The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-01-01
Objections 10 Grant.

people will crowd TO his receptions, ana appa
rently 20 wild over him; bat when they are
withdrawn from the excitement, and calmly SIT
down to consider, they will decide that third
term experiment should not be tried for his ben
eft. Men whose business is politics, are the
ones who control Conventions; and when snch
rich bouanza to political rings as Grants cleo
tion would open mp is to be worked for, they
| will leave means untricd to accomplish
| their object; and unless the people, between
now and the holding Of the State Conventions,
become so aroused aud earnest as to overwhelm
the wire workers, Grant will be the nominee.
Our position, We find, is that of thousands OF
others throughout the country. If Grant is
nomianted, We shall support him, as the Rspnb-
lican nominee, because his Administration will
generally be controlled by Republican policy
for the election of a Democratic President, back
ed by Democratic Congress, we believe would
be a national calamity. An Objectionable Re-
publican is less Objectionable than Democrat.
We shall do what we can, in the time allowed
to warn the Republicans against any such dan
gerous experiment as the third term movement,
and give reasons why Grant should not be the
nominee.
The sentiment of the people of this country is
against third term, and the example of Wash
ington is strsng in their hearts. Gen. Grant is
the first man who has ever evincsd desire to
overstep that example. There is no longer any
doubt that he has set his heart upon third
torn, aud has placed himself in the hands Of the
politicians for that purpose and that he eau be
bluffed off only by the uprising of the Republi-
can party. Gen. Jackson, who is credited with
being the father of the political spoiis system,
was offered aad could have secured o third term /;
but he firmly refused it, citing the example of
Washington, which he held should be sacredly
adhered to for all time. Gen. Grant, of all the
Presidents, allows his ambition to sweep aside
the example of Washington.
Gen. Grant, since his return from abroad, has
remarked that he must find omethng to do, as
he ''could not live as he would like on his in
come" In the name of God, is not this pleasant
talk for Republican Americans Here we are
reminded of another trait wherein Grant differs
from all other Presidents. He is the only Amer
ican President who ever complained that his
salary was too small, and importuned Congress
to increase it. He approved the hill doubling
his own salary, and vetoed bill reducing it.
He also vetoed the bill giving additional bounty
to the poor soldiers upon whose valor and suffer-
ings be rode into office. He alone was entitled
to an incre of pay. He received, during his
last term, double the salary of any other Presi-
dent he never refused gift, but was present
ed with tens of thousands Of dollars in money,
and with valuable houses and other property /;
and it is even now said that car loads of boxes
of presents are following him from California.
Yet be cannot 1--we upon his income in a style
that he wishes to. During the past two years,
he has dined with Lord Mayors, Princes, Kings,
Queens, Emperors, and grandees. Returning to
Republican America, he cannot bring himself to
live like the common herd, but longs for the
style of the crowned heads and the nobility,
who live high though the people starve. He
wants to be President again. so that the people
may support him in the style that he wishes,
and for which his income is insult cient! When
he went on his travels, he says, he told the peo-
pie of the greatness of the United States. He
also wants to show them that the United States
keeps their President in a style unsurpassed by
the greatest Empires!
Another glaring defect in Grants character,
is his toadyism TO wealth, and to the Money
Power. His very first act, when first elected to
the Presidency, was to astound the nation by
the selection of a Cabinet. Men unknown in
the field of craftsmanship, bnt famous only for
their vast wealth, were given the most respon-
sible positons-and men, too, from whom he
had received muni6cent presents. So eager was
he to pander to wealth, that lie lost sight of the
law, and appointed as Secretary of the Treasury
man who was dcbarred by statute from hold
ing the Office. In fact, it was soon realized that
wealth alone could not manage the Depart
ments of the Government, and the Millionaire
Cabinet soon went TO pieces, to be succeeded by
another, that made plunder and the merchan-
disc of public patronage its strong hold. del
egation of wealthy bankers could at any time
control his action in any official matter. Wit
ness his recommendation on the issuing of the
greenback reserves, in his message Of Decem Der,
and his veto of bill in March, passed to carry
out his own recommendations veto which as
founded his clos est friends, but made at the re-
quest of delegation of Eastern bankers and
bondholders. When the Greenback Republi-
cans, disgusted with the acts of Democra tic
Congress, are gradually returning to the party,
and reconciling themselves to its financial pol
icy, are they to be welcomed by the nomination
of the man who drove them out before:
But this subserviency of Grant to the Money
Power suggests still more alarming danger.
That he will do just as the Money Kings wish
him to, has been practically demonstrated. Let
it be remembered, that while abroad, he was
courted and feasted by the grea. Bankers and
Spectators of Europe. Let it be observed that
the same class in this country are paying the
expenses of what ia termed his "Boom." Notice
how kindly certain leading and wealthy South
erners are taking TO him. 1t is not uncommon
to hear the prediction that some of tue South
ern States will support him; and Southern DEM
ocrats have even suggested that he be adopted
as their nominee. Grant contributed largely to
crush the Southern Confederacy; but there is
one dream of the Confederacy which has not yet
been dispelled, but which many are determined
upon making reality. Confederate bonds are
still held by the million and billion, by European
aud American Bankers, and by wealthy South
erners. They are possessed of a fixed determ-
ination to yet make these bonds bring one hun
dred cents on this dollar, and interest. They
will spend millions of dollars to elect man to
the Presidency who would favor a scheme for
the payment of those bonds; and when elected,
they would contribute millions more TO estab-
lish an income which would enable such a man
to ''live in the style that he could WISH" There
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