Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-04
THE THIRD TERN.
aWhat Does He want It For?"
GENERAL GRANTS AMBITION DISCUSSED
BY THE HERALD.


tKI0m tUE new ItLk n<k84As Lc1- AN-1
Why does the ex-President seek . re-
nomination? Why is he so anxious for it
that he enters the Geld ~ contestant against
the other candidates? Why does he, with
encouraging telegrsphs, urge his support
ers to force the will Of conventions. to
misuse State patronage TO secure delegates,
and to thrust him in other ways, and In
all possible ways, upon the party which,
every inquiry shows. does not want him?
Can it be that the ex-President Is ami
mated by personal ambition? Is he .
citizen who seeks to subordinate the public
good and the public safety to his private
will and personal advantage? 1t is hateful
10 believe this Of him, but what are his
fellow citizens to think? After all. the
period from 1863 to 1877 is not so long
past that the American people have for
gotten its events. They remember that
the ex-President ruled the White House
more like . military chief than q civil mag
istrate. They remember that when scandal
came to disgrace some Of his chief officers
he defed public opinion by either retaining
them in his service or giving them letters
Of praise and commendation when they
we're forced by popular indignation n
clamor TO resign. They remember that,
bringing the habits Of the camp into the
civil administration, he made his own will
superior at various times TO courts and to
constitutions. But all this they forgave
him, because, they said. .she was not
trained to civil administration (; we obliged
him TO take the Presidency, and we will
not deal harshly with him for his errors"
That his civil administration was not .
success he himself admitted in his last
Message ; and the vast and immediate i'm
p~rovements in the condition and spirit Of
the country which has come about under
his successor. . purely and strictly civilian
administrator who has taken the constitu-
ton for his guide at every step, is sufficient
proof, il proof were needed, that the conn-
try does not need military methods in the
White House or in the government.
But here comes the ex-President, and,
STOPPING from his exalted position as an
honored private citizen. not merely asks
the people to give him . third term Of the
Presidency, but, discovering that his party
does not take kindly to the suggestion,
allows and encourages his followers to
resort to all the lower arts Of political
management to secure him the needed
Of delegates 1t Chicago. The
does not need him /; the party
does not want him but he insists.
l. not this rightly regarded by thought
ful men as . portentous inc evil phenom-
enon in our political history? 1t is the
drst time since the formation Of the
constitution thai Q citizen has demanded
! third term Of The Presidential Office, and
citizen 10 . military man, who has
never been able to shake of the habits Of
and civil administration. What
loes il mean I? The country is at peace |
aud within the sections are recon-
;iled and unite in works Of utility and
3enevolence. The people everywhere are
prosperous and contented. The numerous
Of the last administration are not
orgotten. to be sure, but they have found
10 repetition under its successor the pub
ic service il clean and economically con-
lucted the constitution is re-established.
IN What plea, for what cause, does the
x-President seek. and by such doubtful
Methods, the nomination for . third term ?
We have asked this question before, and
re mean TO repeat it again. for it is one
o which the people ave . right to demand
clear and satisfactory answer. II il is
mere personal ambition, as it seems TO be-
hen it Is time that Americans of all parties
hould know it. There is no room under
ur system for unhallowed md degrading
ambitions. The President is TO be
be servant, not the master, of the country
so says the constitution, which very mar
owly limits his powers and takes care that
lille he observes his oath. he shall be 40
lore b . head steward or . chief clerk.
Then . citizen, no matter how eminent,
seks this Office with no pretence n the
ublic good, with no excuse Of legitimate :
romotion, against the will Of his party
nd in violation Of one Of the most impor- /,
mt political traditions. he must make
aste to give the people reasons TO justify
% course, or he must expect all good
en-all men who love liberty, all who I
ish to preserve our form Of government ]
. heritage for their children. 70 regard
Inn q q who entertains unholy and I
lngerous desiRns, and who, II his selfish {
could be successful, would not be !
did by the narrow limits Of the constitu- J
on.
We do not now say that the ex-President I
In this bad category but we warn him =
I'D his friends that unless he speaks
unless he either peremptorily with
himself from the canvass which dis
races him. or gives to the people some !
ew u~nsuspected reason why they should .
'ust him. public opinion all over the 9
will justly settle down to the
eIief that his motives are not those OF Q
Of constitutional liberty, and that his
.rsonal ambition il dangerous to our in Q
itutou1s. IL