The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-09-20
Blaine and Cleveland.

The substantial facts in the scan
dals affecting these two persons have
now been laid before the public and
to limited degree before the readers
Of the San. The accusation as regards
Mr.. Blaine we have published un.
willingly in the form of sworn legal
document. produced by the defend
ant in his libel suit, because we do
not feel ourselves at liberty 10 with.
hold from our readers anything of
Importance bearing upon the claims
to public confidence of Presidential
candidate. As regards Mr.. Cley Gland,
we have published the facts only as
they have been admitted and pro.
claimed by his friends and aDologistS;
and now the question is, what should
be the effect of these matters upon
the two aspirants to public favor?
The charge regarding Mr.. Blaine
refers entirely to events said to haye
occurred in the year 1851, thirty-three
years ago. According to the very
WORT Interpretation which his an.
tagonists seek to put upon the case,
the accused repairing all the wrong
that it is pretended he ever commit
ff&d-and it is by no means proved
that he committed any-in fact, he
dnnIpS If nntirnlxy in hn
which man OF honor and gentle
man misled into such situation,
must repair it and ever since then
his mode of life has been moral, de-
corOus, and reputable. We conclude.
then, that Mr., Blaine is not to be con-
demned as candidate on this ac-
count, even surprising that the worst
state Of facts which he earnestly de-
MES should be established not only
because he repaired the wrong, hut
because his life has ever since been
all that could he required. We add,
here, that in view of all the circum-
stances of the case, it is in our judy
ment, an unspeakabe outrage to
bring forward such an accusation, 1t
is an outrage if the accusation is true,
and it is infinitely more an outrage
if il is false.
With Mr.. Cleveland, however, the
situation is different. The particulars
are not denied in fact, they are al.
mitted, the only variation in the ad
mission put forward in his apology
being that some of his defenders seek
in addition to defame the woman
without producing any evindece tc
support that position. All of them
join in admitting the main facts
They also join in admitting with
some minor discrepancies that the
unfortunate woman was put into an
asylum without authority of law by
some of his friends and representa-.
| tives and it appears, likewise, that
ShO equally unfortunate illegitimate
! NiIiu was htpG lpT COtSlueTdDIG
period Of time in the county poor.
house, although his father was in q
prosperous business at the time. As
for repairing the wrong done to the
betrayed woman, we hear nothing OF
it in the case of Mr.. Cleveland. A
stone could not have shown less con.
science than he.
On this state of facts, Mr.. CIeve-
land is to be condemned, and con.
demned most severely. For this
cause alone, if there were no others.
we say that he is not a fit man to be
chosen President ofthe United States,
and his election would he a serious
public acknowledgements, while
the accusers of Mr.. Blaine are subject
to extreme apprehension, the accuSers
of Mr.. Cleveland deserve well of the
public for proving his moral diSqual-
ificati0n for the great trust which he
seeks to obtain.
Such is the difference between the
two men as regards these scandals.-
The one is not affected irjuriOuSly,
while the other ought to he ruined as
a candidate.