, 1875-07-18
Ills Death Not Caused by Chasrin
or Disappolntmcnt---Eariy .
Physical Prostratien.
Ills steadfast Opposition to Dis
franchisement---The Sena-
torial Election.
i Leader by Nature, and fet by Bar
gain-lYhere Till bis Party.
Friends Go ?
His Service in the Union Army under
Fremont and Sherman.

] FFEluQlA dHu otEl Htai}s
| THE POLITICIAN.
PARTY RELATIONS OF BLAIR.
| Special Correspondence u The chicaap 1$ibune
sr. LOUIS Mo-. july 14.-Tbe disin:egratior
OF the Democracy in Missouri will bo hsstepet
by the death OF Gen. Blair. Curiously, b.
helped to hold together party to which he die
not belong.
THE HISTORY or FRANK BLAIRs cAREER,
ii ever trushfully written will be ! lnost inter
esting and instructive one. A. Free-soil speaker
| in 1s40. An Emancipatonist in the Missour
Legislature Of 1852, electod in 1858 the fra
Fres-soil member Of Congress from any Slave
State, the leader Of those by whom Missour
t wes saved to tho Union III 1861, and Major. Gen.
ers in the Union army in 1862, he might havt
| led the Republican party in this State, men
| would suppose, as long as be lived. And Jet he
| wa. fighting it in 1863; and, from that day, ht
and his friends, including many Of tho original
Union men, have been act1ng with the Demo.
crats- But be did not change his opinions. 4
| consistent Union man always, be was always a
consistent foe Of Slavery. Whist Was the mat
! ter?
The future historian wiI mark, Is the most
perfect picture ever painted OF the actual stna-
ton in this sud other border States early in the
War, tbs following passage from \ character
| istio
LETTER or PREs1DEHr LINCOLN,
! dIted Oct $, 1868:
We In civil war, in such eaaes there ia a1ways
main question hut, In this case that question Is
perplexing compound,-Enion and Slavery. It thus
eaat four aides. among those who are Ii favor at
the Unfon RaydnK nothing OF thoea who arb agaiua It,
Thus those who are for the Union nth but not n1th
e4t esrery those for It wtout but not ,rih those
for i wi1 softto"t but prefer It .etth and those
Tor It .ci2h or w.thout, but prefer 1t p1thoul
Among tasae e &sg.1n. + subdivision et those who
sre for immediate but not for qradua1 extinction Of
Rlavery+
opinion, and even more may be entertained by honest
md truthful men- Tet ali being for the Unlon by
Of these differences each win prefer different
way Of sustaining the Union AZ once sincerity IL
questioned and naotvea assai1ed Actual war com
inR blood grows hot, aud blood Is spilled Thought
ia forced from old channels into confusion. Deception
brseds and thxivea- Confidence dies, and universal
confusion reiens Eaca man feels impulse to kill
his neighbour, lest be is killed. b5 him. Revenge and
be snong honess men onls sut th. i not al 1s!
err foul bird comes Abroad, and every dirty reptile
rtses up. :ches> sdd crszne to confusion. ssron9
measures, deemed tndis2cnsahle but harah At best
such men make worse By maAdminstralou. Mnr-
dsrs for cid grud9es, and murders Tor pe, proceed
nndar auy cloak thst will best the OCCASION
UNION Man F1H3r OF. ALL
Frant Blair was " for the Union ,oM or scith-
out, but preferred it scihout Slavery" To him.
the first thing waa to sase tho Uniou, The time
Of Abolition be wished governed wholly by the
effect Oh the Union cause. To hold the Border
States he deemed Of vital necessity to the Union.
In those States, early in tho Way. Uniontats
were msDy, but Abolitionists were few. These
opinions, it is we'll known. governed Mr. Lin
co1n; partly perhaps, from tbs influence Of the
taira,-Nontgomery, President OF the Maryland
Republican Convention Of 1860, being 10 his
Cabinet, partly, perhaps, from family Associa-
tious; hut mainly, no doubt, from his natural
caution and patience. In the Border etAteB,
therefore, while advisine gradual emsncipat,on.
Mr Lincoln tried to defend State laws aud insti-
tutiona aa far u possible. Frank Blair doubt
less advised, certainly app1auded.
Now, to aoma people in Missouri, this seemed
giving laid to Rebellion" They said SO :; !" sin~
certY soas questioned, and motives 1oers as
aAiled." They wanted immediate Abolition.
Some we're "for the Union without, but not
WITH Slavery; some believed Abolition neees~
sary wsr measnre; soma wanted to punish Rab-
ols right here, no matter what happened in
other BORDER States; sorne wanted to drive out
the old pro7arty-ownors, 50 that a new State
could be created. These app!auao6 when Fre-
-.ous 4uu 4",sH m..'aiy san' oInIo,s ~ give
papers TO saves IN 1851. Gen. bla'r appiaadea
when Lincoln revoked Frenons's order, snd
when Fremo6t was removed. So the fight went
on until, in 1868, hi. Lincoln said, Either fac-
s.oo "eu,a .a<usf 80e tue ooleat o' sne e'ner
than that of Jefferson Davis" ''Foni birds did
come slsoad," and *sdirtJ reptiles did riss
up,~ on both sides. Measures "harsh at
heat vnre reuo,Iaa ~ son,atinas IN cr,ah
70 so4tou w. e'"s1'A4ea ~ e'u0u
-; haa'ca!s ana sometimes to ctosh " heoels.
bis1r and hta friends, calling themselves Con-
servatives, a1one had influence 1T Washington to
ward of harsb u,easuras uread nv Radicals and
30 no Damocratc t1crats vera nm r tts nonasrv.
~ ~ Ao114ost t@'e @lchesa "e1e run tne conse1s-
~ 1oaa' e"o ~ n1"ns De.nos'4A
~ eoau 'o'0 a. a'' So'ea Win taem. 10 tadu ous
tals 1ofce more eReotualy. harhh measures OF
were sdopted,-~the Conserv-
atiyes oppoainr With mora nase;on thn, tact
Thus prow nm . division .nonc +ho a;rcara
1rs;1 ~ ot'l14o1 1l1o''e 'r' en1'e1'
" on'ou "en' xaa among the or1s1nas Emsacipa-
tionisss. OF this state, which, IN spite Of the !