The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-01-07
EDITOR
A democratic r. csldcnt in 1854.

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Republicau politicians are hard at work
preparing for the election of 1884 They
are trying in every way to divide the De-
m 1crAcy throughout tho South, and they
f-,l sure of Virginia. Hayes idea of
buying up the impoverished South by
lavish Federal expenditures, seems TO
have supporters now in the present Adj
ministration, ard it is. not unlike ly that
tht comse Will be pursued during the
Arthur regime. Yet Gen. Arthur is very
judicious and does things in such cool,
composed way, that scandal so far has
been hushcd, and the fierce giarrcls
which ragged during Garfold's Admits
tration have been s;illed. But this quie-
tude in the Republican party is only
temporary. II cannot last. President
Arthur has surrounded himself with a
stalwNrt Cabiuet; be is rapidly filling the
subordinate places with stulwart mattri.
al; a stalwart Speaker has been chosen
iu the House Of Representatives, and, ap-
par n,ly, the half-breed is dead. But it
is our opinion that his war-wboop will
soon be heard in the land, and all the
dogs of war will be let loose.
All that is mortal of the late President
Garfield quietly reposes III the beautiful
cemetery at Cleveland; but Blaine lives,
moves and Las his being, as energetic and
more ambitious than ever. The same
old desire animates his every action, and
as soon as he has mqtured the plans he
is now considering, we expect the warm
es. kind of u contest for the succession
in 1854.
james &. Blaine still considers Maine
his home, hut Washington is his place of
residence. He considers it good idea
to pitch his tent within the enemys for
tification, and he has done so. He is a
private citizen to be sure, but he has an
immopse political following, whose infu-
ence will be felt in the future. No one
knows this better than Chester A. Arthur,
and Mr.. III !ine, conscious us he must be
that every utteraEce and every action of
his is watched with the closest scrutiny.
krVws that no one watches him more
keenly than the present occupant of the
White House.
The impr, ssinn Crews that Mr.. Blaine
does not expect the nomination from the
regular Republican invention. H. rec
ognzes the inct that the faction Of the
party that has now returned to power
viii b. sro, g enough To- tolreve'!t u ncmi-
iadoJ, eva. il 'hty cannot secure the one
which tyey desire. Blaipe coutcull il lies
nomination, but not at the hahus oil
machine Re y licau.. He is opposed to
liquidation, and h. Las the support of
the solid element OF his party throughout
the North and South, on tbis sub bj.ct.
He opposed Malone in Virginia because
he thought the principles OF his party
were radically wrong, aud no one doubts
that Gen. Wickhnm, the out-and-out Re-
publican OF that State, aCteu as be did in
the last election exactly in acc jrtlance
with the Instructions he received from
NJ. Blaine.
Blaine has a great idea of the future oil
the South and he has made bimseif espo-
oially solid in that section. He relies too
upon the support of the G, rmars. With
them he has been popular for some time,
and his popularity has been greater since
the Yorktown celebration, when the
French visiting del cation insisted that
the German flag, which was flying with
the American and French flags at the
mastheads of the ships lying in the har.
Dor, should be hauled down, to which
protest Mr.. Blaine replied: "Thgt the
German fl g does not come down unles,
the American aay comes with it."
1t is the opinion among shrewd politi
clans that Blaine means business ant
that he will be- Presidential candidat,
in 1884, aud that his candidacy will Sc
divide the Republican party that Dem
ocrauc President will be elected.