Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-06
IMPALING MR.. BLAINE.
UAHL suauRz ON THE MAINE LEADER
The Corruption That would Follow ths
Election OF tns Jinro statcsman-why
Republicans should Reject Him.

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opera house Tuesday night. Tho place was
crowded. The platform was occupied by
q number Of prominent Independents. The
principal speech Of tho evening was made
by Carl SchurZ,
After reading several OF the Mulligan
letters and reviewing Mr.. Blaine's record
and the defense made for him in the mat
ter Of those transactions, Mr.. Schur7
said
IL You want TO know what the result OF
Mr.. Biaiue's election would be, stop and
observe what the result of his mere nomt-
nation already has been. What do you
see Men high in standing who but yes
terday were shocked at such things rs MIR.
Blaine has done, who thought that the
people would and ought to brand thcm
with their emphatic disapproval, now
meekly apologiZing for the same
things and dismissing them as liz,
tic ccccutrictics Of genius. Nay, some ui
them grow fairly facctious 81 the "Phati
secs" or saints" or dudes" or gen.
tie hcImitS," who deuounce corruption
10 day as they themselves denounced /;
Yesterday. Indeed, "pharisees" AID
saints" What, then, are the strange
and extravagant things which these
Pharisces aud saints demand and which
after Mr.. Blsine's nomination have sud
denly become 50 ridiculous? DO they ask
that candidate for the presidency should
bc the IDEAL man and the embodiment OF
all the human virtues ? That he should
part his hair in tho middle and wear
lavender gloves? No, not that. But these
strange cgeatures, these "Pharisees' and
dudes" insist that man, to be elected
president of the United states.
should be man of integrity; that
he should have just sense Of official
honor; that he should not be one with q
record OF prcstituted official power, such
as the MulRgan letters and the investiga
ton show, upon his back. That is all. Why,
how ridiculous this Is, 70 be sure. Have
Won ever heard anything so outlandish
Well, fellow citizens, when you see
grave men, men Of public standing, sud
denly disposed 10 laugh q: other men, who
to- day refuse to honor bad practices
which yesterday they all in common con.
demued, ii is not altogether amusing. Il
is a rather serious symptom of the moral
effect Mr.. Blaiue's nero nomination has
already produced. But it is only o.e OF
many. The Republican party once proudly
aud Justly called itself the party Of mora
IDEAS Where are those moral ideas now ?
What is the answer of the thorough paced
partisan when you remind him of the
party of moral ideas Of tho past and
point as the record OF his candidate ,
Hang moral ideas, we are for the party"
And he will tell you further that, what
sver may become of your moral ideas, you
lre in honor bound TO be for the party too.
The Republican party was party of free
men and volunteers From the Wings and
from the Democrats they came, proud OF
having cut their party ties, and they
gathered around the anti slavery banner,
for this they thought the cause Of right.
And now the spokesman OF the same party
tells you that he who opposes the caudi
dates Of his party because he conscien.
tiously believes IL wrong TO support them
commits dishonorable act.
The Duty OF the Citizen.
AS member of party do not cease
to be citizen. Upon al! circumstances
the duties which | owe as citizen TO my
are superior TO the duties which
can possibly owe 70 any party. When go
as delegate 10 o party convention
consult with others as TO what may be b's:
for party action. When as a voter 90 %
the polls, | consult my own conscIeuc, 4,
about what is best for the cOuntry's We.
fare. And If conscient.ously ind that
what the party demands is not for the good
Of the country, then il is not only my right
but my duty as q citizen 10 vote against l..
Who will gainsay this? But now We arc
told rot only that delegate 10 conver-
ton has no right 10 oppose his party
nominees, but that an ordinary member
Of the party is by his honor forbidden 20
do so. \ new code Of political honor is
invented which forbidS us to be honest.
There was on Outcry once in this country
against the English principle : "Once sub
jsCt, always q subject Il see ms the Blaine
party wants to improve upon this by the
proclamation "Oace q party msmber.
always party slave" And what is worse.
We see men who know that all we say is
true, and who but yesterday said IL them
selves, stills their consciences aud wear the
badge Of that slavery. Z
But If the mere nomination Of Mr.. Blaine
has accomplished this, what would be the
etscts Of his election to the presidency
Imagine that event TO have taken placs
Imagine then one OF the older men amoug
Us With old fashioned potious of better
times to meet Il company Of young, able
active and aspiring politicians and 20 dis
lie men. He would, of course, mention
foremost among those duties unselhst
devotion to the public interest, scrupulOu.
honesty and the maintenance o! the
highest standard of official honor. Yor
must not be surprised if an answer like
this comes back : " Old friend, you are
behind the times. That was good talE
years ago, but only Pharisees aud dudes
speak 20 now aud they, you should know
ar1 very ridiculous persons. As for US
We are going into politics to make money
We see various channels of usefulness
there and we are not going to be dead
heads in anything that Offers itself.
" But you object, "the people vii
never tolerate such thing" What viii
the answer beP d" You are behind th,
times again, Old friend Years ago th,
people might not have tolerated it, bu
now they do. They rather like II. Do yo,
knoE tho story Of James q. Blaine E? Hi
case was clear enough Everybody knew
that ho had been on the make when b.
was speaker Of the House. There wer
the Mulligan letters and the testimon
and the fact that he had made large for
tune without any business. There coul,
be no doubt about 1t. And what happened
The Republican party nominated him 70
tho presidency. And Mr. Evarts made :
long speech for him, with several jokes ii
1t. And those who protested against
were laughed at as dudes and Pharisees
Aud he was elected president and calIe
the great representative American. Yo
see the American people like this sort o
thing. This is the way TO wealth and /
public honor at the same time, as 4
James q. Blaine's case. That Is what W