New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-08
THE DEFENSE or MR.. BLAINE.

HOW IT Is VIEWED BY THE NEWSPAPERS
The temperate judgment OF the party counts
him cut II tie SIR. Blaine must see himself thai
lis ght leadership lat for existence. lie viii
hereafter belong tie invalid 81 the Republican
army. be President o. the United states
IL. y. Herald Ond)
Last Saturday the public opinion Of the coun-
that merely out II te race Tor che
Presidency, but shat he had no political future To-day
couut him out of the race, ant that certainly
safe To decide that he IS out OF pohtes-lN y World
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The whole affair is after the Blaine fashion.
IT., does not want the Committees judgment, but be
wants to demolish the Committee In particular he
wishes Ia Keep his party IA the House IN nls following
Cincinnati summons the DELEGATES next weeA ana some
planned for s,nsation 10 impress the Convention that
is so soon To assemble Boston Post uDem.l
Those who profess to believe that somebody
cl.r wouJ he a rungr, than Mr. Blame woul
de- well o reflect that the Republican parry wall not lie
tr nulIic man is viudc,,I whether hc is nomiu
- oT @ aud i rcv won d" ge 10 avoid ANY, anncar
of crOwdug him down Boston Advertiser tRepJ
Smart! Smart! too smart, is the inevitable
comment. One thing 90 least these disclosures do prove
aud that IL tnat Mr. Blame H. not the sdn reform Pres
dents made of Boston Globe (lndD
An army has been known even by a series of
victories 10 wear Itself down, and so Mr. Blaine may
have ont OF these successive trials 1umphautly,
lar ~ regards his personal honor and yet Tue RepnD
impression that 1t would not be- advisable under the cir
cunstauces 10 nominate such man for the Presidency
Boston Jou nal URepJ
The people of the United States may be
somewhat donoralled, but they are not 50 far gone that
II he presumed they viii elect President man who
has DE on the make In the securities OF subsidized
roads.-lCinclnnuti Commercial (lnd)
This brilliant stroke, by which Mr. Blaine
took the matter ont OF the nads OF lac Committee and
then put IL ON the defensive quite diverted attention
the main question. which is with regard own
er,hip OF the $4,000 in bonds Of tho Little Rock and
Fort smith Railway, which unloaded the Union
Pacific Company Cincinnati Gazette tRepD
From the contents of the letters given in
the dispatches aud nom the MEMORANDUM of huiligan
which also read, II II clear ihat they AT least bear
out popular Impression the cX-Speaker il
rather speculative turn OF mnd.-Detroit Free Press
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Two of the letters justify in their plaincst
and simplest Interpretation the worst that has been
legged against The untt OF the exSpcaker for the
Presidential office and we cannot doubt that 1t VIII he
the opinion OF all toughttui persons VINO carefully read
them aud consider their i'm ort; IN connection with all
the cii cunlsiances OF s high official position that rather
han have written them II would have been better for
him have had milestone about his neck and been cast
! into the sca."-tBoston Herald (ind)
We give il as our judgment that if the or
ganzitiUn which saved the country from slavery, which
gave the people the best currency IN the world aud
which covered the nation with blessings IL be main
tanned by thorough Republican Administration, the
leader IN this great work Is james Gillespie Blaine, born
| III Malnc.-ip philadelphia Press tRep)
He will be stronger than ever in his party,
but that Is not all TIE American people adm courage
and iar play Henceiorth lie will have the esteem
of those who respect manness and strength and despse
the tactics of sanderers aud sneakslBoston Traveller
| RepJ
Mr.. Blaine's defense before the House of
Representatives his condemnation IL needs no other
evidence than the letters he presents o convince fine
people that he II cOnspCuOusly unfit man To occupy
the Presidential chair.-lBOston Transcript (ReD)
His nomination would bring on a fierce con
test In which his cause would uOubtess be as warmly
sustained the attack would be desperate and unre-
lenting.- Hartford Post QiepJ
His friends and doubtless he himself will
agree that II would nave been better he had
from sort OF connection the securities of cor
portions which had appealed might appeal to Con
gcss Tor a However innocent and honorable transac-
/ anti his ms Ia
assaults as We have seen IN this very case. Albany
Journal Repl
| Mr.. Blaine did not lack enthusiastic support,
and his victory Islander has famed the old and
| kinded new enthusiasm. The people have made his
cause theirs, aud viii record their protest against the
attempt 10 take him on.-lPhiladelphia Inquirer (sep)
! If anybody is disposed to renew the war
upon him. they cannot do without the
sort OF man they viii have TO Blaine 10 not dead