s t" vj-.r ; x ."-""- rvwhrn't ...MJI ,H..IIHH IF 'IH'I J .' V W iiiAjjuyij Ui ;u mihUrv 1 ' ' - 1 - ' - l: ! Volume XVINe. U8. LANCASTER, PA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1880. Price Twe Cents. fHigjar Sk TERMS. THE DAILYINTELLIGrENCER, PUBLISHED EVERT KVEMINQ, BY STEINMAN & HENSEL, Intelligencer Building, Southwest Cerner or Centre Square. The Dailv Ixtelmeekczr Is furnished te .subscribers in the City of Lancaster and sur rounding tewiiH, accessible by Itailread and Dally Stage Lines ut Ten Cents Per Week, payable te the Carriers, weekly. By Mail, $5 a yi-nr in advance : otherwise, $f. Kntered at the pest office at Lancaster, Pa., as m-ceiiii eiass man matter. S-The STEAM .IOUFUINTING DEPAItT M ENT of this establishment possesses unsur passed facilities for the execution of all kinds of I'lain and Fancy Printing. CO Ah. B. II. MAKTIN, Wholesale and Kctuii Dealer in all kinds of LUMliElt AND COAL. 43-Yard: Ne. 420 North Water and Prince sticets, above Lemen, Lancaster. nU-lyd COAL! COAL! COAL! COAL! Ceal of the llest Quality put up expressly for family use, and at the low est market prices. THY A SAMPLE TON. 4j- YAltll 1.10 SOUTH WATKK ST. ne-IMyd PHILIP SCHUM, SON & CO. JUST KKCEIVED AFINK LOT OF HALED TIMOTHY HAY, at M. F. STEIGERWALT & SON'S, ItEALEItH IN COAL ! FLOUR ! ! GRAIN ! ! ! FAMILY COAL UNDER COVER. Minnesota PatciitPreccssFumlly and Baker's Fleur. Baled llayand Feed of all kinds. Wuieliouse and Yard : 234 North Water St s27-lyd COHO & WILEY, :tr.O NORTH WATER ST., Lancaster, I'a., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in LUMBER AND COAL. Alse, Contractors and Ituilders. Estimates made and contracts undertaken en all kinds of buildings. Brunch Office : Ne. 3 NORTH DUKE ST. feb28-lyd COAL! - - - COAL!! UO TO GORREOHT & CO., Fer Ceed and Cheap Ceal. Yard Harrif-burg i'ike. Office 'JU East Chestnut Street. P. W. GOURECHT, Agt. .1. It. RILEY. e'Myd W. A. KELLER. "VTOilCi: TO TIIK PUKLIC. G. SEKEIi & SONS. Will continue te sell only GENUINE L VEENS VALLEY and WILEESBAIiRE COALS which are the best in the market, and sell as LOW as the LOWEST, and net only GUAR ANTEE FULL WEIGHT, butallew te WEIGH ON ANY scale in geed order. Alse Kough and Dressed Lumber, Sash Deers, Blinds, Ac.,:it Lewest Market Prices. Office and yard northeast corner Prince and Walnut streets, Lancaster, Pa. jaul-tfd ttOOliS AND STATIONERl'. p.VPKTEKIK ANJ BIKTHOAY CAKDS. IX GREAT VARIETY, AT THE K00K AM) STATIONERY STOKE L. M. FLYNN'S, Ne. 4S "WEST KING STKEKT. 1880. 1880. VALENTINES! A CHOICE STOCK OF MARCUS WARD & CO'S Valentines and Valentine CARDS, Unsurpassed in variety of design and bea uty FOIt SALE AT BOOK STORE OF JOO BAER'S SOIS, 15 and 17 NORTH QUEEN STREET, LANCASTER, PA. ROOTS AND SHOES. 17 i QY HOOTS. SHOES AND LASTS jAij JL made en a new principle, insur ing comfort for the feet. 1 frW Lasts mad", te order. JLVAv3 MILLER, lcl14-tfd 133 East King street. c IIUCUMSTANCKS WILL NOT PKKMIT TO AKVliltTlSE A REDUCTION II PRICES, but we will de the next thing te it, viz : We will call the attention of our friends and customers te the fact that we have en hand a very Large Stock of BOOTS AND SHOES, purchased before the late ADVANCE, which we will sell at Strictly Old Prices. ttSMHvc us a call. A. ADLER, 43 WEST KING STREET WRITING INKS, AC. TTSE THE BEST. HARRISON'S CELEBRATED WRITING INKS, FLUIDS AND MUCILAGE. Give them a trial. Ask your stationer for them and take no ether. 43-SPECIAL KATES for inks in bulk for Schools aiid Colleges. HARRISON MANUFACTURING CO., 512 Broadway, New Yerk. Please mention this paper. feb5-lmd&w CLOTHING. NEW GOODS FOB FALL & WINTER. We are new prepared te show the public one of the largest stocks of READYMABE CLOTHING ever exhibited in the city et Lancaster. Geed Working Suits for men $0.00. Geed Styles Cassimere Suits for men $7.50. Our All Weel Men's Suits that we are selling ler $9.00 are as geed as you cm buy elsewhere for $12.00. Our stock of Overcoats are immense. All grades and every variety of styles and colors, for men, boys and youths, all our own manufac ture. Full line of Men's, Youths' and Beys' Suits. Full line of Men's, Youths ami Beys' Overcoats. CUSTOM DEPARTMENT ! We are prepared te show one of the best stocks of Piece Goods te select from and have made te order ever shown in the city. They are all arranged en tables lilted up expressly se that every piece can be examined before making a selection. AH our goods have been purchased before the rise in woolens. We are prepared te make up in geed style and at short notice and at bottom prices. We make te or der an All Weel Suit for $12.00. By buying your goods at CENTRE HALL you save one profit, as we manulacture all our own Clothing and give employment te jibeut one hundred -hands. Call and examine our stock and beconvincedastethetruth of which we affirm. MYERS & RATHFON, Ventre Hall, Ne. IS East King Street. SPECIAL NOTICE. 66. 68. Mansman&Bre. GRAND CLOSING SALE ! OF OVERCOATS AND HEAVY SUITINGS. SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS te buyers et Clothing in order te make room for a large SPRING STOCK new being manu factured, and we are needing room. We offer well-made and stylish Clothing for Men and Beys LOWER PRICES than ever heard of before, altheui'lt Goods are going up every day. We will sell, for we must ' nave mc room. . Loek at Our Astonishingly Lew Trice List : OVERCOATS! OVERCOATS: OVERCOATS! for $2.00, ler $3.85, fer$5.:r, for$&75. OVERCOATS! OVERCOATS! OVERCOATS fer$7."j. for $!)., for $10.75. OVERCOATS ! OVERCOATS ! OVERCOATS ! for $12, $14, $lt! and $20. These are heavy-lined Overcoats, caretully made and splendidly trimmed. OVERCOATS! OVERCOATS ! OVERCOATS for $7.50, ler $8.50, for $9.50, for $12. OVERCOATS ! OVERCOATS ! OVERCOATS ! for $15, for $18, for $20. These are Plaid-Iiack Overcoats, equal te custom work. HEAVY, MEN'S SUITS ! for $3.50, $1.00, $5.00, $7.00, $:i.oe, $10.00. MEN'S SUITS FOR FINE DRESS ! for $12.00, $14.00, $15.00, $1G.OO, $18.00 and $20,00. ROYS' SUITS AND OVERCOATS ! ROYS' SUITS Irem $2.25 te $10.00. ROYS' OVERCOATS VERY LOW. We sell only our own make and guarantee satisfaction. Meney returned "en all goods net found as represented. JBCS" Please call, whether you wish te purchase or net. !T Is stocked with the latest styles, which we make te measure at the lowest cash prices and guarantee a perfect lit. SUITS TO ORDER from $12 upwards. PANTS TO ORDER from $3.50 upwards. D. GANSMAN & BRO., MERCHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, C6 & 68 NORTH QUEEN ST., S. W. Cerner et Orange, Lancaster, I'a. (Bausman's Cerner.) FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS. X ANCASTKK BOILER MANUFACTORY, SHOP ON PLUM STREET, Opposite the Locomotive Works. The subscriber continues te manufacture BOILERS AND STEAM ENGINES, Fer Tanning and ether purposes : Furnace Twiers, Bellows Pipes, SheeMren Werk, and Blacksmithing generally. 48- Jobbing promptly attended te. uuglS-lyd JOHN BEST. TINWARE, CC. c ALL ONSHEKTZER, HUMPHKKVILLE & IvIEFFER, manufacturers of TIN AND SHEET-IRON WORK, and dealers in OAS FIXTURES AND HOUSE FURNISIIINGGOODS.Specialatteutiengiven te PLUMBING, GAS and STEAM FITTING Ne. 40 East King Street, Lancaster, Pa. MARIILE WORKS. . WM. P. FR.ATT.-RVa MONUMENTAL MARBLE "WORKS 758 Nerm yueen Street, Lancaster, Pa. MONUMENTS, HEAD AND FOOT STONES, GARDEN STATUARY, CEMETERY LOTS ENCLOSED, Ac. All work guaranteed and satisfaction given in every particular. N. B. Remember, works at the extreme end of North Queen street. m301 CLOTHING. CENTRE IALL, 24 CENTRE SQUARE. Closing out our WINTER STOCK In order te mane room ler the Large Spring Stock, ' Which we are new manufacturing. Overcoats, Suits and Suitings, Te be sold at the Lewest Prices. 11 B. Metier & Sen, 24 CENTRE SQUARE- 20-lyd LANCASTER. PA. A RARE CIAICE ! The Greatest Reduction of all in FINE CLOTHES. H. GERHART'S Tailoring Establishment. All Heavy Weight Woolens made te order (for cash only) at COST PRICE. I have also just received a Large Assortment et the Latest Novelties in ENGLISH, SCOTCH AMERICAN SUITINGS Of Medium Weight, for the EARLY SPRING TRADE. These goods were all ordered before the rise in Woolens, and will be made te order nt re markably low prices. Alse, aFine Li.ne et SPRING OVERCOATING, H. GKERH A T&TSy Ne. 51 North Queen Street. WALL FAM'ERS, &e. il! Removal ! PHARES W. FRY, Ne. 57 NORTH QUEEN ST., We have moved out-stock te the above num ber, three doers below oureld location, where we shall be pleased te see our friends and pa trons. We placed large orders for Wall Paper early in the fall before the advance, and have new in store and are receiving daily additions te one et the Largest and Newest Lines of PAPER lAIGIIGS we ever had. All the New Designs in the Dark Shades. Dadoes, Fillings, Friezes, Bor ders, Centres, etc., for Parlprs, Dining Reems, Chambers, Libra ries, Kitchens, etc. DADO WINDOW SHADES Ebony Band and line Goods, entirely new, in six and seven feet lengths. , Plain Goods by the yard in n.11 colors and treni one te two yards wide ; Fixtures, Cords, Fringes, Tassels, etc. Alse make Walnut and Gilt Cernices: Cor nice Poles in Ebony and Walnut; Pele Trim mings, Gimp Bands, Curtain Leeps, Picture Cords, Nails, etc. We take measures of win dows, and hang shades in best manner. feblO-Iyd&w- EURNITURE. A SPECIAL INVITATION TO ALL. Te examine mt stock of Parler Suits. Cham ber Suits, Patent Rockers, Easy Chairs, Katun Rockers. Hat Racks. Marble Tep Tables, Ex tension Tables, Sideboards, Hair, Husk. Wire and Common Mattresses, Boek Cases, Ward robes, Escriteirs. Upholstered Cane and Weed Seat Chairs, Cupboards, Sinks. Deughtrays, Breakfast Tables, Dining Tables, &c., always en hand, at prices- that are acknowledged te be as cheap as the cheapest. UPHOLSTERING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. KEPAIR1NG PROMPTLY AND NEATLY DONE. Picture Frames en hand and made te order erder Kegilding done at Reasonable Rates at the New Picture Frame and Furniture Stere, 15 EAST KING STREET, (Over Bursk's Grocery and Sprcchcr's Slate Stere.); WAITER A. HEINITSH, (Schlndler's Old Stand), U AND CATTL POWDERS. (My Retail Prices Rum ILamastcr Intelligencer. MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 23, 1880. Judge Black en the Third Term. The Argument of a Statesman and a Patriot, Frem the North American Review. " llcselted, That in the opinion of this Heuse the precedent estahlished by Washington and ether presidents of the United States, in retiring from the presidential office after their second term, has become by universal consent, a part of our republican system el government, and that any departure from this time-honored custom would be unwise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril te our free institu tions." This is a resolution passed by the Heuse of Representatives en the luth day of De cember, 1S73. It was offered by Mr. Springer, of Illinois, after consultation with leading friends of the principle, and was carried immediately and almost unan imously, being opposed by the votes of only eighteen members out of two hundred and fifty-one. It received the support and approbation of all parties. Men who quarreled bitterly upon all ether political subjects were of one heart and one mind when it came te . be a question whether the custom established by Washington and ether presidents, of retiring after their second term, ought te be respected or could be safely departed from. And new here, te wit, in the pages of this Review, comes Mr. Howe, of Wiscon sin, and en the part of Gen. Grant, for whom he appears, denounces the resolu tion aforesaid, impugns the doctrine em bodied in it, and assails the integrity of its supporters in the most violent manner. I am asked, " Under which king, Bezon Bezen ian '." De I give in my concurrence ? If net, what grounds of opposition can I pre sume te stand en '.' Believing in the reso lution of the representatives, and dissent ing from Mr. Howe's article, the readers of the Iicciew shall have the why and where fore ; net because my individual opinions are worth a rush, but because, en a sub ject se important, truth is entitled te every man's defence ; because this faith is shared, in our time, by the most respecta ble citizens of all classes, and because it is delivered te us from a past generation strongly stamped with the approbation of the besf men that have lived in all the ages. A president of the United States may legally be elected and re-elected ler an in definite number of terms; there is nothing in the constitution te forbid it ; but the two-term precedent set by Washington, followed by his successors, consecrated by time, and approved by all the public men of the country, ripened into a rule as effici ent in its operation as if- it had been a part of the organic law. A distinguished and very able senator of the Grant party, who had carefully inquired into the state of popular feeling, told me in 1873 that the sentiment which opposed a third term was stronger than a constitutional interdict ; the people would mere readily assent te a breach of positive law textually inserted into the constitution than te any distur bance of an unwritten rule which they re garded as se sacred. Certainly it was adhered te by all par ties, with a lidelity which some of them did net show te the constitution itself, down te 1873, when the first attempt was made te contravene it by putting up Gen. Grant for a third election. This was everywhere received by the rank and file with muttcr ings of mutiny, and the most devoted par tisans responded with Curses wuicli it net loud were deep. The movement, as Mr. Howe tells us, was met by solemn warn ings from the newspaper press, by strong pretests from political conventions, and linally'by the resolution quoted at the head of this artisle, which was a rebuke se overwhelming that the supporters of the third term candidate fled from him in fear, deserted him utterly, and left him without a single vote in the nominating convention of his own party. Mr. Howe has no doubt that this resolu tion was the sole cause of Grant's defeat in 1876. He is equally certain that it was all wrong. However that may be, the present intent of Mr. Howe is te rally the routed third termers, and restore the cour age of the recreants by the assurance that the jobs and eilices are safe, after all. a it - s- Popular veneration for the men who built up our institutions is the strongest support for the institutions themselves. It is net only a great geed intrinscally, but also the motive principle te ether virtues which are indespensiblc in a government like ours. Anything, therefore, which unjustly detracts from their reputations is a grievous public injury. This applies most especially te Washington, who is acknowl edged, net only by us, but by every nation, tongue and kindred and heaven, te have been incomparably the greatest man that any country ever produced. An indecent criticism upon him shocks and shames us like blasphemy. Nevertheless, we would net abridge the liberty of speech. A rag ing third-termer has as geed a right te sneer at the Father of his Country as an independent Hottentet has te beat his mother. Jeffersen also comes, under review. His precedent, whether geed or evil, is at least "te the purpose." In letters addressed te the Legislatures of Vermont, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, dated ou the 10th of December, 1807, and printed inthelrtra at Philadelphia en the 19th of the same month, he solemnly and publicly an nounced te the country that he would net disregard the precedent of his illustrious predecessor by accepting another election. His reasons arc bricf, simple and clear, like all the productions of that master hand, and expressed in language se transparently truthful and dignified that no man of rightly constituted mind can read the paper without being stirred by the strongest emotions of respect and admira tion for its author. It compresses into a few sentences all that needs te be said in favor of the two-term limitation, and is at the same time a perfect answer te all ob jections. Mr. Howe is fair enough te take a passage from it and incorporate it with his article ; it shines there like a piece of solid geld set in a shapeless mass of lead. In these times, when the subject is up for renewed consideration, this letter should be read again and again : every citizen ought te have it by heart and teach it te his children, write it en the lintels of his deer, bind it as a frontlet between his eyes, and make it the subject of his meditation day and night : """ "Dec. 10, 1807. " Te the Legislature of Vermont : " I received in due season the address of the Legislature of Vermont, bearing date the 5th of November, 1806, in which, with their approbation of the general course of my administration, they were se geed as te express their desire that I would con sent te be proposed again te the public voice en the expiration of my present term of office. Entertaining as I de for the Legislature of Vermont these sentiments of high respect which would have prompted au immediate answer, I was certain, never theless, they would approve a delay which had for its object te avoid a premature agitation of the public mind en a subject se interesting as the election of a chief magistrate. " That I should lay down my charge at a proper period is as much a duty as te have benie it faithfully. If some termination te the services of the chief magistrate be net fixed by the constitution, or supplied by practice, his office, nominally for years will in fact become for life ; and history shows hew easily that degenerates into an inheritance. Believing that a representa- tative government responsible at short periods of election is that which produces the greatest sum of happiness te mankind, I feel it a duty te de no act which shall essentially impair that principle; and I should unwillingly be the person who, dis regarding the sound precedent set bv an illustrious predecessor, should furnish the first example of prolongation beyond the second term of office. "Truth also requires me te add that I am sensible of that decline which advancing years bring en, and, feeling their physical, I ought net te doubt their mental effect. Happy if I am the first te perceive and te obey this admonition of nature, and te solicit a retreat from cares tee great for the wearied facilities of age. "Fer the approbation which the Legisla ture of Vermont has been pleased te ex press of the principles and measures pur sued in the management of their affairs. I am sincerely thankful ; and should I be se fortunate as te carry into retirement the equal approbation and geed will of my fellow citizens generally, it will be the comfort of my future days, and will close a service of forty years with the euly re ward it ever wished." Similar expressions are scattered all through his correspondence as long as he remained in office, and after he retired te Monticello he continued te repeat thorn. His conviction deepened as the years roll ed en, that the principle of two terms was the only safe one, and he con stantly expressed his gratitude for the universal approval of his conduct in adopt ing it. But Madisen also adopted the principle of his two predecessors, and retired at the end of his second term. Can nothing be urged against the father of the constitu tion te depreciate his authority or make his example worthless? Was net he also unpatriotic and selfishly fend of his farm?. This could be as easily said, and is net harder te believe of him than of Wash ington. :: -:? And there was Menree, apparently " se clear in his great office" that rivalry itself shrunk from his presence, and he was elected a second time without effort, with out opposition, without one vote against him. Is it nothing te the purpose that he acknowledged the value of the Washing ton precedent ? Concede that he, the most popular of all presidents, except the first one, could net have get a third term if he had asked for it, then his retirement proves net only that the two-term practice was right in his individual opinion, but that the general judgment of the nation was in its favor. Gen. Jacksen does net get off easily. We are told that "there is ground for believ ing that if Mr. Van Buren had net secured the succession te Gen. Jacksen the latter would have been retained for another term." This is like the account we have of Jeffersen's boom. If there was any practice of Jacksen's great predecessors in which lie acquiesced witli mere uclcrence than another, it was their voluntary retire ment after a proper period of service. He was wholly opposed te the indefinite con tinuance of power in the same hand, and he expressed his opinions en that, as en ether subjects, with an emphasis which left no chance for misapprehension. The ground for believing that "in a certain contingency he would have been retained another term " is net anything he ever di.l orfercbore te de nothing that he ever wrote or spoke nothing that ever was au thorized by hiin or by the party which supported him, or by the representative of either. -::- Such is the outcome of Mr. Howe's as sault upon Jthc line of our great retiring presidents, from Washington te Jacksen inclusive. It must b6 admitted that, if the predetermined object of the attack was te make himself ridiculous, it is a marked success ; but if it was au effort in real earnest te diminish their fame, lower their standing, or shake the confidence of the country in their virtue, then it is the flat test failure in his essay and that is saying a great deal. I think it maybe affirmed with some confidence that Washington was net un worthy of the profound veneration in which he is held in this country and throughout the world; that succeeding president?, when they followed his footsteps, net only acknowledged his wisdom and patriotism, but showed their own ; that the American people of our day, when they refused a third term te a candidate who had already served for two, were net behaving like cowards scared by a senseless clamor, but doing what a prudent regard for their true interests required ; that when the Heuse of Representatives, in obedience te the universal sentiment of its constituents, unanimously and without distinction pf party, put upon its records and published te the world its solemn declaration that the example of Washington must be ad hered te in the future as in the past, they did net enact charlatanism or repeat a vociferation, or issue a strange fulmination, or impeach the constitution, or libel its framers, or counterfeit history, or insult common sense, but spoke what they at least believed te be the words of truth and soberness. We arc "net te set up political dogmas or invoke a blind faith eLen in the founders of the republic. The mere authority of names, however great, ought net te com mand our assent! But a fundamental doc trine, self-evidently true, though easy te defend, is the hardest of all things te sup port by affirmative argument. We cannot he.lp but sympathize with the indignation of Pitt when he thundered out his refusal te leek at books or listen te logic in de fence of English liberty. In the matter before us, it should be plain te every " reasoneble creature in esse" that long continuance of supreme executive power in one hand is net only perilous te free institutions, but perfectly certain te destroy them. Seme fixed time there ought te be when the people will net only have the right, but exercise it, te dis place their chief magistrate and take an other. If they de net possess this right, they are pelitical5 bend-servants, by law ; if, holding it, they forego the use of it, they forego the use of it, theyjmake themselves, quead hoc, voluntary slaves, and they seen come te be governed in all things by the will'ef their superior. A lease for years, renewable and always renewed, gives the tenant an estate without end, and makes him lord of the fee. Where the chief magistrate is vested, as ours is, with great power liable te gross abuse, if there is no law or practice which forbids him te be re-elected, he can remain in office for life as easily as for a term. He has the appointment of all officers, the making of all public contracts, and a veto upon all the legislation, besides the com mand of the army and navy. By an un scrupulous use of these means he can co erce net only Ids horde of immediate de pendents, but he can control the corpora tions and become the master of all the rings, put the business of all classes under hisVeet, corrupt the venal, frighten the timid, and check all ambitions but his own. He can force the elections of every state he desires te carry by the bayonets of his army. If that fails he can order a false return, and pay for it out of the public treasury. The. people would seen perceive opposition te be useless and accept the sit uation ; elections would be as mere a mat ter of form as they were in Rome when sucli consuls as Nere and Demitian were elected regularly every year under the su pervision of the preteriau guards. If these were no mere than remote pos sibilities, prudence should guard usagainst them. But they arc near probabilities ; the signs of the times warn us that the peril te our institutions is imminent ; the danger is already en the wing. It is vain te remind us that the president swears te preserve, protect and defend the constitu tion and see the laws faithfully executed. That is true ; and it is also true that, if there be no perjury in the case, the consti tution, laws and liberties of the country arc safe. But the last twenty years have given us ample proof that an oath is net much restraint upon a president who is in cited by ambition, rapacity, or strong party feeling te break it. It is true that this presupposes a people much degenerated and a magistrate ani mated mainly by the vulgar love of power for its own sake ; but exactly such a con junction of things has always been feared with geed reason, and hence comes the desire te put every check en that tendency te "strong government' winch is new manifesting itself in many quarters. What is the remedy '. Hew shall we avert the dire calamities with which we are threatened '? The answer comes from the graves of our fathers : By the frequent election of new men. Other help or hope for the salvation of free government there is none under heaven. If history does net teach thi.s we have read it all wrong. In the republics of an cient and modern times the chief magis trate was entrusted with only temporary pewcr,and always went out of office at the end of a short period, fixed and prescribed by law or custom. It was this, indeed, which made the substantial distinction be tween them and the monarchies around them. An unpunished transgression of the customary limitation was uniformly fol lowed by destruction. Everywhere and always it was the fatal symptom of decay the sure forerunner of ruin. When Cajsar refused te lay down his con sulship, as his predecessor had done at the end of a year, and was re-elected time after time with the acquiescence of the Senate and the people, all that was real in Reman freedom ceased te exist. Twe re publics in France were brought te an end in the same way. Napeleon began by being consul for a term, then was elected for life, and finally became emperor, with the powers of an absolute despot. The last Bonaparte was president for four years. was re-elected for ten, and ended, like his uncle, in grasping the imperial crown. " May this be washed in the Lethe and forgotten?" Shall these lessens be lest? Shall the lamp which guided our ferfathcrs be extinguished ? Shall the bread daylight of all human experience be closed up in a little dark lantern manufactured at Mil waukee ? I think this cannot be done : "the eternal verities" are agaiust it. The most powerful third-termer may as well try te blew out the sun, as he would a tallow candle, with a breath of his mouth. .Moreover, the two-term principle ought te be adhered te by us and by these who come after us (if there were no ether rea son), simply because it was a practice of these who went before us. It is te the traditions of the fat here that wc ewe our civilization. I de net expect anything I can say te be received as a vindication of the two-term rule. Ner is it necessary. All the sup port it requires was long age furnished by another, the latchet of whose shoes I am net worthy te steep down and unloose. Jeffersen, the stainless citizen, the sterling patriot, the unequalled statesman at once the greatest apostle and the truest prophet that human freedom ever had gave his judgment net only at the time he acted upon the rule, but expressed his convic tions after they were strengthened by many years of later reflection. The practical object of 3Ir. Howe's ar ticle is te make Gen. Grant president for another term. It is net for an abstraction that he denounces the two-term precedent and vilifies the Springer resolution. The rule might stand if Grant could be elected without breaking it down. But Mr. Howe thinks that the superiority of his candidate is se very great that all authorities which oppose him should be disregarded, and he supports this opinion by assertions se ex travagant that we only wonder hew any man in his sober senses could have made them. A third term for Grant does net mean a third term only, but any number of terms that he cheeses te demand. The imperial method of carrying all elections by cor ruption or force, or of declaring them te be carried when they arc net, is te be perma nently substituted for the system of free, popular choice. The figure of Grant standing with the seal of primacy en the mountain top, and looking down en the inhabitants of the plain below, gives a measure of the eleva tion which his sycophants flatter him with the hope of attaining. They urge the ne cessity of a strong government almost in the very words used by the adherents of Ca:sar and the two Napoleons. Streng government, in their sense, means weak laws and a strong ruler ; in ether words, a substantial monarchy, powerful in its scorn of all legal restraints. A free democratic republican system of government honestly administered by agents of the people's true choice ; a gov ernment such as ours was intended te be, with the powers of the federal government, the rights of the states, and the liberties of the people se harmoniously adjusted that each may check the excesses of the ether such a government, scrupulously admin istered within its constitutional limits, is, without doubt, the choicest blessing that Ged, in his loving kindness, ever vouch safed te auy people. On the ether hand, it is quite as sure that the false administra tion of a government theoretically free, which acknowledges the rights of the peo ple and yet continually treads them under feet ; which swears te save and perjurieusly works te destroy; which receives and premises te execute a most sacred trust, according te terms pre scribed with unmistakable clearness, and then dishonestly breaks the engagement such a government, se conducted, is an unspeakable curse. It is net only an oppression, but a most de moralizing cheat ; a base imposture, mere degrading te the nation which submits te it than the heaviest yoke that despotic tyranny can fasten en its neck. If, there fore, a constitutional and legal administra tion of our national affairs be out of the question if our only choice lies between a perverted republic and a monarchy then step this hypocritical pretense of free gov ernment, and give us a king. And who shall be our royal master but Grant? That he will serve the turn as well as if not net better than another, will, I think, be ad mitted by all who attend te the reasons' new presently te be enumerated. In the first place, a new monarch ( that is, one who has no hereditary claims ' ought te be an approved geed soldier, with skill te enforce obedience ; otherwise his sway could net hist long ever people dis posed te be turbulent. All, or nearly all, the founders of royal lines have been military men from Nimrod downward. It is vain te deny that Gen. Grant's reputation for military talent is well-founded. It is mere than doubtful if any officer of our army could have subjugated the Seuth se com pletely even with all Grant's advantages or taken se many defeats and still wen a complete victory in the end. It is net, however, what he has done, but what he has shown himself capable of doing, .that gives him his leading qualification for masterdem new. The tear that gees be fore him will make actual violence unnec essary. His strength of character will frighten his subjects into submission where a weaker man would be cempeUed te butcher them for insurrection. Gen. Grant is a geed hater of these who thwart him, which is natural, and net a serious fault ; but he is net fiercely vin dictive, and his career has been marked by no act of savage cruelty. He could net be an Autonine or a Titus, but we can trust him net te be a Nere. It may be objected that his moral behavier and mental acquirements de net bring him up te the mark which ought te be reached by the permanent ruler of a great, intelligent, and highly civilized nation ; but, in this respect, he is as geed as the average of sovereign princes. The present reigning family of England has never had a male member who was his superior. Fer centuries past the potentates of continental Europe, with only few ex ceptions, have had habits as coarse as his and he is wholly free from some terrible vices te which many of them were addicted It seem te me that he will de well enough te " herd with vulgar kings." The nepotism from which our demo cratic, tastes revolt is virtue in a king. All monarchs are expected te leek after their own families first, and all have their minions and favorites whom they fatten, spoil and corrupt. Who among them has net given his protection te a worse set than Grant? The favor which Grant bestows upon corrupt rings is given for a purpose. As a candidate he cannot be elected, as presi dent he cannot sustain himself, without their, support ; but enthrone him he can afford te defy them. What we call the greediness of Gen. Grant for the 'wages of eflicial iniquity would be entirely proper in the supreme ruler of an absolute government. It is net bribery te buy the favor of a king with presents, and a king is net guilty of stealing- when he helps himself te public money without legal right. It leeks te us like a terrible outrage for a president te have himself represented at a state election by the bayonets of his stand ing army te install governors that were re jected at the polls, te tumble the chosen Legislature of a free state out of its hall, te procure the fabrication of false returns and force it en the people. But Geii. Grant's lawlessness would be IawfuII in a country governed by the mere will of a personal sovereign. AVhere there is no law there can be no transgression. But while Gen. Grant has some qualities which would make him a tolerable king, and none that would make him an uncu durably bad one, he is net at all the kind of person that is needed as president of the United States en the assumption that our system of government is te be continued. I think it is te be continued. 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