The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-06-03

off Of any officer who would attempt it
in modern times.
Major Morgan says "I read in the
papers the other day that the Monitor
Repudticano, Of Mexico, speaks Of Mr..
Blane's nomination for the Presidency
of the United States rs bad news"
ask how could 4 Mexican paper speak
thus if the nomination had not been
made, and how could Major Morgan
quote the paper unless it had been is
sued thus proving concluSivcly that
this pamphlet was written after the
nomination and in furtherancc Of Re-
publican candidate for the Presidency.
Gould man who was lcal to the Dem
ocratic party be guilty Of such treach-
cry?
The pamphlet concludes with the in
formation that Guitcau's bullet put an
end to Mr.. Blainc's projects, and conse-
quently his third idea Of convokin. nj,
American international Congress was
never consumated.
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that pamphlet no one can question Major
Morgans admiration for Mr.. Blaine, nor
is it less doubtful that he hoped for Mr..
Blaine's Presidential success, as the
pamphlet appeared after Mr.. Blaine's
nomination. We, therefore, must con-
clude the author a Republican,. If he
asserts the contrary and claims to he
Democrat. it is a charity to say, under
the circumstances, he is political fool,
unfit to represent Democratic Admin
istration anywhere or in any capacity.
"Now | undertake to say" Capt Daw-
son continued, "that if you search that
pamphlet with n small-toothcd comb
you will not find anything more objec-
tionablc than is quoted in Mr.. Aikcn's
letter. 1t has never been asserted by
Mr.. Morgan that that pamphlet was not
published before Blaine's nomination.
The plain truth OF the matter is that
the pamphlet was written early in tho
year, and was made ready for publica-
ton Immediately after Blainc's nomina-
ton. The illusions to his nomination
were then introduced.
Having thus stated what was in the
pamphlet Capt. Dawson proceeded to
show what was not in it. There is not
word about the Democratic party,
about Civil Service reform, about the
Tariff, about corruption in office, about
Capitalization. about the need Of admin
istrativc reform. 1t is simply plea for
a vigorous foreign policy. When it was
first brought to my attention hy Nr.
Morgan, told him that he Was right in
the doctrine which he advocated, but
wrong in the man that we did want
n policy that would make an American
citizen respected everywhere, and that
the Stars and Stripes should be to him
what the English flag is to al English
man in every part of the world; that
We would see the need Of this vigorous
foreign policy aS we have seen it at Pa.
mama and in the Santos case; and that
the mistake he made was in thinking
that Blaine was the proper man to carry
it out. There is nothing unusual in q
Democrat being in favor of particular
feature OF the Republican policy. Ii
has been seen again and again that 4
Demo crat has believed that some par
ticular plank Of the Republican plat.
form was better than a corresponding
plank in Democratic platform, and has
spoken and written in favor Of his opin-
ion. So, too, Republicans have PREFER.
ed Democratic declarations on a partic.
ular subject to the doctrine or practice
Of their own party. But these disscn
tients. as to one special matter stand BY
their own party, rs q rule on election
day. The test Of Mr.. Morgan's politi-
cal views is not whether he wrote pam
plet that could be construed in advoca
cy Of Blaine's election. but whether ht
voted the Republican ticket. Mr.. Nor
gan was living in New York at that mo-
ment, and had been living there long
enough to allow him to vote there if ht
desired to do 80. He did not vote the
Republican ticket. Could he have vo.
ted there, without abandoning his citi
zenship here, he would have votod fol
Cleveland and Hendricks.
The publication Of the pamphlet by
Mr.. Morgan was, in Capt. Dawsoh's
opinion, strictly literary venture
The subject which it treated was one o
great public interest, and the vigorou.
foreign policy which Mr.. Morgan sc
earnestly and intelligcntly advocated
was in accordance with public senti.
ment. 1t was expected that the pam.
phlet would naturally have large sale
which did not prove to be the case. Il
fell fiat. Very few copies were circula.
ted, and only one newspaper, published
in the Northwest, 80 fur as he knew, ey
er condcscended to notice IL No suh.