Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-10-14


Senator, or how powerful an organ, it is
mainly as the governor and Senator and
organ of your party and not of yourself,
that you are really influential. Mr.. Cur
tin, for example, and Mr.. Forney are nota-
BILE exemplifcations of this truth, and in q
month every State in the Union will be
! full Of similar illustrations.
THE ISLANDER ON SPEAKER BLAINE.
The letter of General Ewing exposing
the falsehood of the accusations in the
Tribune against Speaker Blaine, has
brought that paper to retraction and con-
fession, and the making of an effort TO
cast the blame for its libels upon the
shoulders of other parties. Never was
there more audacious attempt made to
ruin public man than that by the Trib-
nne upon Speaker Blaine. never clearer
! or more triumphant vindication than he
has achieved. Mr. Blaine himself showed
that the charges were false, but the New
York Times went farther and proved that
they were forgeries. committed to crush
the Speaker and prop the fortunes of Mr.
Greeley. Now comes the letter of Mr.
Ewing, and the following is an article
which we find in the Tribune OF Friday
last.
Case Of Brothers.
Gen. Thomas Ewing, Jr., who was of coun
i eel in the Pacific r. X. Eastern Division bust
nsss, writes letter to show that the .'Blaine
: ofMaine" enumerated among the men with
whom stock was placed, is not S; eaker
Blaine. but his brother, John Z. Blaine.
This confirms the statement of Mr.. Stewart,
IN attorney in the pending litigations. whose
letter we published some days ago; and we
have to say. very frankly, that in view of
0en. Ewisg's character and position, it seems
to ~ IN entirely satisfactory and worthy
sxplanasion. We take pleasure, therefore,
In Withdrawing, in the promptest and fullest
manner, the imputations upon Speaker Blaine
in consequence Of his supposed personal con-
nection with this business; and in stating
that the evidence seems conclusive that it is
not he, but his brother, who is meant in the
list BY the entry ''Blaine Of Maine" We de-
rived our positive information from the certi-
'Asd list, still in our possession, from lawyers
in the case, and from suitors, who spoke pos
lively Of Speaker Blaine as the man. And
now We think it time fer Judge Johnson, one
Of the parties to the litigation, to come to the
front.
We do not enter upon the questions raise d
- to the propriety of the transactions de-
tailed in the list. Some of them are de-
scribed in the document itselfas ''blackmail;"
about others there 10 the significant direction,
"cut to the red )" others are marked, ''no OBJ
legation in the past, look to the future" Per-
haps these are all right; but that is one of
the exact points in the litigation, and Gen.
: Ewing 10, or has been. of counsel on one side
Of Speaker Blaine.
The explanation and recantation of the
Tribune come too late to be considered
either generous or fair to Mr. Blaine
These grave charges against Mr.. Blaine
were started the week before the election
IN Maine. They had been planned pur-
posely TO operate against his reelection to
Congress. They were carefully kept I'M
til the critical moment, and were sent over
this district at day when nothing but
denial OF thier truth was possible to be
made by him. They have been circula-
ted with embellishments and additions
from that time to the present, while there
was possibility that they would aid Mr..
Greeley, and now since his doom is sealed
py the elections in the West the Tribune,
overwhelmed by the evidence of its base
ness Is willing to retract. The Tribune
says the Albany Journal, in speaking OF
these charges, "alleged that Mr.. Blaine
was bribed as member of Congress-
Yet the pretended bribery took place in
1862, while Mr.. Blaine did not enter Con.
gress until 1868. The Tribune asserted
that Mr.. Blaine's name was on the list of
those to whom stock had been given.
Yet the list was dated May, 1868, and Mr..
Blaine did not take his seat in Congress
until December. 1868. These facts cx-
ploded the calumny at once. But the
Times went further, showing that the
Tribune forged Blaine's name, and how 1t
changed the rest of the list to suit its pur-
poses. The Tribune, seeing how thor
oughly it is caught, attempts to sneak
away. But it cannot escape. 1t is proved