The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-15
BLAINE.
THE MOTIVES AsD PURPOSE or uus
ATTACK ON THE s0yrru.
What the south Ought TIE Do-Keep s,s
Tem6er ana Fay M Attention
to HIalne.

situation, political or otherwise 10 put your
self In the other fellows place md SEQ how
1t looks from that standpoint or eonrae
such proceeding requires considerable en,o-
nand Of temper under any circumstances
while, ON occasions like the ono under dis
eussion. something In the line of self restraint
little short Of the heroic must be sxercisad.
but no view of any situation is oornplete that
hoes not include surveys from all POINTS of
the compass. Thus, referring to Mr. Elnine's
rf~ent eruption OF what is called old fash
ioned
WAR-HoNTRACT RADICArTsM
1t would be well to ask the question Io,v
does the performance look to Mr. Blaine him
sell +? The poet who wanted some giftia to
gle us the gift of seeing ourselves MS otbera
SEQ us certainly had hold Of one end of a
great Thought but he forgot oil about Tho
other end or he would have asked q similar
dispensation to enable us to sec others as they
SEQ themselves Now. MS to
MR.. blaine
but little space need be consumed I'm desrrih-
ing the spectacle which he presents to ofbers
He appears partly us tho post moriern ab-
ductors Of tho late A. r Stewart must bnve
looked when they weta in the act of bapeipp
tho old mans oadaver in that historic ct,arse
sack, and partly like sotne fellow who. having
recently been butted by u ram swears he will
never more wear Wpolpn clothing out f,f srifa
towards the sheep species. But there is no
ground Tor s,lpposlng that the reflection
which Mr.. Blaine secs In the mirror of his
own selEesteem bears any such sefuhIanoe.
on the contrary, there Is every reason to be.
lleve that he Is very cordially
SATISFIED wrrH HIMSELF
and thinks he has done n large thing. Lonk
ing Mt the matter from the external stand
point, perhaps sufficient comment upon tho
recent sanguinary speech If Mr. BIalue wouId
be to hurl back Mt him an equal volume of
vtuperation. II possible ~ the Same dnprro
OF turgdity But hard words. while fhev
may he and usually are relief 10 the feelings
of him who writes or uttnrs them mfr
t,lnateiy 90 not butter any parstips. and
thanks to the tendency Of American Journal
ism ~ toovsrwork tho adjective and the adyerb
among parts Of speech, do not move the mil
Hon hall as much rs they ought to- In view
of these circumstances partly and partly be-
cause In the course of six years Washington
pen driving, have exhausted the subiert Of
Blaine from the obiurgatory standpoint
without seeming either to materially depress
his fortunes or elevate my own salary I arn
inclined 10 treat him 9nd his attitilie with
In the nature Of common courtesy.
IT not of respect.
It would be we'll for Democratic statesmen
anu particularly ioI THOSE VINO represent the
South, to consider and allow margin for the
Tact that Mr. Blaine humliating as the con
fessiOn may be, represents M element of no
lltiGal power and faction of pnrty zenl and
purpose In this country too large and too no.
fential to be safely left out IT any enlc1,latjnu
Intended to be calm aud thorough. We have
therefore to consider what In common proba-
Dilty are
HIS MOTIVES IN DOING As nm DOES.
md what he expects to accomplish Mr.
Blaine Is too shrswd and too cool -trnjned n
nan TO get into any such fine frenzy simply
lnder the lash Of his own feelings He dnes
not 60 SO far out Of his why to slander the
south and exacerbats the feelings of EotItb
'rn mon simply to redress any sentimental
grievances of his own. In fact ha has no
'ause of grievance against that section of our
country or Its people. An c0nirnire MS the
French say, he owes to them the bulk Of his
oftnne, both In the political and the ruateriaI
epse, for that their errors according to tho
'erdiCt OF fate) Of secession and rebellion On.
lbled him and his like Ia attain to placas ana
njoy honors they never could havs hoped b.
tthn or enjoy under my other set of eonhi-
ions, while the subsequent warIjke prt,cned-
ngs put him In the way Of
A NICE LITTLE THtNG ~ SPENCER RIFLES
nd the like Moreover. he has no bitter re-
'eetions of conflict to cbaw on for as much
8 no Southern man ever aimed q missile at
is corporal structure. Indeed. as the rep0rt
oes, the South didn't succeed in getting a
hot ht even Mr.. Blaiues substitute: for that
1diYldual took an early opportunity Of In
renching himse II in an impregnable jail,
,here, let us hope he expnted some of his
rinGlpafs sins In lieu Of fighting his battles
! were given to parcnthess, | should say
ere that would rather take a contract In
ght Blaine's BATTLES for o century than To
zDihte his sins for u week but va will I1t
rat pass. Suffice tp say, that his habit oy
Ding OF every now and then in Its oT some
hat nethodical madness anrnt thg south
.nnot properly be Inscribed 10 sentimental
IllseB,
1t Is, on the other hand.
PURELY A MATTER or ErstEEsg
nd this Is the very thing that makes my
,nthern friends 50 rnad. Vewiug thinHp
ON their standpoint Of sentiment or ehivnlyy
some term it, they have definitely more
ltence with man who let's his cnrenr seud
fore The wind Of his feelings than with ono
bo steers by the cold compass of his calfl,-
lion and the methOdcai chart Of his selfish.
ss You will lind an apt Illustration of this
uthern idlosyncrasy IN Lafnar's eniogy on
But in Blainn's case the correct thing 10 do
not To get mad at all, for the very good
ason that 10 make us mad is precisely what
aine u driving at; and one II the primary
,xinns o' war is to do at all times exaetly
rat the enemy does not want done
Now, when the South was the under doo
Juggling for existence With the heel Of fIfs
lte Alcoholic and Prospective Bulgarian
iIeSty p Heel on Her meek, ana with a bio
sf-eater like Belknap holding bayonet n
r throat, 1t was well enough 10 get mad
ause there was nothing else to DO. Euf
" Blaine IL the neither canine in the light
! the proprietieg of the situation are vastly
cred by that fact. Tho time has c1rns
en- Democrats generally, and Southern
n IN particular not only can afford to view
mly ana treat phlloSophlCaIly the political
ease of which Blaine is merely a syrup,
also must take him in his practical repre-
tatIye capacity and ignore the sentlrnentaI
,eGts of his attitude altogether.
lr blaine represents that class of pOIiti-
ns whose future Is behind them and speaks
that element of the American people
ose aspirations take the form of refnlnis-
zee. Both the class and the element are
Re and poll a great many votes They arc
in majority, either in the government
among the people; but they constitute a
1ority which favorable circumstances and
'ot management can easily make a Dla-
Ity sufficient unto all the practical ends
power. Now 1t happens, by one OF those
'aInyfp frpdupufIy in IDIItIg4 that pfa