The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-01-14
THE GREAT QUESTION.
BLA1NE's COMING SENSATION.
,Corresponderce N. Y. SUM-

Correspondence N. Y. SUM-
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-Look cut for
Blaine. He will create rs great sensa- :
amnesty question. He will take the right
position this time unless he receives the
amplest pledges of good behavior from Mr..
Hayes. And even then it is very doubtful
whether Blaine will not prefep to do right.
Not for sake of being right, by any means.
! would not offend the gentleman from
Maine by any such imputation. Henry Clay
would rather be right than President;
Blaine would rather be President than
right. If / have confidence in him 1t is be-
cause / know his character and his interests,
his feelings, and to a certain extent, at
least, his private conversation. The ex-
cessive care with which he has avoided airy
public expression whatever upon the crisis,
this studied silence following, as it did,
period OF the EXTREMIST speech, is capable
of two possible meanings. Either it is in
rended to fool the Democrats until the 4sh
of March, when the present Congress dies
and with it the unfinished investigation of
certain railroad transactions, and st the
same time to exact, by this threatening at
titude, pledges from Mr.. Hayes; or it is the
calm before the storm, the preliminary, pre-
paratory announcement to the public TN :,
be seriously hesitates and wilt not agree
with the revolutionary scheme ofMorton
and the new confederates. In addition to
the reasons which indicate the probability
of the latter course, previously given, the
following may not be ont of place.
The nomination of Hayes at Cincinnati
was not so much his personal triumph as it
was Bla,ne's personal defeat. The enemies
of Blaine, once united and determined, as
they were, could have nominated John
Smith just as we'll. They took up Hayes
because he suited them best, and his NOM
nation was the result of not only comb
nation, bat distinct bargain with Don
Cameron on the one hand and Bristow on
the other.
1t is we'll known that Mr.. Hayes is
bound, by the most sacred pledges, to retain
Don Cameron as Secretary of War, and Co
restore Mr.. Bristow to the Treasury.
Mr.. Blaine among his Intimate friends,
openly charges Mr.. Bristow with having in
stigated the investigation of his rail
road transactions; in fact with having f. =
pished to the committee the reformation
that led to the right and, to him, fatal
track.
Mr. Blaine knows that Don Cameron's
desperate and able manipulation alone de-
fested his nomination.; knows, too, that
whatever be may do, the Camerons have
too keen knowledge of human nstuI Q
ever to trust him. Blaine and the Came
rons are and must remain political enemies.
Morton and Sherman also did all they
could to defeat Blaine, and Hayes ia under
their influence to very great extent.
Grant hates Blame aud does not conceal
| it. Only the other day he removed the
| Postmaster of Philadelphia, against the al
most unanimous wish of all respectable peo-
pie, in the face of an excellent record
| simpIy because the Camerons demanded il
simply to punish the Postmaster for having
as delegate to Cincinnati, favored Blaine
| He may look wherever he p'eases, from
| any standpoint whatever, the fact remains
| the same, that an Administration of Hayes
| means anti Blaine, means the triumph o.
| his enemies, means the strengthening of hii
| enemies. means great political Poace'
| against Blaine in 1850.
| Aud why should it not te thus? Is there
! no logic of events, no law of political gra-
wilton If the nomination Of Hayes was
4 the triumph of Blaine's enemies, will DOT
| Hayes's defeat be Biaine's triumph2 And
must not the victory of Hay es be 5He victory
| of those W 30 made han, VITO stand behind
him, to whom he ls boeDd and fettered
aud who are all enemies of Blaine7
| Besldes desiring to be President IN 1851
| Blaine desires To oe the leader of his party
before tina: time. He believes in his OWL
ABILITY as an aggressive and successful
party leader. But no man can possibly be
such leader when his party Is in power
| and he Is knOwn to represent peither the
President nor the Administration. Mr.
| Blaine eau Dever be the leader of his party
under the administration of Mr. Hayes, Pu,
he might be the leader of the opposition
against the administration of Mr.. Tilden
A change of administration in lSS0-whict
not only Mr.. Blaine, but many prominent
Republicans believe to be quite probable
would, as in England, place the leader o
the opposition at the head of the Govern
ment.
WHAT THE LONDON TIMES THINK
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