National Republican., 1877-07-06
OPINIONS or THE PRESS
On the Speeches of Chamberlain and Blaine
An Old story Told In "a New Way

OPINIONS or THE PRESS
On the Speeches of Chamberlain and Blaine.
An Old story Told In u New Way.
From the New York Tribune:
What he says, however, Is not new, though he
says 1t IN new and telling way. II may all be
summed upin one of his own sentences, which char
ncterzcs the Presidents action abandoning"
PacEard, "as unconstitutional and revolutionary.
subvcrsve of constitutional guarantees, and false
to every dictate of political honor, public justice
and good morals" All this has been said before
and the people 9re aprarntly not yet convinced Of
It's truth. Mr.. thalnbctlhtn's argument IN the
familiar carpct.baggcr.' argument about patcrnnl
Government and, L his rhetoric is finer than the
CarpCtbagcrS rhetoric and he succeeds In startling
the public by comparing Buchanan and Hayes 10
the advantage Of buchanan. and by calling the
and his inaugural the chief Of Subtcgfugcs If not
of alschnDds, he has nevertheless failed to prove
his case The truth i that Mr.. Chamberlain h talk
ing about dead issue. lie ought not to spoil II
valuable head by running It against stone wall
air blaine neither asScnted to nor dissened frum
Mr. ChameerlGin,s criticisms. All That he said Of
the folly of further Mexican annexation the people
Will second as sound sense.
A Successful Failure.
From the New York Herald:
Well-two gentlemen who have been for
some time hOyCring on the e'iyc have taken their
| plunge. Mr.. Blaine and Nj. Chamberlain-Or, to
put them IN the order Of their Importance on this
occasion, Mr. Chamberlain and Mr.. Blainc-huve
dSlivSred fhs'T r attacks on @ ths rTssident Mr.
| Presidents Southern policy which he character
izes as q surrender to the Democrats . He
cover that even Mr Blaine his diatrfbe Produced
30 poor MI effect that the aktute Maine statesman
utterly refused 70 SECOND him NJ: Blaine would
though he had slept clear through the harangue Of
his predecessor he knew nothing Of Louisiana and
MSr. Of with sSaa Which, "F0Mns MT saa aS pn
cluded asking " he alone to air the griefs OF
the disappointed CARPET bsgvers, got hp re-
was probably wondering whore Mr. Chamberlain
now hailed fnnm, R',L Why, having been Gov.
not now even resident Of the State. II Nr Blaine
| were defeated for Congress we doubt il he would
immediately move out Of Maine. Mexico was the
| reasons against the annexation Of the Northern
states neatly taking 4 for granted that the Admin
,straton means o grao thess E Statss' And then
! sorry to say. became commonplace. "The controll
ing element Of the South" he exclaimed holds
petuity OF the American union;" and so on. surely
! II Is hardly worthy Of Mr. Blaine's acknowledged
abilities to spend his time in making hces at the
! Soutk On the whole II may be said Of this Wood.
! stock demonstration that asa success II was
failure; though Us a failure 1t was very tolerable
success But did anybody say the Republican
The Democrats Happy at the Prospect Of Q
| Republican Split.
| From the New York World;
In 4 word, the tempest Of revolt has broker
forth from the teapot of Bowen and from Windhan
| county once the stronghold of enthusiastic and
united party the election returns Of which have n
oiten brought consolation 10 the downcast Repub
licans Of Connecticut the startled nation hears III,
clash OF resounding tongues. We trust there viii
be some pretty fighting since there cannot be peace
and as for the constitutional Democracy
| -"whether he kill Cassie,
| Or Cassie him. or each kill the other
| Every way makes our gain"
A Policy That Cannot be Successfully Chal
ienged.
From the Philadelphia Times,
Mr. Chamberlain's Fourth of July address
may have been intended to thrill the country lk,
an alarum bell In the,nlght, but the sound tlcreo
Is more like the melancholy tinkle Of the bell o
the COW that In searching Tor forbidden pastures
has lost her way, Fate and iacts are alike agans
In addressing the American public through N,
people Of Woodstock, that he sees voice we can
they consider the peaceful condition Of Soutl
Carolina under Hampton and contrast II with tn,
sud plight in which Chamberlain found and lef
the State the people are not likely 10 censure Prsi
dent Hayes Tor his share In bringing about tn
change for the better. policy that has worked s.
Governor gives no substantial reasons for a rchcar
ing Of his certainly the more Il Is considered
the worse II will appear for him and his party
The Speeches Of Blaine and Chamberlain II
Very Had Taste.
From the New York Times
The principal speeches made at the Wood
stock demonstration on the Fourth OF July, wcr
appropriate neither to the special occasion of open
Ing public park, nor To the proper attitude Of tn
patriotic mind on Independence Day. And nclthe
Gov. Chamberlain nor Mr.. Blaine made amend
for the untimely lines of their oratiOns by any spc
CiAl show of ability In their treatment Of the sub
jccs selected for discussion In his long indiCt
ment Of the Southern policy Of the Administration
Gov. Chamberlain said little which has moi bcui
ns well said before, and nothing which would no
have fallen with more effect on the public ca
from one less closely identified than himself will
the questions IN dispute He has shown, up Ill
| InW Ia Ia stlt f. "A com
, pletc svlfRbncIUtou that II Is matter for Tcgrc
that Il career with such promise OF public useful
ness should hC IN the slightest degree clOudcd b,
what will be generally regarded aF an exhibition
Of fTetMl impaticnCr and querulOus discomfort
! Time aud the right RrC on the side Of the Calls
which Governor Chamberlain has ~ much Il
. heart, and In politics aS Ia the daily busincs
Of life, 1t is the part Of the wise man to lCRv
something TO the SLOW acton OF both