The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-22
The Third Term Fraud.

independent and anti-Grant Rcpub-
hcans profess to sec q decided weak
cning of The third term boom, and the
reasons they give arc not without
weight. The programme Of the third
terncrs was to capture New York
Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois in
the early spring, before opposition
could crystalline, md then to SCOOP in
tho solid South. Conklilly and Cameron
put their job through with hard work
but Illinois halted, and Indiana kicked
right out ofthc traces. Now the re-
port comes that the auG&cious Blaine
is Oh the point Of capturing Illinois,
Grants own State. Vermont and
Massachusetts, Kansas and Iowa arc
outSpokcn against the hero Of Appo-
nattoX and tho whiskcy ring. At
tho present writing it appears that all
The Democratic States arc for Grant
and all The Republican States against
him. The Springfield Rcvu6Icon
shows that that this rule is carried still
further. IN each Stale, with few cx-
rep!l"ns, Democratic couNties send
Grant delegates, and Republican
ttronEhol,!s send anti-Grant delegates
TO the State conventions. The Re-
pHb'tc"n shows that wherever the small
farmers control politics The third term
proposition is buried out Of sight, Il
proof that "thc people" do not clamor
tor Grant. 1t adds:
Grants canvass is now in lis third
stage. First he was going into the
Chicago convention with rush, and
all the other candidates were to Get
out OF his way rs a man leaves the
rack when al express train is coming;
thls was last summer. Next, as the
other candidates stood their ground,
trant was announced by the third
ttcrmcrs rs certain to have enough
Instructed delegates to nominate
him on tho first ballot, and
make a contest hopeless; this was last
Dccember. Now Grants supporters
arc beginning to talk about the large
number OF delegates who arc for Grant
us "sccond CHOICE" This is the fa-
voritc plea III dealing with the Ed
munds men sent from Vermont and
Connecticut. Tho "second choice"
Grant men arc to swing in for him
when their first choice is withdrawn,
ana Grant is accordingly counted cor
Tain ofa nomination on the second or
third ballot. Grants CANVASS has very
probably two Stages before it. The
next will be tho wide announcement
that, while Grant has not Il majority
on the surface, combinations" have
been formed which arc sure TO rive
him tho nomination. This NAV sue
cecd, but. W neither it succeed or not.
Grants defeat is certain in the lasi
stage OF his canvass for tho Presi-
dcncy; If not in the convention. then
at the polls.
There is no doubt that at present tho
masses Of the North a. opposed to tho
third term. and Grants candidat,lrc is
tho baldcst machine manipulation.
Asonly three hundred and sevc cnty-ninc
votes are needed, however, and the
South casts two hundred and flfty-nino
IN tho Radical convention, his nomina-
tton is by no mcdns unlikely. 1t then
remains to be seen whether he can be
defeated. Tho people Of tho North
have much more gush and sentiment
IN their politics than wo of tho South
have, an3 while they swallow whole
cameIs ut % gulp, they betray great
sqean'ishness about gnats. The third
Term shibbolcth may have great
weight with them. This tho great
clement Of Grants weakness. Whcth-
er his military record will cover his
political sins, Is one Of tho problems
that perplex tho mind. We believe
that tho Democrats have a better
chance Of defeating Grant than any
other Republican, always providing
the Democratic nominee is personally
uncxceptionable.