The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-03-03
THE BueBEAn OF POLITICIANS.

The danger Of the political future
are continually urged by the friends OF
Gen. Grant, rs a reason why he should
be elected again to the presidency.
What are those dangers? The proph-
cts Of evil seldom specify any distinct
peril that the election of their favorite
is to shield US from. They deal in dark,
gloomy f~orbodings Of impending catas-
trophies, that unless averred by the
strong arm of Grant, will surely over
whelm the nation.
That future dangers await the career
Of the United States no man can deny.
All great states have many antagonistic
elements to contend with, but Of all
nations on this earth, comprising forty
million or more people, M are 80
prosperous, zone have so contented and
enlightened n population, and not one
has a stronger government. The doc
trine Of state rights is still proclaimed
in the southern states. Riots and
strikes still prevail in large cities. The
Chinese question still agitates the pub
lie mind of California. These and
other elements of weakness still exist
among us. and will always continue
with us. These are the political perils
limited at so frequently by the Grant
partizans. But let the American peo-
pie bear this in mind, especially that
timid class who, otherwise opposed to
Grant, feel constrained to place u strong
hand at the helm of state, let such
~recollect that hereafter these danger
our elements will always exist in this
country, and never in n less degree than
ut the present time. To ~re-elect a mar
to n third term simply because he is, or
is supposed to be, a strong man, is tan
tamount to the establishment Of q mon
archy. At the termination Of Grants
third term. should he unfortunately be
elected, the same dangerous elements,
as they are called, would more strenu-
ously than now demand his election for
the fourth time, and fifth time, and
sixth time, and as long as the strong
man lived. After his death the nation
would look about for another sTIioNG
man TO control the dangerous classes,
and themselves, or in other words reign
ove the nation. 1t is all folly to de-
clare that only II man is capable of
guiding the state, and at the same time
fancy we are living under republican
institutions. The two principles are
utterly inconsistent. Just as soon as
n nan becomes indispensable to the
country, it is no longer a republic; the
spirit Of our institutions will have de-
parted, and the free government organ
lied under Washington will no longer
exist.
Communism, state right principles,
and all the dark phantoms of evil, CON
tinually invoked by the Grant party,
are not half so fearful in reality as
when presented to timid imaginations
through the description of political
demagogues. That they are, or may in
time become, dangerous, we do not
deny; but the election of Gen. Grant
would not prevent the evil. If the
southern states were prepared to secede
and wished to secede, would the fact of
Gen. Grant being in the presidential
chair deter them from the act? If the
south were in such awe of him, the fact
that he was in the north, ready at call
to assume command of an army, would
have the same, or greater, effect; be-
cause, were he president he could not
take active command of of an invading
force. The south, however, will not
attempt the disruption of the Union
during the next four years; nor will
they ever attempt it again. A great
political issue, once defeated on the
field of war, never revives. When the
Union is destroyed other influences be-
sides southern hostility will accomplish
the work.
Communism, red communism is, how
ever the bugbear Of respectable citizens.
This is the dire agency that will con-
sumo our cities in fire and deluge our
land in blood; that is destined to
break down all barriers of law and
order, and convert all rule-a wide
spread field of anarchy from the Allan
tic shore TO the Pacific slope. Social
ism, or communism, is undoubtedly a
real evil, and we are not inclined to
scott at it or deride it. But the cleo
tion of a man to the presidency simply
because he is a strong man, or a man
who by force will suppress the unruly
classes; who can and will keep them
under with a heavy hand, will simply
intensity and aggravate the evil. 1t is
equivalent to admitting that the nation
cannot control its own malcontents;
that the courts cannot deal with them;
that the police force cannot cope with
them; that all the machinery of Justice
is inadequate to the task; and our only
safety consists in placing a soldier in
the presidential chair. Like ancient
Rome we go to the legions and appeal to
y successful soldier to come and assure
the people and save US from our own
citizens. ~ ~rW
Cannot Blaine deal with such difficult
ties a. wen as Grant? Has he ever
been found wanting in time Of emer-
qepcyY He has had the benefit II VA