The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-07-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

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CURRENT COMMENT.
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette gives
the cartoon of Harper's Weekly. May, 1876,
which represents Mr.. Blaine tearing the feaIh-
ers from the carrion birds of SANDER"
If the best man God ever made ran for the
Presidency he would have to wade chin deep
through obloquy The first target was put up
two weeks ago. and the next will be put up
two weeks hence. The target with the most
holes in ii will be elected President. Defama-
ton elected Garfield, Lincoln and Jackson. As
soon as Il man achieves anything by brllancy,
elOquence or craftsmanship. all the hounds of
hell are turned against him. Rev. DR.. Tai
mage.
The Lawrence American. noting General
Plai>ted'> denial OF the story to the effect that
he saw Mr. Blaine write the Madigan circular
asks the journals which have printed it IF
they will correct the statement falsely attribut-
ed to Mr.. Pa>ted:" What is the American
thinking Of: Correct a falsehood about Mr.
Blaine: impossible it is their business to pub
>h and repubish them in spite of denials.
Why, the Herald repeated this editorially,
after its correspondents had sent Plaisled's
denial. Boston journal.
The Hartford Courant says the Hon. Samuel
Fe->enden. OF stamford. Conn.,. who was chosen
Secretary of the Republican National Commit
tee. is a gentleman of excellent organizing
ability. and a most thorough going Republican,
He is Il lawyer of high standing and skifu
drbater. His father was clergyman. and u
brother of the late Senator William Pitt FEES
sender. of Maine He has been a warm admir-
CT of Mr.. Blaine, and a delegate to the Ma
tional Convention in 1880, stood by him TO the
last. The National Committee could not have
selected man better qualified for the duties of
the Secretary>hip.
We have taken particular pains to ascertain
just how James u. Blaine stands as citizen
where hi is best known and we wish TO say.
with all the emphasis possible. that any man Is
to be envied who holds so large place i'll the
confidence and esteem of the men of all parties
who have known him for from ten to thirty
Years As does Mr.. Blaine. If Mr. Blaine is an
'uncean'' man then it will be in vain to look
for clean men on the Western Continent, and
if man of his moral and Christian standing is
not tit to be President. then we might as well
undertake to import being from some other
and better world TO be our chief administrative
officer Springfield Union.
We advise the opponents of Mr.. Blaine, of
whatever stripe. to let alone the question of his
religious procliyties and antipathies in one d.
rection or another. Efforts are being made to
show that Mr.. Blaine is bigoted Protest ant
who ma, made unfair attacks in politics upon
the Catholics. and like efforts to show that he
was born in the Catholic church and is still at
tached TO it. So far as concerns Mr.. Blaine'S
personal belief in religion it is no ones bust
hess. SO far concerns his attitude in politics
toward one church or another it is likely to be
BuIttt uN lLt Silllt IDOtlNtS rs nave tOltTOlieu
him in other matters. He can readily and fairly
be judged by these, and there is no sense of
justice in the question of religion. The Amer-
can people have got on so far with very little
udniXiure of religious with political feeling
and it is better that they should continue to DO
50. New York Times.
WHAT MAINE PAPERS SAY.
The New Age had very little to say about the
Madigan circular this week. and that of not
much Importance. Since that document was
traced close to his own door. EX-Gov.
Plai>ted has begun, apparently. to lose interest
il it. Portland Press.
No paper in New England prints such bald
erua>h from this State as the Boston Herald,
but the nature OF its news is being rapidly un-
der>tOod BY the people of the State. so it makes
but little difference what it prints. somerset
Reporter
\ prominent Greenbacker of Eastern oxford
announces that he shall support the Blaine and
Logan ticket, and work the best he car to Sc
cure lis success. The woods are full of them,
i'll Maine, and we shall be glad to record the
conversion of all who wish TO make their pos
ition known. [OXford Democrat
The Washington correspondent of the Boston
Herald says that at the time the sMadigan cir
cuar> We're issued. Republicans all over the
state generally expressed strong condemnation
Of them. There was one exception. Mr.. Har-
ris NJ Plaisted never expressed disapproval of
them until nine years after their issue. Port
land Press.
Ex-Gov. Plaisted stoops 10 retail in the col
umns Of the New Age, the dirty falsehoods in
vented by Eben F. Pillsbury and originally
ard was Plilsbury's political winding-sheet, ana
The New Age will be Plaisted's according to
present appearances. lkennebec journal.
MIR. BLAINE'S RECORD.
Mr.. Edwin d. Mead has printed pamphlet
containing IAN open letter 10 the Boston Daily
Advertisers" in which he reviews the case
against Mr.. Blaine. Mr.. Mead says he is an in
dependent Republican and free trader; be has
no objection to boiling for cause; and he has
no liking for the protection plank il the Chica-
go platform. But he finds no clearly marked
division between the parties on the tariff ques-
ton. ana prefers to remain with the Republican
party because that party appears to him to have
the greatest amount Of administrative talent
and the best traditions.
There are only four reasons. Mr.. Mead saws,
for which Il Republican, in the present condi-
ton of parties, might fairly refuse to support
the regular candidate. l. If the party is plain
ly deteriorating. ,. If the nomination had
been effected by fraud. g. If the candidate
were incompetent or committed to objection
able policies. 3. Ii he We're bad man. The
first and second reasons do not exist in this
case. As to the third, Mr.. Blaine is brilliant
and able. and his public policy would never
have been suspected and criticised, had not his
character been previously assaed. The OBJ
lection comes down to the fourth cause, and
Mr.. Mead quotes from the Advertiser itself. in
1876. to show that Mr.. Blaine emerged from
the unparalleled investi CATION at that time who'll
lN unframed.
FIRST DISTRICT DEMOCRATS.
A Portland correspondent of the Boston Post
furnishes the following: The call for the first
district Democratic Congressional convention
will be issued IN few days and the convention
will be held either at Bddeford or in this city,
probably the latter. There are but two candi-
dates for whom there may be said to be boom,
Judge Cleaves of Portland and William A.
Cromwell of South Berwick. A few weeks
ago the name of Darius II. Ingraham, promi-
nent Democrat Of this city, was received with
much favor. particularly in Cumberland coun-
ty, where he is best known. There are no
evidences that Mr.. Ingraham has made any
effort to secure the nomination and as it Is
commonly reported that he will not enter into
any scramble for the position, it Is doubtful if
his name will come before the convention.
The Democrats have made but one nomina-
ton for Congress.
a journal subscriber writes from Arcade,
New York: ''Lots of Blaine men in these
| western countless
Mr. Samuel l.. Boardman is writing sketch
of The home life of Mr.. Blaine for New York
firm.
Hon. c. A. Boutelle has resigned his position
on the Republican State Committee and is sue
ceeded by Hon. John l.. Cutler, of Bangor.
Mr. f. b. TORY has rendered his resignation
as chairman of the Democratic State Commit
tee. 1t is understood that his private business