The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-03-12


We are fully sensible Of the immen-
sity Of the figure Of General Ulysses
5, Grant IN the history Of our coun.
try. and have no desire tn detrnct
from the fame Of his decd.
We are aware that his services have
been great, and that in many trying
circumstances he has behaved with AL.
mirable sense and displayed qualities
Of the highest manhood.
II was not his fault that he was
taken from the well earned position at
the head Of the army, to be President
Of the United States. That was the
inevitable result Of his most fortunate
military career, and the civil charac-
ter of the American people.
The man TO whom Lee surrendered
the army of Northern Virginia had to
become, as We were constituted, our
Chief Magistrate. and the sagaciiy
displayed in making terms at Apo.
matox indicated the possession of the
faculties of craftsmanship.
To US the first term Of General
Grant rs President was a disappoint.
ment. The objection that We held was
that the Generals administration was
too nearly an an example Of personal
government. Hence we opposed his
reelection.
The mistake Of the General in his
second term was in regarding his re-
election a. an Endorsement OF his faults,
whereas 1t was partly the result of an
admiring appreciation of his military
achievements. and partly the iucapac-
ity of the opposition to organize the
forces at their command. Added to
this, of course. was an abiding popu
lar disirust of the Democratic party,
which in the war of the rebellion had
antagonined the nationality Of the
American people.
The power Of the forces opposed to
the Grant Administration, failing to
find an opportunity under the contest
Of 1872. was developed in 1874, and
unfortunately restored TO formidable.
ness the Democratic party. The Re
publican party was saved from thor.
ough overthrow in 1876, by the sub
ordination of the personally Of the
President.
Since that time the Republicans
have gained and the Democrats have
lost strength. The Identification in
1880 of the Republican party with
General Grant would be fatal to il,
even if there had not grown up in
the country a serious sense that among
the requirements of republicanism
amongst us, is the limitation that the
great office shall not be held by any
citizen more than two terms.
The nomination of General Grant
for third term OF the Presidency is
not demanded by any such emergency
as might dull the sense of public APP
prehension in departing from the well
considered and long observed custom
of the country. The adulation TO
which Grant is accustomed and his
conspicuiiy before the world but sharp.
en- all points of opposition to his fur
Their elevation.
We can never consent, no matter
what the excuse, TO the theory that
there is but one man fitted for the dis
charge of the duties of the Chief Mag.
istracy. This Republic is poor indeed
il she has not ten thousand citizens
any one of whom is equal to the high
est responsibilities in her civil service.
We oppose and shall oppose a third
term of the Presidency for General
Grant, not through hostility to him as
an individual, but because we can not
recognize the Presidency as in any
sense personal to one citizen. Those
who virtually assume that the office
is perquisite of General Grant, are
responsible for the personalities that
appear in the present discussion.
1t is perfectly consistent with she
highest estimation Of General Grants
services in the army and the Cabinet
10 take the most positive part against
his temperance in political life. In
deed, those who are truly his friends
should he strongest against the misuse
of his name which can not result 9th
err than disastrously to himself, and
which il persisted in may he produc'
tive of misiortunes to the people who
honor him, and impair the vital force
OF the principles in defense of which he
acquired renown. Cincinnati Com.
mercial.
The two strongest men at a mining
camp near Leadville agreed to have
wrestling match on top of derrick
twenty feet high. There was to be