National Republican., 1880-03-27

magnetism which made that celebrated pack
age of letters fly from Mr.. MULLIGAN's pocket
to the pocket of Mr. BLAINE aud perhaps the
same mysterious force is sufficiently powerful
TO attract railroad bonds AS this Is q ques-
tion which will, Of course be thoroughly dis
cussed In case Mr.. BLA1NEis nominated for the
| Presidency, 1t might be well to have it def
nitoy decided now, for 1t cannot be denied
that there Is very general prejudice against
the Kind OF personal magnetism which acts
upon property as well rs upon persons
So faras we can gather from the data which
arc accessible, a magnetic politician shakes
great many more hands and smiles over
much larger area of cOuntenauco than tho nom
magnetic statesman. He also seems, as gen
eral rule, to attract property, such as checks
ana securities with much greater force than
IS desirable. 1t cannot, however, be MAIN
tained that this latter characteristic Is neces-
sarily and invariably found in all magnetic
politicians. A politician may, conceiVably,
be magnetic without attracting property. He
may be demagoguo without being pecuniar-
lily dishonest
After all, it is difficult to say precisely
wherein lies the magnetism of MIR. BLAINE.
Perhaps those who describe him as a mag
netio candidate" are merely trying to cover
with vaporous vagueness his lack OF any states
manlike characteristics. Unable to say what
MIR. BLAINE Is, what ho believes, or what he
has done to command public respect, they call
him magnetic. ut is magnetism which makes
that there boy believe that that there water is
wino," says the professor Of cairvoyance and
animal magnetism, when he wishes to give his
audience the impression that his transparent
trickery is something profound and myster'
| lons. Mr. BLAINE is magnetic" say his adj
mlrcrs. 1t Is far simpler to say this than 1t
would be TO point to anything in his career
winch is worthy of n true statesman.
We do not fancy this style of canvnssing
for party nomination. 1t is not in the
interest of good fellowship or good faith, for
it furnishes ammunition to the enemy to be
used against Senator BLAINE in the future
canvass should he be llonored as the Repub-
lican standard-bearer at Chicago. We hold
that the enemy has sufficient laboratories Of
its own for manufacturing ammunition for
his magazine without the Republicans ten
dering aid voluntarily in that direction dur
ing our domestic contests. The spread of
the Times is no doubt intended rs warn
ing to those who are fabricating weapons
against General GRANT that it is busi-
ness without exclusive privileges, which
may be entered upon by others. This pur-
| pose, however, it seems to US, might
have been indicated without giving
to the public catalogue quite so specific.
The Democrats will no doubt trot out the
MULLGAN letters, JAY GoULD's eccen-
tricties, the matter of checks, bonds and
other securities, and all such matters of
magnetism without the erection ofRepub-
lican guide-boards pointing to them. We
refer to this matter more fully than we
otherwise would have done but for the
occasion it affords us to warn the opponents
of General GRANT that there is no exclu-
sive patent for the methods they are adopt
ing to prejudice the cause of the man who
is as sure of being nominated rs that life
will be vouch3afed to him until the nomi-
mating convention speaks upon the ques-
| ton