The Red Cloud chief., 1884-07-18

Every man who eve- amounted to
anything at all had his enemies. Even
George Washington, 1.-The first, the last.
the best; the Cincinnatus of the West"
had contemporaries to envy and decry
him. His enemies are dead, their cal
umnies are forgotten, but the Father Of
his Country lives on. immortal and i'm
perishable. enshrined among the great
names of the world.
Abraham Lincoln was in his day the
target for unmeasured abuse; his very
nomination was regarded as an outrage
and All insult by those who thought
that Seward should have been the chosen
of the Republican convention. At the
recent convention which nominated
James G.. Blaine: there was a handful
of sO-called Independents who thought
that Edmunds Should have been the
nominee, and. failing him, they desired
nobody. The Edmunds following in 1884
was by no means as large or as respect
able IS was the Seward following in
1860, but in James G. Blaine the
country has a man from whom it NAV
expect as much in time of doubt or
difficulty as ever it received from Lin
clOn. Seward is gone. Edmunds is
buried out of sight beneath a mountain
of Republican votes. but in Blaine we
have a man in whom the glories of Lin
coin win live again. Tine very spite
and venom of the attacks made upon
him show how formidable he is in the
eyes of his enemies. With such weap-
ons Washington was assailed nearly a
century ago; they were turned against
Lincoln; they were leveled at Garfield's
breast-but asked the country (as it
will be asked in November) how much
they regard them. No more and no
less than Blaine regards them TO-DAY.
Party spite will have its fling: no
quarry is too noble for the campaign
ud-slingers.
But take the majority of the party;
take the great c%oncensus OF public opin-
ion, and see what it thinks of Blame.
Take the great political papers of the
West and read of Blaine. He is no
his party's ranks in the tents of hide
%pendence. He is a Republican of Re-
publicans. and represents all that is
noblest in the grand old party. He was
in it at its birth. and SO fixed in
his principles that he will be in it at its
death if it dies within his time. Hu il
hated by the opposition more intensely
than any other Republican. because he
is the most intense Republican living.
He is not only in accord with his party.
but is in the extreme advance. He
hated slavery with a hatred that had
no limits, and he hated all of its out
growths. He is a believer in protection
to American industry; he Is q stapnch
upholder OF National integrity: he 3 q
champion of equal rights and of honest
money.
No wonder his opponents are afraid
Of him. No wonder that ak-kreed
Republicans shrink from the path chat
statesman in America. and the bra,est.
He never held a principle that he was
afraid of: and he shrank from its
logical consequences.
OF course. he has been maligned IS
few men have. He possesses a power
that makes him dangerous to his enc
mics. His greatness has invited al
tacks, and he has been the shining mark
that scandal loves. Malicious SANDER
has been poured out upon him in tor
rents. but TO no purpose. His integrity
has made him proof against attacks
The people know him TO be honest
know him to be great in his integrity rs
in his other magnificent qualities. and
they have never lost confidence in him.
Is it the slur Of q partizan press thst
can injure SUCH > man IS this? Is it
the anonymous whispering Of accusa-
that have never been proved that
can shake the peoples conhdencs in
him? Wait till e November, and
The American Nation will vindicate At
the polls Tia justice Of their choics md
the character of their favorite leader.
They viii force the malicious slanderRs
70 swallow thAr own bs& Is ths slaA-
aerers Of Washnsgton. Of Lincoln. a
have besA' forced 10 swallow
heirs and. il GOD sparea &MA
Blaine's life. the UAl
have one more Pm
nay be unqual
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