National Republican., 1880-04-01
THE DANGERS IN POLITICS.

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THE DANGERS IN POLITICS.
Literary Bureaus for personal advance
ment are not always the safest things in
politics, especially if they are intrusted to
inexperienced and indiscreet hands. Like
dynamite they sometimes explode just when
they ought not to, and do mischief where
it was not intended. They are very much
like that character of armament which does
more damage in it's Tecoil than through its
projectiles. A sad instance of this char
acter has occurred in the establishment of
Literary Bureaus in the interest of Senator
BLAINE and Secre!ory SHERMAN, who are
now cultivating the State OF Ohio, and are
attempting to Iun in the same furrow Mt
the sumo time aud going in opposite drec-
tions. OF course q collision has occurred,
with some tearing Of harness, and language
not usually taught in the Sabbath school.
Secretary SHERMAN regards Ohio as
among his preserves, and Senator BLAINE
and his friends us poachers upon
his domain. The latter rather looks upon
the Buckeye State as n fraction of very
free country, where every section, except
the South, invites TO enterprise and indus
try. For that reason he and his friends
broke ground at Columbus some weeks
since for his Presidential summer follow.
Some of his hired men, so to speak, we're a
little uncivil TO Secretary SHERMAN, the
heir apparent to The estate, and since then
the most ailectionate feeling has not existed
between these rivals and their respective
| friends.
Now it comes TO light that the Literary
Bureaus Of these aspirants haYe opened fire
upon the other side with more or less acri.
mony. The Columbus BLAINE Club has
| fired off a circular, of which the following Is
an extract:
The SHERMAN Literary Bureau at Washing.
ton is flooding Ohio with letters, in some of
which, under injunction of secrosy, 1t makes
| sauderous attacks upon Senator BLAINE and
| untruthful statements respecting the can
didacy of General GRANT. 1t claims to have evil
dence IN its possession to crush the one, and in
| formation which puts the other practically out
| of the race. While avOwedly opposed TO any
| adverse criticism of candidates, it is, never
| theless, by secret threats innuendOes and false
assurances eudeavoTing to iniure the distin-
| guished men for whom u makes outward pro-
fessons of respect and friendliness. We de-
| sire, therefore, to remind the Republicans of
Ohio that when assassins begin to stab II is
well for honest men to be OH their guard.
II is evident that whoever prepared the
above circular was laboriug under deep
| feeling of excitement. In other words, his
dander was up, or to put it a little stronger,
he was "as mad as March hare" 1t is TO
be regretted that the BLAINE party Is not
La little moro specific in setting forth what
is the measure Of offense-whnt are the
slanderoua attacks upon Senator BLAINE
aud the untruthful statements respecting
the candidacy of General GRANT OF
course, as far as Senator BLAINE is con-
cerned, he has Literary Bureau by way of
retrenchmeut and defense, and needs no
sympathy or aid from any quarter in his
Ohio fight But the case of General GRANT
is different. He has no Literary Bureaus,
neither has any claim been set mp by his
friends Cor him in his absence to any por-
tion of the political capital which is supposed
10 rest In the State OF Ohio prior to the
nomination. But nevertheless II is due to
his friends that they should be advised
of the character Of the untruthful
statements" that have been wantonly
and wickedly uttered respecting the can
"dicacy of General GRANT" which has so
moved the BLAINE Club. In its present
shape the thing is almost too general to be
rrappled and hurled back in the teeth Of
General GRANTS slandeTers, who, accord
ing to this vague statement, II is cruell y
assumed, "puts him practically out of the
trace" The indictment seems to be toe
loosely drawn for u traverse, and so GEN
eral GRANTS friends will be compelled to
restrain their wrath until they eau ascer-
tain the extent of the offense over which
they are expected TO become onroged. We
advise the friends Of General GRANT to
keep cool aud calmly observe the beautiful
little Aght which has grown out of these
Literary Bureaus, and with becoming
feeling Of gratitude render thanks that
there is no such dangerous and explosive
machinery engaged on the GRANT side o.
, this controversy.
A nice cotllon is now being put through
I the motions ON the part of the BLAINE
newspapers in Ohio A dozen or more
have taken up step to the music, and arr
having It lively dance, The SanduskJ
Regisiey, with the Cleveland Leader as III
, Uis.a.ris, is making it little unanimous 70
/ the shormanites, or, to use their own ornat,
yernacular, "sHERMAN's fool friends" Thu
| the dance Is opened, and from this tim
down to that hour which will teach boil
, these contestants that, like all "restles