The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-16


amendment, then the Republican party
was wrong and ought never again TO be
trusted. Ii he did wrong, the party that
accepts his leadership is no longer worthy
the name OF Republican.
In 1876 he sought to divert attention
from his patty tire lch2ry 10y loud dcnun.
citation of the horrors OF Andcrsonvillc, and
IN this he succeeded o. an extent which Is
most discrcditablc both to the heads and
hearts OF those who knew of his periidous
course the year before. At the Cmtin-
natl convention he doomed up Tor the first
time rs the Plumod Knight with tho dust
of James Mulligan's carpet still upon his
knees. The delegates had all been chosen
when the Mulligan letters explosion oc.
Cured in the House, eleven days before
the meeting OF the convention.
The banditti, without regard TO party,
who contribute 10 the deliberations OF all
! political conventions, were there in force,
and were all for him. Great numbers OF
true Republicans were also for him, rs
! they are now because they read ot his yir.
tues aud had no means OF knowing the
truth. lie cane very near 10 u nomina,
| ton, but failed. Ever since that time he
has been the leader Of u faction TO which
| the party owes all It's disasters and defeats
| lie was again defeated for the nomni.
! ton in 1850, but bargaincd successfully Tor
| the portfolio of the state Department
| The Cringng letter he wrote To Garfield To
secure this was in the nature Of chattcl
mortgage. In II he not only promised to
support Garfield for second term, but
descended to an argument in his own be-
! half, based ON the strength lac had shown
! in two national conventions This written
| agreement TO iorcgo his own ambition AMI
support another was published In many
newspapers after Garlicld's death.
His leadership during the admnistrl.
! ton OF Garfield is history. lie was false
10 country 10 party, aud to the President
| lie bartcred with Southern Democratic
Senators for their votes in the Senate To
secure the political destruction of Ruscu,
! Conkling and delivered Republican Viz.
! ginia back 10 the Democracy ~ the con-
sidcration, thus making the South again
50 III. lie bred the diturhinccs which
unsettled the weak head Of the hlli-hrccd
! Gu,tcau, who assnssinatcl the President,
after praislng him in writing Tor his treat.
mcnt OF Senator Conklng. After lac was
! dismissed from Office hy President Arthur.
he became the pet Of large element
among the Southern Democrats and dur.
! ing the summer OF 1852 the word WIS
! passed about among them that hy would
do for them. None knew better than
they, and "Jcm Blaine is good enough Tor
me- was familiar form Of grcctingamung
! them.
In 1852 he and his crew in New York
broke down tho Republican party aud
gave the State 10 Cleveland. The party
never rallied from this. aud never will
under the lead oi those who then struck IL
down. The Democratic party had then no
further use for Mr. BluIncs services, for
they could win without hs assistance.
In 1854, after ho had DESTROYED the
| party aud made the election oi any candi.
date impossible, lac sought aud obtained
the privilege OF going down with cap.
tlin's uniform ON his back on the quarter.
deck Of the ship he had scuttlci lie
then gave hOare howl, nj Augusta, against
the South whose instrument lac had ~
! often been, and subsidized.
Painful aud laborIous efforts were made
during the last year by all who wanted
| him Ia office Tor their own purposes, tO
make him appear popular candidate.
But, like Alfred Jinglc's "lirummagrm
buttons" they were mos 60" lie wanted
a nomination, yet feared n. lie declined
| IL In advance and then intrigued ior il.
Iimil, weak aud yacilllting, hs ambition
unslakcd, but the road 10 ls qualification
bcsct with horrid Gurgons his record had
evoked, lac has drillcd In aud out OF the
political current us caprice aud the condI.
ton Of his health aud spirits have dictated
The real Blaine shoutcrs, having held him
up at Chicago aud had him slaughtered,
now, with equal want Of sense. haul him
about the country ~ rare show, ~.
minding one Of nothing ~ much ~ the
cricr outside the door of the show In the
play ol "liclphcg0r, the Noun .chank,"
who monotonously shouts into the ears oi
the passcrs.hy. With deaicning has ,-drum
accompaniment by himself Come aud
see Bclshazar lielphcgor, tho greatest
nccrpmanccT alivcl nlivr'l nliyt!'''
The idea Of advertising him all summer
M the guest aud chum ui Mr. Carnegie,
the head Of the offensive iron aud steel
trust, riding through Scotland on his tally.
hO, aud being entertained by him VI
Cluny Castle, aud then attempting a.
make him the trust-dciCnding hero II
campaign In which Carnpsics working.
men ave asked 90 vote Tor Blaine Tor See
rotary Of State, aud high wages Tor them.
selves, Just after they have been locked
out by their greedy employers In nn effort
Ia make them submit to u reduction Of ~
per cent on their miserable starvation
wages IL II not the ccHticy VI iOllyi
That tho manufactured but sadly limp.
ing enthusiasm i1r Mr. Blaine should de-.
cciyc good many " not strange. That II
wcarIcs the great body Of sensible people !
h most certain. That, In the face ui The !
whole absurd Performance, the Republican
Presidential nominee should remain silent
while Mr.. Blainc's leaders publicly boast
that be- Is b. be- made Secretary u State
and again turned loose In the Republican
ch,nashop IN the oycntol Republican sue.
cess, Is beyond belief.
A plumcd knight Who knc,ls and bcw, !
q great commander who never Won vic !
tory q great statesman Who never framed !
u measure, great ltIlct whom the poo
pie have, In four Presidential campaigns
steadily refused to iolloW-What hope oi
victory can the Republican pirly enter
tain, II nobody will give bonds that hc
shall be- sent ~ the rcaR
GIoEGE G. GoRtAM.