The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-22
blaine, the Rcsurrectionist.

infamous III U~'lls NNN lil' lf'niu VI II
will stand rs the browning shame of the
party winch brought II on. II was ITS last
aud fullest confession of criminal failure,
In thcusc OF the largest measure OF power
ever given u u political party IN this
country. After moro than ten years of
absolute sway, in time of profound
peace, this party selects its most cons picu-
Gus member in Congress to tell us in his
most dramatic style, that the bloody
chusm still ytwns at our feet. not Gully un-
brldscd but uubridrclhle.
Partly because of tins very failure, the
people voted that party down in 1874; the
present House was chosen with II view 10
something better, and Mr.. Speaker BLAINE
was required to descend from the chair to
a place in the ranks OF a small minority.
But they are BourbOns all. They knew
nothing and they learn nothing In tii-
umph aud disaster, III power aud out, they
nrc the same. We have heard much about
dead ISSUES; but these issues which MI.
BLA1NE has disinterrcd, are not only dead,
but utterly aud horribly offensive.
or the shock and disgust which their re-
production above ground ut this time of
day Will certainly produce, tuc re-urrec-
Zionist himself must take the respon-
sibnity. No doubt he think, he has Il use
for them. He intends to bind to them the
carcass Of the Republican party. as to IL
body Of death. so that when the people
again determine to bury dead issues, they
will fnd il necessary to bury the Republ
can party also, II they desire to keep the
ISSUES down. This may not be precisely
what MIR. BLAINE expects. but il il precise
L.. 4. Ill. 10
emp Dyed all the remarkable talents no Is
supposed to possess IN devising Il method e
running The Republican party, he could not
have more perfectly adapted the means TO
the cnd.
But II should Ice remembered tina, "a pre-
cipitating this ueedle-- and acrimonious
debate, Mr.. BLAINE was not SEWING the
Republican party. lie was merely serving
BLAINE. lie was seeking a nomination,
not looking to the success Of Il party. lie
thought il WAS time for him to out-Murton
MoRToN aud out-Grlnt GRANr. They had
made much of imaginary Ku-KiuN aud
White Leagucrs. and a host OF phantomS,
which, suited their Inconvenience tpconiure
up before elections. There was absolutely
nothing left for poor Mr.. BLAINE to opc-
rate upon but Ander>onVillc and although
the keeper and the prisoners and the witt
nesses, and indeed the entire issue. are
dead and gone, he laid hold of it with the
infinite zeal of IA struggling candidate, who
Is determined To do IA large business on a
very small capital Accordingly, 50 far n
lies in the power of BLAINE, the Re
publican party j. marshallcl literally
speaking. behind the skeletons of the dead
past rs il to go into the Presidential can
vass on the dcadest OF all dead issues.
That such procession H. this tends natur-
ally TO the scpulchre, there is no manner
of doubt; ana We entertain a lively faith
that the Disguised people Of the tnitci
States will tins year provide Il grave large
and deep enough to contain the whole OF
them forever.
Mr.. BLAISEs device Is not of the kind TO
win. II Is shallow, mean, aud base; aud
In comparison with IT, the b.oody SHIRT, the
outrage mill. and PoKER JACKS scalawag
and carpet-hag convention, rise into re-
spectahility. The people VIII have none
OF II. They propose Ia 90 about the bust
II = Of the day-to restore orderand peace
In the country, to revive their commerce
and industries, TO reform their currency,
aud wrcst their Government from the
hand. of the unworthy and the corrupt.
they only laughed NJ POKER JACK. They
refused to howl with MoRrON; they de-
clncd to chrse with WILLIAMS; aud they
Will not buirow with BLAINE. If his re-
cent political crim"-aud the opening Of
that terrible ami bloody book IS nothing
less than a crlme-shill have any eject be-
You'd damaging BLAINE, II Will be to bring
the canvass OF l~i6 back to the is,uc- OF
1S14-to the radical measure, of rcconstruc-
ton, 81 GRANTS corrupt dealings with the
South, 10 cdrpet-baggery, bayun't clsc-
tions, mwlcss seizures Of Satc--i-,urs
upon which the popular judgment was
clearly pronounced when Democratic
House was chosen 10 supcrscjo Nj
YLAINE's late majority.
Bur Mr.. BLAINE, beng fairly in the bone
business, was not content With the CHASTITY
spoil, Of the Andcrsonyille bitches. 1t Will
be observed that every one of the " historic
cructlos cited by him were cruelte, in
flicted by Roman Catholics. lie eagerly
explored the vaults of the Iuqu-itlon,
fonlly traced the rayag,s OF ALvA, and
hung gioltug over the massacre OF ~.
Bartholomew That must have been II
moment Of supreme triumph 10 the
l'iIH'i ppuucldh. lie hhu hOl OnlN
placed his skeleton far in advance Of NJ
MoRroN's bloody shirt, but he was jus.
then about two lengths ahead Of GRANr
III his Auti-Catholc developments Thesp
chronicles Of the darker ages were sealed
to the uncducatcd soldier, ANA the stu
dious BLAINE was not slow to improve
his advantage. But, on the whole, the
spectacle is not attractvc-this of a
reckless demagogue blowing the embeis
Of dying sectional PASSIONS ana ann 1t
with glowing brand TO burn his mother .
church. lie m,"ht have remembered ~
grandfather EPHRAIM, the pious beef con
tractor OF the revolutionary war; he might
have remembered the long line OF nnccs-
tore who have fallen asleep in the faith
against winch he agitato-; no might
have remembered his mother, home, aud
baptism or even those maiden aunts who,
with the Sisters Of Charity, still prosecute
their selt-imposcd mission OF healing aud
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