St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28

| plumeS or knlghth00d, by an lnndeI ana
Ycoffer.
A PLUAIED KNIGHT! INDEED!
"a p!umed knight was he wi o kissG d
| the tirStray of sunlight in the morning
| as it glanced from the cro of his
| sword hilt over the walls of Jerusalem,
| praying perchance that it might rest
again in blessing upon his country in
| the West. But this man, so far rs his
| public life has shown, has had 10
| thought of his country, save as means
| to his own ends of pelf and power. He
! never originated a measure for the good
| of mankind. His name is connected
| with no policy to advance the inter-
| eStS or renOwn of America. No
| high and noble sentiment can be
| quoted as having fallen from his lips
| during all his public career. True men
| have been mentioned by him only to be
! maligned. He entered the lists to do
| battle only when the battle was done,
| and then only to charge the crippled
| and defenSeleSS and like a craven to in
suit the vanquished! A plumed knight,
| indeed. From the time of his begin
! ming Of service in the national field, as
| the agent and lobbyist of the Spencer
| Rife company at Washington during
| the first year of the war, through his
record in congress, through the black
Mulligan history, at the close of
/ which he saved himself from eX
| pulSiOn by audaciOuSly Simulat
| ing a stroke of Divine Providence;
through the state department, when
| the power of the government through
! him was eXerted in the Landreau job
berry i'll guanO, down to his last record.
| he has been the center and the light of
/ systems of jobbery, corruption. fraud
! and falSehOod. There was no ioDber in
| Washington but what was his friend.
! No other man when in the speakers
! chair ever intimated to, ever caused a
| statement to be sent to man with a
| money scheme before congress, calling
/ attention to the money value of the
| speakers ruling. No other man was
| ever turned from the state department
and his entire policy, in shame, re-
! versed. And so L conclude my very
| general comments on Mr.. Blaine. and
with my compliments to him bespeak
! my kind
REGARDS TO MRS. FISHER
Nov a to Mr. Blaine's history. which
he cOmmendS TO my reading. With well
simulated Indignation he resents and
| cOntrOvertS my statement as to the atti
| tude of the FederaliSt party of MaSSa-
| chusetts during the war of 1872. L
| would accept the advice he quotes from
| Gen. Scott as to the prOpriety of reading
| history. but since we have had Blaine
| in public life that advice needs a sup
| plement. | give it in the language of a
man who towers above him as Mount
! Washington towers above a wart, and
| L commend it to this modern Burr
in return for his advice. 1t is: Tell the
| truth, Let US see about this contra
dictiOn of Mr.. Blaine'S, and his aSser-
tiOn of the patriotism of Massachusetts
during the war of 1912. Bear in mind
his indignant refutation of my state
ment; bear in mind his bitter denuncia-
ton of my untruth. | now read from
special speech delivered by James G.
Blaine, in the senate of the United
States, on Jan. %, 1878, reported in the
Congressional Record of that date:
To pretend that Massachusetts did not
bTistle all over with unpatriotlc records, 60
ing clear up to the verge of treason, and in
the opinion of some patriots of that day step
ping one point beyond it. is u degree of bray
cry which it would have been well to show in
the war. and not reserved for this day. In
the war 0S12) Massachusetts refused TO
allow her soldiers 10 march beyond the
boundaries of her own state, and refused
pOintedly TO the general government to re-
spond to a call for her troops. Massachusetts
was deeply hostile 10 the war of 1912, and
did all in her power to embarrass its prusecu-
tion. William Wigory, who represented Il
Maine district i'll congress, voted tor the
declaration OF war against Great Britain, and
was seriously threatened with mob violence
in Massachusetts as he passed on his way
homeward. = Massachusetts refused
TO pass and tabled resolution thanking one
of her own volunteer officers for victory be-
cause il was won in an unjust war. She re-
fused to thank the admirable and gallant
commander of the Hornet for having cap
tured the British man-of-war Peacock. That
stands on her own Legislative journals II you
want the record. l can give you more and
graverinstances until the sun sets.
| have read this language of Mr..
Biaine'S, not as corrObOrating any i'm
putatIOn of mine upon the honor OF
Massachusetts. L have made none. |
have challenged the patriotism of the
Federallst party of Massachusetts, and
of its legitimate progeny, the monOpo-
lists of to-day. | resent James G.
Blaine's violent attack upon the honor
of the grand old state. | assert now,
as | have asserted before, that her
patriotic people, the Democrats of Mas
sachusetts-and by Democrats |
include all her patriots who, as
sincere lovers of their country, and
not merely to obtain control of the gov
ernment for evil ends, struck at slavery
and secession from the ranks of any
party-theSe people. say. always saved
her honor in war and in peace, and |
believe the day is not far distant, and /
pray it may dawn OH the 9th day of
November next. that these same patriots
of the old commonwealth will throw off
the thraldOm of the descendants of the
FederaliSts of other days, and present
her. as of yOre,
Holding up beacon peerless
To the oppressed Of all the world
Mr.. Blaine says that when | stated
| that New England absorbed wealth and
gave nothing L again showed ignorance
for which was 10 be condemned. Let
me- trouble you with 4 few statistics,
and | will give you the authority for
them afterWard. The total valuation of
all the property of the six New Eng
land states was in 1880 as follows:
Massachusetts, S2,623, 900, 900; Maine,
S511 200. 900; New Hampshire, 1868, ,0OO,-
600; Vermont, S302, 600, 900; Rhode
Island, S400,000,000; Connecticut. S719,-
000-tOtal, S5,97S, 100000. The total
wealth owned by the people of New
England. situated either within or with
out her borders. was as follows: Massa-
chusetts, S219,000.000; Maine, S50l, ,000,-
0o0; New Hampshire, S32S, 100000; Yer
mont, $3.50. .000,0 900: Rhode Island, s42O.-
000,000; Connecticut, SS52, 2,000,O00. The
population owning this wealth was
4,0l1,529. 1t will be seen that these
states owned not only the wealth within
their borders, but owned of the wealth
of other states the enormous sum of
S207, Coz, 600. which figures, as is esti-
mated, have been doubled since
1880. At the same time the
six Northwestern states of Michi-
gan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Indiana and Iowa, with a population of
nearly three times that of New Eng
land. to wit, 10, Alb, ,g94, have wealth sit
uated within their borders, and their
people owned of it as follows: Michi-
gan was worth $3.50, 000.000, and she
owned of it but s1,37O, 100000, showing
that some one owned of her wealth out