Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-10-17
MIR. BLAINE'S CAREER.
A Speech by Hon. r. B. Harrison,
of Conneotiout.
He shows Thnt There Is Not symptom
OF Dishonesty In Mr.. Blalne's Pub
lilo Life-The Speakers Opin-
Ion of Carl schurz.

The attack upon Mr.. Blaine has made an i'm
preston among some Republicans, but tho re-
pent vindicatlon which has come from Maine
has also made an impression upon many Of
our Democratic friends. There arc others OF
our friends In this city, who,. although they
believe not as we do. are worthy of our re-
man ought TO be elected President OF tho
United States. / admit with them that the
right TO bolt 10 also theirs. Tho gentlemen to
assault upon Mr.. Blaine. | shall aluie TO
enemies of MIR. Blaine, but shall not class
these gentlemen among them. do not fiat
late day will make any great difference with
them, and yet there may be among these
gentlemen OF well-poisod and wcl-balanced
opinions.some who may bo led to reconsider
their determination.
What has been charged against Mr.. Blaine2
He has been charged with being corrupt
man Chief among his accusers is q man of
remarkable power, Carl Sohurz. MIR. Schurz
Is vastly more effective than those surround.
Blaine can not be p said % Now @ sS What as' Nind ~ r
man is Schurz? He is apt to beleveone thing
to-day and another thing tomorrow. He once
soldier, General Grant. Then he deserted to
tho enemy, to return again. He has now
Joined tho Democratic party for the second
the greatest soldiers of the age is now defam.
ing one OF the greatest statesmen of his time,
james g. Blaine. But Mr.. schurz will come
around all right, and will again ask for edmis.
sion to the Republican party. With regard
to a certain ruling of Mr.. Blaine, Mr.. Schurz
claims that IL was u prostitution of official
Now, let us give Mr.. Blaine that decent meas
ure of justice which is due to every man when
his reputation is at stake. Mr.. Blaine was of.
Tered an interest In q certain railroad, q
legitimate transaction. MIR. Schurz refers to
Mr. Blaine's 8 letter, in which the writer stated
that that he & should not be deadhead in the enter
prise. What right had Mr.. Schurz to charge
evil motive to Mr.. Biaine2 What right has
any one to say that when James G.. Blaine
says that he sees various channels in which he
can be useful to the concern, he proposes to
use his Official patronage to further the enter
priseY Mr.. Blaine also exerted himself to
raise funds for the railroad company. In
this there was not an exercise of Official
power. He never attempted to use Official
power in behalf of that enterprise.
There was no intimation that Mr.. Blame at
tempted any assistance to the bill. What right
has any one to say that because Mr.. Blaine
made righteous decision at one time that no
undertook to do righteous thing for an un-
righteous purpose? No man OF candor can
accept the Interpretations that Mr.. Schurz puts
upon It. Well there were great many Null
those letters to see IL Mr.. Blaine sought to use
his influence for an improper purpose? 1
have read them again and again, and 1 stand
here and assert that in all those letters there
is not any offer made by Mr.. Blaine to misuse
his official power for any purpose. There is
not in those letters any suggestion of using
bad or Indifferent.
have thus far taken a defensive attitude
concerning Mr.. Blaine now propose to
take the onensive. now propose to advance
to the very center of the citadel of Mr..
Schurz. propose to bring to your attention
a set of facts which are absolutely impossible
to contradict If L can break down Mr..
Schurz's center we need not be troubled about
the wings. In this line of attack will not ask
any any testimony Of Mr Blaine propose to
cusation-chief among them Carl schuz.
Mr.. Blame was in Congress eighteen years,
for six years as Speaker There were during
that DeriOl npndiuR hpfOra rOnurasa mt
measures OF one kind or another. During
those eighteen years there was not an hour
when Mr. Blaine had he been inclined to do
wrong, would not have been tempted to do
wrong. What was his record during those
eighteen years? Mr.. Schurz has examine !
that record. Everything that could have been
hunted up against MIR. Blaine has been fer,
reted out. During all those eighteen years OF
Mr. Blane's service in Congress he gave
probably hundreds of votes. Neither Carl
| Schurz nor any one else has ever dared to
charge that Mr.. Blaine ever once voted for q
DAD measure, or against good one. Mr.
Schurz, in your great Brooklyn speech. why
| did you suppress tnis great fact. During
those eighteen years Mr.. Blaine made goo l
many speeches. No one has dared charge
| that, all those years; he made u speech in IA
| yor of bad measure, or against q good one
Why did Mr.. Schurz suppress this fact! Mr.
Blaine was a great parliamentarian. Car
| Schurz has not charged that james q. Blaine
| ever made use OF his parliamentary skill IL
help bad measure, or hurt good one. Mr.
ar 81 hs HOUSE o m
enemy OF MIR. Blaine has ever charged tina
Mr.. Blaine ever made a bad ruling. Tney tao
| lily admit his rulings were pure and ruht.
say that, as strong as every one of these
facts Is when We are considering the public
life of Mr.. Blaine, their strength as II wholj
Is increased by c mbination, and the resui
is irresistible. The result is that thu
record Of James G. Blaine Is abso
lntelly without spot, stain, blemish o
shadow. Isay, and ask any candid man if i
is not true. that / have met Mr.. SchuIz'
line of argument ut the front, and the accuse
tion is broken down. The smoke and the vii
mist with which they have surround d tn
true Blaine disappears. And Mr. Blaine come
out in the light OF the MONDAY sun, CONFRONT
ing his enemies with this brilliant record Il
his hands.
And yet. as spotless as has been Mr. Blaine
record, how awful has been the attack upo
| him! He Is caricatured and lampooncd wee
after week by that Hdrper'S WetkH, whic
caricatured Abraham Lincoln as u drunkard
Even the reputation of his wife and chldre
have been attacked. All other reforms shout
wait until there has been n reform in our sy.
tenn OF American politics. Unless the Amer
Jean people shall vindicatc men of honor thu
shamefully attacked. every man in public III
will flee from positions of trust rs from tn
peBtilence which walketh mt MONDAY,