The daily gazette., 1880-01-08
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These New England fanai ~, who had
poisoned the minds of large portion Of
the people who live In what used TO be
called the free States with their infidel
doctrines, both In -ehgion and politics,
and forced the Southern States TO accept
universal suffrage, giving to the colored
u All, WHO'LL tie condition he was In could
not have the knowledge how TO properly
use this franchise. While two of these
Eastern States have disfranchised many
OF the citizens, both white and black land
In one OF them person who happened
TO have been born In another country,
though he may have been naturalized,
can't vote or hold Office. It will never
do to allow these federalists of the
Massachusetts stripe to get the govern
Inent at Washington into their hands,
for they will abrige the rights of the peo-
pie In the same way; and If needs be
they will take the right Of suffrage away
from the black man and the poor whites
and make them mere serfs to keep the
power Ia their hands. The doings of the
Republican party in the past does teach
these truths to me plainly. Then with
the reins in their hands, with Grant al
'AfN hSot1 tHC PCOPiC W III hCNCi DC uUiC
to remove them with the ballot. And
these aspirants for the Presidential hon.
ors, in the Republican rank, will close
that door against themselves; for Grant,
with his host of Office holders, will nom-
mate himself every Jour years. With
these thoughts about the past and the
Tutule in my mind, will venture some
predictions for what 10 TO come. First,
The probabilities are that Grant will be
the nominee of the Republican party;
not because they haven't got better men
Iban he lei No, but they believe they
can elect or iorce him into office as they
did Hayes, even If there is majority of
votes against him. End, Let them nomi-
nate him; but there is something else
for them to do besides nominating him.
lie Is the easiest man TO beat that the
Democratic candidate eau have to run
against. | base this opinion OH the in
telli ence Of the people that they will
not ALLOW that old established rule OF
two terms and no more for the PIesi-
dency To be broken. IL is what may be
called the unwrltten part of the Consti-
tuition.
And there are thousands of honest Re-
publcans who will not vote for him for
third term, for they know there is no
necessity for ii, and i cannot help but
ee that there is design In 1t, which is
not for the benefit of the country
Again will take another step. There
is no sensible Republican who believes
that the people owe Grant any thing
more than he has already got for his
services that he rendered, either in
money or honors, but what has already
been heaped upon him. And it does
not take far-seeing person 10 see that
there is weakness or design In the
man that dsqualifies him for the Office
or he would not accept it again under
any consideration, for he must know
himself that there are hundreds of men
in the Republican party who are as we'll
qualified for thu nffice as he is. This
foolish idea that the country needs him !;
IT that he is not q candidate, but will
accept il nominated. That is all gam
mon.
He has chosen the reticenca idea for
himself, while his satellites are working
all over the country to nominate him
fJr the third term And this, if used
right, by the Democrats-and it can be
honestly done-wiIl 60 great ways TO
defeat him. For one l fear not the
G ant boom that was held in Philadel-
phia. A great many Of the Republican
papers have already come out against
this third term heresy, and say they
will support Seantor Bayard, If nomi-
mated by the Democrats, for they know
he would ill the office with honor to his
country and credit to himsef, and who
would not haYe, if elected, lot of dis
honest officers around him. A. 7.