The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-03-03


II General Grant is one of the Commits
s;oners on the part of the United States
Il to negotiate new trehty Of commerce
with Mexico. This Is the ostensible
object OF his present visit to Washing
q ton. but 1t Is not BY any means the only
or the most important one.
That he came to help Fitz,John Porter
is openly de Jared by himself But il
is curious fact that, with an his mill
tary prestige and his political affinities,
Grant was not able to affect single
vote in the Senate. With the excep-
ton of Hoar. the Republicans who voted
for Porter were all committed before
Grant espoused his cause.
i When General Grant rot the an
nouncemcnt made that he had with
drawn from politics, he did not accom-
panyr the advert sement as Mr.. Conk-
ling did, with notice Of an en- , age-
ment in another pursuit He Simply
retired on his laurels. Now, the Old
6uard that will not die, and does not
know howto surrender. is unwilling to
have the General put on the shelf, and
Grant has long since been convinced
that the shelf is . bad place for his
A movement is organized To bring
Grant out next year as a full-fedped
candidate for the Presidency, n The
managers think. the third. term
clam0r.' as they cali it, has died ont.
| They claim. that new conditions have
arisen since 1880, and that the prem
| diceS against Grantism have also
ceased 70 exist One argument used to
promote the new scheme is the support
that Grant gave to Garfield in the dark
hours OF the, campaign, when Blaine had
lost his own State, and the outlook
everywhere was dismal aud forbidding.
Strange As it may seem, this scheme
Is advocated by certain so-ealled- Demo
crats. who have fai'ed 10 crafty their
ambition inside the party lines. Grants
aid of Fitz John Porter naturally
strengthens him with this class 81 per-
sons, .snd the effect of tits partially seen
in the attentions of cCIellan and of his
immediate frjends TO the aspiring third
termer during bis present visit, to the
capital. Oh f%~sH =
Grant came here as the guest of
"Nede Beale, who managed, as Sur
veyor- General in California, to put aside
valuable ranch, which IL the Backbone
OF considerable fortune. He is now
at one Of the large hotels. whore familiar
intercourse with the transient popula-
ton IS more easy than 1T. 4 private
.souses and where his movements will
be less rem arked upon.
Whe,n- Tia, question is asked: What
are the vo,sl,o Is. Of Grants strength a. 4
possible candle late for the Presidency?
bis special friet IDS answer without re-
serve. They are TO b found III differ
emit dlsectiens. q ,jne efwhich are re-
garded AsnppopuL n by the press, but all |
Of which are bel.evt q t9 have elements |
Of strength for i p6ii teal purpose.
It is alleged that athas great lrailroad |
and manufacturing corporations. the |
banks, the rings, the spectators. the |
jobbers, the CONTRACTOR. the shoddy |
princes. and the adve uturers that |
swarr16d- 1bUueta0-tPlVFih i3ouse- from |
1870 to 1877, viii rally and put forth all |
their power to elect Grant. They be-
lieve in strong Government and in one /
man rule. such as was audaciously ex- |
ercised in 1876 when the Presidency /
was stolen, backed by force and by |
threats of civil war
Overgrown wealth, acquired by CON-
binations of which the people are uni /
[orlnly the victims. longs for t;tular dis
tinctions. which shall separate, IL as .
class from the toilers and the ccnmon
taxpayers. The possessors Of this 4
wealth are ready Tor an empire, and l
hey would pay literally to bring is
about They have long aped. in pompI |
IN parade and in meretricions display.
the vanities and the vices of that which |
[cll in France when the first gun that |
Germany fired overthrow its gilded rot
tenness. 9.
That experience. with all its stern in
is not needed by men who
have no faith in free institutions. They |
saw under Grant profIigacy in public |
and in private life and desire fOrshow
such as had been witnessed under Louis
Napoleon. with more resolute will in \
he former than in the latter to carry
put any plan he might adopt in utter
defiance of the popular win.
Hence their confidence that Grant
YOU'D not only protect at every hazard
her moueyed interests, but that he
would also CRAFTY their selfish ambi-
ion in other respects. They are greatly
encouraged also by the centralixing
policy OF the Republican leaders. whose
egislation all tends to the destruction
II State boundaries and Of State
autonomy. and to the building up Of gi-
yantic monopolies.
When it is suggested that Blaine
blowers combined to defeat the third
ERIN conspiracy 1t Chicago, and that
ne ex-Secretary stands Is . lion in the |