Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-05-17
Blaine for 1885.

Blaine for 1888.
A despatch from Washington states
chat It IL no longer q question, but an
absolute certainty, that james G. Blaine
1s now fairly and squarely candidate
Tor the Republican nomination in 1888.
The despatch farther states that there
IN lust as little doubt that the present
occupant Of the White House Is as
surely a candidate for the Democratic |
nomination. This Is an announcement |
chat will be hailed with upbounded de- |
Hight by millions OF voters who sup |
ported Blaine in 1884 and were only
defeated in their purpose to elect him
BY q mere scratch in New York that
made less than six hundred Repubh-
cans vote against him that should have
voted for him. The Burchard episode,
the Delmonico supper or the spite OF
Oonkling were either Of them sufficient
TO turn the scale, and they were all
mistakes for which Mr.. Blaine could
mot be held responsible, unless, indeed,
he might have avoided the Oonkling
difficulty by having been less severe In
his caricature of him, or he might have
sought his friendship after his nomina'
4ion.
But no matter what the mistakes Of
Che past have been, o new thrill Of plea
sure will take possession OF the people
at the announcement that the old ticket
will be In the field. The man who sup
ported the old ticket from sense OF
duty will hail with heartiness the ep-
potunity to make even greater effort
in Its behalf than they ever made be-
fore, and the men who had o direct
business interest in the result, an in
terest which Is threatened by the pres
emit administration, crave the opportu-
nifty to give stability to business by
turning such an unquestioned victory
for protection as Blaine's success would
mean.
When James G. Blaine, in 1884
found that all was lost but honorS b.
retired gracefully to his literary lAbors
aa IL be had not been engaged in one O
the most exciting campaigns that eve
shook the nation, but in doing 30 b
fred the first gun for the campaign G
1888, and told truths 30 plainly tha
neither the ingenuity nor malice {
Democratic organs can dissuade or di
vert the public mind from thinkin
about it with an increased force OF cor
viction and an increased Discriminate
20 right the wrongs 30 plainly felt. Th
great North, and by North we mean a
the old and new free States, will nevt
tamely submit to q perpetuation OF th
government in the hands Of q combina
ton which makes Solid South an
the free trade metropolis Of New Yor
the oppressors OF all. This combinatic
has not only all the objections OF
combination, selfish and In part di
loyal, but 1t Is the rule Of q minorit
fhrough triumphant fraud and violenc
Republicans bowed to the verdict
1884 because the law and their duty
citizens led them to do 1t, but they d
not change their judgments as to he
the result WAS reached
Burned ballots in New York und
the old Tweed law and terrorism
the South achieved success, but the d
of redress will come in 1888. The Sou
has dis'ranchised 100000 freem'
and yet votes them all in the EIeotol
Colleges Of the States as If they b
voted solidly for Cleveland. I
Democrats have acquired majority
the lower house Of Congress, althou
over 100 OF their members were cleo
by but half the number of votes
Qcired to elect in the Northern Sta'
and with this unfair majority the SO
South hopes to rivet anew the cha
of political slavery, aud press onw
ha-ord md ha II mr.
rule.
Cleveland, in his attempt to play
role of o retormer, Ia meeting '
we'll merited contempt, but it
never divert the thoughts Of
people from the main Issues.
oppression of the solid South linke
combination with New York
reaches the interests Of six million
Republicans. 1t makes the vote
Southern man, whipped out OF II
Hon, count as much as two Rep
cans, who thought they conquered
the Union, only to see their poll
equality taken from them by fraud
outrage.
We believe no man living 80
represents living issues as Blaine
that no man living can present
more ably. With public though
rected to Blaine, future jealousiei
be avoided; rival ambitions will bt
within bounds, and the mistakes
last campaign will not be rept
The rain may come and the rain
60, but Republicans struggling
freedom from plain oppression vi
be affrighted thereat; q thousand
and fanatics cannot then do the
of q single Burchard, and the
guided men who threw away
votes where they thought 1t cou
safely done will not do 1t again.
And then again the countr
become aroused upon the questi
protection as 1t never was before.
working people Of the land see no
they must have more projection
they recognize in Blaine theil
friend and the foremost protec
In the country. The great W.
will have become more fsmilia
protection, and all the hand wi
with living issues that will not
ut the bidding either Of PharL
traitors. Republicans will b
day when the small, tho o1vfo'
spiteful, the syoophantish, the
critical and the traitorou9 9.
OroWdGd into that dark obecuril