The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-17

dent and his friends because he refused
to hand over the administration to the
stalwart, or the Grant-for-third term,
element of the party. The bitterness
of the onslaught was not exceeded ever
by the campaign that preceded the cleo
ton. Guiteau caught the inspiration of
the hour, and as5assinated the presi-
dent in person, just as the stalwarts
had as~sassinated his good name. This
act drew upon stalwarts and stalwart-
ism the deserved reproach of the coun-
try. The masses held and now hold
stalwartism indirectly responsible for
Guiteau's crime. That ism must bear
the disgrace, .and it feels the same
deeply.
The stalwarts would fain continue in
power. They realize the weight of pub.
lie sentiment against them. To remove
this they haVe sought to relieve them
selves, and howP By heaping infam y
upon the name of Garfield. Garfield
dead, is yet a power among the living.
There centers around his name, bis
aims, and his policy, a concrete senti-
ment that represents a power in the ma
ton to-day. "Half breeds are numer-
Gus; they honor the title and themselves.
But the stalwarts would make the name
a reproach II they could. by b%lackening
the character Of the late chief of the
half breeds, the lamented Garfield.
This ghoulish work has been under
taken by the stalwarts with the same
grim determination I ut they set out
to waylay, rob and murder any other
character that opposes them.
There is a belief among stalwarts,
and it seems to be well grounded, that
James G.. Blaine is a candidate for pres.
ident. Around him is thrown the senti,
ment, the zeal and the hopes of the hall
breeds, or Garfield republicans. Sc
long as these remain solid and I'M
broken there is no doubt that Blaine
would carry of the nomination in 'S4.
Blaine is conceded to be the leading re.
preventative of the faction that opposed
he third term;that opposed bossism that
opposed personal domination; that OPP.
posed the subversion of public good to
partisan ends. Around Blaine there
rallies the men who sustained Garfield.
the men who stigmatized the murder OF
the president as an Indirect assassin,
alton by the stalwarts; the men who
| sympathized with the late president
deeply, and who are DESTROYS of seeing
the cause he died for successful in the
end. And to avert all this the stall
warts are dragging the good name OF
Carried from the tomb through the
mire of fractional quarrel.
There is one very significant fact con
nected with this matter. Gen. Gar
fields letter respecting the inactivity OF
Gen. Rosencrans, was furnished by one
j.. A. Sbuckers. who was the private sec
rotary of the late Chief Justice Chase,
The letter was given to the New York
Sun, for gain. The Sun is owned in great
part by a brother of Roscoe Conkling
and, despite its protestations of democ
racy, it is the leading stalwart organ TO,
day. Roscoe Conkling rs the leader OF
stalwarts, is the handspring of the
movement.
Our corollary is that the whole scheme
is to kill Blalne's chances of the presi.
Dental nomination, by endeavoring to
make the names of Garfield, Garfield
republicans and half breeds terms q
disgrace and reproach.
All the powerful aid of the admins.
tration is lent in this iiendish work.
The persistent misrepresentation OF
Blaine by the state department, is but a
part of the plan of operations. Nothing
is too low for them TO attempt, nothing
too sacred for their blighting touch.
The faction hat is throwing slime Oh
the name of Garfield should be buried
so deep at the next election that they
will fail to hear the horn of Gabriel Oh
the resurrection morn,