants the man
on the mountain top to be president all
the days of his life, aud until, like Moses, be
disappears from our Pisgah and is taken
horna IN fha Cood Lord