The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-10-25
A'I'S'AllG3A'IlNlSTT a ! A ! BLAINE.
Tl1EwEAK,spors OF TIE ENEMY.
Tho "rimos" Tussie with tho, Inevitable.
A Thin Attempt to Stir up tho Sta1warts .
Z h Against lslaine-The Plymouth Pulpit \.
2d fhnrisse-Dcfonse Of Cleveland.

Against lilaine-The Plymouth Pulpit
| f'hnrisse-Defonso OF Cleveland. \
CiSclsSArl,~0ulo, October "a IA tele
gram from New York to ltlle Cincin
natl comVercial Ga,e,le says There is q
shrillintensity in the deepening contes,
in this great city like that experienced In
Cincinnati fortnight ago. Tho steam j,
very high. Tho opponents to Blaine have
fired their brass-mountcd, double barreled
tlint.locked horso-pistol this morning.
They seem to haye been negotiating with
q sneak thief, and perhaps forger, fol
solne scraps otold Tribune copy. There
is n moral grandeur about this that Is Just
up TO the luycl OF tho anti Blaine Repub-
lican professors of reform iand practical
blatherskites. Reproductions OF hand.
writing were not required to make known
to the people ot,the United States that
term: And tho Cleveland campaignels
are IN o poor way II n facsimile Of the
handwriting Of Gail Hamilton is tho best
they can do in tho closing days Of tho
campaign. There. Is not enough left Of
the old factions Of tho Republican party
in New York 10 be OF any material assist
ance to those who wish to enjoy an ad-
ministration based upon the tho cry that
all the historic achievements ofthe Rcpub.
lican party were unconstitutional. We Pig
PERSONAL CAMPAIGN. t-s.zt
The campaign OF personal scandal
against Mr.. Blaine is a failure. The fact
is now clearto al men capable OF looking
sGuarely down straightroad. The efforts
to arouse old prejudices against Mr..
Blaine will be a failure also. Iieis the
candidate OF his party for the highest
Office, and has done nothing unbecolujnp
that dignity. And it is perfectly known
that there isno man living less likely to
remember old controversies in the hour
OF his triumph than! Mr.. Blaine. ~ /.
The Stalwarts are to him Republicans,
and he to them is the Republican leader.
MIR. Blaine is incapable OF cultiyating the
factions whose mutual hostility was SO
happily moderated by the consideratc
course OF President; Arthur. 4 There are
neither llalf-breeds nor Stalwarts in New
York, to-day, but. all are Republicans
united to defeat the Confederate Copper
head ringster and crank andS st. John.
The other brass barrel discharge was
that1 Of the superb old blunderer, Henry
Ward Beecher. Governor Cleveland wrote
II private letter to Mrs. Beecher, and it is
read ata. reform meeting. He tells, the
old lady that he does not know any bad
women in Albany. This is important to
Beechcr, for he draws the line in this mat
ter between Buffalo and Albany and be-
tween matters, that occurred more or less
Than seven years ago. The Governor tolls
Mrs. ,Beecher that lie works hard and goes
ofchnrch, and confcsses the sin that
found him out in the phrase "the affair
which lhaves not denied" And in the
following remarkable language he ex-
presses Il wish 10 see Mr.. Beecher: !" Can!
| not manage tosec him and tell him what
/ cannot write?" Suppose We apply to
this phraseology the tests that are iasllion-
able among democrats in discussing the
Mulligan letters, Tho tirstthing is that the
country has at last a Written acknowledge
ment by Grover Cleveland of the truth OF
the Maria Halpin story. That is probably
the "ailair which have never denied.h
tic denies the stories that are called tho
Buffalo and Albany circus stories. But
he has not confessed all. He wishes to
see Mr.. Beecher and pour into his sympa-
thetic eur things that can not be written.
CAN S6r WRITE. z.fTf
The Democrats have been exercised by,
the express wish Of Mr.. Blaine that CON
iidcntial letter that he wrote should be
burned. The letter contained protesta-
tions that charges made against him we're
false. aud he called upon the man who
knew they were false to testify to that
effect. But the postscript, "burn this,
has apparently burnt itself intothe Demo-;
cratic mind. Now here is private letter
from Cleveland, assuming a virtue be-
CAUSE heI has not denied crime, and
wanting to see Beechcr and ''tell hin. rhat
I lcdn not ,rriiS." OF course Bceclier had u
gush when talking politics in Brooklyn
and after reading tic Cleveland letter.
quote from the Times rcport-he said: ..
when in tie gloomy night Of my own
sufferings in years gone by I sounded
every depth Of sorrow, l vowed that il
God would bring the day.star Of hope TO
mel would never suffer brother, friend or
neighbor. to 60 unfriended, should live
serpent seek TO crush him. That oath I
will regard now. 4 Because l know the
bitterness OF venomous lies, / will stand
against vcnomous lies that seek to sting
to death a MANA Magistrate worthy Of
better things. They counsel mo to pom
der lest stir again my own grief. No,
will not be prudent. Ill refuse to inter
pose n shield of well placed confidence be-
tween Governor Cleveland and the swarms
Of creatures that wriggle in the mud or
sling arrows from ambush, may my tongue
clcave to the roof Of its mouth, ana my
right hand forget its cunning { Loud ap-
plausc.] IN syis. t.S3
II will initiate tho noble cxampleSset
me by Plymouth Church In the day OF my
calamity. They we're not ashamed Of my
bond. Z They stood BY mo with God.in-
spired loyalty. 1t was n heroic deed.
They have set my duty before me. I will
initiate their example, and .as long rs. ]
have breath will not see Il man followed
by hounds, serpents, or venomous sting
| ing insects, and Motif l believe him to
be innocent'-stand with him and for him."
Long and loud applause and cheers. h5a
A BEEcnER STORY. 81
But there is this difference between
Beecher and Cleyeland: The former pro.
iessed innocence OF the charges against