Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-10-18
Gancaster f,ltelligencet.
WEDNESDAY EvENINo. OCT. ID. 1852.
Rattling His Chains.

After many broken promises the Stall
warts manages, secured the services
upon the stump Of q distinguished pub
lie man, and one who is exceptionally
gifted as a platform speaker. 1t was
supposed that Mr.. Brewster only intend
ed to speak once or twice in the interest
of the broken and crumbling Cameron
dynasty, but he appears to have /" taken
the road" for systematic work. And the
further he goes the deeper he gets into
the mire. :. -.
Mr.. Brewster Is in many respects one
of the remarkable men of the times.
Gifted with talents of the highest order,
he has improved and enriched them by
laborious study, exhaustive research and
personal discipline, until he has become
one Of the most entertaining and power
full pleaders at the American bar, and
one of the most attractive general public
sneakers in the country. He possesses,
in the highest degree, that peculiar fas'
cination which captivates and uncon-
sciously influences the hearer, no matter
what his previous views or sentiments.
Owing to sad fatality Of his childhood,
it has been his life's study to master the
art of controlling mems minds through
subtle appeals to their friendship aud
sympathy. He has learned to play upon
the human heart with the skill OF ma
giciu. Ills personal and professional
history is fun of wonderful incidents of
this Kid. Strangers seldom meet him
in social converse without becoming
willing csptives, and he never speaks in
public without winning the cordial ad-
niration OF his hearers. Mr.. Brewster
is one whom to meet is to he charmed
and whom to hear in public is to he de-
lighted. Young men especially are
drawn to him and influenced by him.
Like other men he has his foibles and
weaknesses /; his personal vanity Is ex'
treme his love of admiration is intense;
his temper is hasty and his language,
under provocation, often rash, but, take
him all in all, he is man of exceptional
gifts. rare culture and genuine power,
one of those, indeed, who should con-
stantly rest under an almost burdensome
sense of their responsibility rs exemplars
and teachers.
But as citizen and public man how
has Mr.. Brewster met the high Obliga-
ton resting upon him ? The answer is
a record which those who bear his name
after he is gone will read with humilia-
ticn and condemnation. 1t will he Sc
verely and justly said that of all public
men of his time he should have been the
Last to trample upon his prOfessed prin-
cipies, disregard his own convictions,
sacrifice his manhood and blight
his career by betraying the
cause of political reform and hon.
est government in lending him.
self and his influence, and prostitating
his high talents to aid in the perpetual
tiou of q corrupt personal domination
which he has himself calmly character
lied in burning words Of 6ercest denun'
citation. 1t will be spectacle Ovel
which biographers and student ad
mirers will sadly and wonderingly
linger. In joining at this late day the
lost cause Of Cameronism, Mr.. Brewster
cannot justifiably plead that he is simply
acting within professional limits. lie
would not, indeed, dare do this and
would hotly resent the charge that he
was = hireling OF the machine that he
was receiving the wages of political de-
bauchery and civil service robbery in
return for the service he is now perform
ing before the astonished peopleO of Penn.
sylvania. He boldly claims to be acting
as patriotic and self sacrificing citizen,
earnestly desirons of promoting the in.
terest and welfare of his party and the
nation. He appeals to the patriotism of
his hearers and exhorts tt,eha, with all
the arguments and eloquence at his com.
nand, to endorse and sustain personal
rule of which he said i'm 1877, in an
interview printed in the Philadelphia
Times:
- Last winter our people were shocked with
sponsibie son OF . senator OF whom viii not
speak. because he and his acts have become q
part OF public history and must lie measured
casual conversation like tlsis-a son chat has
neither mind, attainment, dignity Of charac-
ter, knowledge Of public AFFAIR.", party services
mcnt. and Who has no record but a bad one
As an intrigner and manager of bad men.
He was first forced into the war department
state and renominate General Grant. and aftt r
being there he was 90 base born In his notions
~ and nd EsntlshoSd e e to solicit ana
vance, that he should be retained Rs the COM
psnion Of cabinet officers and gentlemsn who
sosrss 1s' Srate force oe SoSsr
jOstled his old father outof his place and thrust
himself into q Senate where he will be an OBJ
sick OF these odious mon, and the public will
siO away with them. We have destroyed human
bondage I'm the South; We Will next break
south south" ''e'' "'""@s' !" '"' N'r'" anu
There never was an issue clearer than
than that nov before the people Of this
state. 1t is battle of the people against
their wOuld-be masters. 1t is y gigantic
and determined struggle to break the
fetters of the political bondage of which
Mr.. Brewster has 90 truthfully and for
chilly spoken. Fully one-half the Repub-
lican party itself Is united In revolt
against the continuance in power of the
" odious men !" referred to. Why, then,
dues Mr.. Brewster debase himself and
disgrace the high position he holds as
attorney general of the United States by
desertiDg the cause he has heretofore es
pOused and by endeavoring to stay the