The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-07
blaine Of Maine.

Mr.. JAMES G. BLAINE profited by Henry
Wilson's death. That event left the smart
ex-Speakcr the only prominent represent
tative Of New England IN the race for the
Republican nomination New England
has one-tenth of the population and more
than one-tenth OF the wealth OF the whole
country. She has had no President since
the time Of PIERCE. The local pride Of an
influential section now comes TO back the
luck and the ambition of BLAINE of Maine.
In his own state BLAINE is very strong
Even his Republican enemies are working
for him. The next Legislature will have
to elect n Senator to succeed Lot MORRILL,.
II BLAINE fails to secure the Presidential
nomination, he will claim aud get the seat
In the Senate. The anti-BLAISE Republic
cans, headed by MORRILL,, are therefore
driven to support man they do not cor
daily like. aud to aid him in getting the
big pudding in order that they may keep
their own small pie. HAMLIN. who owes
BLAINE lift or two, is pipe-laying for him
with an energy which years have not i'm
paired. Ii must not he supposed, how
ever, that the venerable and swarthy Car
thaginian has so far forgotten his bring
ing up rs to omit meanwhile to "nX
thing" with view to the possibility OF IA
third-term programme. Friendship Is
friendship and gratitude is gratitude; but
HAMIIN In HAMLIN Notwithstanding.
BLAIHE's strength is not limited to
Maine nor to New England. No Speaker
has ever used TO better advantage than he
the opportunities OF q Speaker. No poll
t,fa a.
questions which would be likely 10 divide
his support. No candidate hns ever pos
sessed in n greater degree the valuable
faculty ofsmaking friends and then keep
ing them for use. No man IN the party,
GRANT alone excepted, has ut present ad-
vices, better show for the Republican
nomination next summer.
This being the case, BLAINE cannot af-
ford to run under n handicap. lie is handi-
capped, just now. by the warrantable sus-
picion that he has been guilty Of piece OF
underhand trickery. We refer to the pub
lication OF the FOSTER letter, which, there
Is some reason to believe, was brought
about by BLAINE himself
The country wants to hear from your
own lips the story OF that letter, Mr..
BLAINE. II will not do for you to exclaim
"what In hill docs this mean, FosrERY'
This Is illogical AS well as profane. II is
you, and not FOSTER, who can tell what It
means. II Is for you to deny, II you can
deny, that you ever received this letter.
GRANT would like to know about II, and
so should we, and so would great many
other people.
North Americans as a general thing,
Mr.. BLAINE, like to see things done on the
square. and would not think kindly Of II
man "a Presidential candidate who was
In the habit of descending TO ways that
are dark. BEN BUTLER once said IN Con-
gress that that was your style, but perhaps
BEN BUTLER slandered you.
DO you think. Mr.. BLAINE OF Maine, that
your quite funny after-dlnner speech at
the Centennial junket would have been
received with such enthusiasm If the hon
est people below the salt had known you
as n man who engineered his political
fortunes through the Post Once anony-
mously, and then declined to acknowledge
1t Now is your chance to speak.