Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-24
Sherman and Blaine.

The appeal 81 Mr.. MURAT HALstEAp 10 the
Republicans Of the United States asking them
not 10 do Injustice to Mr.. SHERMAN is the
strongest manifesto which has appeared IN
favor OF the nomination Of the Ohio states
man We printed II yesterday. 1t assumes
fist Mr. BLAINE IS under obligations which
he cannot disregard not to allow his name 10
he used AZ against Dir. SHERMAN. mol thst
Mr.. BLAINE ever entered into any agreement
OF the sort with Mr. SHERMAN, but because
Mr.. SHERMAN had declared II TO be his pur'
pose not to engage IN a contest with Mr..
BLAME for the nomination.
Nuil be observed that this is an obliga'
ton of Mr.. SHERNAN's own creation-that Is,
II it Is an obligation at all. lie had sa-
cacitv enough TO ioresee that he would be
distanced in a race with Mr.. BLAINE, and
therefore said he would not make that race,
and now tries TO make virtue Of necessity.
But for the Florence letter, 1t would hsYe
clearly appeared before this time that Dir.
BLAINE was to be the unanimous choice oil the
Chicago Convention. Mr. SHEHNAN's name
would ere now have passed entirely out Of
the minds OF the delegates 70 that conven-
ton. The only claim, therefore, that SuER'
NAN has upon BLAIYE's iOrbemsnce Is the
fact that he had sense enough not to allow
himself TO be run over roughshOd.
And yet DIR. HALsrsAD has almost made 1t
appear that Mr.. SHERMAN would be badly
treated man II Mr.. BLAINE should accept
even the unanimous nomination OF the Re-
publican National Convention. Mr.. HAL
srEAD's appeal closes as follows:
"At Chicago the friends OF Blaine with
the power and responsibility in their hands
will have before them the same questions
that were I'm the mind OF Mr. Blaine when he
looked beyond the mountains OF Italy and
nut the great questions OF duty TO himself
and saw bis pathway 10 a line OF hight, and
they will not reverse his decision, but honor
him by accepting u I'm the spirit that be gave
IL, and whatsoever may be President Blslne
will be the leader OF leaders, and will
wear the highest OF all titles, 'the first clti-
zen OF the republic"
Mr.. HusrBAD's letter is really an iuge-
pions document He not only makes
strong appeal in behalf Of SHERMAN, but
he manages 30 10 express hrs thoughts as
TO commend himself TO the Blaineites. He
comedies in unmistakable language that in
the Chicago Convention the friends OF
BLAINE will have the "power and RESPONSE
bilily In their hands" LetMAHoNE weep and
wall. The leading organ OF SHERMAN admits
that the friends OF the man whom MALONE
offended in his recent circular denouncing
Mr.. BLAINE will have control OF the National
Convention. This ought 70 encourage CAM
ERos, FRAZIER, RIpDLEBREGER, and the rest
Of the Virginia Blaineites. Mr.. WISE, 1t
now appears, IL a SHERMAN man. But we
suspect that be will not cry much over the
success Of the BlAineites.
Mr.. HALsTEAD assumes that Mr.. BLAINE
in saying that bis name would not be be-
fore the Republican National Convention
performed a simple duty; and he predicts
that Mr.. BLATNE's friends "will not reverse
his declaon." Well, that Is a good joke.
What are Mr.. BLAINE s most intimate personal
friends dong nowi What say WHlTELAw
REIp, WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS, CHARLES
EMORY SNITu. CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEw, aud all
the leading Republicans who are nearest to
BLAISEf "Will not reverse his declsion"l
Why, they have already reversed II as far as
II was in their power TO do so. Day in and
day out they chant the praises OF the Plumed |
knight, boast Of his popularity, show bow
unreasonable 1t would be to expect him to
refuse 10 serve party which has bestowed |
upon him so many honors, and expose the |
hollow pretence that SHERMAN, GRESHAM, |
ALLISON, HARRISON, or any one OF the other |
aspirants, has any strength with the peO- |
pie.
whosoever may be President" quoth |
Mfr. HALsrEAp. That fortunate man will be
GROVER CLEVELAND. Perhaps Mr.. HAL
STEAD intended TO suggest TO Mr.. BLAINE
that Il would be well to remember CLEvE-
LANDS strength. Anyhow, let who will, be
President, Mr.. BLAINE is to be the "leader OF
leaders" and "the first citizen OF the re.
public" On the contrary, he will disappear
from tho public sight within six months
after the next President is inaugurated.
General LANE. Of Indiana, Is said TO have
made stirring sppeal TO his regiment in
one OF the battles Of the Mexican war, but
unfortunately wound up by reminding
them how glorious 1t would be for the his
torlsp to write OF them that "not man es.
capped" This was more than the Hoosiers
had bargained for; and it Is charged that
they forthwith took TO their heels. II Dir.
HiLsTEAD's letter showing how not
a SHERMAN man will survive the Chicago
Convention does not stampede the SHERMAN
forces. then Mr.. HAIsrEAD aud Mr.. SHERMAN
have them under better control than they are
generally supposed TO be under.