The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-05-03
wHIrEwAs BLAINE.

wHITEWASHING BLAINE.
The Republican press throughout the
country has taken upon itself the herculean
job of withdrawing Blaine. The demand
is imperative, aud the whitewashers are
working with commendable desperation.
Every once in while a Whitewater takes
rest, lays by his brush, and contemplates
the results of his artistic labors with enthu-
siastic delight. On such occasions he uses
variety Of EXPLANATIONS, all going to show
that Blaine is safe. We hear of Blaine's
magnetism" his genius" his "adroit-
ness" and commanding talents" ETC.
how grandly he hoored Grant; how
triumphantly he smashed Mulligan;
with what consummate tact he ma
nipulated the Monroe doctrine" how
cartly he dismissed Ship erd; how severely
he rebuked Hurlbut; and last, how easily he
got away with BelmJnt Still, the white
washers find it essential to begin again and
go all over BlaInes fecord, and thus it hap
pens that Blaine's wnitewashers are forever
at work on him, and the more they work the
worse he looks. But it so happens that
here and there \ Republican organ comes
to the trent whic will not only not white
wash Blaine, bui will insist that his record
is too infamous to be obscured by the opera
ton, and such is the position of the New
York Times. Referring to Blaine's beha-
vior when Belmont was questioning him
the Times remarks that 'he (Blainel
was forewarned by Mr.. Belmont's questions
toward the close of his examination on Mon
day that the part played by the Landreau
claim in our South American diplomacy
would be inquired into at the next session
of the Committee. He was not taken by
surprise. therefore, when that delicate sub
ject was preached yesterday, and by a mix
ture of evasion and denial, interspersed here
and there with little bullying when his
questioner pressed him too closely, he con-
trived to guard all his secrets, while at the
same time protesting that he was telling
everything he knew. Begging the Commit
tee to leave no stone unturned, he indignant
ly exclsims 'How dare you!' when they
approach the particular stone under which
they and the public have excellent reasons
for supposing that some interesting things
are hidden" Tue Times fully comprehends
Mr.. Blaine, and does not hesitate to say that
''the trouble is that Mr.. Blaine can not tell
all he knows about the Landreau claim
without disclosing far more than he ever
intends to disclose of the motives and in
struments of his policy toward Peru" and
that Mr.. Blaine's dispatches to Minister
Hurlbut, and the EATERS strange conduct in
| uol1 los Il llaf
diplomatic evidences, plainly show that the
Landreau claim was one of the instru-
mentalities employed by our State De-
partment, while it was in Mr..
Blaine's hands, to establish a United
States protectorate over Peru" In this
conclusion of the Times all fair minded peo-
pie agree. Blaine had a speculation-the
biggest he had ever handled. 1t was moth
ing less than TO get up corner on guano
and saltpeter. He was in position to in
volve the Government of the United States
in the disgraceful piece of business. He
called to his aid the Monroe doctrine;" he
talked spreadeagleism; he sought to fire
the American heart--to create war senti
ment, under cover of which he could pocket
millions. This the New York Times sees
distinctly, and therefore says that beyond
his'' tBlaine's) ''grotesque rhetorical extrav-
sgances, his sarcastic repartees. and his ri
diculous assumptions of insulted virtue,
Mr. Blaine fancies that he is in secure bid
ing from the penetrating gaze which the
American people have of late bentupon him
and his censursble acts. But though he
should bare his whole soul in the noon-day
he could not make any palmer than it now
is the essential truth that while he was
Secretary of State he willfully and danger
ously perverted the traditions and policy of
this Government to serve private ends 1t
is not material that we should know all the
successive ss>os he took in seeking these
through the INSTRUMENTATION of a public
trust, nor that we should sarce from him or
anybody's lips full avowal 1.-The hidden
and questionable means made use ofby him
or Dis instruments. The central damaging
fat is already sufficiently established, and
upln that is based the arraignment of Mr.
Blaine. an arraignment he can not escape
opite se easily as he has escaped the point
a the questions propounded by the House
committee" Such declarations, made by
the foremost Republican organ in the coun-
try. should teach thesmall-fry whitewashers
i, of Blaine that honest Republicans know his