The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-27
Fresh LaureIs For Mr.. Blaine.

Since Mr.. Blaine has gone INTO inc
libel suit business it will occur to good
many people that it would be an exeel'
lent idea for him to extend the goo0
work. Many of his organs characterize
his indianapolis lawsuit as the bravest
and most heroic achievement OF the
ace If to bring one libel suit against
a newspaper which makes no claim 10
commanding influence, wealth or clTcu-
Iation. is a noble and a god-llke act,
what would be the glory to be derived
from a combat in the courts with the
CHICAGO Tribune. the Cincinnati COM
,aercial. the Washington Repn6tacaf.
and the st. Louis Globe Democrats All
of these papers have made charges
AGAINST Mr.. Blaine quite as hbelous, II
untrue, as the allegations of the lndI-
annapolis newspaper.
Tn 1876 the Chicago Tribune said OF
Nh, Blaine: They (the Republlealls)
knew him as lobbyist before he enter
ed Congress. seeking contracts for the
supply of arms. They knew him Wnile
i'm Congress and while Speaker, as the
| inside friend of wildcat corporations,
ruling as Speaker to save ther Dllis' as
| claiming TeNdIu AOl mo oliiN4t'i ~ =
| and as engaged in selling the worthless
| bonds of such corporations, receiving
large gratuities therefor
IN the st. Louis Globe Democrat OF
Dec. Il. 1881. occur these words: "Mr
Blaine is better calculated, evidently
| to get US into q war with some foreign
poWer than any Secretary OF State we
| have had for a long time, and on May
u 1851, the same paper said: MIR.
| Rlaiue is an unclean man and the peo-
| ME will not have him. He stands self
convicted of prostituting the high OIL
ces he has held TO build up a private
| fortune. of cohabiting with corruption
for dishonest money. Ills record
would damn him"
In the Cincinnati Gazette OF Decem-
Der IL, 1881, may be found these words:
| Mr.. BlaineS retirement from the CAB
| inetl is a matter OF cohgratulatlon,
| and The Cincinnati Commercial OF June
7 1876 said: The Blaine letters, we
believe. prove all that he has been
charged with. The troublesome fact is
that there is Il low tone of public NOR
| aIity in the estimation OF the uses OF
| public position fer private gain"
| In September. 1882, the Washington
| ReDuiItcQH. addressing Mr.. Blaine and
| referring to tie Mulligan letter episode
| of 1875. said: You escaped the dis
| cussion of everything UNPLEASANT to
| YOU hat year by being defeated, You
/ escaped discussion before your defeat
because the Democrats hoped, and the
Republicans opposed to you feared, you
would be nominated. After the terri.
BILE experiences OF that summer the
seat in the Senate made vacant by Mr.
| Morrill-s resignation was an asylum fol
| YOU and your election afterward fol-
/ the succeeding term was thought by
| many to be rather an exhibition d
sympathy for your misfortunes than Of
continued confidence in your leader
ship"
All of these quotations contain in
timations injurious to the character of
Mr.. Blaine. Snch of them as were ut
tered in 1876 nave been repeated in
more recent years by the same news
papers, 80 that Ia statute pflimitations
can run in favor of their authors. II
the path of glory leads but to a libel
suit as now seems to be the case, the
Herald would suggest that the Repub-
lican candidate place fresh laurels OH
his brow by holding some of these
great organs up for damages. -Chic go
Herald,