Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-09-18

A Feverel Oreas.

THUn0DAY EVENING, Sept ID. 1850.
A FevereA Orgap.
The New York Sun, which is trying to
eet the Butler standard to stand erect, 10
considerably impeded in Its effort by the
tendency Of the banner to swing off
t6wafd Tho Blaine standard. The at
traction u strong - that Of gravitation,
and the Sun not only fails to get the
confounded thing to stand straight up,
but it u even affected itself by its per.
verse Blaineward tendency, and does not
really seem to know how to keep itself
straight for Butler, without leaning
over to Blaine. A few weeks ago 1t
elaborately defended Blaine from the
charge that he had suppressed one of the
Nulligan letters, and it put on very
comedy cloak Of benignant fairness,
declaring that what it said was
Tor ktSuth's q sake, and not for
Blaine's. We were taken in ourselves
and really believed that it waged in this
matter Q free lance for the truth, so
plausible was its argument. Since then,
however, It has been declared by Mr..
Mulligan that Blaine got from him the
letter he failed to publish, and Mr..
Mullaean's. copy Of that epistle shows
that 1t would have been an embarrass.
ing one for Blaine to publish. 1t seems
clear enough, from the testimony, that
he suppressed 1t. But the Sun is so in
love with Its argument for Blaine that it
will not, even though it is for Butler,
admit that it fell into error In its
demonstration that Blaine read every
scrap and scrimption" that he stole
from Mulligan.
1t is even 50 infatuated that it pretends
to think that every one who has accused
Blaine of suppressing the evidence of
his dishonor should come forward, for
the truths sake, and acknowledge that
they did him injustice and do this be-
cause the letter has now been printed;
and 80 the Sun argues, that Blaine did
not have it; Notwithstanding the
fact that the publication now is
made from Fishers retained copy
OF the original which was writ
ten by Fisher to Blaine. = 1t was
only copy of this letter which Blaine
took from Mulligan in 1876, and it Is an
other copy taken from Fishers letter.
book now in 1884.
The mental state of the editor of the
Sun is 80 greatly out of equilibrium, that
he insists that it was the letter press copy
of Fishers letter that Blaine is charged
with taking from Mulligan {; and that
therefore its present publication by duf
ligsn proves that Blaine did not take it.
But what Mulligan took to Washington
with him were fairly written copies of
the letter press copies of Fishers
letters found in Fishers letter-book.
He did not take the letter book
nor tear out its pages. No one says he
did ehis, and 1t is most silly suggestion
to say that he did 80 without evidence of
the fact. 1t would have been a very fool
ish thing to do. The editor of the Sun
should put wet towel about his fevered
head and retire from the editorial field
until his mental equipoise is reestab
lished. He might profitably 60 out into
the poultry yard and give his attention
to the raising Of game chickens insteaa i
OF Butler booms. The essay may be as
unsuccessful, but it will at least be easier
to keep the breed from mixing with the
Plymouth Rocks and other species, than
1t isto keep the Butler and Blaine mena.
geries from mingling. The game cocks
may be put into coops by themselves,
but there is no such thing as penning
Blaine and Butler apart.
There is cause to fear that the editor
Of the Sun is suffering from softening Of
the brain, or the SIMPLIFYING influence of
Buffers cockeye, or from some other
understanding process; since he
argues SO strangely and has such hard
time keeping Mr.. Buffers and Mr..
Blainc's banners apart and gets along
inso crab-like way at his work of turn.
ing the rascals out. . ...