Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-10-22

proper purpose? I have read them again and
again, ana L stand here and assert that in all
those letters there is not any offer made by Mr.
Blame 70 misuse his official power for any pur-
pose. Ihere is not in those letters any sugges-
ton OF using his official power for any purpose
at al, good, bad or indifferent.
L nave thus far taken a defensive attitude
concerning Mr.. Blaine I propose to take
the offensive. now propose to advance to the
very center of the citadel of Mr.. Schurz. pro-
pose TO bring to your attention set OF facts
Wmch are absolutely impossible TO contradict
Ii can break down Mr.. Schurzs center, we
need not be troubled about the wings. In this
line OF attack l will not ask any testimony from
MT. Blame or any friend of Mr.. Blaine. 1 pro
pose TO call upon the responsible authors OF this
accusation-chief among them Carl Schurz.
MT: Blaine was in Congress eighteen years,
1Or SIX years as Speaker. There were during
that period pending before Congress corrupt
measures OF one kind or another. During those
eighteen years there was not an hour when Mr.
Blame had he been inclined to do wrong, would
not nave been tempted to do wrong. What was
MS record during those eighteen years? Mr..
Schurz has examined that record. Everything
that could be hunted up against Mr.. Blaine has
peen ferreted out. During all those eighteen
years OF Mr.. Blaines service in Congress he
gave probably hundreds of votes Neither Carl
Schurz nor anyone else has ever dared to charge
that Mr. Blaine ever once voted for bad meas
ure or against good one. Mr.. SchurZ in your
greaU Brooklyn speech, why did you suppress
this great fact? During those eighteen years
MI. blame made good many speeches. No
one mas dared charge that, all those years, he
MADE speech in favor of a bad measure, or
against good one. Why did Mr.. Schurz sup
press this fact? Mr.. Blaine was great parlia-
mentarian. Carl Schurz has not charged that
James q. Blaine ever made use of his parlia-
nentary skill to help bad measure or hurt a
good one. Mr.. Blaine was Speaker Of the
House for six years. Neither Carl Schurz
nor any other enemy of Mr.. Blaine has ever
charged that Mr.. Blaine ever made bad ruling.
Ihey tacitly admit his rulings were pure and
! right. L say that, strong as every one Of
these facts is when we are considering the pub
lie life of Mr.. Blaine their strenth as whole is
| increased by combination, and the result is ir-
resistible. The result is that the record of
James G. Blaine is absolutely without spot,
| stain, blemish, or shadow. I say, and / ask
any candid man if it is not true, that have
met Mr.. Schurz's line of argument at the front,
and the accusation is broken down. The smoke
and the vile mist with which they have sur
rounded the true Blaine disappears. And Mr..
Blaine comes out in the light of the MONDAY
sun, confronting his enemies with this brilliant
record in his hands.
| And yet. as spotless as has been Mr.. Blaine's
record, how awful has been the attack upon
him! He is caricatured and lampooned week
after week by that HGTper's Weekly which
caricatured Abraham Lincoln as drunkard
Even the regulations of his wife and children
have been attacked. All other reforms should
walt until there has been a reform in our sys-
| tenn of American politics. Unless the American
people shall vindicate men of honor thus shame
fully attacked, every man in public life will flee
from positions of trust as from the pestilence
which Walketh at nOonday