Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-13

Inc nalhStIb Vi tue ANpuDtiOeH NOn
vention in Maine are generally known as
radical party men, and ss pronounced OPP
ponents of the quackery labelled Hayes
Southern Policy" Mr.. Blaine took occa-
sion more than once in tho Senate to speak
against it contemptuously and strongly,
and his lieutenants-Hale and Frye
echoed these sentiments in various forms,
the former with more trimming than the
latter. 1t is an open secret that the great
mass OF the Republicans regard the Ad-
ministration as faithless, weak and hypo-
critical. This being the true feeling of the
party, it may well be asked why expression
was not given to it in the Convention
Why did Mr.. Blaine and his associates pass
over in silence conduct which they are
known to condemn, and give Hayes the
benefit Of a tacit approval, as their silence
has already been construed
Brave and Straightforward men In poll
tics, as in private affairs, do not resort to
indirection when they intend to strike at
an antagonist. Nothing is gained by a
temporizing expediency which subjects the
strong to misco~nstruction, and gives the
fl eble a seeming advantage. Every con-
cession made to Hayes, either by unmanly
silence or by ~evasive p~latitudes, is so much
strength taken away from the party, and
30 much gain to the faction at Washington,
which has no following in the country, and
il despis, d most by those who affect to be
its friends.
When John Tyler, influenced by an in
sane ambition, betrayed the Wing party,
Mr.. Clay and the leaders of his day cut
loose from the traitor, refused to hold in
tercourse with him, and turned him over
to the corporal's squad of mercenaries who
made up the Presidents body guard in
Congress and the Custom-houses. When
the Republicans quarreled with obstinate
Andrew johnson, they did not stop to
count how many votes would be lost or
gained by the contest. Right or wrong,
the, were bold, outspoken and resolute.
Thev impeached him; and, though defeat
ed in that extreme resort, they rallied the
party and swept the country at the ensuing
Preside ntial election.
These lessons are full Of instruction to
timid and trimming politicians, who do
not know the virtue of moral courage, and
are incapable OF estimating its effect on
the popular mind. They may be supple
mented by a recent example in New York,
when Mr.. Conkling took the Rochester
Convention by storm, and utterly extin-
guished the professional reformers, who
went there Boosting Of their strength and
Of their backing by the Administration,
aud came away shorn Of their perfumed
locks.
Mr.. Blaine might have proited by such
well-known facts, and put himself forward
prominently to %antagonize the Admins
%tration, with which be has no sympathy,
and which at the bottom Of his heart he
detests more than the EXTREMIST Bourbon
Democrat can do. He has lost an oppor-
tunity which will not soon recur, and in
stead of strengthening his hand as a leader
in Maine, has weakened his hold materially.
Thousands Of anti Hayes Republicans
among the rank and file, who do not seek
OF expect Office, and are independent, will
slough off, and probably join the Ma
t~ionals, when they see the party chiefs
wanting in real manhood, and afraid to put
themselves on record against the Fraud in
the White House. merely from The dread
that the machine ticket might lose a few
votes. On occasion, Mr.. Blaine can be
aggressive, even beyond necessity in this
instance he has not shown the courage of
his convictions, and has fallen back when
he should have moved firmly forward.