, 1880-02-26
= Third Term for Grant Means ANY
Number Of Terms He Chooses
to Demand"
s,He Would Make Tolerablo King,
but Is Not the Kind Of Person
Needed for Prcsident.''
n. f|,her Side-Mr. E. W. Stoughton in Favor
Of Grants Election Again.
BLACK.
North Ameriran Rerirtu tor .1rareh.

/
@ inc ron tho Presidential Office after their sec
r nd Term has i'eco:Ec, by universal consent,
M Of our republican system Of government
I'D that any departure ruin TINS flme.honorc
{T1urht With peril to our free institutions.
This is resolution passed By the House o
representatives on the 18th day Of Decem
her. 1915. 1t was offered BY Mr.. Springer, o1
111oois. after consultation with leauin:
friends of the principle, and was carried i'm
npdiately and almost unanimously, being on
posed by the votes Of only eighteen member.
mt Of Isl. Itreceived the support and NJ,
nrohation Of all parties. Men who quar-
relied bitterly upon all other political subjects
Nere OF one heart and one MUD when il
zane to be d question whether the custom es.
tab}lshed by Washington and other Presi-
dents, Of retiring after their second term,
ought to be respected OF could be safely de-
parted from.
And, now here, to wit, in the pages of this
Repicu, comes 11r, Howe, Of Wisconsin, and
on the part OF Gen. Grant, for whom he at-
pears, denounces the resolution aforesaid,
fmpugps the doctrine embodied in it, and
assails the integrity Of its supporters in the
most violent manner. am asked ss Under
which King, Bezonian?" Do I give it MY
concur7ences # not what grounds of op-
position can presume to stand on? Bcliev-
fng in the resolution of the Representatives,
and dissenting from hr. Howe's article, the
readers of ths Reute,o shall have the why
and the wherefore; not because my indiyid-
ral opinions are worth a rush, but because,
On subject so important, truth is entitled
to eyery mans defense; because this faith is
shared, in cur time, by. the most respectable
citizens Of all classes; and because it is de-
lisered to rs from past generation strongly
stamped with the appreciation Of the best
men that have lived in all the ages.
A President Of the United States may legal
II be elected and reelected for an indefnit
number OF terms; there is nothing in the
Constitution to forbid it; but the two-term
precedent set by Washington, followed by
his successors, consecrated by time, and ap-
proved By all the public men of the country,
ripened into rule as efficient in its opera 4
tlons as if it had been
APART OF THE ORGANIC LAW.
4 distinguished and very able Senator of the
Grant party, who had carefully inquired into
the state Of popular feeling, told me in 1875
that the sentiment which opposed third
term was stronger than a constitutional III
te1dlct; the people would more readily as
sent to breach OF positive law textual}y in
serted into the Constitution than to any dis
turbance Of the unwritten rule which they |
regarded as so sacred
Certainly it was adhered to by all parties |
with fidelity which some Of them did not !
SHOW to 1he Constitution itself, down to 1875,
"nen me trst attempt was made to contra J
election. This was eyerywhere rece;vaf7 nv
the rank and file with mutterjnrs of mntinv
aud the most devoted nart;sans ~ resnandad s,
VI WITH curses which, if not loud, were deep.
nhe ,aht movement, m as Nj: Howe tells us, was
met by solemn warnings from the news
paR|sr l'{t|;e!. press, by strong protests from
pontlcal pel conventions, and finally by the
Iss9nnon quoted at the head Of this article,
1he q supporters Of the third-ter1n candidate
neg ned from him in fear, deserted him utterly.
ana lett him without a single vote in the
nominating Convention Of lis own party:
Mr Howe has no doubt that this resolution
vas the sole cause Of GRANTS It's defeat @ % in iSSG
He is equally certain That t was ] nj Mrone one
ne gives the Republicans whn snnnortei Il
70 credit for sincera haliof IN tho nrinc;nio
tney pro1esSed. He SAYS they were not !
ba la ne.a ann CONSCIENTIOUS" enough to "stake
|,arpes sJbntcss CIV on Grants election. He
nd distomataitey aa uiey were moved only by baSe
rItcn 3to4. drcaa Of losing the spoils
,idt " T.; apanooned their chief i'll the
n svha+tas ~ sIInSgie- 1t is not for me to
n d;shaaeel d;hsael t,lls lI1Iputat!oil OF cowariice
Ibl;rsne I,a;s = oI IS not SANDER on the he t
ave- e s,5a gentlemen accused who are at least as
+ 1';u Ionlsclen1lous as AlT. Howe HIM !
n ot1;as,pl1ul ,uu9pl1ul II even the contractors
ta .snnlucrs g. ,s.l,;Hr under Gen. Grant were | ]
s nts r. tbas;u sutless crew as Nr. Howe repre- I
IiSiel H. uieln 10 be- c
: Wn.re sltilt may ne- the present intent OF :
i Is 20 ra1ly the routed thlrd-ter1nerS,
asc,,as ,,uae ule courage OF tile recreants by
j. a.t allee tllat the jobs and offices are
II na',; al. 10 that end he tells them that
~ fr;nn. fd's,c was caused by a ''spook," they
y w,;a s.sn.eea i sa ~ strange illumination
by g Reiterated yoo;rnsaf;o-s ), ..3 -, | A
ringer resolution. he savs 1yas "a 1'r n,,o,n, v
~ ~ piece OF charlatanry enacted in the .
Tn" i;ne ~ VI representatives" This is loud | n
rs NJ =, Tue 1ug!tlres, and perhaps it may Il
* some OF them back. But it proves | c
ieetgs ihng against the Springer resolution, and :.
'ii55los i5us the effect OF It is the task which ! II
nowe has set himself His ultimate de- t.
= - - 70 elect Gen. Grant, and no true lover e.
lnIerlcan liberty "
FoTE FOR GRANT WITH A SAFE coS- t.
SCIENCE ii
t..'es S,a dnat 2 departure from the t,
ur frae 1Ia'.Ene Mlai HcIi. 0,
on. ami .v;ti, ~ =, ~ @ tt1ae ultlsms In bl
seriosiv n,,t ato ~ fi.u ~ tieH ~. laoMG si
the rhar.,sst'po "poue - i 1te No!h " paehiliil'F
brinrino i W. ~ S, .nS iSvtauao' ~
latr,ed ~ i41lo piolic 1ni+4an5' @on4e"'p4s I,