St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-28

lu1 Oh tOI sAub-4s 'edel Tie st4let1eul OF
an exchange would almost convert one to
the belief that the brace OF liars had the bet
ter aud more dramatic finish.
Rev. DR.. Burehsrd Is said TO be IN such a
state OF conirftion and renorse as 10 provoke
sympathy from even the most hard hearted.
lie totters along. with the weight OF MS more
than three score and ten years. imagining that
he alone is responsible for the defeat OF Blaine
and that he can never be forgiven for f. A
friend says thai be would not be surprised II Dr.
Burchard's life was shortened by the occurrence.
This is just too sad for anything. Yet the
most melancholy fact is one that has not
been mentioned aud 1t is that the venerable
DR.. Burchard's mind was not as clear in the
matter Of honesty as it was in speaking the
truth from his standpoint, and his party's
standpoint.
How pastor with the requisite discrimin-
alton to be safe leader for his people could
have brought himself 10 the support Of a
man like J. @. Blaine who in his own script
is proven confederate OF the plunderers Of
the public domain Of the United States
holder Of $3.50, 600 Of land bonds Of the Little
Rock and Fort smith Railroad for which he
did not pay 9 dollar-and who as Speaker Of
the House was no ''dead-heAd In the enter
prise" OF helping the iobbers working for q
renewal of the land grant OF the Little Rock
road-that's the worst that can be said Ct
this venerable gentleman who could speak
the truth but whose blind partisanship made
him fall among thieves.
At the moment Of his righteous stupidity
of inspiration and OF his maladroit scheme
for waking up the next morning and find
ing himself famous" IL some warning voice
had murmured "Medill,'' be would have
dropped one of his worst Rs aud surely the
most mischieVous.
Gail Hamilton denounced the Chicago
Tribune in 1877 for harmful. malignant
and criminal libel" in printing that Biaine's
''mother, brothers and sisters we're C2tho-
lies, THE latter being incorrect when as an
offset she erunches the helpless Medill under
the Wife's puritan family that has eight
generations OF New England orthodoxy be-
hind it."-Etc., etc.
Through many mouthpieces doom has
been spoken for the great magnetic scbemer.
The R1manism Of half the family brought
adherents, tie New England orthodoxy
caught the majority, while the magnetic as
pirant in a letter 10 the Chicago Tribune in
1876, states that she had never been Cath
Ollie; that he belonged 10 no church, and had
not enough religion 10 boast Of" That
caught ali the rest ''rAmpaging over the God
forsaken wastes outside OF ali the churches, -
and the haul seemed likely 10 be com piete,
but it was not. Alter eight years Of Waltiu z
the same pins are set up again. Those years
b..r
have seen the Honorable Joseph Medill de-
feated in his advocacy Of Wsshburn's Presi-
dental chances, aud not alone a furious
champion Of Blane's cause, but If gossip be
correct likely 10 be father-in-law " Blaine's
son.
change indeed The years have seen
Irish-Americsn Catholics viewing the Repub-
lean party with coy invitations, until finally
bold bid is made for recognition. Says
Gail Hamilton in this above quoted mscera-
lion Of Medill-"M Moreover, one cannot dis
claim Catholicism as one can disclAim dis
honesty. Any denial of such assertions
would carry somewhat OF odium to large
number Of interested partisans in time OF
great political excitement"
Now then IT is more apparent than ever
that the Rev. Mr.. Burchard is "a good man
in the worst sense OF the term" for he estop-
ped the disclaimer in the boldest and the
most tersely worded pronunclamento on
record. The hapless gentleman has been
wrecked by ill-umed truth telling, ard his
grey hairs will go down in sorrow TO the
grave for bis uulucky outspoken ness.
Better to have remained mute aud inglori-
GUS in his loyalty than to have the whole
country ringing with the tripicate Of fatal
RS, bristling with party venom, and Of
deadly depletion in votes-and, alas, 200
uttered in honest sincerity of soul.
1t is the most calamltous instance Of truth
crushed to earth without the least hope Of
rising again, aud the crushed preacher has
the respect due to his irreparable misfortune.