The Democratic advocate., 1876-01-15


Bishop Havcs recently declared that
Mr. Blaine wonld kill himself, politically.
as Presidential candidate, before this
session Of Congress was over He could
have had little anticipation that bis pre-
diction would be fulfilled at 50 early
stage ofthe session as ii has been. Blaine's
speech 10 the House on Monday last, on
the Amnesty bill, was an act Of deliberate
political Jslo de Sc At this centennial
period, when everybody is trying to cult
s,ite fraternal feeling aud to forgive aud
forget past differences, Mr.. Blaine comes
forward with an effort in the House to
arouse all the passions of the war. He Is
playing in the House role similar to that
which Morton has undertaken in the Sen
ate, in bis Mississippi investigation project,
and both Of them, as Presidential candi-
dates, are US dead as they can be. Blaine
has heen much beputed, of late, for his
shrcwdness and tact as a parliamentarian,
but it is very clear that he has but little
tact as a political leader. II he had pos
sesscd that quality only in moderate de-
gree, he never would have given utterance
to the sentiments which he did on Mon
day. There was no need for such speech;
it was altogether ont Of time aud at variance
with the sentiments Of the centennial year,
the tendencies Of which all couspire to
cultivate feelings of amity and frater-
nifty. The war is past its passions have
subsided, and any attempt to revive them
is distasteful to the people. 1t should be
so. Is there never to be an end Of the
tricks and wilcs Of the demagogues who
seem incapable Of rendering their country
any higher service in the councils Of the
nation than that Of perpetual agitation to
foster the interests and purposes of fac
tiong Mr.. Blaine, whatever his qaalif-
cations, seems incapable Of rising to the
height and dignity Of statesman, content
to groyel in the sphere of the mere dema
gogue. His ill-timed and ill.advised bar
rangue Of Monday, called forth sharp
rejoinder from Mr. Cox, Of New York, aud
on Tuesday a mastery reply from Hon.
B. 7. Hill, Of Georgia, fortified with doc
umentary evidence that neither Mr.. Blaine
nor any Of his colleagues can refute. We
do not know that we can do our readers a
greater service than to present both of
these speeches in our next. They are
the utterances Of prominent and repre-
sentative mep, who stand forth as cham
pions Of their respective sides Of this
controversy. There are only about 75O
persons in the South yet laboring under
political disabilities, and the bill of Mr.
Randall offered amnesty to them all. But
Mr.. Blaine attempted to amend it by ex-
cepting Hon. Jefferson Davis, and upon
this illiberal, demagogical attempt Of Mr..
Blaine this debate sprang up. A similar
bill passed the House at the last session,
but failed to get through the Senate
Why, then, should Mr.. Blaine have sin
gled out Mr.. Davis as an exception at this
time? His object wis to make Presidential
capital for himself, but be will fail, utterly
and ingloriously, as he ought
Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, spoke on Thurs.
day, with great bitterness, and in the same
vein with Blaine. By agreement the de-
bate was closed Thursday, lot US hope to
be renewed no more forever. All parties
appear to deprecatc its introduction at this
time d..