Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-09-19

From the New York sun Hcmocr,tic.l
The substantial fact, in the scandals uf-
lectiu- thooc two persons have now been
laid before the public and to a limited de
-rtc before he readers OF the sur. The
accusation u> regards Mr.. Blaine we have
published UuWiilnGly in the form OF At
sworn legal document, produced by the
defendant in hi, libel suit because we do
not feel ourselves at liberty to withhold
from 1rrcudcrs anything ot importance
hearing upon the claims to public conf
drncr of a Presidential candidate. As re
CARDS Mr.. Cleveland. we have published
the facts only a. they have been admitted
and proclaimed 10y his friends and apollo
giStS 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 have occurred in
the year lN5l. thirty -thrce years ago. Ac-
corllng To the very worst Interpretation
which his antagonists seek to put upon
the case. the accused repaired all the
wrong that il is pretended he cvcrcommit-
tcd-and II l. by no means proved that h"
committed anY-in fact. he denies il On
tirely-in the one way in which man Of
honor and gentleman mSled into such .,
situation. mast repair il and ever since
that his mode of lie has been moral de
CurOu~. and reputable. We conclude.
then That Mir. Blaine il not to he con
dcmhod ~ IL candidate on this account
even Surprising that the worst state of
fact which he earnestly dcnie,-sh should
he established, NOT only hcCdU~c lac re
paired the wrong, hut because his lite has
ever since been all that could be required.
We dId, here, that. IN view Of all the cir
culu-tancc- Of the case, it is. I'm our JUDI
m"ui, an uN~peakablv OUTRAGE to brine
forward such an accusation. n i an out
.u-t u ihr Gg;N. ";i,N a. ;rU'. uat Il .t ia
iiutrlN more an uutla.scif it is false.
with Mr. Cleveland, however, the ~ituU
ton l. different. The particulars are not
denied in fact, they are admitted, the
only Variation in tine admission put for
his defenders seek in addition To- dctamc
the woman without producing any cV
dcuce to support THAI position. All oi
them Join in admitting the main facts
They also join in admitting with sout
minor discrepancies that the uuiOwuuat,
woman was put into an asylum without
authority of law by some uI his friend,
and representatives and il appears like
wise, hat the equally unfortunate iilcgti
mate child was kept for considerable pc
Rod of time in the county pourhou-r, al
though his father was in a pruspurou,
business at the time. A. turrcpairiu- the
wrong done 20 the betrayed woman. We
hear nothing of II in the cJ~c Of Mr.
Cleveland. \ stone could not have shown
less conscience than he.
On this state of facts, Mr.. Cleveland j,
to be condemned and condemned most
severely. For this cause alone, # there
were no others, we say that he j. NOT Il fiji
man To he chosen President of the United
States, and his election would he a -erou,
public calamity. Moreover, while the ac
cuscrs of Mr. Blaine are subject to cN
IRENE apprehension, the accuscrs of Mr.
4. Of h.a IA 4.
proving his moral disqualification for tn,
great post which he seeks to obtain
such is the difference between the tive
men as regards these scandals. The ON,
is not affected injuriously, while the othe
ought to be ruined as a candidate.