The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-10-09
Bla;ae's defense.

defense OF Mr.. Blaine is an
nounce to be forthcoming. That is a I
severe reflection on the defenses issued |
already Dv Mr.. Willie Wally Phelps, by |
Mr.. Mcdonald, and by an equally CONT |
dent enthusiast nearer TO whatthe EUess- |
ing Journal calls our midst Their
lcsenses forthcame long ago. TO init
mate that they created necessity for
yet another to forthcome is to subtract
from the efficiency and complacency of
those who have already rushed into the
imminent deadly breach nude by facts
IN the official character OF Mr. Blaine.
Besides, any defense of Nh. Blaine
uas been made, by Mr.. Blaine, rctiec-
tion on Mr.. Blaine himself He especial
iy requested his fr.en Is not to discuss
(, the Mulligan matter. He la d especial
emphasis on this request-whcn making
it TO those who had previously attempt
! ed to defend him. Their .endeayors, it
would appear, had left on MIR. Blainc's
mind a conviction that such endeayo
| should be om't:ed. The good man is
even thought to have concluded that
he was guilty, after perusing the 9 forts
to acquit him, made by attached
! friends Wherefore, ''the new defense
of Mr. Blaine is reflect on on him as
| Wctl rs OIL Ills dpOELltS GCACHICk-, WuOuA
he silenced.
It cannot be said, from q Bia ne point
of view, that the new letters, or the let
tiers newly printed, create occasion for
defense. Mr.. Blaine has distinctly neg
atived that pro osition. There IS
Nothing in the Letters from FRS. to
Last inconsistent with the Most Scrupu-
lous Integrity and Honor declared
Mr.. Blaine on the very night when the
New York Tribune entitled the letters
1.-THE Drees of Defamation To be
sure, the man and the organ did not
agree, but if Mr.. Blaine is right the
letters need no defense, while, If the
Tribune is right. they admit OF no de-
} fcnse. In either case, the idea OF de-
Tense is syilogisticaliy fatal to Mr..
Blaine.
His former defenders, whom he
carcssed and suppressed, have reason
to object to any eleventh-hour inter-
lopcr entering the fed of defense. II
. any one Is entitled to the @ ,uivocal
honor of conducting, the defensive side
+ of s.an aggressive campaign" one OF
$ both of the saluted and si,cnccd dc
I tenders should receive it. Mr.. Blaine,
knowing they were defending him, =
: never lot them know: There are more
8 letters, which have never been pub
a lished. Be careful that yoa don't hur
!, mc more than help me. Mulligan j.
loaded and Fisher is liable 10 paint I
+ campaign red, at any Ii ne. - No, BIZ
Q 2 let them proceed on the assumption
j that he told the truth in 1876, and nov
: they are cor 'ronted with the horribl,
: inquiry; IF he tod the truth in 1876
). what in thunder did he tell in 1873. u
n II. 20 AMI 'd9pn Clearly these vic
!. tins of m splaecd confidence have
i right paramount TO be the new de
= tenders, for in re .ooper'ng Blame ma,
h be they can repair themselves.
They should pro eed cautiously. d,
]. they know whether MIR. Nlulligan
e tired? Are they s,re he has run out o
mat rial? Can they ensure the hop
II tl-re- 4r--f'ts.Ter IS -uone: rno~>troubl
about defending Blaine is the rr5iiDT
y you experience in working under stim
le ulants. Don't write on lquor,n sa;
ID Dr. johnson to Goldsmith. you Il hav
to ret drunker, every day." Don't de
fend Blaine could be ad ised to hi
case makers. They have to defend hir
more, every d.y. There is always
= new point of weakness. Or an uns1s
II pecied letter is a,waus turning up. O
- Mulliran ra',es movement. Or Mi
:. Fisher talks in his sleep. Then tn
! whole fabric of de ensc tumbles dowi
=, 70 The Blaine tlefen es can not be ensured
IT They do not stay put. Th.g have TO |
m changed to snit the next exigency.
in l. docs not do TO have a sliding sea
IN i'm defense. Cne cannot imitite I'll
~ thrifty resour, nlncss and IcXible il
re- genuity display by MIR. Blaine, whe
he was an instructor of chill rem
!, | Kentucky: '.Do you teach that IL
~ i, world is rouEd or fat?p aske1 a ca
!! !. tious ather o. Mr.. Blaine. ut that tim
N 81 teach other round or nat. q ,eordir
= q to the preferences of the parent,
a. blandly replied Mr.. Blaine. But d
"f fenses are no. alternative. options
al mutable or deternlinabls by pullil
=. straws o dreaming on bride eak
81 They must, rs MAJOR Jones said OF Il
r. Savannah ne yspap per. consist.
"a. all these and many o her acc uats, I
~ announcement that q new defcuse is
III forthcome should be re eiye with lc
n ayid.ty by Mr.. Bla.ne's friends than
slowed in going for ether people
o. money-il the tran actions which ms
no defense Indispensable and impos
u. sib.e.--4tbanJ Argus.