Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-10-30
LIZ. Blnlne,s Record.


The opposition to MIR. Blaine seems
TO h nge mainly uDOn the ''Mu ligan
letters. with an occasional reference
TO mis- alleged know nothing principles,
and the dangers 10 be incurred through
tne EXERCISE OF his famO IS foreign poll
icy. And in this opposition we have
oHlv a mOnOtCnOus and mumbing rep
euJiOn OF charges which were long ago
exploded, which are fully eXpla ned IN
lie Congressional RecOTd. and in which
there remains not one shadow Of truth,
reason or logic. The Democrats have
had their own guns spiked by their ad-
versar es. They commenced by pub
1:shing certain of the Mulhgan letters.
accompanied by insinuatiOns and
charges OF wrong doing. But the Re
publicans went further. They pub
lished all the Muiligan letters as read
by MIR. Blaine upon the floor of Con
gress. together with the debates that
preceded and followed tn 5 episode. all
showing that Mr. Blaine was not guilty
of any wrong doing. And they went
farther than this. They introduced the
testimony of prominent Democrats,
among whom was the late Judge Black,
OF Pennsylvania, than whom no bitter
or partisan ever lived, to the effect that
the evidence showed Mr.. Blaine to be
as gniltless as child of any deed com
promising his position as a public OIL
Ger and a man of honor! The "Muli-
gan letters affair is dead and has been
buried. Only the poverty OF the De
mocracy in eXPedients could have au-
thOrized its resurrection
During Mr. Blaine long service as a
public officer his voice and h vote
were ever to be found upon the side OF
light and justice He has been with
out an exception q champion of the
people and of the principles which
have made our country a pattern for
all the Nations OF the world Mr.
Blame has been used because he sent
a substitute TO the war. Did not Mr..
Blaine in his official position with
substitute in the anks. do far more
service to the Union than Mr.. Blaine
alone could have done as a sOldie
Was there any man in those days who
desired to make the changer Blaine
IN Congress was worth twenty Blaines
in the ranks. There IS no need of de-
fend NO Mr.. Blaine courage or loyalty.
The rebel Brigadiers who held seats in
Congress after the war might testify to
his possession of those attributes.
The charge of KnownOUhingism
against MI BIa ne has fallen to the
giound with as dull a thud as ever
graced the chronicles Of the enterpris-
ing 10 orter. 1t is unnecessary to show
the p. 90 here, as it has already been
placed be'O. e the people. MIR. Blaine
is too much of an American to have ad-
vOcated KnownOthing principles. In
this connection it was asserted that Mr..
Blaine was violently opposed to the
Catholic religion and this charge was
made simply to check the flow of the
IRISH vote into the Republican fold, and
has never received serious eOnsidera-
ton. 1t was not worthy of il. And so
we may 90 through the whole of Mr.
Blaine s record and find nothing that
ha, no: been explained to the saIisfac-
ton o. all fair minded men. 1t is not
strange that he has enemies. 1t could
not be otherwise. But there is no man
in this country with warmer, more de-
voted friends, who believe that he is the
man of al men to fill the highest once
in the gift of the people, and who will
triumphanIy vindicate m by electing
him TO that position. Mr.. Blaine is al
ready viudiCated for that matter, but
his election will administer a more
singing rebuke to his opponents than
they have yet received. Burlington
HuCbel {.