The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27

The constant attacks made upon Mr..
Blaine by the Democratic press since his
speech on the Amnesty Bill shows that
among the prominent Presidential candi-
ddates lie is not considered the least
formidable. 1t was to be expected there
fore, that some apparently grave charge
would be brought against him to impli
cate him in some of the Illicit transac-
tons which are continually brought to
light. Indeed, charge has been in
preparation for some time, and every
body who is familiar with political Cos
sip and rumor knew very well that the
mime would be sprung" and the 'bomb
exploded" in the most effective manner
that could be devised The explosion,
however, did not prove to be very impos-
Ing. The charge was that Mr.. Blaine
received money improperly from the I'm
ion Pacific Railroad Company Or its
agents Some time before the publica- |
ton Mr.. Blaine had heard Of it,and wrote
the following letter to friend:
''IIoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
WAsHNGToN, d. c., March %, 1876. |
My DEAR FRIEND,-Yours received. |
| beg YOU will rot be disturbed by Wash
:ngton rumors respecting myself. The
story of my ever having received money |
. or any thing else of value from the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, or any of its
officers Or agents, is not only false, but
absurd. There is not the remotest foun-
e. dation for it, and can scarcely conceive !
that any one would be crcdulous enough |
Ill, l. It,. i
Washington for some weeks past in an |
indefinite, irresponsible, and intangible |
way. Whenever it shall assume form |
and share and publicity, it will receive a |
conclusive answer. Meanwhile | trust |
you will mold peaceful mind.
81 shall never be injured by stories of
this kind
''Sincerely yours,
j. G.. BLAINE"
The Washington correspondent of the !
New York Times very truly says that no
injurious story about any eminent can
didate for the Cincinnati nomination will
be believed at this time unless the tcsti-
mony is conclusive. The stories about
Mr.. Bristow have already perished They
were well known ut once to be the work
of the Ring and its retaincrs upon whom
the Secretary has made such vigorous
and successful war Both attempts to
injure him in this way have failed He
was neither wrongfuIly connected with
Whiskey suits in Kentucky nor with a
mule suit in Washington. Mr.. Bristow
fully understood all the risks that he en-
encountered when he began his assault
upon the ring. He was warned and
threatened by its agents, and in Wash
ington his conduct was attributed to a
personal desire to make sensation and
to disCredit the Administration, of which
.he is a most efficient officer. The most
constant and crafty efforts were made to
excite the hostility of the President, and
to embarrass the Secretary, so that he
must reign or be dismissed. The direct
lie and assault having failed, another
contemplate trick was tried. 1t was de-
clared that the Democrats were suspi-
ciously fond of him. But as there CHANGED
to be no evidence to sustain the assertion
il died without an echo. Indeed, Just in
the degree that Mr. Bristow has seemed
10 be strong with the Republican party,
and to be the possible or probable candi-
date, the Democratic press has done lis
little ard abortive best to injure him.
The same plan is now tried with Mr.
Blaine, and the effort merely convicts the
plotters of stupidity 1t might perhaps
not be impossible to invent some plausible
story, but the mud of pecuniary fraud
viii not stick to Mr. Blaine more closely
than TO Mr.. Bristow. Whatever may be
said against him. he has never been ac=
,cused of being a fool. The very objec-
tien of many critics to the eX-Speaker is
that he is 'too smart" too much of II
politician" And do they not think him
smart enough TO keep out of evident and
open traps? Well-meaning but dull men
may easily fall into Il conn., promising po-
sition, but Mr. Blaine is not dull. There
was an effort to smirch him with the
Credit Mobilier scandal, but his skirts
were proved to be absolutely clear and
clean. Indeed the sharpest critics of
Mr. Blaine, who deny him high polit-
ical morality, will not deny ti.at at least
he thoroughly comprehends the policy
of honesty, if nothing more. He has
learned, if nobody else, that the heart
of the country is set upon different po-
litical morality from that which has been
lately revealed; and it is the feeling that
he has the courage of his perceptions,
and would carry his faith into practice,
which commcnds him as a candidate to
many who would otherwise not favor
him.
Mr.. Bristow and Mr.. Blaine have both
acted wisely in promptly meeting and re-
futing the preliminary SANDERS aimed at
them. Should either OF them receive
tlls CINCINNATI nomination, the 1ailure OF
,.,ese early calumnies will discredit all
which would be produced during the
campaign --Harps1's Weekly.