The Monticellonian., 1895-11-29

try treated the talk about a third term for MT. Cleveland as a piece ot preposterous absurdity, in the light of silly joke. But now things have changed. The small fry cnckoos are now engaged in diligently laying before their readers every thing that the full grown euckoos can say in support of the third-term.talk. Even the N. 0. States, while 1t adroitly de cIares that Mir. Cleveland is not a candidate for third term, never misses il chance to fill q column with the @masterly agreements" of the N. Y. Herald, the king cuckoo newspaper of America, in defense of another term for Mir. Cleveland. The States solemnly remarks that Mir. Cleveland IS not candidate for third term-but -but-bnt, well, if he must be in order to save the Democratic par ty, why. of course, he will do his level best
 All over the country now We can hear of third term talk. The
 idea is no, by half SO ridiculous now as 1t was three or four months ago. In fact, there IS nothing wrong in third term President if he is not an ambitious soldier, l like Grant. These amiable and slippery cuckoos now say that Washington and Jefferson never ] thought ot setting an example and precedent against indefinite ten ure of the Presidency by one man in their manly deeIinations 10 ac- cept Il third term, and We are fur thermoro assured That Grant would have gone through for a third term like deer in a walk had if not been that he was a sol dier, and therefore a dangerous man to invest with snch authority for longer period than Washing ton was clothed with if.
 We must confess that we are amused no little at the syeophan- tie whimperings ot the fawnlng cucko oos when they uhdertak ke to discuss Mir. Glev eiand for another term of office Not long ago they told us that Mr. Cleveland is too great man to even consider a proposition to ignore and trample upon the unwrittcn but sacred law against third terms. If he should commit such blunder it would everlastingly ruin him as patri- ot and as q Democrat. Not long ago we were told by the noble cuckoos that none but implacable enemies of Mir. Mr. Cleveland ev- CT mentioned his name in connee- tion with another term. But now it is different. Some of these wor- shippers of tue mountainous mug wump now tell us the argument and precedent against third term apply to three consecutive terms that Cleveland has not served two terms together, and that, therefore, another term would simply be a second term. They dc Bot refer to the historical fnct that Grant did not aspire to three consecutive terms, that Hayes was President four years after Grant had finished second term and be fore he asked for a third term
 That we'll known fact is brushed aside by the cuekoos by the silly jabber that Grant was great mil itary man and that fact crushed his aspirations to be President fol
 the third term.
 We believe and hope that Glove land will never be President again God knows the plain people ol tbis country have had enough oi
 him. His present term has sad. died upon the people a debt oi s200, ,000,0 ,000, and they have not q farthlng to show for that vast debt which must bo satisfied by the tax, payers of the naaon. He has torn to pieces the Democratic party, disrupted the Solid South and placed the national treasury