The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-17
MAY II. 1876.
Truth Triumphant.

When we placed the name of the
Hon. james G. Blaine at the head
of our columns, a few months since
as our choice as candidate on the Re-
publican ticket for the Presidency of
the United States, we felta firm con-
viction that his public career was
spotless and his private character
above reproach. We were aware, at
the same time, that men in lofty places
were daily accused Of shameful mis-
demeanors, and that some were re-
tired to private life in ignominy and
gloom we were convinced that the
shafts Of malice would be hurled at
whomsoever should dare to lift up
his head in aspiration of the highest
Office in the gift of a mighty Repub-
lie but we were persuaded in our
inmost heart that that name would
remain untarnished though ~falsehood
and SANDER might hurl its envenomed
darts and seek to cast obloquy upon
his irreproachable career.
The sequel has proven that we
were not at fault in u estimation OF
the man, and to-day, after enemies
both in and out of the party, have
resorted to every meal to besmlrch
his fame, he stands forth, like Caesars
wife above suspicion, and deeper in
the hearts of the American people.
He, as a far-seeing and intelligent
man, saw the thunderbolts his enemies
were forging for his destruction, and,
like wise general, fortified himself
to meet the attack /; though at first
amazed, and checked in their course
of falsehood, his enemies still persis-
ted that something remained unex-
planned, until about a week ago, in
the presence of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and before an expectant
nation, he rose from his seat and
refuted in a clear and unanswcrable
statement every SANDER, every false
hood, and every i~nsinuation that had
been brought against him. Every
fair-minded man, of whatever politics
accepted his observations as true, and
was compelled to admit that his ac-
cusers were put to shame, and he
himself acquitted of all dishonorable
dealings.
There are still a few who will not
yield to the unanswerable statements
of the maligned Representative, but
they are of that class of disputants
who cling to falsehood from a natural
desire to berate those who preserve
virtues which ~they-cannot practice.
Mr.. Blaine's life has not been an
uneventful one, and courage of prin-
ciple, unyielding integrity, and de-
votion to right, have been his marked
characteristics since his first entrance
upon political life. In pursuing this
high ground of political morality, it
would have been quite impossible
not to have made bitter and vindic-
tive enemies, and these covert and
open foes e~ndeavored, upon the eve
of an exciting political contest, to
attack his character, and leave him
not sufficient time to repair the evil
hal such foul accusations might &C.
casion. Butthank Heaven, they have
missed the mark, and from the ice
bound coasts of his adopted State to
the fragrant orange groves of bloom
ing Florida, his vindication has gone
forth, making for himself n warmer
place than ever in the affections of
his admiring countrymen.
Eagerly the representatives of a
nation listened while the great orator
destroyed the fabric of falsehood hal
had been woven around him by his
willy foes, and SO clear and convinc-
ing were his oral and documentary
refutations that even his political
enemies were convinced that James
G. Blaine WINS guiltless of the crime
imputed to him by the clique of
slanderers who had combined to ruin
his character, and defraud him of the
republican nomination for the Presi-
dency of the United States. 1t is
clear that knavery was the founda-
ton of this accusation, and it is
a lamentable fact that the surround
ings and. circumstances point to one
or more as having a connection with
the matter of whom we had thought
better things. We car only hope
that our suspicious may be found to
have been unwarranted, andfo their
sakes, and the honor of the party,
We trust that it may be so.t Maryland
Gazette.