The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-04-06

Tie cadse ofK I'M xho| I'm M Sss, fise,
to call .Brindien Bill. Nov, Kellogg is,
earpet-bagger, and the carpet bagger havin,
become, as honest old Tom Robertson says
"hated at tho North, execrated at the Seutl
and despised by the Niger" Bhihe fnd:
songenial fellowship. in Kellogg. There
fore Blaine seizes the coatrtails of sKellogs
and-expects Kellogg 10 pull hin, into thu
Presidency four years from now i once
knew fellow whose ideas of 'Iocomotiol
were similar to Blsineis theory Of "politica
progress. This fellow, having partakeu
largely OF the peculiar constitutional lswroi
late administration, walked solemuly iute
water closet at one end ofa railway sta.
tion platform, took a seat and inquired
"Why in hi don't this train start 4" II
IS fortunate Tor Kellogg that his reputation
is as bad as reputation can be; otherwise
Blaine's advocacy of him might be ipjuri.
Gus. 20 90 ss 's.'
And yet Blaine represents his constitu-
enoy with fidelity. Perhaps you are not ac-
quainted with the constituency of Blaine
Blaine's constituents are those natives of
Maine who neglect to emigrate precipitate-
~ as soon as they are old enough to realize
what kind Of State they have been born
in. Providence keeps few people in
Maine, who are carefully selected with a
view to influencing all respectable folks to
emigrate at once. Well, these are Blaine 3
constituents-the few persons retained as
moral scarecrows by Divine Providence
After this explanation you will understand
the secret..of Blaine's wonderful hold upon
the people of Maine. No hold has ever
been seen like Il, -unless-vnA1except that
hold which Blaine got on the Mulligan let
ters. And no hold like it will ever be seen
until the devil gets Blaine, constituents,
Mulligan letters and all.
But, to be serious, Blaine is be-
coming the most colossal nuisance of
the century. He is not only delug-
ing the name of the American people with
disrepute, but he is becoming disturber of
the peace, and an inveterate peddler of
noxious notions which are designed to be-
devil the feeble minded. Never accomplish
ing anything and proposing nothing, he
hangs on. the verge Of politics like q ,Bsdouin
upon the fanks Of q caravan, watching for
some pilgrim with sick camel to drop out
of the procession.
IF the fools were oil dead, Blaine
could do no harm. But some of them
still liye,s and, as consequence, Blaine
alwaysshea just enough of following to
keep his 5wh,Sspqsis sss to the intoler-
.able point, and 10 Infect tRS poiitiS ,ata,os,
no success 10 him; but he always comes
near enough h to success to nerve his misguid-
ed followers for another effort in his behalf.
His followers are of two classes: First, play
cd-out and uscd-up old hacks and frauds,
who have been kicked out of all other fel-
lcwship, and, second, credulous and enthu-
Siastic boys, who are led to believe that
iron cheek and leather lungs constitute the
true statesman, and that Blaine's system of
tcn-cent thimble-riggery is the true game of
politics.
AS Kenncbec town councilman, Blaine
woulG have been success. But in the
arena of national politics he figures as ridi-
culously as cockroach turned out to pas
turc in ten-acre lot. 1t is only when he
becomes the boss cockroach of horde of
and he only ceases to be ridiculous when
he becomes pestiferous He may not be
able to accomplish anything of great detri-
mcnt, but he sometimes has power to delay
the accomplishment of that which is bene-
ficial-as in the present instance he OBJ.
structs the pacihcation Of Louisiana and
South Carolina.
When Stanley Matthews and MIR. Evarts,
On behalf of Hayes, advised that poor shiv-
ering upstart, Chamberlain, that the good
of the country required his withdrawal from
the position to which he pretends, Mat
thews and Evarts simply tried to do by mild
persuasion, out Of pity, what simple justice
would have dictated should be done by the
hair of his head-and what will be done by
the hair of his head, too, if, at Blaine's in
stigation, he should stick there thirty days
longer. But Blaine thinks he sees an op-
portuuity, and grasps it.
Now, if a little Eigger should see mules 8
tail, and, imagining that it afforded him a
good opportunity to steal a ride, should
grasp the tail, with the consequence tradi-
tional in such cases, everybody would laugh
and express wonderment that, after two
centuries Of uniformly disastrous expert.
ment, the Ethiopian should still be so infat.
uatcd as to grasp mule by the tail But
the niger in this case would not be one
embraces the e-bagger and tries to
make political capital out of him. He
might as wei! 60 out into the fields and be-
stride the decomposing carcass of dead
horse with the design of taking a ride =
Poor Blaine When that great big Presi
dental maggot gets into small head it pro
duces rickets. Blaine chopped his tongue
would cleavc to the rooof of his mouth. -