Year: 1878

republicans, and 1t threw them into
a general and consolidated state OF
planning as to how they could defeat
it's inevitable issues; but as that has
gradually subsided, they have quiet
ed with it. The party at large are
not in active service during the pres.
ent time; they are waiting for the
Democrats to make the outset, Gas
they have already begun to do0 and
when they have themselves then it
will be their policy to consider our
actions. Their platform will be subs
stantially the same az that of '72 and
of '76. The Republicans are setting
their political dead.falls and waiting
for he other. parties to walk into
them. The next House of Congress
and the Senate will be decidedly
Democratic, and the returning board
scheme will have played out before
them, the Congress that's to be cleo
ted this fall will not meet until De-
cember next year, long before then
specie payment will have been re-
sumed and the currency question will
be forever settled with us.


These candidates for the Presiden.
cy is very important part of the
subject. And just here we will take
up. that part for awhile. Grant, it
is thought by a great many, will be
their nominee, but such we don't
think is their intention, fo these rea
sons. Grant, as we know, does not
desire the nomination, and neither
he nor his party have started all OF
this fuss about his election to a third
term. AS s>a(l who are acquainted
with the facts OF our political history
will say, he did not desire nor seek
the second term, and it was his de-
sire to leave politics and return to
lis farm at the expiration of his first.
Bit why did he not Say that he did
not desire third term, sVme say
We'll, Grant is q very peculiar kind
OF human nature, as We all have
found ont down South. lie can't be
driven. The newspa per men who
were opposed 10 him declared he
wonld not have the Office and he
would not DO tricked by them. They
did such for capital, and lie took the
hint and hence he acted the way he
did. The chances of Grant tor the
nomination are about as good as any
and he is a very strong man in his
party, doubly to that of Hayes,
but still we don't think that lie
will be nominated for the
simple fact no candidate was ever
yet nominated, whose election was
talked about throo years before it
came off, and again Grants friends
are not making this fuss about him,
setting up monarchy here, but it all
was started by Democrats to keep the
people alive as they thought, but re"
ally it is awakening their opponents,
and they too are watching our move
monts to take actions accordingly.
But to sum it up, their strongest mon
aro still unhcard Of, and they purpose
to keep quiet until the time comes for
them to appear.


TO consider the third party and then
we close. The Democrats are highly
favored ut the present when we take
them generally, for We havo nothing
to plan upon so much as 10 execute,
the principles we intend to adhere to
are already laid down, we are to fol-
low the essence of the platform of 76,
again during the next contest, and
fatten as nation by our State, act
with their model harmony of o few
days ago, when they met in State
Convention, and adjourned, without
the least evidence Of anything but
unanimity. ASH have already stated
the next House of Congress will un-
doubtedly be Democratic, and that
cuts off all chances of returning board
ideas Of repetition of it, some have
begin to think, although we are safe
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