The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-14
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
II IL All About Blaine. and Not Very
Complimentary.
what lie Aimed At and What He Failed
10 Accomplish.
Especial Correspondence N. o. Democrat !
WAsH1NaroN, March 8, 1877.

Especial Correspondence N. o. Democrat
WASHINGTON, March 8, 1877.
/ have seen great light, as they say
at Methodist eamp-meetings. As Grant
wrote TO Newcomb. Easton and
Brown campaign OF 1870, [ have been
"enabed to see my way olear." I shall
support the administration Of the
Fraudulent President. / shall aedui-
esce In the verdict Of Bradley. shall
hail J. Madison Wells and Eliza Piak-
ston as martyrs and canonizs them as
saints. For mine eyes have seen and
mine ears have heard the glory of the
opposition Of Blaine. UP to yesterday
md to-day had been full OF the gall Of
bitterness toward the men who had
stolen our presidency full Of the tleroe-
ness OF resentment against the man
who had accepted the stolen property
at their hands and full Of the dgnd for
It's Of contempt for the pusiIlanImity of
those rightful owners, the Democrats,
who had stood quietly and allowed
their pockets to be- tified without even
80 much as
AN ABLE-BoDtED REMoNgTHANUE.
But now ] am at rest. Having learned
that Blaine was really, actually, and in
| fact, at war with Mr.. Hayes. / hasten to
assure the latter of my distinguished
consideration. and to congratulate him
upon his good luck. No other possible
coniunoture could have made his tenure
OF the presidency even tolerable In the
eyes Of respectable people. / have
heretofore remarked that Hayes was o
lucky dog that he seemed in truth
"A favorite of ia 9, In fortunes lap earessed:"
that honors and emoluments have fol-
I,,, 5v, ~t
tree; that he seemed to have been sin.
gled out by God Almighty as living
testimony unto all men Of the omnipo-
tence Of Good Luck and all that sort
of thing, but no stroke of luck that
ever descended upon his head bears
any parison-not even the remotest
or the far-fetchedest-to that stroke
which fell In the Senate yesterday when
Blaine declared war on the new
SOUTHERN POLICY or HAYES.
All the other pieces Of good luck which
have befallen Hayes bear the same re-
lati On to this one that the sputter Of u tal-
low candle bears to % bolt Of chain light
ming. Blaine has his uses. The State
of Maine has its uses also. The State
OF Maine exists on the map In order
that Blaine may sit In Congress. And
Blaine sits in Congress in order that
| take on occasions Of dilemma. blaine
sometimes hesitates about taking q po-
sition. He never hesltates about taking
other things-railroad bonds, letters,
memoranda" and the like--but he
does sometimes hesitate about taking n
position; and on these occasions ali
men who have at heart the interests Of
the country and who want to be right,
hesitate also; the suspense Is painful.
But no sooner does Blaine rear UP on
his hind legs and begin TO paw the air
with his fore paws. believing the while
like q four-year-old bull with q stone
wall between himself and the object of
his desires, than all good men compla-
Gently betalke themselves to the other
side, and put their trust In God. Blaine
Is not like Daniel Webster Blaine
would
RATHER BE WRONG THAN BE PRESIDENT;
but he would rather be both. When
our Proctor Knott remarked that Blaine
was 1.-The Cd d--dest scoundrel
on, the American continent" he
6'd 6ave very Said wrong B,a5e Knott is Sh0Hla tha
most useful man on the Ameri-
can or any other continent" Blaine is
to politics what the lighthouse is to
navigation. His light shows where
those places are which must be kept
away from. He is the yellow flag OF poll
tics; for, whenever you see him, you
know there is
SMALLPOX IN THE NEIGHBoRHooD.
He reminds me of the fellow who used
to 60 about the country as an advance
agent of a noted temperance lecturer.
He always travelled forty eight hours
ahead Of the lecturer, giving fearful
example OF the effects of intemperance!
But one earthly consideration could
have induced patriotic people; people
law, peace, charity and the other beni-
sons, benetices and amenities OF life;
to tolerate a President not elected by
the people but counted In by Bradley,
Strong, Miller, Garfield, Hoar, Ed
munds, ct dl That one thing was that
Blaine should oppose his administration.
That left the situation in the nature Of
g choice between two frauds-and as
my friend Mccullough once said OF Bill
Grosvenor. Hell could not produce nor
Omnipotence duplicate" fraud which
would not instantly be chosen as the
lesser Of the two IL the other happened
to be Blaine.
learn that Blaine opposes Hayes be-
cause he refused to give him the pat
ronage he demanded that Blaine went
up to the White House and commanded
Hayes to stand and deliver two or
three Cabinet places, and no end Of
other valuables, and that Hayes in re-
sponse kicked Blaine down the front
steps, whereby soreness was pro-
duced in the seat Of Blaine's intellect
But Blaine Is taking the wrong way to
get even. 1t is just like him. He never
does the right thing. He is SO smart.
Blaine is so damned smart-if I may
be allowed the term-that he can't get
out of his own way therefore most of
the blows which he designs for others
hit himself. Now, when he came away
from the White House, the other day,
rubbing the infiamed seat Of his intel
lect and vowing vengeance. il he had
had any sense, it would at once have oc-
Cured to him that the only way he
could injure Hayes was