The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-04-14
MIR. Blaine and the Candidatnre.

tcrprises of great pith and moment, I'M
less strictly intellectual, are best under
takeu upon fullncss Of stomach. Bing-
hams Philadelphia dinner was happily
chosen for public development. In
the enthusiasm OF the fourth bottle the
nomination was made with the foaming
bcakers.
a correspondent of ours has recently
lclineated Mr.. Blaine in a lively linn
ing and with vivid coloring of charac-
ter. Mainly, it was correct. Few, if
any of our public men are gifted with
qualities so seductive to popularity
He has Il fascination Of manner, copi-
Gus possession of personal attributes
which win to regard. No pharmaco
pHist has so large an assortment of am
ativc philters. Like the sweet Prince
Hal, he hath given medicines to make
men love him. AS diner out he has a
peerless lustre. AS a host he shines
pre-eminent. washington City could
open poll and decide the election, he
would be largely in the majority. I'm
fortunately for him in this regard, the
Federal capital ceased long ago TO be
the mandatory Of Chief Magistrates.
The last effort was its nomination of
William II. Crawford in 1927. The re-
suit did not stimulate to any repetition
of the attempt. In 1856, gentlemen
elected to the duties of legislation, en-
larged their area of influence, and came
to Philadelphia with modest demand
that Judge Mclean should be the nom-
inee of the convention. Their wish was
uisregardcd, nor have the people since
that time been much moved in their Sc
lection by the mutual admiration Of the
, two Houses Of Congress
Mr.. Blaine's geography is not felicitous.
The modern Magi are not following any
star of the East. There is a broater hor-
lion with our spreading population and
; widening sovereignties OF States This
J might not be fatal to Il more substantial
candidate, but it will suffice for Mr.. Blaine
With youthful dreams of empire, the
Speaker, after the close of his duties last
summer returned to his residence and
made speech. 1t was an English states
J man who gave the advice "Wheu you
r have nothing to say, be sure that yon say
nothing 1t would have been safe coun
sci for Mr.. Blaine, but it was not needed.
There was no demand for any exhibition
of his dictionary. His ho.d upon the Au-
gtlsta district is as tenacious as that Of
death OIL the victim. And while he erred
} in opening his mouth, he Numbered in its
utterances. 1t was a provincial declara-
ton sused to the wards of the city of his
residence, and bounded by the valley of
: the Kcnuebec. 1t had no nationality, and
left an unpleasant suspicion that with all
4 of his rare requirements, broad statesman
ship was not of his property; and that
: confessedly accomplished as he Is in tile
chair of the Speaker and in his social blan
dishments, he has not the breadth and
f expansion of those who successfully sway
. governments.
! His foray into the State of. Massachu-
:, sets, in the autumn campaign, was almost
as disastrous as the expedition Of the Cor
5 sican to Moscow. He bore no returning
;. sheaf from that cleaning Of harvests. His
! most irreparable lapse was, however, in
0 the last days Of the dissolving Congress.
t There was bill pending which took from
personal rights and civil liberty boon.
: the slow conquest of centuries of struggle
= and unreasonable blood, and left men to
the grasp of a military despotism and the
n walls of the prison, with the habeas corpus
J. held in suspension by one who, whatever
may be said of him by his friends, would
a not be chosen for the arbitrament of wise
anu lEitCA!Dic JuotiIC. AZ w 40 SuNh ~
v those supposed to be in his confidence
d that Mr.. Blaine would proclaim from The
+, floor of the House his uncomprolnisng OPP
= position to this last attempt at unchecked
1t bower. But his tongue was not Embossed
aud his speech was digested in his stomach
i or stuck in his throat. He might have
&c had future such as his ambition ha
pointel to aim. bnt he was not equal II
IL the crisis He daled not launch his shal
it lop at that state OF flood tide which float
to fortune. His !subordin ii II earned
Il him the resentment of the 1tuler whose
sc unvarylng law is not forgiveness; but re
. venue and condign punishment; and hi
'l timidty has not gained the confidence ant
id appreciation Of the people.
There was another occurrence, snail il
D. itself, but by no means insignificant. Oh
g. the last day of the session, there Wa
placed upon his desk a silver bauble Wit
LII a Latiuzed inscription OF "Festi6uli rex
a. as the giver of the gift. MIR. Blaine ha
better have sacrificed five years of hi
1T most strenuous and successful life than t
" have submitted to this ostentatious foil
of eyposare. Mr.. Samuel Ward and hi
pt kind do not yet make Presidents, nor doe
n his endorsement, with or without revenue
give high character to his favorites, wit
+ the people They are not now, viii
In reviewing the achievements of the lobby
passionately in love with this outside OF
is canization, or overburdened with respec
4 for it. Such tributes of regard weI
- better presented in confidence than in
III public and offensive spectacle. More
~. over, Mr.. Blaine has other surrounding
y which in the popular Judgment are nc
st healthy. He associates with and receive
suggestions from men whose embraces al
as deadly to him as the foldinss of til
''enormous asp of Laocoon,' and who viii
or in his high readings for an elevatio
to which has become barren of honor, enforc
- upon him "pang on pang, and stitie gas
~ on gasp"
of He must be bold man who hazards
confident prediction who will or Will NJ
OF be the elect of 1876; but we live in M
Mt entirely fallacious hope that it may be OF
. not an administrator or executor OF ii
D. debris of Grantisnl. We trust that l
20 succession of this most degraded dynast
of government is to fasten upon the cou
re try and tester in prolonged life of disea
la and decay. Mr.. Blaine does not seek a.
vice, but he receives atulatiOn, and h
he best friends, who would urge him to "bi'
,ro his time" and keep outside of the Pres
w Dental arena, now have their vote
an drowned in the noisy acclaims of selti
49,, hatterers and destroying fools.-[N.
''n Sun.
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IN. A DUEL ON HoRsEBAcK-At Rou,
Valley on Wednesday last L. =. Lewis al
lrd W. 7. Wiswall quarreled at the ranch
bo the former about some hogs. AS no sat
NV factory solution of the difficulty could
be attained by war of words and fists, w
~ . wall retired from the field of action wi
s Tho nunurel intention of coming hack bt