Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-02
The Return Of sIr. blaine.

Mr.. Blaine is expected to land on these
shores about the 9TH Of August. Fifty
Thousand ardent partisans, representing
the national league Of Republican clubs
and the admirers of the Plumed Knight
in all parts of the country, will assemble
here to welcome him back and give vent
to the enthusiasm which only Mr.. Blaine
is capable of making them feel. There is
no magic for them in the candidacy of the
man whom the Chicago convention placed
ut the head of the ticket. They can
neither shout nor sing for the descendant
of "Old Tppecanoe." Nothing in his
career or his personality stirs them as
they need and wish to be stirred. 1t is
but natural, therefore, that their hearts
and hopes should turn toward the mag
netic exile, whose very name is an inspir.
alton and whose presence will arouse the
slumbering ardor of RepubIcanism.
Mr.. Blaine must expect to witness a
scene rivaling the popular demonstra-
tions that attended the last visit of La
fayette to the United States, or those
which marked the arrival of Kossuth.
He comes to impart to the canvass the
only fervor on that side which it is des-
tined to display, and the first step of his
triumphal stamping tour is certain to be
characterized by all the devices to pro-
mote his cause that devotion and lingo
nuity can suggest. We say "his" cause,
inasmuch as the nominal candidate of the
Republican party is not the real candi-
date. A Republican victory will not mean
the triumph of Harrison, but the triumph
of Blaine. A Republican administration
would not be the administration of the
nominee of the Chicago convention, but
the administration of the nominee of the
Republican maSses-James G. Blaine
Under such circumstances his coming,
while sure to be greeted by the most
fattering proofs of political loyalty and
personal affection, is almost equally sure
to involve the dangerous consequences
which the unpremeditated utterances of
impetuous friends entail. The Burchard
of 1884 is likely to be succeeded by a
Burchard in 1883. This amenability is
one of the penalties which threaten men
who stir to fever heat the blood of the
multitude. The passion of the crowd is
full of peril for the object of its alteration.
Enthusiasm despises the calculations of
prudence and refuses to be chilled by the
cold counsels of reason. Therefore, while
MI. Dlalne Is ueSIlneu 10 Ureau PAIN
strewn with the flowers of personal
fealty, hecan scarcely escape the discovery
that it is path full of pitfalls.
Democrats may accordingly share with
Republicans the pleasure of beholding the
"white plume" waving at the front again.
Mr.. Blaine's positive committal against
the chief plank in the Republican plat
form-the free whisky plank-will not be
the least of the embarrassments that
await him. If Burchard should fail to
play his appointed role, the magician him
self can be relied upon to multiply the
difficulties which environ his party.
Clever as he is, there is sufficient quick
silver in his blood to warrant the expec.
tation of numerous lapses from caution
in the course of long campaign. He
cannot adjust himself to the conditions of
this fight, or reconcile his past declara-
tions with the Chicago creed without ex-
posing himself to criticisms that must be
greatly to the disadvantage of the Repub-
ican cause. But it will be great day
for political magnetism when he disem.
barks at the port of New York, and the
more insignificant will Harrison appear as
the true hero takes up his line of march
across the continent. nt.-Brooklyn Eagle.